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

[theJ]

Spencer Hawes retired.  Aw, the memories.

Also Andre Iguodala, Rajon Rondo, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul.  Lots of big names.

[theJ]

Getting dangerous

Goodman is now a much better offensive player.  Gatson is a great all-around player, inside and outside.

2021-22 Off-season Player Progression
Position	Name	New OVR	Improvement	Prv OVR
SF	Dale Burke	96	-1	97
PG	Marty McGuire	96	0	96
PF	Gerald Gatson	87	6	81
PF	William Goodman	85	5	80
SG	Vin Hill	83	-1	84
SG	Bernard Hughes	78	0	78
PF	Scot Sheridan	73	0	73
PG	Jake Tate	69	0	69
PF	Warren Conley	67	2	65
C	Oliver Gatling	60	3	57
SG	Ernest Dean	59	3	56
SG	Reggie Gaines	58	3	55
PG	Cecil Armstrong	55	3	52
C	Brevin Perdue	52	3	49

[theJ]

Last thing for tonight, player cards.

Dale Burke					SF		6'9"		210 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
21-22	82	33.8	21.1	7	2.7	1.5	1	0.480	0.344	0.746
20-21	82	34.6	21.9	6.7	2.6	1.9	1.1	0.494	0.359	0.721
19-20	82	34.6	22	7	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.515	0.373	0.744
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	729	34.2	20.2	6.9	2.3	1.5	0.9	0.494	0.349	0.735
Awards	• MVP (2019) • NBA Champion (2019, 2021) • Finals MVP (2019, 2021) • 1st Team All-NBA (2019) • 2nd Team All-NBA (2021) • 3rd Team All-NBA (2020) • Rookie of the Year (2014) • 1st Team All Rookie (2014) • All-Star (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
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

 

Marty McGuire					PG | SG		6'2"		202 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
21-22	82	34.1	19	4.3	6.9	2.1	0.5	0.477	0.410	0.846
20-21	82	33.2	19	4.6	7.2	1.5	0.5	0.474	0.402	0.830
19-20	75	35.7	19.9	4.5	8.5	1.9	0.3	0.470	0.452	0.833
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	620	33	18	4.3	7	1.8	0.4	0.450	0.392	0.822
Awards	• Rookie of the Year (2015) • 1st Team All Rookie (2015) • NBA Champion (2019) • MVP (2020) • 1st Team All-NBA (2020) • All-Star (2021, 2022)
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 • Corner Specialist - Hits shots from the corner at a high clip. • Anti-Freeze - Never gets frozen and rarely gets cold.

New sig skill for Gatson and Goodman

Gerald Gatson					PF | SF		6'9"		250 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
21-22	82	30.5	14.6	7.5	2.1	0.3	0.7	0.489	0.215	0.665
20-21	75	29.7	13.5	7.4	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.473	0.179	0.619
19-20	82	13.6	6.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.532	0.000	0.654
Career	239	24.5	11.3	6	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.490	0.204	0.644
Awards	• NBA Champion (2021) • 1st Team All Rookie (2020)
Signature Skills	• Hustle Points - Puts back shots from offensive rebounds at a high percentage. • Finisher - Finishes layupts and dunks through traffic. • Post Proficiency - Possesses supreme low post skills.

 

William Goodman					PF | C		6'11"		240 LBS
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
21-22	82	30.9	6.3	7.2	2	0.6	0.9	0.432	0.167	0.581
20-21	80	30.2	6	7.2	1.6	0.4	0.7	0.479	0.125	0.566
Career	162	30.5	6.2	7.2	1.8	0.5	0.8	0.453	0.161	0.574
Awards	• 1st Team All Rookie (2021) • NBA Champion (2021)
Signature Skills	• Hustle Points - Puts back shots from offensive rebounds at a high percentage. • Scrapper - Wins loose ball, boxout and rebound battles. • Posterizer - Looks to posterize his defender whenever possible.

[theJ]

I currently have picks #21 and #28 with the Nuggets pick.  

I'd like to do some sort of trade to either move up in this draft, or bail and go for a next year pick.

The only problem is that i know how useless those late picks are, so it kind of violates the rule of don't do a trade i wouldn't do in reverse.  So i'm probably going to stick with those two picks.

[theJ]

Offseason Moves

• Exercised Team Option on Gerald Gatson (4.77M)
• Exercised Team Option on William Goodman (1.81M)
• Exercised Team Option on Warren Conley (1.28M)
• Exercised Team Option on Ernest Dean (1.18M)
• Declined Team Option on Cecil Armstrong (921K)
• Declined Team Option on Brevin Perdue (651K)

[theJ]

@THE DUKE Dwayne Coleman is a FA after declining his player option.  If i wasn't broke, i could right that disaster of a draft pick.

[theJ]

Skipping recording all the lottery players this year in the scouting report.  If one falls by some miracle, then i'll grab the report before i draft him for posterity's sake.

Post Season Scouting Update

Pos

Name

Projection

Age

Height

WGT

OVR

POT

IN

OUT

PER D

PST D

HNDL

REB

IQ

ATH

PG

Spencer Poole

Mid-Late 1st

22

6'3"

170

D

B-

D-

D

C+

F-

B

F-

C-

C+

PF

Jared Daniel

Mid-Late 1st

22

6'9"

240

D-

C+

C-

F

F-

D-

F-

B-

D-

D+

SG

Carson Lindsey

Mid-Late 1st

21

6'3"

226

D+

C+

D

C

C

F-

D+

F-

D

B-

SG

Jamaal Stone

Mid-Late 1st

20

6'6"

200

D

B

D

C-

C-

F-

D+

F-

D-

B-

PF

Clarence Ball

Mid-Late 1st

20

6'8"

260

D

B-

C

F

F

C-

F-

C+

D

C-

C

Hakeem Okocha

Mid-Late 1st

20

6'11"

256

D

C+

C-

F-

F-

D+

F

B-

D

C-

C

Lloyd Forrest

Mid-Late 1st

22

7'1"

268

D

C+

C-

F-

F-

D+

F-

B-

D+

C-

C

Lambros Amanatidis

Mid-Late 1st

22

7'0"

235

D

C+

C-

F-

F-

C-

F-

B-

D+

D+

 

Hard to say who the targets are here.  They all suck lol.

[theJ]

This draft made a lot more sense.

Pool was the last lottery pick left.  I didn't bother grabbing his scouting report.  It was basically a D+ player with B- potential.  Turned out about correct.

Big thing is the Celtics somehow figured out how to blow it again.  Five decidedly better players on the board and they took Reynolds.

2021-22 Draft Recap (Lottery Picks)
Draft Pick	Player	Pos.	OVR	Team	Post-Draft POT
#1	Darryl Burton	SG	80	Pacers	A+
#2	Roland Finley	SF	78	Bobcats	C+
#3	Laurence Reynolds	C	75	Celtics	C+
#4	Sean Bellamy	SG	74	Thunder	A-
#5	Abraham Cowen	PF	70	Hawks	A
#6	Erno Sandor	SG	78	Grizzlies	C+
#7	Darrel Strawberry	C	68	Heat	B
#8	Coby Simms	SF	69	Timberwolves	A
#9	Adam Barnett	PF	60	Raptors	B
#10	Louis Brown	SF	71	Jazz	D+
#11	Lloyd Forrest	C	57	Knicks	B-
#12	Victor Rush	PG	57	Suns	C
#13	Jared Daniel	PF	53	Suns	C
#14	Spencer Poole	PG	56	Warriors	D+
#15	Larry North	SG	74	76ers	A-
#21	Alex Peeler	SG	60	Magic	C+
#28	Hakeem Okocha	C	56	Magic	D+

[theJ]

I'll do FA tomorrow.  But i did take a look, and McGuire and Burke both want 22M+ on 5 year deals.  I'll probably give it to them, but maybe try to do a front loaded deal since they're going to deteriorate by the end of those deals.

[THE DUKE]

Darryl Burton is going to be a stud from that class

[theJ]

2 hours ago, THE DUKE said:

Darryl Burton is going to be a stud from that class

Pacers are going to be really good with him and Byrd.

I'd have to look back, but Burton might be the best player to come out so far.

[theJ]

1 minute ago, theJ said:

2 hours ago, THE DUKE said:

Darryl Burton is going to be a stud from that class

Pacers are going to be really good with him and Byrd.

I'd have to look back, but Burton might be the best player to come out so far.

Dale Person, PG for the Knicks, was an 81 OVR, A+ potential when he came out.  He takes the cake.  Burton is the runner up so far.

[theJ]

Extended 130M, 5 year, Bird Deals to both McGuire and Burke (w/ no trade clauses).  Identical deals.

McGuire has three offers on the table after the first round of offerings, so i'm going to up his deal to 133M.

[theJ]

They both signed.  Not sure what i would have done if one of them had left.

[theJ]

I need a backup PG, but i'm going to do what i did last season and wait until the start of the season to sign one.  I can get one cheaper then, and probably at around 70 OVR.