Sim 6 Preview/Discussion

[Anonymous]

Great Sim for me in two ways:

1. Went 5-1 and outscored teams by 12.2 points per game in my wins. Granted, the teams that I beat were not the greatest - split with Miami, blew out the Bulls & beat the Magic & Bucks as well, but still encouraging. We also won 3 of 4 at home.

Trevor Wells averaged 29.5ppg on 50.4% from the field and 45.4% from three. He also averaged 5.2rpg, 2.3apg & 2.0spg - including a 40 point, 7 rebound, 7 steal outburst versus the Bulls.

Everyone else was fairly inconsistent, although Corey Hoiberg severely outplayed Jamal Crawford in the battle of traded players against the Bulls.

We have now won 7 of our last 9. Astonishingly, we are 9th in the East, only 2.5 games out of the 8th spot

2. The Bulls lost all 6 games that they played and are now below .500 and in the 8th spot in the East. That pick (and the trade as a whole) is looking a whole lot better.

[BlazersGM]

as expected, maybe could win one more if i didnt forget to change pace, without Zach no more offensive sickness were we usually win by 20 or lose by 20, but it went as i expected, and didnt notice Webber was a C,but that's changed also now,too many trades today, so lots of confusion with DC, but it's going as expected

[NetsGM]

Hm...offense actually struggled a bit.  101.5 ppg, 44% shooting, 36% 3pt.  Not exactly struggled, but definitely less than I've become accustomed to this year.

Defense picked it up.  88.3 ppg, 39% shooting, 34% 3pt.  Won rebounding by +1, turnovers by +1.5.  Blocks by +4.

Emeka held opposing starting Pf's to 33% shooting.  Lol.  And someone told me I shouldn't put him there on the offensively superior pf's  
He also scored 23 ppg and pulled down 16 rpg, while blocking 3 shots.  Shot 43% (1.19 pps, his best of the season), and was able to stay on the court 37 minutes.

Pettit struggled a bit.  24.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 4 apg, 1.6 spg, 44.3% shooting, 39% 3pt.  only 1.11 pps for a guy averaging 1.33 before this sim.

Boyking was Boykins.  20.4 ppg, 9.4 apg, 6.4 rpg (with the aforementioned triple double).  only 0.7 topg.  that would be a 13.4/1 assist to turnover ratio for those not good at math.

Dilbert with 9.5, 9.5 and 4.6 blocks.  Battier with more than 2x as many steals as turnovers.  

only 4 games next sim, 3 at home, but none easy.

[HornetsGM]

Well, I'm glad I got some wins under my belt in this sim, because my next sim is pretty tough:

61 Hornets @ Nets
62 No Game
63 Hornets @ Wizards
64 Hornets @ Supersonics
65 Hornets @ Timberwolves
66 No Game
67 Hornets @ Mavericks
68 No Game
69 Hornets @ Nuggets
70 No Game

Congrats to Shawn Marion and Lamar Odom in making the all-star team.

[HeatGM]

wow...what a great sim... i can see the potential of my team... im not trying to win yet im winning...went  5-2.....although it was a light schedule....not against a tough opponent... i improve my defense since the gasol for curry and radman trade... i now sits 5 spot from the bottom on points opponents scored per game...

wat impresses me this sim is eddy curry and don long:

heat 126 portland 104- q rich scoring 39 points and eddy went 23 points 10 rebs and 4 blocks

knicks 123, heat 106- eddy curry went 30 points 10 rebounds and 2 blocks , ricardo went  8 points in 8 minutes

heat 84, mavs 81- don long went 14 points 10 rebounds 2 blocks in 20 minutes.

heat 111, knicks 84- eddy curry went 34 points 10 rebounds

heat 93, bucks 64- don long 25 points 10 rebounds 2 blocks

heat 96, spurs 90- don long 14 points 10 boards

lakers 102, heat 90- eddy curry 32 points 12 rebounds  4 blocks....

eddy curry and vlad was worth pau gasol... celtics went 4-2 with pau in the line up ...so i guess everything worked out right with our trades  

[CelticsGM]

Was this a successful sim for the Celtics? I'm torn on this because ...

3-2 sounds good but I played the Hawks, Raptors (2x) and Pistons (2x) and could have gone 5-0 as well.
Why? Well, don't want to sound too cocky but after beating the Raptors for the first time in ages I immediately lost to the Pistons because Ginobili went down with the injury bug. Missed the next game as well (loss to Raptors - their lone W this sim) before returning to help me easily beat the Pistons.

I had no idea HOW important Gino is for me, I'm 0-5 without him now.

Otherwise it was business as usual, Lenard leading the scoring ways and Gasol returning to be close to a 20/9 guy again. New addition Booth was exactly as unspectacular as he was with the Jazz, will take me some time to see his complete impact on my team. And WITH Ginobili even the defense is great ...

Furthermore, Celtics finally left the standings cellar and climbed some spots to just 4th worst team. In the loss column, i'm just one game behind the East #6 seed, so even the playoff hopes remain intact.

 

[MagicGM]

went 3-1 with Arenas down..


liston had a great sim, not to mention Strckland

Beat Ray's new team by 17, I believe.

Interesting how next sim goes with arenas and kidd running the show.

[PacersGM]

Emeka held opposing starting Pf's to 33% shooting.  Lol.  And someone told me I shouldn't put him there on the offensively superior pf's  
He also scored 23 ppg and pulled down 16 rpg, while blocking 3 shots.  Shot 43% (1.19 pps, his best of the season), and was able to stay on the court 37 minutes.

great statement ... first you posted that you had an easy schedule and afterwards you post that emeka is fantastic against minor competition  

if we look at the 3 games where he had good to great Pfs as opp. this stats can be found:
against amare: 7/21 shooting and 12/21 FTs
again amare: 5-24; and 12/21
and zach: great 17 mins but couldn´t stay more on the floor because of foultroubles

I agree he is doing a better job than expected but i am also right with the shooting porblems against good competition and his foul problems.

[KingsGM-old]

5-2 without Brad Miller the whole sim. Mcgrady is just ridicilous. 4 games with 40+ .  3rd scorer in the league.

With Miller i might as well went 7-0. Damn, i might give this team one more shot.

[PacersGM]

2-2 this time another 3 games away...

great job by the hawks : i have been expecting this for a while since in every game they gave me a fight... mainreason for this loss is that artest only played 12 mins
second loss against the mavs: only two points i can live with that

the new frontcourt is doing a wonderful job at the boards giving me now hope that i can challenge now the clippers,hornets and nets who are superior in this cat.

Cato had another great sim this time avg. of 10/12 and shooting 48% and 90% from FTs

destroyed the sixers by 30 with outscoring them in the last quarter after both TD and Tanner fouled out.

congrats to Melo and JO for making the ALLstar Team.

[KingsGM-old]

Hehe, Commish must be out of his mind. Emeka didn't make the All Star Team.

[PacersGM]

very nice schedule  

i am already last in homegames played but my next schedule is 8 games and 7 away....
can´t wait to see if i will get a homecourt schedule.

[MagicGM]

talk about home games, I finally had a nice record on my home games.

[NetsGM]

2-2 this time another 3 games away...

great job by the hawks : i have been expecting this for a while since in every game they gave me a fight... mainreason for this loss is that artest only played 12 mins
second loss against the mavs: only two points i can live with that

the new frontcourt is doing a wonderful job at the boards giving me now hope that i can challenge now the clippers,hornets and nets who are superior in this cat.

Cato had another great sim this time avg. of 10/12 and shooting 48% and 90% from FTs

destroyed the sixers by 30 with outscoring them in the last quarter after both TD and Tanner fouled out.

congrats to Melo and JO for making the ALLstar Team.

Now wait a second.

he played 41 minutes at pf against tim duncan, and collected 33 pts and 10 rebounds, shooting 54%.

He played 39 minutes against Howard.  24 pts, 11 rebounds, 50% shooting.

He "struggled" against Amare with 16/11/5 blocks.

Against Boozer he played 44 minutes and had 28 pts, 21 rebounds on 52% shooting.

On his rematch with Amare he played him back to back.  41 minutes one night and 39 the other.  26/24 and 22/17.

You said he'd struggle with foul trouble.  in 2 sims (16 games) he's really only had his minutes limited twice.  You can't just pick out 2 bad games and try to take a snapshot of that.  His points are up.  His rebounds are up.  His fg% is up.  His minutes are up.  And he held opposing PF's this past sim to 33% shooting (a group that included Randolph, Boozer, and Amare twice).  And, most importantly, his team's 16-0 when he's played at pf.

[NetsGM]

Hehe, Commish must be out of his mind. Emeka didn't make the All Star Team.

Yeah.  Well, that was my fault.  2 sims before the all-star game I moved him to PF, where the best player in the game is currently playing (Tim Duncan).