Training Camp Hopes and Dreams

[Str8westcoasta]

Training camp was actually good to me... wow!

Carlos Boozer PF 27 6'9'' 258 B+ C- C B+ A C
 - Boozer is looking much stronger! +1 in defense and +1 in rebounding

Hunter Summitt SG 25 6'3'' 201 B B C B D D
 - +1 in outside scoring make him a nice all round shooting guard! Coming off nice numbers last year (15ppg), I'm expecting a good season from him!

Frank Hyatt SG 24 6'6'' 207 A- C+ C C+ C- D
 - +1 inside makes him a very useful weapon off the bench!

Speedy Claxton PG 31 5'11'' 170 C+ B- A- A C- C
 - +2 handles makes him a very reliable backup PG!

Dawson Wooden PG 24 6'1'' 190 C B- B B+ D+ B
 - +1 in defense. The 3rd of a very nice bunch of PG's

Barton O'Connell PG 22 5'11'' 196 C A- A+ C+ D A
 - Dynamite handles! +1 handle makes him a elite ball hander, an excellent shooter and still has A potential. This completes a VERY solid trio of PG's!

Overall, I'm happy!

[RaptorsGM]

Overall, I think I'm pretty happy. Let's take a deeper look:

Yao Ming - -1 inside, +1 outside, +1 defense. Great TC for the big man, gonna be able to defend at the highest level, and I expect the scoring to be what it always is - amazing.

Leo Sanders - +2 handles, +1 defense, +1 rebounding. Not sure I could have asked for anything else, he can eat the 10-12 minutes that Yao sits. Perfect.

Gregory Holman - +1 inside, +1 defense, +1 rebounding. Great TC for him. Could even potential start. Great LLE pickup.

Leocadio Garcia - +1 outside, +1 defense, +1 rebounding, -1 potential. Ok, cool. Couldn't ask for much more, he will probably start and be a double-double threat.

Roberto Dickau - +1 defense. Perfect. Nothing dropped, and the D went up. What more could I have asked. He's the starting SF.

Jamal Del Negro - -1 potential. I wouldn't be suprised to see the potential go back up next year. Anyhow, he is going to be a very capable backup on this team, unless he is traded somewhere he can start.

Tayshaun Prince - +1 outside. Awesome that I have an A-/A- outside/Defense player something every team should have.

Justin Bass - -1 handle, -1 defense, -1 potential. Slightly disapointing, but I won't worry about it too much. I feel that Bass plays about his ratings anyway.

Mickael Pietrus - -1 outside, -1 potential. A bit of a disapointment here, expected him to be able to hold his ratings, but it's only 1 drop, so I won't cry about it. Fully expected the potential to drop.

Kareem Longley - -1 inside, +1 handle, -1 defense, -1 potential. Again, since he's just a backup, I'm not too upset about it.

Micah Hunter - -1 inside, -1 defense. Argh, he was going to start, this I am angry about. But at least he will still be a good scoring backup.

Max Guiterrez- +1 outside, +1 defense, +1 rebonding. And kept his A potential? That is great. Really, really happy about this.

Darius Perry- +1 inside, +3 outside, +2 handles, +1 defense, +1 rebounding.   a total of +8, is that the best out there? And to think, he was a contract dump. And he ALSO held his A potential.

Damon Jones- stayed the exact same, which is just fine for a 33 year old.

Darius Arbogast- +1 inside, -1 potential. Probably the biggest dissapointment on the team. Was realy, really hoping to see the defense impove. Probably would average 15 and 8 as a starter, probably won;t see any burn on this team.

[RaptorsGM]

I believe that Darius Perry has had the best TC by anyone, ever, with a total of +7...

I believe it was +8. Could be wrong though.

[CavsGM]

Yes it was a +7, with "only" a +2 in outside shooting. There has been a handful of players with +5 before, and a maybe a couple with +6, but I'm not sure. Definitely nothing higher than that, though.

[RaptorsGM]

Yes it was a +7, with "only" a +2 in outside shooting. There has been a handful of players with +5 before, and a maybe a couple with +6, but I'm not sure. Definitely nothing higher than that, though.

Ahh, yes correct.

[RaptorsGM]

Well the Raptors are faced with a bit of a dilemma.

I think the starters, as is, are Yao/Holman/Dickau/?/Max

However, that "?" needs to be answered. Tayshaun, Pietrus, or Perry?

[MavsGM]

BlazersGM is going to mad when he sees Perry had a +7 TC.

[CavsGM]

I think we both have similar dilemmas, having 4th string point guards that are capable of being very good backups/2nd stringers. Depth sucks...

[GoldenStateGM]

Well, got somethings I needed, and some things I did not.

Jim Finley went up one in rebounding, making him a nice starting center
Phillip Rubini gained defense and rebounding, making him a very valid starting center as well.

Nowitzki lost a rebound, and gained a Handle.  And, oh yeah, gained an outside.  He has to be the best offensive power player in the league now.

Ruffin gained a rebound, making him an A B+ player.  Lost a handle, though.
Iggy lost a handle...  

Springs and Posey stayed the same, so neither helped the SG competition.

All in all, a decent TC.  My rebounding problem seems to be gone now.

[Anonymous]

Our first not-horrible TC since I took over as GM 3 and a half seasons ago.

The positives:

Andre Stocker - What can I say, he's going to be a stud. +1 to B in inside scoring, +1 to C in handles, +2 to B+ in defense.

Ernest Cousy - +1 to B- in rebounding. May get spot minutes behind Ruiz & Sweetney

Bob Diddle - +1 to A in outside scoring. Very nice for the offense I'm going to run

Corey Hoiberg - +1 to B- defense.

Richard Ahye - +1 to C+ in defense. Not quite as much of a liability on that end now and will see a few minutes as a shooter off the bench.

Terrence Przybilla - +1 to C in handles & +1 to C+ in defense. He'll share backup SG minutes with LaDon Curry.

Ricky Fisher - +1 to A in handles. Was hoping his D would go up but he still may be Sura's backup

Andy Miles - +1 back up to A- in handles after last season's disastrous TC.

The neutrals:

Trevor Wells - Stayed the same for the 3rd consecutive TC. I can't really complain.

Curtis Sura - Stayed the same. I'm a little disappointed his inside scoring didn't go up but I still have a quality PG for the first time since Marbury was dealt.

John Ruiz - My biggest disappointment. I was hoping he'd build on last season's solid TC with even more improvement. Instead he stayed the same and will split the PF load with Sweetney & backup Stocker.

Mike Sweetney - Stayed the same. I was a little worried he'd drop again this year so I'm pleased with this.

The Negatives:

Malik Allen - -1 to B in defense.

Nazr Mohammed - Nazr was hit the hardest as he dropped -1 to B in defense & -1 to B- in rebounding. He'll be relegated to the deep bench behind Stocker, Ruiz & Malik.

All in all I am quite pleased

[RaptorsGM]

Glancing around the league...

Chauncy took a big dive for the Celtics. Can they compete at the same level this year?

Khoury has just appeared like he could be a top PG this year for the Heat.

Could this be Petit's MVP year?

Stocktor looks great for the Knicks.

Jonas looks great for the Sixers. Could he start at PG?

Can't believe Nash didn't retire.

The Rockets have a great group of PGs.

Jazz have a weak group of big men...trade coming?

Dirk!

English had a poor TC.

And I think after TC both my picks got better.

[RaptorsGM]

No schedules or draft preview yet?

[BlazersGM]

Dammit, i forgot to save my file, actually i tought i did, but i remember more or less, im not too satisfied, some
disappointed a lot, some did like i expected.

Haywood improved defense, and droped potential(who cares)
Cunningham stayed the same, even with his very bad ratings, he actually puts some fine numbers and games.
Jackman, the highschooler improved a little

Finley improved rebounding to A-, his out i think droped from B to B-
Buehler improved outside, but he remained B+ df and reb, im pretty disappointed with that

Houbregs improved D
Mitchell was all C something, i believe he stayed the same, C something still

Schultz improved defense to A-, im very happy with that
Rush improved scoring, but was only player to drop 2 spots, and worst is, in defense, from A- to B

Telfair had the best TC, improved handling, defense and rebs.
Jackson and Zollner stayed the same, im happy with that, especially if Telf will get some 35mpg hehe.

[RaptorsGM]

Dammit, i forgot to save my file, actually i tought i did, but i remember more or less, im not too satisfied, some
disappointed a lot, some did like i expected.

Haywood improved defense, and droped potential(who cares)
Cunningham stayed the same, even with his very bad ratings, he actually puts some fine numbers and games.
Jackman, the highschooler improved a little

Finley improved rebounding to A-, his out i think droped from B to B-
Buehler improved outside, but he remained B+ df and reb, im pretty disappointed with that

Houbregs improved D
Mitchell was all C something, i believe he stayed the same, C something still

Schultz improved defense to A-, im very happy with that
Rush improved scoring, but was only player to drop 2 spots, and worst is, in defense, from A- to B

Telfair had the best TC, improved handling, defense and rebs.
Jackson and Zollner stayed the same, im happy with that, especially if Telf will get some 35mpg hehe.

Check the link Bods posted, and click "preTC"

[BlazersGM]

oh, thanks a lot