Sim 9 Discussion

[NetsGM]

You know, no matter how good things are going (and things are going good.  8-1 sim, Emeka grabbed 33 rebounds in one game, Pettit scored 52 points), I can't beat the Hornets.  Not this year at least.  Lost by 34 earlier in the year, now 26.  God I hope I don't meet them in the ECF.

Sixers pick still at 6 with 3 sims to go.

[RaptorsGM]

Great sim from a Raptors prespective, went 4-2, now only 1/2 game out of the 8th spot.

Heat had a 1-3 sim, Spurs had a 3-4 sim.

My picks are now 8th (Heat) and 14th (Spurs).

Not as good as the 6 and 8 I thought I would have, but I'll take it.

As for the team:

Lost to the Wiz by 2 freaking points. These are the types of games that I wil have to win if I expect to make the playoffs. Yao paced me with 35, 16 and 6 blocks.

Handled the Sixers well as Yao had 31/15 and 5 blocks. Max had 13, 10 and 6 with only 1 turnover.

Cranked the Bulls by 22, as Yao had 41 and 15....also Max 15 points to go with 11 assists and 1 turnover...I love this kid.

Beat the Pistons on the road, Yao struggled getting only 24 and 9...but the rest of the team really picked up the slack. Max had 15 points, 12 assists and only 2 turnovers.

Beat the Bulls again as defense was the key due to both teams having a poor shooting night. Yao had 28 and 15....and we were able to shoot 102 times!! wow.

Lost to the Celtics, can't complain about that....Yao had 25 and 11, and Max had 10 assists but also 4 turnovers.


Overall, great sim, have my eyes set on 6th spot (just 2 games back with 20 to go).


Also hoping to have 2 top 10 picks...lose Spurs, lose!

[MagicGM]

well, I'd have to say that we'll be in deep trobule if Sixers picks remains that high. damn it.

[ClippersGM-old]

Went 4-3... not so great, but then again I only lost close games (the one vs the Spurs must have been great to watch ) and I was without Chandler and Childress for a couple games. So no need to worry.

[KingsGM-old]

God i hate Clippers.

I don't think i could beat them even if i have KG and TD frontcourt.

[CelticsGM]

In an unfortunate turn of events I was not able to sport a lineup including my new aquisitions, furthermore since i changed my DC accordingly I also didn't get my desired lineup with my old roster.

And so I went .500 again, going 4-4. And this is about what i consider myself currently. A full step behind the upper echelon, among the middle-tier playoff teams.

Lost to the Kings, Bulls, Cavs, Wolves and beat the Warriors (by 48!) and Grizzlies.

Billups continues to impress, though not positive, racking up turnovers in pierce-esque manner. 4.2 TOs per game this sim is lousy, Chauncey. Using Booth in my starting lineup keeps rebounding battles more open, but costs me some offense Jefferson provides otherwise.

I win games mainly through defense and, despite Billups, taking care of the ball. But i'm also dead last in opponent rebounding (by a landslide), proving my trades were necessary.


Now lets hope everything runs as planned and the next sim will show some new faces on the Celtics bench ...
 

[GoldenStateGM]

I had that sim...
My first losing sim, and oh boy did my team lose
1-4, and every loss was by over 10 points.

Defense just collapsed, after I changed my defensive setings a bit.  Not going to do that again

[SixersGM]

Too busy to change the line-up. Next thing i know, my best scorer was injured.

[SpursGM-old]

3-4 sim...faced 5 WC playoff teams.  Went 3-2 beating Clips, Kings, Sonics and losing to Wolves & Warriors.

Lost Ray Allen for the middle 4 games of the sim and went 1-3 including losses to the Suns & Lakers.  But in the 3 games Ray played he went for 21.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 5.0 apg, 44.6% FG, 59.1% from the arc.  And team went 2-1.

Beat the Clippers in an OT barnburner 126-123.  No quarter separated by more than 4 pts.  Team went 14-25 from downtown.  Parker had a triple double of sorts with 27 pts, 16 assts, 11 to.

Tony Parker  20.0 ppg, 9.3 apg, 5.0 rpg, 48.2% FG; only neg 3.7 to.  Had games of 23/12/7, 27/16/6, 23/8/6, 17/7/7

[BlazersGM]

Another non-negative sim, 4-4, seems like i finally found good rotation and gameplay option. Very suprised by wins over Hornets and Jazz, almost had my first over 50 % sim but Sonics won with the buzzer.

No heavy defeats for first time also, beat the Jazz,Nuggets,Wizards and Hornets, lost to Sonics by 6, Pistons by 3,Sonics
by 1 and Mavs by 12.

Too bad i needed 8 sims to find rotation, otherwise would be around 50 % or above for sure.  

[BlazersGM]

oh actually it was 5-4 ......my eyes didnt see win over Magic, so first winning sim this season, suprised indeed as i played 6 road games.

Pick i traded is now at #11, so i'm not cracking my head yet over it.

[CavsGM]

Cavs kicked some major ass this sim, going 6-1, including wins over good teams like the Celtics and Clippers. How about the 4.4 blocks per game that Holton averaged over this sim, very impressive. My team's defense is pretty ugly, but they sure can block shots. They had an incredible 20 blocks in the win over the Celtics. Cavs now hold the 4th seed, and only two games behind Boston for 3rd. Playoff position is looking good, hopefully the team can keep it. But I'm gonna have to make some decision before the trade deadline...

[CavsGM]

Just noticed that Tsakalidis, my big bad starting center, was out for the last 3 games and is out for another two. Drojnak had an sensational game against the Pistons with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks, but that game was unfortunately a loss.

[MavsGM]

Only lost was to the Kings when Hoffa did some sick $hit.

[KingsGM-old]

Get used to it