OK sim, I guess, at 4-2 - considering sweeping changes to the lineup. Played all six at home with a pretty easy schedule. Losing to the Sonics by one is no great disappointment (bad third quarter in a defensive battle), but losing to the C's....well, that's always embarassing (Natt really did bruise Timmy - literally and figuratively).
I haven't done much analysis over the past couple of seasons, but with so many changes and lineup possibilities (and cutting myself back to two teams from four), now is a good time to start up again....I have a lot of experimenting to do to see what lineup will work best.
On to the sim....
Team rebounding was superb - which I like very much - our average this sim was +6 over the league leading average. A:TO ratio was a little below where I'd like it at <2:1, but again, the offence is going through some callibration so I'll have to watch this over time. Terrible shooting this sim from some big guns, and .401 as a team, explaining some of the inconsistency - Pryz at .301, options 1/3 Timmy and MRob at .340 and .372, and Adam at .379. Team played some straight up D, which dropped the STLS/BLKS some, but opponents shot .402 which I'll certainly take. Will be interested to see how this carries over against better competition.
Cummings made a very smooth transition: shooting .538 (.533 from 3PT range) and putting up 23.0/7.8 - and having a positive impact on Pryz's and Dial's rebounding #'s. Starting backcourt gobbled up 11.2 rpg, which is awesome.
I think it's about time to unleash Timmy at PG to see what he can do there - much anticipated, too, with 8 sims in his career to date and none at his natural position. Pryz's numbers on offense have been down, so I'm going to try a few things to get him going too.
Great representation for the Nets at all-star weekend to boot! Pryz made his first all-star team in his second season (21pts in 21 mins
), and Timmy got the nod in his first - cool - though he struggled. Pryz also played in the Rook-Soph game, helping the sophs beat his rook teammates Ed Saperstein (how he wasn't the MVP putting up 30/6 in 25mins on 11/16 in beyond me) and Timmy again. Timmy had a rough go in the "chuck-off", but good on him for making it, and ex-Net Billy Rice won the "dunk-off" - who knew.
