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

[theJ]

Game 1	Magic (1) vs. Spurs (1)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	19	21	21	19	80
Magic	23	37	20	38	118
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Dame Lillard	19	4	6	7-19	3-9	2-2
Kawhi Leonard	6	10	2	3-10	0-4	0-0
Marty McGuire	39	4	13	12-19	6-10	9-10
Dale Burke	23	10	7	9-14	3-4	2-2
Key Stat	Magic 46/86 FG (53%), Spurs 29/81 (35%)

 

Game 1 in the books, and we're off to a great start.  McGuire killed it.

[theJ]

Game 2	Magic (1-0) vs. Spurs (0-1)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	27	20	17	28	92
Magic	26	23	28	26	103
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Dame Lillard	21	5	5	5-16	3-5	8-8
Kawhi Leonard	31	14	4	10-14	1-4	10-12
Gerald Gatson	21	10	4	8-17	0-5	5-6
Dale Burke	22	12	0	8-17	2-8	4-5
Key Stat	Magic 14 second chance points

[theJ]

Game 3	Magic (2-0) vs. Spurs (0-2)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	32	25	22	38	117
Magic	17	26	25	31	99
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Dame Lillard	26	5	8	8-11	5-6	5-5
Kawhi Leonard	24	5	3	7-11	1-3	9-11
Dale Burke	24	3	2	11-16	0-2	2-7
Marty McGuire	21	2	5	8-18	1-10	4-5
Key Stat	Spurs 35 bench points - Magic 16

 

It gets interesting.

[theJ]

Magic take the lead in the critical swing game.  This is probably over.  But we'll see.

Game 4	Magic (2-1) vs. Spurs (1-2)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	24	14	24	30	92
Magic	26	28	24	29	107
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Dame Lillard	18	3	7	7-17	2-6	2-2
Kawhi Leonard	21	10	4	7-15	4-7	3-3
Dale Burke	24	8	0	9-19	2-3	4-5
Marty McGuire	21	5	10	5-13	2-6	9-9
Key Stat	Spurs 62% from FT (Magic +10)

[theJ]

BTW, Game 1 and 2 were in SA.  Games 3/4/5 in ORL.  6 and 7 would be in SA.  I'm not sure why SA has home court.

[theJ]

CHAMPS AGAIN!!

Game 5	Magic (3-1) vs. Spurs (1-3)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spurs	29	24	12	19	84
Magic	35	22	26	32	115
Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3PT	FT
Dame Lillard	16	2	6	6-15	0-1	4-4
Kawhi Leonard	18	6	2	7-12	2-3	2-4
Dale Burke	26	9	4	9-18	0-4	8-11
Marty McGuire	23	3	9	9-14	2-4	3-4
Key Stat	Magic 55% from field, Spurs 35%

 

My first back to back finals wins.

[theJ]

Marty McGuire won the Finals MVP.  Final line of 22/5/8.7 (on the entire playoffs).

[theJ]

Still no regression for Marty and Dale.  It's a pretty sick starting 5.

Also, Gatling is probably serviceable enough at this point to get about 10 min/game.  He's a good rebounder (A-) and low post defender (B-).  Too bad he's 27 now and probably only has one more year of progression in him.

Meanwhile Dee Boyd still sucks at everything, but good improvement from him after his rookie season.

2023-24 Off-season Player Progression
Position	Name	New OVR	Improvement	Prv OVR
SF	Dale Burke	96	0	96
PG	Marty McGuire	96	0	96
PF	Gerald Gatson	94	3	91
PF	William Goodman	92	3	89
SG	Vin Hill	83	0	83
SG	Bernard Hughes	79	1	78
PF	Scot Sheridan	73	0	73
PG	Jake Tate	69	-1	70
PF	Warren Conley	67	0	67
C	Oliver Gatling	67	3	64
SG	Alex Peeler	66	3	63
SF	Dee Boyd	63	4	59
C	Hakeem Okocha	63	3	60
SG	Harold Forte	57	4	53

[theJ]

Dale Burke					SF		6'9"		210 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
23-24	55	32.2	20.1	6.5	2.4	1.6	1	0.510	0.373	0.737
22-23	21	31.7	20.4	7.2	2.9	1.6	0.7	0.508	0.333	0.775
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	805	34	20.2	6.9	2.4	1.5	0.9	0.496	0.351	0.736
Awards	• MVP (2019) • NBA Champion (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) • 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, 2024)
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 • Floor General - Makes those around him better on offense

 

Marty McGuire					PG | SG		6'2"		202 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
23-24	82	35	20.2	5.3	7.7	2.2	0.5	0.441	0.360	0.873
22-23	82	35.8	19.5	4.6	7.1	2	0.5	0.438	0.347	0.812
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	784	33.5	18.4	4.5	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.447	0.383	0.826
Awards	• Rookie of the Year (2015) • 1st Team All Rookie (2015) • NBA Champion (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) • Finals MVP (2023, 2024) • MVP (2020) • 1st Team All-NBA (2020) • All-Star (2021, 2022, 2024)
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.

 

Gerald Gatson					PF | SF		6'9"		250 lbs
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
23-24	82	32.9	18.3	9.8	3.2	0.7	0.9	0.500	0.232	0.708
22-23	82	32.5	16.5	9.2	2.5	0.6	0.9	0.495	0.163	0.697
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	403	27.8	13.8	7.4	2.1	0.4	0.7	0.494	0.201	0.674
Awards	• NBA Champion (2021, 2023, 2024) • 1st Team All Rookie (2020) • All-Star (2024)
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. • Post Playmaker - Excels at hitting people on the money from the post

 

William Goodman					PF | C		6'11"		240 LBS
Season	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
23-24	75	31.3	12.8	9.5	2.9	1	1.1	0.497	0.254	0.710
22-23	82	31.8	14.5	8.8	2.4	0.8	1.2	0.535	0.200	0.618
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	319	31.1	9.9	8.2	2.2	0.7	1	0.496	0.211	0.630
Awards	• 1st Team All Rookie (2021) • NBA Champion (2021, 2023, 2024)
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. • Bruiser - Drains energy from match-up during contact.

[theJ]

Gatson and Goodman were both so close to averaging a double-double.

Goodman got a new sig, and a really good one (Bruiser).  That energy draining sig skill absolutely kills the opposing player at that position.  They're basically dead by the 4th quarter.  Typically they play 10-20% than normal bc they're resting so much.

[theJ]

As usual, i didn't really scout around the top of the draft again.  I do have one good target later - Ray Cross.  C OVR, B+ Pot.  Plays SF/PF.  I bet he goes well before my pick, but he's currently projected as a late 1st.

Failing that there's a Center with B- potential in the early 2nd.

There's also a PG (Bernard Cheaney) with 3 sig skills in the mid-1st.  C- ovr and C POT, but 3 sig skills probably indicates that scouting report is a little off.

[theJ]

Player Options

• Exercised Team Option on Bernard Hughes (4.65M)
• Exercised Team Option on Alex Peeler (1.55M)
• Exercised Team Option on Hakeem Okocha (1.27M)
• Exercised Team Option on Harold Forte (714K)
• Jake Tate Declined his Player Option (3.42M)

[theJ]

Notable: 

Anthony Davis (97 OVR) and Dale Person (95 OVR) declined their player options, so they're free agents.  Davis has won the DPOY like a billion times by now.

[theJ]

I'm choosing not to extend a qualifying offer to Warren Conley for 3.38M.

It's not that he's a bad player (67 OVR) or that he's old (26).  But he's not gotten any better while he's been on the team, and i want to clear PT for Gatling, Dee Boyd and Alex Peeler.

[theJ]

Heading into the draft now.

 

Ah, haha, the Bucks are offering for me to trade to #2.  They want Vin Hill and Bernard Hughes.  If i had scouted anyone in the top 5 i might take that laughing to the bank.  But i'd be firing blind, so i'm declining.