🏀 theJ's Magic Association Rebuild (NBA 2k13)

[theJ]

 

33 minutes ago, MKnight82 said:

Do you really need two top 5 picks at this point?  Should you just package them to move up?

Not really, no. I was considering two options: 

1. Trade 4 or 5 and Meyers Leonard for pick 1 and take the gigantosaur. 
2. Trade 4&5 and move up to 1. 

[theJ]

3 minutes ago, theJ said:

 

Not really, no. I was considering two options: 

1. Trade 4 or 5 and Meyers Leonard for pick 1 and take the gigantosaur. 
2. Trade 4&5 and move up to 1. 

The only reason I'd need both picks is that my roster will be sans King and Bledsoe. Basically this pick will be THE bench. And I'm not sure I'll have any cap to sign a FA. 

Before I do the draft I'm going to calculate my cap space to know better. 

[theJ]

This is the roster atm. OVRs aren't updated. I believe Sheridan and Gray are both 70s. 

I don't have a backup for the guard spot though. 

2018-19 Opening Roster
Spot	Position	Name	Age	OVR	Potential	Yearly Salary	Years Left
1	PG	Marty McGuire	25	96	B+	15	4
2	SG	Vin Hill	22	78	B	2.56	1+2T
3	SF	Dale Burke	26	95	A+	15.62	4
4	PF	Chad Elliott	25	82	C+	9.81	3+1P
5	C	Myers Leonard	26	79	A	8.05	2
6
7
8	PF	Markieff Morris	29	71	-	3.09	1+1P
9	C	Leonard Gray	26	68	B-	3.06	2
10	PF	Scot Sheridan	23	67	B+	1.74	1+1T (Res)
11
12	PF	Robin Cartwright	26	66	B	2.41	2
RES
RES
RES

[theJ]

I won't be playing any tonight due to other plans, so I'll take any thoughts. Will probably get back on sometime tomorrow late morning or afternoon. 

[theJ]

The Celtics want a ridiculous haul to move up to the #1 pick.  They're proposing both #4 and #5, plus future picks and players, or either #4/5 plus McGuire or Burke.

So i guess i'm not moving up there.

Sucks because i know they're taking that monster Jessie Bernard and it'd be fun to have him.  Oh well.  I suppose if they surprise me i can try to move to #2.

FWIW, i was offering them Meyers Leonard (79 OVR C) plus Pick #4 or #5.  Which is a deal i would take in their situation.  There are 4 or 5 really good players in this draft, and they need lots of help.  It would drastically improve their squad.

[theJ]

2018-19 Off-season Player Progression
Position	Name	New OVR	Improvement	Prv OVR
PG	Marty McGuire	97	1	96
SF	Dale Burke	96	1	95
SG	Tracy King	85	1	84
PF	Chad Elliott	83	1	82
PG	Eric Bledsoe	80	0	80
C	Meyers Leonard	79	0	79
SG	Vin Hill	80	1	79
PF	Markieff Morris	71	0	71
C	Leonard Gray	69	1	68
PF	Robin Cartwright	70	2	68
PF	Scot Sheridan	70	3	67
PG	Peter Boyd	62	1	61

 

Not a bunch of change here, but most of the players are capping out on their potential at this point.

[theJ]

In terms of offseason moves, here are the player and coaching adminstrative stuff

Coaches

• Status quo.  There really aren't any good coaches in the pickup pool, so i guess everyone is hoarding them and just extending them over and over.

Players

• Exercised team option for Vin Hill (2.67M)
• Exercised team option for Scot Sheridan (2.67M)
• Markieff Morris exercised his 1 year player option wroth 3.23M
• Declined team option for Peter Boyd (2.76M)
• Extended qualifying offer to Tracy King (1 year, 6.63M) - He's likely gone, but i'd take him back if no one offered him a deal (very very very unlikely)
• Eric Bledsoe hit FA

[theJ]

Dale Burke					SF		6'9"		210 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
18-19	82	31.9	21.7	6.1	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.524	0.411	0.745
17-18	82	34.3	20	7.9	2.6	1.3	1	0.454	0.324	0.757
16-17	82	36.1	21.2	8.2	2.6	1.6	1.1	0.481	0.341	0.746
15-16	82	34.7	19.9	6.5	2.5	1.6	1.1	0.530	0.356	0.728
14-15	73	35.3	19.6	6.5	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.503	0.284	0.702
13-14	82	32.9	14.4	6	0.9	1	0.5	0.467	0.198	0.715
Career	483	34.2	19.5	6.9	2.2	1.4	0.9	0.493	0.344	0.734
Awards	• MVP (2019) • NBA Champion (2019) • Finals MVP (2019) • Rookie of the Year (2014) • 1st Team All Rookie (2014) • All-Star (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Signature Skills	• Acrobat - Can change his shot mid-air with little consequences • Finisher - Finishes layups and dunks through traffic • Spot Up Shooter - A stand-still, knock down shooter

Dale's best scoring season yet, in his least amount of minutes.  I may boost his minutes some next season to see if i squeeze some more production out of him.  I may not have a choice really, since my squad won't be as deep.

Marty McGuire					PG | SG		6'2"		202 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
18-19	59	29.5	17.5	4.3	6.4	1.6	0.4	0.446	0.406	0.834
17-18	82	31.5	17.9	4.5	7	1.5	0.4	0.457	0.367	0.842
16-17	82	31.9	18.5	4.4	6.5	1.7	0.4	0.452	0.425	0.831
15-16	76	32.1	16	4	6.8	1.9	0.4	0.422	0.361	0.813
14-15	82	34.9	16.4	4.2	6.5	2	0.3	0.400	0.299	0.744
Career	381	32.1	17.3	4.3	6.6	1.8	0.4	0.434	0.373	0.813
Awards	• Rookie of the Year (2015) • 1st Team All Rookie (2015) • NBA Champion (2019)
Signature Skills	• Dimer - Excels at hitting people in rhythm for easy shots • Alley-Ooper - Tosses the ball up for easy-to-finish alley-oops • Shot Creator - Exceptional at creating space for clean shots off the bounce

 

Chad Elliott					PF		6'9"		244 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
18-19	82	29.4	8.1	8.3	1.8	0.3	1.2	0.459	0.167	0.604
17-18	72	29.6	10.1	8.4	1.6	0.4	1.2	0.452	0.214	0.576
16-17	82	21.3	11.2	8.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	0.485	0.091	0.635
15-16	82	32.2	12	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.4	0.494	0.500	0.656
14-15	82	30.4	10.7	7.8	1	0.5	1	0.442	0.000	0.661
Career	400	30.6	10.4	8.5	1.4	0.4	1.2	0.467	0.156	0.631
Awards	• NBA Champion (2019) • 1st Team All Rookie (2015)
Signature Skills	• Charge Card - Adept at winning charge calls • Posterizer - Looks to posterize his defender whenever possible

[theJ]

One pre-draft trade

Magic	Robin Cartwright
Clippers	2019 Pick 18

 

Cartwright is a 70 OVR, but as a stretch PF that can't defend, i never really gave him any PT.  He was pretty PO'd all season.  This is a good trade for the Clippers since they're unlikely to find a 70 OVR with B potential that late in the draft.  This gives me a little cap relief and some roster fill under longer team control.

[theJ]

I ended up not being able to move up.  Bernard was still available at #3, and the Lakers were willing to talk, but they overall wanted too much.  So i had to stay put and make the two picks at #4/5.  

Fun fact, the Center i took at #60 is also a 7'6" monster.  

2018-19 Draft Recap (Lottery Picks)
Draft Pick	Player	Pos.	OVR	Team	Post-Draft POT
#1	Rudolph Fordham	PG	77	Celtics	B
#2	Chester Hall	SF	76	Grizzlies	A+
#3	Jessie Bernard	C	70	Lakers	C-
#4	Gerald Gatson	PF	69	Magic	A+
#5	Dana James	SG	75	Magic	A-
#6	Hal Ford	C	70	Bucks	C+
#7	Hugh Maggette	PG	63	Hawks	C
#8	Douglas Monroe	PG	62	Heat	B
#9	Marty Mills	SF	62	Raptors	C+
#10	Jake Flores	PG	64	Wizards	B-
#11	Randolph McCarty	SF	61	Suns	C+
#12	Edwin Soto	SG	64	Wizards	B-
#13	Maruricio Barbosa	SG	60	Timberwolves	C
#14	Geoffrey Garrett	SG	59	Warriors	B-
#15	Guy Haynes	PF	59	Pacers	C
#16	Craig Goodwin	SF	57	Warriors	C-
#17	Lionel Delk	SG	59	Jazz	F
#18	Marvin Flowers	PG	55	Magic	C-
#60	Oliver Gatling	C	48	Magic	C+

[theJ]

Draft left me with 2.79M in cap, and 6.36M left on the mid-level exception.

Vin Hill is the backup PG, so i don't need any particular position. Going to try to find a decent potential lower end roster fill to get 13

Free Agency

• Signed Kyle Lowry (66 OVR PG) to a 1 year 602K deal
• Signed Ivan Jukic (67 OVR SG) to a 2 year, 3.95M deal

Lowry is a stop gap at 33, but he still has 5 sig skills including the Floor General skill (makes everyone better on offense when he's out there).  So even though he's a 66 OVR, he can still be valuable.  Ivan Jukic is 26 and has B potential still.

[theJ]

Oh good lord.  I completely forgot about Tracy King, and he didn't accept any offers from other teams.  So he accepted his qualifying offer that i offered him.

I don't really want him.  #1 he put me over the cap.  #2 i'd like to get Hill on the court more, and now i have those two high picks that need to play as well.  The only reason i tendered him was so that i could maybe bring him back if i packaged a bunch of picks and players to move up.

 

So i'm going to trade him when the season opens up.

[theJ]

Training camps

I know i said i wouldn't do it, but what the hell.  I want my 7'6" monster to be useful.  So i sent Oliver Gatling to Untapped Potential.  He now has a 75 potential.

[theJ]

Updated top 25.  It keeps getting better.  Whoever asked for ages, that's a lot of work because it doesn't display in the easiest fashion to transcribe it over to my spreadsheet.

2019-20 Season Top 25 Players
Rank	Name	Position	Team	OVR
1	Anthony Davis	C	Hornets	97
2	Marty McGuire	PG	Magic	97
3	Ricky Rubio	PG	Timberwolves	97
4	Dale Burke	SF	Magic	96
5	Dwayne Coleman	PF	Pistons	96
6	Kevin Durant	SF	Thunder	96
7	Dion Waiters	SG	Cavaliers	95
8	Lebron James	SF	Heat	95
9	Elden Samuel	PF	Hornets	95
10	Demarcus Cousins	C	Kings	95
11	Kyrie Irving	PG	Mavericks	95
12	Bradley Beal	SG	Thunder	95
13	John Wall	PG	Wizards	95
14	Dwight Howard	C	Hawks	94
15	Stacey Cheaney	PG	Rockets	94
16	Derrick Rose	PG	Bulls	93
17	Derrick Favors	PF	Jazz	93
18	Enes Kanter	C	Rockets	93
19	Derrick Williams	PF	Timberwolves	93
20	Dale Person	PG	Knicks	92
21	Brandon Jennings	PG	Mavericks	92
22	Russel Westbrook	PG	Pacers	92
23	Damon Lillard	PG	Spurs	92
24	Harrison Barnes	SF	Spurs	92
25	Leroy Booker	PG	Pistons	91

[theJ]

Opening Roster.  Trading King shortly.

2019-20 Opening Roster

Ratings

Spot

Position

Name

Age

OVR

Potential

Yearly Salary

Years Left

IN

OUT

PER D

PST D

HNDL

REB

IQ

ATH

1

PG

Marty McGuire

26

97

B+

16.04

3

B

A+

A+

C-

A+

C-

A

A

2

SG

Vin Hill

23

80

B

2.67

1+1T

C+

B+

A

C+

B-

D+

B

A-

3

SF

Dale Burke

27

96

A+

16.71

3

A-

A+

A+

B-

B

B-

A-

A

4

PF

Chad Elliott

26

83

C+

10.25

2+1P

C+

D-

C-

A-

C-

A

B+

B

5

C

Myers Leonard

27

79

A

7.66

1

B-

D

C

A

D

A-

B-

A-

6

SG

Dana James

21

75

A-

3.14

2+2T

C+

B-

B-

C+

B-

D+

B-

A-

7

PF

Gerald Gatson

20

69

A+

3.46

2+2T

B-

D+

D+

C+

D+

B-

C

C+

8

PF

Markieff Morris

30

71

-

3.23

1

B

B-

D+

B-

F

B

B-

C

9

C

Leonard Gray

27

69

B-

3.2

1

B-

F

D-

B-

D

B+

C

C+

10

PF

Scot Sheridan

24

70

A-

2.67

1 (Res)

B-

D-

D+

C+

D+

B+

C+

C+

11

PG

Kyle Lowry

33

66

-

0.602

1

D

C

B+

F

B

D-

B+

B-

12

SG

Ivan Jucik

27

67

B

1.93

2

C

B

B-

D+

C+

D

C

B

RES

SG

Tracy King

26

84

B

6.63

1

RES

PG

Marvin Flowers

22

55

C-

1.45

2+2T

D+

C-

C

F

B-

F

C-

C

RES

C

Oliver Gatling

22

48

B

0.582

1+1T

D+

F

F

C-

F

C+

D

D