Sim 11 Up

[NetsGM]

Due to the trade deadline, I've postponed Sim 11 until tonight.  I'll update the schedule.

[CelticsGM]

thanks ...

[PacersGM]

thanks ...

wish you luck you will need it. i have made several starting offers to teams. never got an answer. so i guess it won´t help me to get extra time.

[CelticsGM]

thanks.

don'T have high hopeswith little assets, but a backup here or there might come in handy for my season's plans.

[RaptorsGM]

Thank God, I have a ton of people to get back to...but don't have the time right now.

[NetsGM]

Sim 11 Up.

Discuss.

[CavsGM]

9 games to go, with 6 wins needed to put the Cavs into the elite 60 win category. Let's see if they have what it takes...

[WizardsGM]

Horrendous......3-7 in our last 10 and the Suns went on a 9-1 spurt jumping everyone. Spurs are 2 games ahead of me and we both have 7 games left. I think I am going to give Fuqua his first start of the season and try something different. I hope it doesnt lose his 6th man eligibility.

[SonicsGM]

awful sim....really struggling to finish the season.  Down 2.5 games with six to go.


By the way, Pavel Podkolzine blocked 12 shots against Yao....Wow!

[PacersGM]

guess the PO race in the west is pretty much decided, in the east the bulls and nets should overtake my team and i will battle it out against hawks. maybe 41 wins can be enough this year???

had another good sim 5-3 ... finally all my guy are healthy.
had to survive another shotgun performance 

[CelticsGM]

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By the way, Pavel Podkolzine blocked 12 shots against Yao....Wow!

After so many seasons next to him, Pavel knows EVERY move of the Chinese Wall

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I think I am going to give Fuqua his first start of the season and try something different. I hope it doesnt lose his 6th man eligibility.

Funny there are people who value individual awards over team success. Man, I couldn't care less about a POTG, POTW or even an AllTeam selection, the PLAYOFFS are all that counts and the title in the end.
(and the worst is promoting a guy with a triple double ... in a 35pt loss !!!)
 



and trev, is it so hard to say "no" to any proposal ? No response at all is a bit lame, and keeps us spending way too much time here waiting, waiting, waiting, ...
 

[CelticsGM]

the Celtics did look pretty fine this sim.

We went 5-2 with HUGE road wins over the Magic, Heat and Timberwolves, and a 49pt trashing of the Blazers. Held onto the #5 seed for now, but the Bulls and Nets are still wthin striking distance (I don't count the Pacers, with the rest of their schedule they can be lucky staying in).

Sensational:
Old man Dirk Nowitzki was NOT dealt at the deadline and responded with his finest sim this season. Leading the Celtics with 16ppg on 45% shooting and always good for a three, spreading the offense. In combination with Orlando W, who had 10ppg on nearly 50% himself, they held opposing SFs to 12ppg on 37% shooting. Guess I finally found my rotation there.

Johnny Tyler. The superlatives don't end. Not so much on the offense, where 15ppg and 4apg (I guess he's the best passing big men in the league) are his usual standard, but on defense. 16rpg, 3bpg and while his opponents only were Al Rouseau, Frank Weatherspoon, Sammy Dalembert, Phil Unseld, Jose Siegel, Robert Swift and Phil Rubini, holding them to 3.6ppg on 27% shooting is quite impressive.

Darius Perry. 14ppg, 5rpg, 9apg, 1.6apg, and 5.5 steals per contest, shooting 47% / 54% / 93%. Wow, probably my MVP this season.


Seems like the fine tuning finally produced some results.
 

[KingsGM-old]

And just as i said, at then end, i gave only 1 good pick for Tommy.

Suns and Celtics are in the playoffs, Bucks probably won't even be a top 10, and Kings are at #5. I like it.

[NetsGM]

Well, that wasn't a pretty sim at all. 2-4 and hanging on to 8th by the skin of my teeth. Over all I liked the looks of Brooks and Gminski, and Al Woods looked OK - but I don't know if I have the right settings for this group of players. Gotta try to hang on.

[KingsGM-old]

I have a fellin Larry Bird is going to be a King next year.