5-3 is not too bad - we had some big blowouts in there (+27 v. Lakers, +33 v. Wiz, and +35 v. Raps), resulting in a very big ppg differential that won't really last. Three losses were all close and against good teams (with a lot of roster turnover it's to be expected), but I'm not too fussy on two home losses already (to the explosive and red-hot Mavs by 4 - with Vince Keogan going off for 45pts against my A defender, and the Hornets by 5).
Satisfied with most team stats - defence was very solid keeping oppg down, nice differential on the glass, and forcing more to's than we're giving up; %'s were all good on offence, and a:to was fine. Not *as* hot against the better teams, but I suspect that will come in time.
Went with Tobey at the 3 last sim, and he was a dominant scoring force, sitting 4th in the league at 28.3ppg. Great in his matchups - went right toe-to-toe with Nique in a great matchup.
Milner was solid, but had some strange low-assist/relatively high to games, which is weird for him.
Dell Curry was not nearly as solid as I'd hoped coming off the bench, so I think I will let him start to see if I can get abit more offence out of the two. This was a big problem in our losses and many of our wins.
Pretty pleased with Darren Fleischer's performance - production was good, OK in matchups.
Cliffy chipped in with nice complimentary numbers - double double on good percentages and threw in nearly 3 assists.
On to the ex-Nets....
First off:
at Marcus Kersey (scoring at a ridiculous clip and even containing the TO's).
A lot of other guys are littering the leaderboards - not really complaining, but
It was almost like many of them had something to prove to me on a personal level: Macy with 32pts when I wasn't sure if he'd be enough of a scorer at the 2; Kersey with 11 assists with 0 turnovers when his a:to ratio was my concern; Hubbard putting up 27pts with just 1 to - which was an issue for me; then Kersey owning Milner for a 22pt/7reb/9ast/1 to game.....I hope they all have it out of their system now, but good for them and their gm's