theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 A few weeks into the season, and it's apparent i need to trade Corey Brewster. He's upset over his PT since he was a starter last year. He's actually so upset his OVR decreased by 8. So, another trade! Magic Corey Brewer Clippers Carlos Gomez 2015 2nd Round Gomez is a 63 OVR, and a first round pick from the last draft. I'm going to give him some good PT to see if he will get better. If so, he may be serviceable in a 6th man role next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Final roster for 2015 (done with trading) 2015 Revised Roster Position Name Age OVR Potential Yearly Salary Years Left PG Jameer Nelson 32 69 - 9 1 PG/SG Marty McGuire 21 77 A+ 3.97 2+2T SF Dale Burke 22 79 B 3.84 1+2T PF Chad Elliott 21 79 B 3.21 2+2T C Spencer Hawes 26 75 B 6.13 5 SG Nick Young 29 69 D+ 4.29 1+1P PF Glen Davis 28 72 C+ 6.6 1 SG Carlos Gomez 23 62 C 1.57 2+2T SF Hedo Turkoglu 35 67 - 1.39 1 SF Al Harrington 34 65 - 7.61 1 PF Coby Landry 21 53 B- 0.723 1 (Restricted) PF Robin Cartwright 22 57 C 0.824 1 (Restricted) C Leonard Gray 21 58 D+ 1.13 2+2T SG Dustin Chambers 22 54 D 0.523 1+1T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: Hawes is a stretch 5 right? Could pair well with Elliot. Yeah he's got a good mid-range game. 87 med, 71 3PT. He's good inside too, but doesn't have great post moves. Good rebounder with a good block rating, avg post defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Catching up a little (i'm just past the All-Star break in real time) Slow start in November with a record of 3-10. Defense was above average, but offense was really struggling. Made changes to get the offense moving at a faster tempo and hopefully increase scoring. Had a better December (6-9). Injuries derailed January (5-8) and part of February (4-8) - Dale Burke hurt for 2-4 weeks, Glen Davis hurt 4 weeks, Chad Elliott hurt 4-6 wks, Jameer Nelson hurt for about a week Magic are dominating the Rookies of the Month - Nov Marty, Dec Marty, Jan Chad Elliott 20-35 at All-Star Break (not last!) Marty McGuire is going to be a beast defensively - averaging 2.0 steals per game through All-Star Break Dale Burke came back just after All-Star Break (good to have you back buddy) I'm hoping to make a bit of a run in March/April and get to about the 8-10th spot overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Scouting I did a bit differently this season. As a result, the values posted here may change quite a bit over the remaining part of the season. Due to that, i'm not going to list out all the individual attributes quite yet. OVR and POT should be fairly close though. Tracy King looks to be a beast. In-season scouting update (All-Star Break) Position Name Projection Age Height WGT OVR POT IN OUT PER D PST D HNDL REB IQ ATH SF Damon Slaughter Top 5 23 6'7" 232 B B+ PG D.J. Hodges Top 5 22 6'2" 208 B B+ SG Bryant Henry Top 5 21 6'6" 195 B- A- SF Andre Sparks Top 5 22 6'7" 227 B B+ SG Tracy King Top 5 21 6'6" 184 A- A+ PF Allan Boyd Lottery 21 6'11" 226 D+ B PG Andrew Holmes Lottery 22 6'3" 184 B C PG Cameron Stribling Lottery 20 6'2" 185 C- C+ SG Perry Bush Lottery 21 6'3" 192 C- C+ SG Brendan Graham Lottery 20 6'2" 212 C- C PG Reggie Coleman Lottery 20 6'0" 182 D+ B- PF Rubens Pessoa Lottery 19 6'10" 216 D+ A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Having a very difficult time getting over the hump with this team. I think i need to reset my coaching preferences next season, and try something different. Because this is the third year in a row the Magic have been last in scoring. On the good news front: 2015 Season Awards MVP Lebron James Heat ROY Marty McGuire Magic 6th Man JR Smith Bucks DPOY Dwight Howard Lakers Most Improved Roy White Rockets COY Erik Spoelstra Heat Marty and Chad Elliott made 1st team all rookie. Carlos Gomez (the guy i traded for mid-season) made 2nd team all rookie. 2015 Season Player Stats Position Name PPG RPG APG SPG BPG SF Dale Burke 19.6 6.5 1.9 1.8 0.8 PG Marty McGuire 16.4 4.2 6.5 2 0.3 PF Chad Elliott 10.7 7.8 1 0.5 1 C Spencer Hawes 10.6 8.4 1.5 0.2 1.2 PG Jameer Nelson 10.3 3 6.1 1.1 0 SG Nick Young 10.1 2 1.1 0.1 0 SG Carlos Gomez 3.5 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 2014 Team Stats 2015 Team Stats Number League Rank Number Leage Rank Record 27-55 27-55 29th Off Pts/Game 92.1 30th 94.4 30th Def Pts/Game 98.6 8th 100.8 10th RPG 45.3 24th 45.4 24th APG 19 30th 21.1 25th SPG 6.4 29th 7 17th BPG 3.3 30th 4.2 24th TOPG 15.1 26th 14 11th Same record as last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 I feel like the Browns. @MWil23 how do i break out of this loop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, theJ said: I feel like the Browns. @MWil23 how do i break out of this loop? I’ve found that lowering your expectations and having jaded “I bet _______ (something completely statistically impossible) happens” and then getting said dopamine response that you’re right helps. @LETSGOBROWNIES what else besides alcohol for you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, MWil23 said: I’ve found that lowering your expectations and having jaded “I bet _______ (something completely statistically impossible) happens” and then getting said dopamine response that you’re right helps. @LETSGOBROWNIES what else besides alcohol for you? I bet Dale Burke wins the scoring title and the offense climbs out of the 30th place cellar. I do feel better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Man, the potential ratings in this game jump all over the place. I don't know if that's a result of my NBA scout or the actual results of the season, but every season they chance. Some drastically. Very disappointing that Chad Elliott didn't improve. Meanwhile Marty McGuire's potential went from A to B, and Dale's went from B to A (started his career at B-). 2015 Off-season Player Progression Position Name New OVR Improvement Prv OVR SF Dale Burke 86 5 81 PG Marty McGuire 84 7 77 PF Chad Elliott 79 0 79 C Spencer Hawes 74 -1 75 PF Glen Davis 72 0 72 SG Nick Young 66 -3 69 PG Jameer Nelson 65 -4 69 SG Carlos Gomez 64 2 62 SF Al Harrington 63 -2 65 C Leonard Gray 61 3 58 PF Robin Cartwright 60 3 57 SG Dustin Chambers 57 3 54 C Coby Landry 57 3 54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, MWil23 said: I’ve found that lowering your expectations and having jaded “I bet _______ (something completely statistically impossible) happens” and then getting said dopamine response that you’re right helps. @LETSGOBROWNIES what else besides alcohol for you? Alcohol only numbs the pain slightly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Welp, because of my consistent ineptitude, i had the #2 chance at the #1 pick. I ended up with the #2 pick. Before i post the updated draft board, here's the player moves this season. 2015 Offseason Moves Coaches Hired NBA Scout Mike Daley - Level D, Potential A (6 years, 350K per year) Extended contract of Prospect Scout Jonathan Cook - A Level (4 years, 1M/year) Hired trainer Leslie Stone - Level C, Potential C (1 year, 600K) he was the best there was Players Hedo Turkoglu retired Took Dale Burke's 2 Year Team Option Declined Team Option on Dustin Chambers Nick Young exercised his 1 year player option (4.48M) Letting Jameer Nelson, Glen Davis, Al Harrington, Dustin Chambers and Coby Landry go. No qualifying offers? There were two but I must have messed up because those two guys disappeared as UFA's Offered Robin Cartwright 2 year deal for 3.54M total, but i think he turned it down The bottom of my roster was decimated. All those 2nd round picks are basically gone. So i'll be rebuilding that in FA this year. I should be much deeper this coming season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, theJ said: I bet Dale Burke wins the scoring title and the offense climbs out of the 30th place cellar. I do feel better. Not bad, but more like "I bet Dale Burke is on his way to winning the scoring title, but a freak double ACL tear injury will derail his hopes and dash his career, while my offense somehow falls a way to fall to worse than dead last in the league." @LETSGOBROWNIES your turn to give him an example...the poor guy is already too optimistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 I was going to grab the bottom 4 guys on the lottery list, but then realized i'm going to grab one of the top 5 guys anyway. I think Tracy King is the obvious answer. If he goes #1, then likely Andre Sparks (i think he could swing to SG). Post Season Scouting Update (Only Top Targets Listed) Position Name Projection Age Height WGT OVR POT IN OUT PER D PST D HNDL REB IQ ATH SF Damon Slaughter Top 5 23 6'7" 232 B B+ C C- C C- D+ D+ B- B+ PG D.J. Hodges Top 5 22 6'2" 208 B+ A- C B+ B- F B+ F B- A- SG Bryant Henry Top 5 21 6'6" 195 B- B+ B- B+ B- F+ C F+ D+ B+ SF Andre Sparks Top 5 22 6'7" 227 B+ B+ C B C+ D D+ D- C A SG Tracy King Top 5 21 6'6" 184 A- B+ B- B- B+ D+ B- F+ C A PF Allan Boyd Lottery 21 6'11" 226 D+ C C F D- D F B- D+ C PG Andrew Holmes Lottery 22 6'3" 184 B- C+ D+ C- A- C- B+ F C+ A- PG Cameron Stribling Lottery 20 6'2" 185 C- C D C- C+ F- B F- D+ B- SG Leonard Barlow Lottery 22 6'5" 185 D+ C D+ C+ C- F- D+ F- D- C+ SG Perry Bush Lottery 21 6'3" 192 C B C- C+ C+ F C F- D+ B SG Brendan Graham Lottery 20 6'2" 212 C C+ C- C+ C F C- F D B+ PG Reggie Coleman Lottery 20 6'0" 182 D B D C B- F- B- F- D B- PF Vincent Jacobs Lottery 19 6'10" 216 D+ B- C F- F D F- C+ D C- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, MWil23 said: Not bad, but more like "I bet Dale Burke is on his way to winning the scoring title, but a freak double ACL tear injury will derail his hopes and dash his career, while my offense somehow falls a way to fall to worse than dead last in the league." @LETSGOBROWNIES your turn to give him an example...the poor guy is already too optimistic. Marty will save the team then! Feeling really good now, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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