Training Camp Discussion

[BullsGM-old]

Are you on campus trev?

[RaptorsGM]

Are you on campus trev?

you know it. first day at laurier

[WolvesGM]

I personally can't tell if i hada good TC or not because I'm new but heres a summary.

Diop - +1 outside, +1 potential
Maggette - +1 inside, -1 handles, +2 def, -1 pot
Voskuhl - -1 outside, -1 handles
Fortson - +1 inside
Sheed - -1 pot
Prince - +1 outside, -1 pot
Bass - -1 def, -1 pot
AI - +1 outside
Giricek - -1 inside
Brown - +1 handles, +1 rebounding, -1 pot
Thurmond - +1 outside, +1 handles, -1 handles
Davies - +1 handles, +1 def
Embry - -1 pot

[SonicsGM]

Dirk is going to be MVP.  No doubt.  Only McGrady comes close, and he doesn't have a guy like English dishing the ball to him on every play.

Peja and Camby stayed put...exactly what I wanted.  

Dickau, off the bench, improved to B- handles while keeping his tremendous scoring touch.

English, by the way, is now A outside, A+ handles and B+ defense.  Oh yeah, he still has B potential.

Go Sonics!

[PacersGM]

a solid not great TC
Artest lost handling and rebound but i expected that because he played at PG/SG last year
Carmelo gained one in inside and kept his pot.
JO gained 1 outside, 1rebounding and 1 pot a top 5 pf gaining so much is nuts
RJ and Borchardt gained 1 in def

So my starting 5 is now a solid A,A-,A,A,A- with RJ backing up at A- def

[MagicGM]

interesting how my players improved mostly on D too..

Quentin brand was B pretc, and improve to B+.
I was hoping for Al Roseau's development since he improved from C+ to B+ on defense on last year's TC. Fortunately, though he didn't improved, my lone draftee- Rile Beckman, improved from C+ to B+ on defense. not to mention that his rebound did improve too.

Ray Allen and Mobley improved on their d, from C+ to B- and B- to B, respectively.

Dwight's rebounding also went up.

Loren's defense as a PF also went up from B to B+.

Kidd's handle went down though.

[Str8westcoasta]

Training camp was not so great for the Rockets

Abdur-Rahim lost a lil inside scoring in his first training camp.

Boozer gained some rebounding, lost a lil defense.

Udonis Haslem lost inside and rebounding, put him down to B- in both! Was hoping for some improvement from the 27 year old.

Jarvis Hayes added some outside game and looks to be a good role player now.

Mike Finley improved his handles!

Frank Hyatt got some defense, now C+

Hunter Summitt now has B for both scoring ratings.

Lorenzo Ellis lost some defense.

Up and down kinda camp, nothing horrible nothing amazing. I have over $60million in expiring this season so hopefully the rebuilding can be complete by next year...

[JazzGM-old]

The Jazz improved again on top of an upgraded roster with the addition of Joe Smith.

Booth went down -1 in defense but should still give solid shotblocking and his loss is balanced by two things: Joe Smith's B+ defense next to him (as opposed to Murphy's B) and Tony Curran upgraded +1 defense, +1 inside, -1outside which makes him A- at C and an A at PF.

Smith went -1 inside and -1 handles but is still an improvement over Murphy

Kirilenko went -1 in handles

Molina went +1 defense, -1 outside

Beardslee went down.

Hughes went +1 inside +1outside and he was alright scoring 21 a game.
Shabinger went +2 defensively which was exactly what i wanted as i wanted him to improve his handles or his defense and not his offensive production.

Meyers improved his handling which makes him more valuable for his minutes, if he isn't taking enough shots, at least i know he's passing the ball around or not turning it over as much.

Daniels went -1 in handles, but he's back at the same ratings I won my first championship with so it's okay.

All and all I have a lineup where I can have defensive numbers of A-, A, A+, A-, A- with Molina's A- defense, Smith's B+ defense helping to further anchor the inside off the bench. I have rebounding, shooting, DEFENSE, and ball control once again. Most of my inside scoring will be off the bench, but Booth's minutes will go downa nd Curran will get starter's minutes backing up both the 4 and 5....that also gives murphy and my rookie dickerson (B+ def) some minutes to see what he can do.

Let's just hope I got better enough in the areas that will fend off how good other teams got. Lot's of scoring out there, hope my defense will carry me far once again - led by no other than AK47.

[KingsGM-old]

aaargh..i'm still having a hard time swallowing that game 7 lose at home!!

hey, will there be a GM of the year poll? I might finally get vote or 2!  

[NetsGM]

why?  because mcgrady had a good tc?  what does that have to do with you?

[SpursGM-old]

Despite Raptors negative analysis this was the best TC Spurs have had...overall a +6 for the team.

Thomas didn't improve except went from D to C in potential.  But to keep his same ratings was great since he looked good in the 3 sims that he played for us last season: 16.2 pts, 11.2 reb as a non option.

Mihm didn't improve in camp but then just replacing Nesterovic with him was a big improvement.

Russell improved in defense & rebounding...two areas that he needed to work on in the offseason.  And as a extra bonus went from B to A in potential.  C+, B, B-, B, C with A potential and only 23 years old.

Arenas didn't improve but 23.5 pts, 4.6 reb, 3.9 asst, 2 stls will be acceptable from my starting SG.

Parker went up one in outside but his biggest challenge will be holding onto his starting job.

Speedy Claxton was a greeat signing for the MLE.  He went up one in outside and defense.  Now C+, C+, B, A could push him into the starting line up.

If Claxton starts then my starting defense is A, A-, B, A-, A.  And no one in the rotation is over 29 years old.

[KingsGM-old]

why?  because mcgrady had a good tc?  what does that have to do with you?

What are you talking about?

[NetsGM]

why?  because mcgrady had a good tc?  what does that have to do with you?

What are you talking about?

I'm asking why would you be under consideration for GM of the year.

[BlazersGM]

Telfair's handling improved,Eisley's outside and defense,with a potential and 18 year of age,who knows,he could be something,Drew Fox also improved defense and handling,Houbregs def and inside scoring,Randolph rebounds,Cuninngham went down in rebounds,others either went down or didnt improve or lost anything.

[BullsGM-old]

why?  because mcgrady had a good tc?  what does that have to do with you?

He's talking about the fact he was one game away from the finals, and yeah Kings I would consider you for GM of the year based on your playoffs