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

[theJ]

Magic	Tracy King, SG
76ers	2020 1st Round

 

76ers aren't very good and could use someone like King.  This pushes Evan Turner to SF, but he's ok to play there.

Probably the 76ers would have had a top 5 without this trade.  I expect this will push them toward the outer reaches of top 10, but that's ok.

[MKnight82]

It doesn’t matter if you go over the cap.  

[theJ]

40 minutes ago, MKnight82 said:

It doesn’t matter if you go over the cap.  

Oh I know, it just limits my ability to sign FAs. Which at this point doesn't matter. But keeping King would have meant that one of my draft picks doesn't play much. 

[theJ]

Biggest sim drubbing ever?

Magic 125
Raptors 56

I did a triple take.

All-Star break standings coming soon.

[theJ]

All-Star Break Rankings
Record	38-13
Overall	12th
Power Ranking	1st
Conference Rank	1st
Team Chemistry	100%
Streak	Won 1

 

I forgot to look at the All-star team, but i assume Burke made it again.  Will post that tomorrow.

On the contract side:

• Extended Meyers Leonard 3 years (2 years plus player option) for 29.9M total
• Electing to let Markieff Morris walk. Scot Sheridan, Leonard Gray and Kyle Lowry want to go to FA

Centers are really hard to find, so Meyers is a must keep.  And he's not too crazy expensive either.

[theJ]

This is actually one of the more decent looking classes i've seen.  Should be able to get a mid-60's player that can develop into high 70's, low 80's  in the teens.

In-season scouting update (All-Star Break)

Pos.

Name

Projection

Age

Height

WGT

OVR

POT

IN

OUT

PER D

PST D

HNDL

REB

IQ

ATH

PF

Chip Baylor

Top 5

21

6'11"

236

B

A-

B-

D-

D

B-

F+

B+

C

B-

PF

William Goodman

Top 5

20

6'11"

240

B+

A+

B-

F+

C-

B_

D

A

C-

B+

C

Bobby Houston

Top 5

22

7'0"

251

B-

B-

C+

F-

F+

C

F

A-

C+

C+

PG

Damien Terry

Top 5

22

6'1"

187

B+

A

C+

B

A

F-

A-

F+

C

A-

SG

Jeffrey Bailey

Top 5

19

6'5"

200

A-

A-

C

B+

B

F+

C+

F+

B

A

PG

Edgar Williams

Lottery

19

6'3"

180

C+

A

D+

C

B-

F-

B

F-

C+

B

PG

Ayrton Paulista

Lottery

19

6'3"

168

C

B-

D+

C-

B-

F-

B+

F-

D+

B

SG

Eric Keefe

Lottery

19

6'4"

184

C-

B

C-

C+

C+

F

C-

F

D

B

SG

Marcus Marion

Lottery

21

6'6"

217

C

B

D+

C+

C+

F

C

F

D+

B

SF

Roland Coles

Lottery

21

6'9"

216

C-

B-

D+

C-

D+

F+

D

D

D

B

PG

Mario Catinella

Lottery

22

5'10"

205

C

B-

C-

C

B-

F-

B

F-

D+

B-

C

George Gatling

Lottery

20

6'10"

246

C

B+

C

F-

D

B+

F

B

C

C+

SG

Larry Anderson

Lottery

19

6'7"

200

C+

B

D+

C+

C+

F

C+

F-

C-

B

[theJ]

I played an actual game with this team today.  First one in this franchise, just to get a feel for the team and play with Burke and McGuire in their prime.

Those two are a lot of fun.  Super athletic, so they move real easily.  McGuire is so agile.  Reminds me of Vick in those early Madden games.

Burke was dangerous from everywhere.  Off the dribble, in the post, spotting up. 

Fun stuff.  Probably not the last game i'll play.

[theJ]

I'll post the final stats later, but i finished the regular season for 19-20 earlier.  Marty McGuire won the MVP and made All-NBA 1st Team.  Dale Burke was All-NBA 3rd team.

Kind of caught me off guard since competition at PG made it really hard for McGuire to even make an All-Star team.

[theJ]

Been trying to think of some ways to keep this particular franchise competitive going forward.  I'd like to follow this through McGuire and Burke's retirement, but i know that i'll lose interest if i win the championship every year for too many years in a row.  

So effective now, and continuing as long as i deem necessary, i won't be trading for any more 1st round picks.  The roster is already stacked for years to come.  I'll continue to use FA to sign some lower level players.

Because i'll be at a bit of a competitive disadvantage not signing higher end FA's, i may still elect to use the training camps to help improve some of the lower level players (like i did with Gatling last offseason).  But i'll be using it sparingly, and mostly on guys with low potential.

[theJ]

Finished the season really well!  

After the last regular season game, i got a pop-up awarding me reward points for coaching a player to the MVP.  Which i figured meant Dale again...but NO!

2019-20 Season Awards
MVP	Marty McGuire	Magic
ROY	Dana James	Magic
6th Man	Shane Slay	Pistons
DPOY	Anthony Randolph	Bulls
Most Improved	Wendell Delk	Bucks
COY	Dillon Kerr	Magic

Congrats to Marty.  Other awards:

• Marty McGuire made All-NBA 1st Team
• Dale Burke made All-NBA 3rd Team
• Dana James All-Rookie 1st Team
• Gerald Gatson All-Rookie 1st Team

2019-20 Season Player Stats
Position	Name	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
SF	Dale Burke	22	7	2.6	1.5	1.1
PG	Marty McGuire	19.9	4.5	8.5	1.9	0.3
C	Meyers Leonard	11.3	7.6	1	1	1.5
SG	Vin Hill	11	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.8
SG	Dana James	9.4	2.6	2.2	0.6	0.6
SG	Vin Hill	11	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.8
PF	Chad Elliott	8.2	7.8	1.7	0.4	0.9
PF	Gerald Gatson	6.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.2
PF	Markieff Maurice	5.6	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.6

 

	2018-19 Team Stats		2019-20 Team Stats
	Numbers	League Rank	Numbers	League Rank
Record	68-14	1st	65-17	1st
Off Pts/Game	102.7	8th	101	11th
Def Pts/Game	91.7	1st	89.3	1st
APG	22.4	12th	21.6	17th
RPG	48.4	7th	48.4	10th
SPG	7	11th	6.7	15th
BPG	6.5	8th	6.4	6th
TOPG	12.2	1st	12.7	1st
3rd in league in 3PT%

 

On to the playoffs!

[theJ]

At this point, the first two rounds are basically a given.  However, i want to give a little lead in here because this team has Tracy King and Nik Vucevic.  So it's a revenge series!

But, they didn't stand a chance.

2019-20 ROUND 1	Magic (1)	76ers (8)	76ers Roster
Game 1	112	89	Pos	Player	OVR
Game 2	93	88	PG	Mo Gatson	78
Game 3	79	86	SG	Tracy King	85
Game 4	93	94	SF	Evan Turner	86
Game 5	92	86	PF	Thaddeus Young	72
Game 6	100	79	C	Nikola Vucevic	69
Game 7			6th	James Anderson	73
Denotes Home
Denotes Winner
Revenge series for Tracy King and Nikola Vucevic. Vucevic performed well (14/9), but King played really poorly (7/5/6 on .265 shooting)

 

Second round is against the Pistons, who have almost the same squad as 2018-19, sans Brandon Knight (though Bryant Henry is no slouch).

They're no slouches, but we handled them with ease.

2019-20 ROUND 2	Magic (1)	Pistons (4)	Pistons Roster
Game 1	105	91	Pos	Player	OVR
Game 2	116	105	PG	Leroy Booker	91
Game 3	94	69	SG	Bryant Henry	83
Game 4	75	80	SF	Barry Payne	74
Game 5	103	63	PF	Dwayne Coleman	96
Game 6			C	Andre Drummond	77
Game 7			6th	Shane Slay (PG)	81
Denotes Home
Denotes Winner
Notes: Took out almost the same squad in 5 games in the 2018-2019 playoff series. Marty McGuire shot 14/27 from 3 in the series.

 

[theJ]

Round 3 is against the Bucks, the 6 seed.

Bucks Roster
Pos	Player	OVR
PG	Steph Curry	86
SG	Wendell Delk	80
SF	Wilson Chandler	74
PF	John Henson	75
C	Ed Davis	77
6th	Jerryd Bayless	76

 

Their roster is...not great.  I have no idea how they made it this far.  Let's see how i do.

[theJ]

Game 1!  

...not close.

Game 1	Magic (1) @ Bucks (6)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Bucks	13	16	26	16	71
Magic	29	20	32	30	111
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Steph Curry	20	2	7	6-11	4-7	4-4
John Henson	13	8	2	6-14	1-2	0-0
Dale Burke	29	10	5	9-15	0-4	11-11
Marty McGuire	23	6	10	9-19	3-5	2-3
Key Stat	Magic FG% - 52%, Bucks 36%

Game 2, a little more competitive.

Game 2	Magic (1) (1-0) @ Bucks (6) (0-1)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Bucks	25	19	15	26	85
Magic	18	32	24	31	105
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Steph Curry	8	2	6	3-7	0-3	2-2
Ed Davis	14	9	0	6-9	0-0	2-4
Dale Burke	20	4	2	7-13	1-1	5-7
Marty McGuire	16	5	14	4-13	0-4	8-9
Key Stat	Magic 33/42 FT, Bucks 14/24

They got me!  A little surprised, but likely not a big deal long term.

Game 3	Magic (1) (2-0) @ Bucks (6) (0-2)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Bucks	30	30	26	23	109
Magic	27	16	27	18	88
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Steph Curry	19	3	7	7-12	2-3	3-3
Wendell Delk	21	5	5	7-16	1-3	6-7
Dale Burke	22	6	0	8-13	3-3	3-4
Marty McGuire	19	5	7	6-17	3-8	4-4
Key Stat	Bucks 37/47 FT, Magic 16/19

Yeah this is more like it.

Game 4	Magic (1) (2-1) @ Bucks (6) (1-2)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Bucks	14	21	20	22	77
Magic	32	32	21	25	110
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Steph Curry	23	4	7	7-17	407	5-5
Wendell Delk	13	3	2	5-12	0-1	3-4
Dale Burke	24	8	6	8-12	5-6	3-4
Marty McGuire	27	3	7	9-15	4-6	5-7
Key Stat	Magic 16/23 from 3

And there it is.  

Game 5	Magic (1) (3-1) @ Bucks (6) (1-3)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Bucks	24	25	19	25	93
Magic	24	30	27	18	99
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Steph Curry	20	4	6	7-17	3-5	3-4
Wendell Delk	20	4	3	5-17	3-3	7-10
Dale Burke	25	5	3	8-16	1-6	8-13
Marty McGuire	25	3	9	9-19	2-7	5-6
Key Stat	Magic 6 turnovers, Bucks 10

 

On to the Finals!

[theJ]

The Finals is against the Spurs, the 5 seed from the West.  Honestly no idea how they're not the #1 seed.  Check this roster.

Spurs Roster
Pos	Player	OVR
PG	Damian Lillard	92
SG	Kawhi Leonard	91
SF	Harrison Barnes	92
PF	Trey Thompkins	75
C	Dale Stanley	79
6th	Jeremy Lin	76

 

Kawhi Leonard comes into the series hurt, so will be operating the entire series at a 79 OVR.

This should be a nice competitive series.

[theJ]

5 hours ago, theJ said:

Been trying to think of some ways to keep this particular franchise competitive going forward.  I'd like to follow this through McGuire and Burke's retirement, but i know that i'll lose interest if i win the championship every year for too many years in a row.  

So effective now, and continuing as long as i deem necessary, i won't be trading for any more 1st round picks.  The roster is already stacked for years to come.  I'll continue to use FA to sign some lower level players.

Because i'll be at a bit of a competitive disadvantage not signing higher end FA's, i may still elect to use the training camps to help improve some of the lower level players (like i did with Gatling last offseason).  But i'll be using it sparingly, and mostly on guys with low potential.

See this? 

This is what you call Bulletin Board Material.

Game 1	Magic (1) (0-0) @ Spurs (5) (0-0)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	22	26	24	20	92
Magic	15	25	20	21	81
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Harrison Barnes	23	10	0	8-13	3-5	4-4
Kahwi Leonard	13	2	1	4-12	1-6	4-6
Dale Burke	29	8	2	12-20	1-7	4-5
Marty McGuire	23	2	8	9-18	0-5	5-7
Key Stat	Spurs 7-17 from 3, Magic 1/21 (!!!)

Down 0-1.  First time that's happened IIRC in the last two post-seasons.  Bad shooting nice from 3.  Like really really really bad.