first 4 games of the sim I gave up an average of 111 ppg on 46.5% shooting.
Welcome back Shane and Samuel
Shot the ball decent enough at 44% fg, 42.3% 3pt. Already noted the defensive difficulties with Shane and Dalembert out (not to be unexpected with a C+, B and B defenders in my starting lineup).
Slow game spead really helped my starters stay on the floor, which is now so apparently obvious I need to do with my terrible defensive bench.
Have I mentioned how terribly, horribly bad Jackson and Tim Thomas are? Outside of the layup drill they gave up, Marc Jackson did have a 28/12 outburst against the Hawks. HIs other 2 games as a starter? 0 pts and 4 pts. Thanks marc
Thomas? As a starter averaged 7.1 pts on 37% shooting. Need more from a B defender, jackass.
Other than that, liked the inside focus and pacing. Emeka had a very good sim. 25.4 pts, 12.5 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, 48% shooting. Very, very good. driving the ball inside really brings more opportunities for him.
Pettit had one of his lesser sims (23.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 5.3 apg). Not all that worried, he still got 19.5 shots/game (gets about 20.1 average, so no big deal). He was just inconsistent on converting. shot 43.4%. He's a career 47.5% shooter, so I'm not worried yet. And he did actually make and take more 3's than he normally does.
Billups was up and down more than a vietnamese whore. 5 of 9 games he didn't score double digits. Unacceptable for a 3rd option. Did do a very good job of distributing the ball (9.1 assists, 3/1 a/to).
Dalembert was a man possessed when he came back. 14.2 pts, 13 boards, 3.5 blocks, 47.5% shooting. Love to see that from my frontline. I'll have to test this inside focus a little more if it's going to generate that kind of results. Really killed some people on the glass (57-33 vs. the Warriors, 57-47 against the Bucks).
I'm not all that upset. Had some very tough games (@Wolves w/KG, @Raptors, @Pacers, Hornets, @Nuggets), games that would have been tough fully healthy. With no Shane and Sammy, I guess I couldn't have asked for too much.
