Sim 2 is up

[BucksGM]

Another 5-5, 10-10 overall.  I'll take consolation in the fact that it looks like the East is going to have a bunch of teams around 500 battling for the 8 spot, and I've played 13 road games to 7 home games.

Also Mehta was the player of the month, probably because we played all 20 days.  Not that 22/16/4/4 is bad 

[NetsGM]

wats wrong with mark aguirre?!!! a 18ppg player now scoring 9ppg...he did improved his offense on TC......weird

Dude he was a top 10 pick, you can't possibly expect anything else.

6 of the 10 leading scorers have 55 or less years of experience.  One of the remaining 4 is 28.  For the "too lazy to look it up", that means the top 10 is comprised of a 20 year old, 26 year old, 23 year old, 25 year old, 26 year old, 26 year old, and a 28 year old.  7 of the 10 players in the top 10 have come from retro-drafts.

boo friggin hoo.

But yeah, I'm sure there is nobody in the NBA who was a 9th pick and averaged 9.5 ppg in 11 games.

Seriously.  If you hate this league so much, and hate this game so much, why are you still here?

[KingsGM-old]

Seriously.  If you hate this league so much, and hate this game so much,

I hate what this league has become. I hate the fact that BOTH of my top picks were only good at turning over the ball (oh, i know, i didn't know how to build around Magic, i guess Raptors don't know how to "utilize" his skills as well since he's leading them to the impressive 2-8 record so far). I hate the fact that the Pacers are absolutely dominating the league with utter disgrace of a frontcourt only cause of a guy who's 34 years old, which means, Lebron James impact at 34 >> all of my young talent combined. I hate the fact that i was playin .55 ball last season with absolutely SAME team and now i can't win a fucking game and so on.

why are you still here?

People, only cause of the people. It's a great crew. Everything else is just a one gigantic, unlogical crap.

[WizardsGM]

wats wrong with mark aguirre?!!! a 18ppg player now scoring 9ppg...he did improved his offense on TC......weird

Dude he was a top 10 pick, you can't possibly expect anything else.

GET OVER IT ALREADY

[BlazersGM]

Man, you have to love that guy. Akeem leds the league in PPG.

Sim 1 was no coincidence it seems.

We went 4-3, again lost 2x games against one team, this time it was Clippers.

Akeem is just incredible:

@Suns 23/17 2 blks.

vs Heat 32/9 3 stls.

vs Clippers 31/12.

vs Clippers 41/12 2 stls and blks.

@Bulls 31/9 5blks.

@Knicks 20 and just 3 rebs LOL.

Thats just incredible how that guy is balanced and great. I smell new Yao here or something even
better.

[MavsGM]

This is strange, when I clicked on my team it shows that our record is 7-5 but on the schedule page it was 4-8.

[WizardsGM]

*wonders how long it will take Blazers to realize its Hakeem with an 'H' *

[NetsGM]

This is strange, when I clicked on my team it shows that our record is 7-5 but on the schedule page it was 4-8.

On what schedule page?  All the ones I've seen show 7-5...

[MavsGM]

I'm using the school PC, I think it might have something to do with it.

[NetsGM]

I'm happy that I'm playing well right now, but I don't really expect it to last.  7 of my first 10 games were at home, and 7 of my 8 wins were at home.  Of my 8 wins, only 3 came against teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended today.  But I'll take what I can get after the last 2 years.

Wu's been about what I could have hoped for from a first year C that was a late lottery pick.  1.1 spg and 1.1 bpg, with solid rebounding (7.3) are nice #'s in only 27.7 minutes.  The reason he's "only" getting 27 minutes is because his backup, Granville Aranda, has been blocking shots at a crazy rate (2.6 per 25 minutes).  I value shotblocking quite a bit, so the two of them will probably continue to split time.

Barkley makes up for the lower rebounding #'s for my C, grabbing 12 rebounds/game (10th in the league) in only 30 minutes.  He also provides solid offense (18.6 ppg) at an efficient rate (45%, 74.6% from the line).  His offense is probably suffering a bit with my outside focus, but with Robinson, Blackman and Brice, I have to play to their strengths.  If I change my focus to inside, Barkley might gain, but my other big men would have to shoulder more of the offensive load, and Wu/Aranda can't do that.  So I'm going to keep my Outside focus.

The trio of Robinson, Blackman and Brice are as good as any in the league.  With their defense (A-, A, A), they're the reason I'm effective defensively.  And their offense is great.  Robinson has fit this team tremendously (19.2 ppg, 8 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2.3 spg, 49.7% from the field, 46.3% from 3).  That stat stuffing and efficiency is perfect for a #3 option, and one of the reasons I targeted him.  At only 28, he'll be great next to Barkley and Blackman for quite a few years.

Brice was a great fit.  I love the A defense at PG, and him causing more turnovers (2.4 steals) than he gives up (1.7 turnovers) is a thing of beauty.  Along with nice scoring (16.7 ppg), assists (8.9 apg, 5.2 assist/turnover ratio).  Highly efficient as well (46.7%, 55.8% from the field).  A quintessential PG for the kind of team I build.  Maybe not going to end up as one of the top 3 PG's in the league this year, but I do think he's one of the better fits for my team.  Again, with him being a 3rd/4th option (depending on which one you put Robinson at), defense, not turning the ball over, and scoring efficiently are as important to me as ppg and apg.

I think I have a nice base to build around.  I think I have a very good #1 option (Blackman), a very good #2 option (Barkley), and think my #3 and #4 options fit perfectly (well-rounded games, good defense, efficient offensively).  I think having outside shooters play well off of Barkley, and I think having the perimeter defenders I have, and a shotblocker, is good as well.  I do a very good job of limiting turnovers (13 per game, 3rd in the league), even though I generate a high amount of assists (26.9, 3rd in the league).  I don't think I'm ready to compete yet, mainly because I need Wu to progress, and I need some depth (bad.  Blackman, Robinson and Brice are all in the top 10 in minutes played).  I'm an injury away from mediocrity, but I think I have a base so the next 2-3 years I can contend (and really longer, as the only starter I have above the age of 28 is Brice, but I'd have to replace him).

I think I turned this team around well.  But now I get to the hard part, which is taking the next step.

[PacersGM]

I'm using the school PC, I think it might have something to do with it.

i guess you are looking at a cached version of presim. i checked your schedule and i can´t see a fault.

[NetsGM]

Your school has preseason sim2 cached.

http://files.ssbabasketball.com/files/2021/preseason/preseason2/rosters/roster16.htm

Your current roster page shows 7-5