Conference Finals Discussion

[MagicGM]

kings, have you passed your DCs?

[NetsGM]

yes.

but the eagles are on.

[JazzGM-old]

of course now that I'm in hawaii, i get broncos/493rs and texans/raiders preseason games

[CavsGM]

Hey, I think I deserve Keogan more. Mediocrity is more unbearable than being in last place...
But if I do end up with just #2, I think Manning is going to be awesome. Hey, he could have A scoring after TC, maybe. That would be incredible. Hopefully, the lowest pick I get is the 3rd. Anything lower then that would be crazy...

[JazzGM-old]

you may be right, but i wouldn't want to get a reputation as the clippers of the ssba....although the real life hawks are worse than the clippers so I guess the hawks might just be that hopeless.

[HawksGM]

i think i deserve Keogan, After Tanner ended up not being what we all thought he would be, I think that I deserve a true #1 pick, but then again maybe the ATL is just unluck for #1's

[NetsGM]

Man, if that potential on manning is wrong, watch out.  He's already another Hoffa offensively

[CavsGM]

Man, if that potential on manning is wrong, watch out.  He's already another Hoffa offensively

Mercer had C potential. Bingo. Oooh, I'm drooling too much now....

[NetsGM]

Congratulations to the Jazz, who are attempting to become the first repeat champions in SSBA history (including the jem league, I believe).

[NetsGM]

Alright, what I did and why.

It's great to have flexibility.

To have an all-league defender at pf and c, I got an option of who I wanted to defend Howard.  Since Woods was the weaker defender, I was able to slide Emeka to C to exploit that advantage, and still had a  stud defender to put on Howard.

In regards to that matchup:
Emeka: 20.2 ppg, 14.1 rpg, 5 bpg, 2.3 apg, 47% shooting
Woods: 9.3 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 35% shooting
Howard: 13.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 34.4% shooting

I'd say that move worked out well.  Excellent job by Sammy on Howard.

Then, since Magic played Ray Ray at the SF position last round, I slid Pettit over to SF.  I wanted someone who could take advantage of Ray's C+ defense.  Since Pettit is also an A defender, I was able to slide him over, exploit his weakest defender, and still have a very good defender on Ray.

Pettit: 29.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.7 apg, 56.4% shooting, 51.6% 3pt, 92% ft
Allen: 22.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3 apg, 46% shooting, 41.9% 3pt (Pettit made 3 more 3's for the series), 91% ft

Mobley: 7.6 ppg, 38% shooting
Battier: 7.7 ppg, 37% shooting

Now, the pg matchup.  Billups put up 19.7 ppg, 8 apg, 5.2 rpg, 44% shooting and 50% 3pt, and, surprisingly, did a fairly good job on Kidd (15.8 ppg, 8.5 apg, 5.3 rpg, 39.3% shooting, 31% 3pt).

Lo was very good off the bench again, with 7.8 rpg and 2.5 bpg.  Blocked 13.6 shots per game as a team.  Won rebounding by +3.  Scored 104.1 ppg to the Magic 93.5.  Shot 46% to their 37%.  Shot 50% from 3 to 37.5%.  Did lose TO's, again.

Can't wait for the Jazz.  Went 1-1 against them in the regular season and struggled offensively.  Okafor had his way, but was really the only one with success.

[NetsGM]

Talk about a collapse.

The Kings were up 4 with a quarter to go in game 7 on their home court, and lost.

[JazzGM-old]

very tough series between me and the Kings as I knew it would be. I had strong defense off my bench with Curran and Eschmeyer which I was proud of. I couldn't really make any analysis on why I won. I didn't really know what to expect with this series, my only hope was that the Kings would overanalyze me and possibly mess up their own chemistry in the process...not sure that this was a factor.

Two very unconventional seasons for me so far, starting out with losing records, almost blowing up my team...somehow pulling it together at the right time. Congrats to the Kings for such a great year they had, pulled together the right mix of players at the right time...I give them mad props. As for the Nets, I would say I'm the underdog, but it might be even being that I'm the defending champ. His team is the exact model of what I'd want with a team and so we're very similar other than he has standout scoring with pettit while mine is spread out a little more. Good luck to the Nets.

One last thing...how are we going to work out DC's for the series?

[NetsGM]

I'll pm mine to the hornets, post here when that is done, then you can pm it to me.

[SunsGM]

Congrats go out to the Nets, and the Jazz,

Very excited to see how these finals will play out, the nets with their defensive mind set going up against another team that is defensive in their own right. Petit against Hughes,Booth against Sammy D and Emeka, and the most interesting matchup, AK47 against Battier.(If these are the matchups that each team goes with)

Cant wait until Monday now!

[KingsGM-old]

I can't belive....................