Sim 3 Discussion

[HawksGM]

Mercer was on fire vs the Bulls, he lit up his old team for 41...

lol, he had 12 assists that game too, he had a game of 26 and 16 too, a few big games inflated his numbers a bit but 5 out of the 8 games were big time games for him this sim, I'm not expecting all huge games but I expect him to stay along those averages too.

[BlazersGM]

Went 6-2, probably the best sim ever, hehe, beat the Nuggs,Pistons,Suns,Hawks,Rockets,Sonics and lost to Kings and Bucks.

My outside is a killer, and front is doing their job.

[OldNuggetsGM]

Went 6-2, probably the best sim ever, hehe, beat the Nuggs

Not Denver, since we didn't play.

Went 4-3, which is alright.  Butler had an 8 TO game which led to one loss (25 team TO's will do that), and Berkowitz had a 2-16 night that led to another loss (considering everyone else shot well and the team was up 3 going into the 4th quarter).  

We'll see if moving Butler to option #2 decreases his TO's.  Hopefully, it won't affect the other aspects of his game.

A tough next sim, with 5 road games vs. 3 home ones.  I hope the great start isn't a mirage.

[RaptorsGM]

Went 2-2 this sim, and it was brutal on Yao as for some reason he could not stay on the court. Here's hoping Garcia works out this sim starting at PF, and then Jefferson can start from then on.

Here's a look at the stats:

C: Yao Ming - 32mpg, 29ppg, 11.5rpg, 2.25apg, 2.75bpg, 0.75spg, 2.75topg, (9.5FGMpg, 19.5FGApg = 48.7%)

--Wow, probably his worst sim in the last 4 years. Could not stay on the court, getting just 32 mins a game. This will hopefully improve with the addition of Garcia at PF, as he is a better man-defender than Holman. Yao needs to get back on track.

PF: Gregory Holman - 30.5mpg, 6.25ppg, 7.5rpg, 1.5apg, 2bpg, 0.25spg, 1.5topg, (2.5FGMpg, 8.5FGApg = 29.4%)

--Holman has just taken himself almost completely out of the rotation. He is going to have to play amazing as a backup for me to want to have him in the rotation when Jefferson arrives. Terrible stuff.

Reserve PF/C: Leocadio Garcia - 25.75mpg, 7.75ppg, 6.5rpg, 0.25apg, 0.5bpg, 0.25spg, 1.75topg, (3.25FGMpg, 8.25FGMpg = 39.4%)

--Certainly not got numbers, but better than Holman's. I am hoping Garcia can put up 10 and 9 with a block in starter's minutes.

SF: Roberto Dickau - 28.5mpg, 11.25ppg, 5rpg, 2.25apg, 1.25bpg, 1.5spg, 1.5topg, (4.25FGMpg, 9.25FGApg = 45.9%)

--Another starter that had a hard time staying on the court, but overall, not bad numbers. Pretty happy with Dickau as the 3rd option.

SG: Darius Perry - 37.25mpg, 11.5ppg, 6rpg, 1.5apg, 0.5bpg, 2.25spg, 0.75topg, (4.5FGMpg, 10FGApg = 45%)

--Perry doesn't do anything exceptionally well, but he does do everything good. What more could I ask from the kid - while his fellow starters are shitting the bed, Perry is giving me many solid minutes.

PG: Max Guiterrez - 36.25mpg, 18.25ppg, 6.25rpg, 7.5apg, 0.25bpg, 1.5spg, 0.75topg, (7.5FGMpg, 14.5FGApg = 51.7%)

--Playing alot of minutes with backups for teammates, Max's assist numbers predictably went down while the scoring numbers went up. Still, 18, 8 and 6 is border-line all-star numbers, and to think, the kid is 21 years old.

Reserve PG: Darius Arbogast - 11.75mpg, 5.25ppg, 2.25rpg, 2.25apg, 0bpg, 0.25spg, 2.25topg, (2FGMpg, 4.25FGApg = 47.1%)

--Great numbers in reserve, translate these numbers into staters numbers (36 mins) and you have: 17ppg, 7.3rpg, 7.3apg, and, well, 7.3topg

[HornetsGM]

I am experimenting with my froncourt to see what combination plays best. I haven't been able to do much analysis, but it looks like Swift is a pretty good man defender... scratch that: a ridiculously good man defender.
However, this is just going by eyeball. The only ugly part was giving up 18 rbs to KG.

I also moved Melo to SF and put Jackson into the starting lineup. I'll have to wait another sim to see how effective that was.

I had 3 losses in that sim, which is disappointing, but two came against the Nets. The T-Wolves just really outplayed me. It was embarrassing.

[BlazersGM]

Went 6-2, probably the best sim ever, hehe, beat the Nuggs

Not Denver, since we didn't play.

Went 4-3, which is alright.  Butler had an 8 TO game which led to one loss (25 team TO's will do that), and Berkowitz had a 2-16 night that led to another loss (considering everyone else shot well and the team was up 3 going into the 4th quarter).  

We'll see if moving Butler to option #2 decreases his TO's.  Hopefully, it won't affect the other aspects of his game.

A tough next sim, with 5 road games vs. 3 home ones.  I hope the great start isn't a mirage.

oh yea, 5-2, i always confuse sim days with 0, and forget they start with 1