Sim 11 Discussion

[Anonymous]

Time to play the spolier and crush some teams playoff hopes  

[CavsGM]

Hey, as long as you can stay ahead of the Spurs you get the green light from me...

[NetsGM]

slightly disappointing 3-2 sim.

btw, for the raptors, who after 1 sim said I had trouble scoring, I now score as many ppg as you.  4th best in the league.  And he said it couldn't be done

[HawksGM]

4-4 sim for the Hawks.  JDN keeps getting better and better.  If he has a good TC he's gonna be very very good next season.  Ivan has been great as his side kick, except I can't get his TO's down.

[GoldenStateGM]

2-4 sim for the Warriors...
Toughest sim of the season, and did pretty well.
Defeated the Pacers at home, and the Jazz in Utah.

Most importantly, have pretty much clinched a playoff spot.
6 games up on both the Wolves and the Grizzlies.  Wolves have 9 games left, and the Grizz have 6 games left.

The season series with the Grizz is tied, so all I need is one Grizz loss or one win, and a playoff spot is mine.
Warriors have the series edge against the Sonics, so they cannot catch me.

The Wolves have 9 games, and can make up some ground in a Day 91 visit.  Warriors magic number vs the Wolves is 3...  

Right now looks like I will be facing the Kings, Nuggets, or Jazz in the playoffs....

[BullsGM-old]

Well, I'm done, but I actually would rather have a better lotto pick than get crushed by the Raps.

Mason Mercer has had probably his best season, I'll make him first option to end off the year, get his averages up a bit.  Griffin has had an off yeat 15/9 is below his career averages of 16/10.  I think it's because of all the flip flopping with Anderson at C and PF.  As for Anderson, 3.2 bpg is all I can ask for from the guy.

[ClippersGM-old]

Clippers had a 6-0 sim. Team is playing great team ball. Six players are averaging over 10ppg. Very good shooting %'s and great rebounding.

Team is really getting ready for the playoffs. Everyone knows their role and is fully focused.

Talks with Gordon and Childress about extending contracts have already started. Both want to stay in LA and management will do everything possible to keep them here.

Rumor has it that contracts are already extended. That way both players can focus on the playoffs and will have nothing to worry about.

[JazzGM-old]

poor sim for me, Kirilenko and Hughes almost had triple doubles again  Curran had yet another 7 block game, but Shabinger is still inconsistent. Lebron James hinted at quadruple-double numbers on me, regardless I should stay in the playoffs, seeding is going to suck though. Meyers disappointed me by not scoring much more after getting more minutes the last couple of sims, but Booth has really upped his playing this season. Daniels will still probably still be my starter in the playoffs dependkng on Shabby's performance this last sim with a lot of games on the road.

[KingsGM-old]

Damn, went 4-3 but what a crazy results!

Beat the Mavs and Magic on the road and lost to Suns at home and Hawks on the road  

1 point loss to Pacers! What a game, 125:124

Gooden had 21 rebounds vs the Blazers and Marbury was a passing machine the whole sim; 8, 14, 7, 10, 7 and 8. I hope he'll go on with that kind of production.

But what a showdown vs the Pacers;

Steph Marbury; 13pts, 14asis / Derek Fischer; 4pts, 7asis
Tracy Mcgrady; 38pts / Ron Artest; 18pts
Drew Gooden; 18pts, 3blocks, 6 rebs, 7/8 from the floor / Melo; 25pts, 10rebs
Brad Miller; 23pts, 9rebs, 2blocks / Jermaine O'Neal; 36pts, 6rebs
Jerome James; 10pts, 7rebs / Jeff Foster; 15pts, 13rebs

Averaging amlost 52 boards a night my team got outrebounded  37 / 50 + the Pacers had 70% from the arc.

It could have been great sim, but we 2 of my loses with 2 and 1 point, it ended on a very mediocre way.

[KingsGM-old]

Good news: 3rd place West and home court in the first round for now. Going against the defending champ Jazz. I hope they'll continue with their recent struggles .

[KingsGM-old]

2-4 sim for the Warriors...
Toughest sim of the season, and did pretty well.
Defeated the Pacers at home, and the Jazz in Utah.

Most importantly, have pretty much clinched a playoff spot.
6 games up on both the Wolves and the Grizzlies.  Wolves have 9 games left, and the Grizz have 6 games left.

The season series with the Grizz is tied, so all I need is one Grizz loss or one win, and a playoff spot is mine.
Warriors have the series edge against the Sonics, so they cannot catch me.

The Wolves have 9 games, and can make up some ground in a Day 91 visit.  Warriors magic number vs the Wolves is 3...  

Right now looks like I will be facing the Kings, Nuggets, or Jazz in the playoffs....

Warroirs, i would really love that...

[CelticsGM]

Quick observations from DAY 11:

- Garrett Ward a dish and a board away from a quadruple double: 14 / 9 / 9 / 11 (TOs that is)
- Kaman getting player of the game in a losing effort - and with Odom getting a triple double for the Hornets
- The Nets allowing the Sonics to shoot - what? - 61% and 4 guys to get 19pts
- The Bucks giving way for 3 Mavs with a 20/10 games (+another 20/8 guy). Dirk with a monster 25/20/11 triple double !
- Mase Mercer with a fantasic triple double against AI no less: 27 / 7 / 12 / 12 (steals, shattering the old record of 9 from Ratliff, who now can move back into obscurity)
- Mister 300 pounds Fletcher shot 14-16 for 29 against who? O.Ferry !
- So much for the record: With Gooden getting 21 boards from the SF spot against, ok, it was just Drew Fox, the swingmen bar for caroms has been raised even higher (sorry, Peja)
- Then Sonics get 7 guys in double figures against the Clips ... only to lose, because the frontline of Z, Collison, Boykins and Finley gets outrebounded by ... PG Gordon and SF Chills !

 

[JazzGM-old]

I have the 3rd best defense (based on opp FG%), but I have the 7th worst offense (based on FG%), but I do worse when i give Shabinger and Meyers more minutes who shoot better than their competition without giving up much talent-wise. The only explanations I have is that Shabinger turns the ball over and Meyers doesn't take enough shots.

[BucksGM]

Dirk's 25/20/11/1/3 on me was pretty impressive.

But with the 3-3 sim I'm in pretty good shape to hold onto that 8th spot, 3 losses ahead of Miami (and I have the tiebreaker), and 3.5 games ahead of Boston.

The crazy thing is Cleveland has the 5th worst win % in the league and is only 6 losses back of the 8 spot.

[CelticsGM]

On day 110, my playoff hopes have officially ended. They were killed by a man, who put up the single most dominant effort this season against my arguably best defender Radmanovic, on SF no less: 39pts, 16boards, 6 assists, 18-28 shooting.

Was it Vince? Was it TMac? Was it LeBron?

No, it was Lo.  

Otherwise, I returned to my usual 4-3 sims (two of the losses came by 2 and 3 points respectively). Dre got to sit again and played a great backup to Snow. The rest of the troups played as the played all season (just Kaman and Duncan somewhat of a surprise as long as Curry and Darko were out). My turnovers were cut in half and the assists went up again, just like the old times.

So whats ahead? Actually I still got that slight chance to at least tie the Bucks for the 8th spot (and hope for some draw luck). But I need to go an unrealistic 6-3 in my last 9 - and hope the Bucks go 2-5.  

But one thing I can tell you for sure:
it's fun to be in the hunt right to the end. This makes me very proud of the young Celtics (as mentioned before, my starting lineup is just 22.4 years of age !!!)