MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Top 25 Players in the League - Year 7 Rank Position Name Team OVR Age 1 SF Jackson Baldwin Magic 98 25 2 PF Anthony Davis Pelicans 97 30 3 PG Leo Smith 76ers 95 25 4 SF Kevin Durant Nets 94 35 5 C Mirko Petrovic Thunder 94 25 6 C Karl-Anthony Towns Timberwolves 94 27 7 PG Stephen Curry Warriors 94 35 8 PG Freddie Staples Lakers 93 26 9 SG Dana Saunders Wizards 93 22 10 SG Lamar Davidson Bulls 93 24 11 PF CJ Ellis Jr. Bulls 93 23 12 SG James Harden Rockets 92 34 13 SF Lebron James Cavaliers 92 38 14 C Nikola Jokic Nuggets 91 28 15 PG Lonzo Ball Lakers 91 25 16 PG Kyrie Irving Spurs 91 31 17 PG Russell Westbrook Thunder 91 34 18 PG Markelle Fultz 76ers 90 25 19 SF Odell Shepard Cavaliers 90 25 20 SF Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks 90 28 21 PG Christian Garrison Grizzlies 89 25 22 PF Dillon Nance Hornets 89 24 23 PG D'Angelo Russell Nets 89 27 24 SG Klay Thompson Warriors 89 33 25 PF Lauri Markkanen Celtics 88 26 - When I first did this list there were five 95+ OVR players in the league, now there are only 3. - There's one less 90+ OVR players than the first list. - The original list had 9 players 30+ years in age, this one has only 8. - There were only 6 players 25 years or younger, now there are 11. - There are 34 players 85+ OVR but below Markkanen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Opening Day Roster - Year 7 Position Name OVR Potential Age Years Remaining Current Annual Salary (mil) PG Alexi Gornev 85 B+ 24 1 $4.51 SG Lamar Davidson 93 A+ 24 4 $21.43 SF Al Grace 83 A 24 1 $3.87 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 93 A+ 23 2 $8.40 PF Carson Meeks 84 B+ 24 3 $12.97 PG/SG Tim Morrison 78 B- 23 1 $4.84 PG Quinn Hood 78 B 26 2 $3.85 SG Brent Saunders 75 B 27 1 $1.74 SF Felipe Alvarado 77 B+ 20 4 $3.31 SF Alvin Randle 72 B- 25 3 $1.62 PF Ed Hansen 77 B- 26 1 $3.39 PF Donnie Carlisle 74 A- 26 2 $4.19 C Colin McCarthy 77 A+ 21 3 $1.69 C Richie Barry 72 A+ 20 4 $1.95 C/PF Josh Reeves 69 A+ 21 3 965k SG Arnold Schroeder 66 A- 22 3*till USA N/A This roster is stacked. I really have no weaknesses and this is the best bench I've ever had. This team is built for long term success. I gotta be honest though, I'm getting bored playing with these same guys for 7 season, so I'm planning to move on to another organization after this season. I'll stay within this same "universe" but just sign as GM with another team. The focus right now though is on this season and repeating as NBA champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Contract Negotiations This is tough. Starting PG Alexi Gornev wants a 3-year $84.56 mil extension and starting SF Al Grace wants a 3-year $69.92 mil extension. The Bulls are currently $24.41 mil under the cap, with $45.41 mil in luxury tax room. Signing either is going to push me right up against the cap, and signing both would put me over the luxury tax line. The issue is CJ Ellis Jr. is going to need a massive contract extension next offseason, and I won’t be around to help negotiate it. I have an in house candidate in Alvarado that can take over for Grace if he leaves in free agency. My backup PG Morrison is also a pending free agent, so if he’s willing to take a reasonably low extension I might offer him one. I do have Quinn waiting on the bench who could take over though. Ultimately, I don’t think I can afford to extend either one of these guys without doing something drastic like dealing Meeks away (which I don’t want to do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Contract Extension PG Tim Morrison has signed a 2-year $9 mil extension ($4.5 per year) to stay with the Bulls. Looks like he’ll be the starter next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 All Star Break Update All Star Break Standings West East Seed Team Record Seed Team Record 1 Trailblazers 39-19 1 Bulls 40-16 2 Lakers 37-22 2 Celtics 39-20 3 Jazz 36-23 3 76ers 37-22 4 Warriors 33-24 4 Knicks 36-23 5 Spurs 32-24 5 Magic 34-23 6 Thunder 33-28 6 Cavaliers 31-26 7 Rockets 30-28 7 Bucks 31-26 8 Clippers 28-28 8 Raptors 29-28 9 Mavericks 29-30 9 Hawks 29-28 10 Grizzlies 27-31 10 Nets 25-30 11 Kings 26-31 11 Pacers 24-33 12 Suns 25-33 12 Hornets 23-36 13 Nuggets 23-35 13 Wizards 21-36 14 Timberwolves 20-38 14 Heat 19-39 15 Pelicans 19-38 15 Pistons 11-48 *Indicates I have their first round pick **Includes trades listed below I'm currently leading the East but its very close. I have a 1 game better record than last year at the break. Looks like the Pistons pick is going to be a premium pick. There's no need to make any deals at the deadline this year. - PF CJ Ellis Jr. made the All Star team for the 2nd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 End of the Season – Year 7 Final Record 59-23, 1st place in East, and 3 games ahead of 2nd place. I won 7 more games than last year, and this is the first time I’ve ever won the #1 seed. Final Standings End of the Season Standings - Year 7 West East Seed Team Record Seed Team Record 1 Lakers 52-30 1 Bulls 59-23 2 Trailblazers 51-31 2 Celtics 56-26 3 Warriors 50-32 3 Magic 51-31 4 Jazz 49-33 4 76ers 50-32 5 Spurs 46-36 5 Knicks 46-36 6 Thunder 44-38 6 Raptors 44-38 7 Mavericks 43-39 7 Cavaliers 44-38 8 Rockets 43-39 8 Hawks 42-40 9 Kings 39-43 9 Bucks 41-41 10 Clippers 36-46 10 Pacers 37-45 11 Nuggets 35-47 11 Nets 37-45 12 Grizzlies 32-50 12 Hornets 34-48 13 Suns 32-50 13 Wizards 34-48 14 Pelicans 31-51 14 Heat 33-49 15 Timberwolves 24-58 15 Pistons 15-67 *Indicates I have their first round pick Devin Booker had a season ending injury, but still its weird to see the Suns fall so far. The Mavericks catapulted upward after adding ROTY Guy Hood and trading for Damian Lillard midseason (man the Pacers gave up on him fast lol). The Hawks are in the playoffs after picking up Gordon Hayward in free agency. The Pistons are just awful. Player Season Stats Season Stats - Year 7 Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Assists Per Game Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game PF CJ Ellis Jr. 21 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 9.0 PG Alexi Gornev 4.3 SG Lamar Davidson 2.1 C Carson Meeks 1.3 SG Lamar Davidson 15.5 C Carson Meeks 8.1 SG Lamar Davidson 4.2 PG Alexi Gornev 1.5 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 1.0 PG Alexi Gornev 12.1 SG Lamar Davidson 5.5 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 4.1 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 1.4 PG Alexi Gornev 0.8 Ellis Jr. and Davidson's scoring was up. Ellis Jr. finished 12th in the NBA in PPG this year. Rebounds were up too, but steals and blocks were down. Award Winners MVP – Jackson Baldwin, Magic (his 5th in a row) ROTY – SG Guy Hood, Mavericks 6th Man of the Year – PG Dejounte Murray, Spurs Defensive POTY – Odell Shepard, Cavaliers Most Improved Player – Jonathon Pederson, Jazz (dang) Coach of the Year – Dirk Nowitzki, Bulls (woot!) Executive of the Year – Celtics GM (I still haven’t won this) 1st Team All NBA G – Freddie Staples, Lakers (2018 #1 pick) G – Lonzo Ball, Lakers F – Jackson Baldwin, Magic (2018 #2 pick) F – Odell Shepard, Cavaliers (2018 #4 pick) C – Karl-Anthony Towns, Timberwolves 2nd Team All NBA G – Russell Westbrook, Thunder G – Stephen Curry, Warriors F – CJ Ellis Jr., Bulls (2021 #1 pick) F – Greg Drew, Pacers (2019 #6 pick) C – Mirko Petrovic, Thunder (2018 #3 pick) 3rd Team All NBA G – Leo Smith, 76ers (2019 #1 pick) G – D’Angelo Russell, Nets F – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks F – Kevin Durant, Nets C – Nikola Jokic, Nuggets All Rookie 1st Team (pick) G – Guy Hood, Mavericks (1) G – Pete Waters, Cavaliers (34) F – Furkan Korkmaz, Trailblazers (wtf? Dude was drafted in 2016?) C – Elden Webb, Mavericks (14) G – Brian Washburn, Trailblazers (2) All Rookie 2nd Team (pick) G – Wendell Levingston, Suns (8) F – Otis Stafford, Trailblazers (6) F – Felipe Alvarado, Bulls (7) F – Dmitri Kursov, Pelicans (3) F – Sebestyen Marai, Knicks (25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Playoff Bracket - Year 7 West East 1 Lakers Bulls 1 8 Rockets Hawks 8 4 Jazz 76ers 4 5 Spurs Knicks 5 3 Warriors Magic 3 6 Thunder Hawks 6 2 Trailblazers Celtics 2 7 Mavericks Cavaliers 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Playoff Rotation - Year 7 Rotation Spot Position Player Name OVR Minutes Starter PG Alexi Gornev 86 30 Starter SG Lamar Davidson 93 36 Starter SF Al Grace 84 28 Starter PF CJ Ellis Jr. 94 38 Starter C Carson Meeks 84 30 6th Man SF Tim Morrison 79 20 7 C Colin McCarthy 79 16 8 SF Felipe Alvarado 79 14 9 PF Donnie Carlisle 76 14 10 SG Brent Saunders 77 14 11 PF Ed Hansen 78 0 12 C/PF Josh Reeves 77 0 13 PG Quinn Hood 79 0 14 SF Alvin Randle 73 Reserve 15 C Richie Barry 75 Reserve Only differences from last year are Alvarado and Saunders are replacing Pederson and Troy Daniels at the 2 & 3 backup spots. Also, I'm going to try Carlisle as the backup PF as he can shoot, but if I feel like I'm missing Hansen's defense I might change the rotation against certain matchups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Round 1 Eastern Conference Playoffs – Year 7 Round 1 - Eastern Conference Playoffs Bulls VS. Hawks Position Player Name OVR Position Player Name OVR PG Alexi Gornev 85 PG Dennis Schroder 77 SG Lamar Davidson 92 SG Demar Derozan 75 SF Al Grace 80 SF Gordon Hayward 86 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 91 PF Patrick Mcinnis 84 C Carson Meeks 83 C Willie Elliot 81 Final Score 154-82 Bulls Win Players Stats 3 Most Impactful Players From Each Team Hawks Position Player Name Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Field Goals PG Dennis Schroder 24 2 8 0 0 8-26 SF Gordon Hayward 18 4 8 0 0 8-20 PF Patrick Mcinnis 12 4 0 0 0 6-10 Bulls Position Player Name Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Field Goals PF CJ Ellis Jr. 46 20 6 2 2 20-24 PF Donnie Carlisle 24 2 0 0 2 8-20 C Carson Meeks 18 22 6 0 10 8-10 Team Stats Team Game Statistics Stat Bulls Hawks Points 154 82 Field Goal % 62% 32% 3 Point % 45% 28% Free Throws 20/24 4/6 Fast Break Pts 30 4 Points in Paint 76 36 Bench Points 50 22 Assists 34 26 O Rebounds 16 16 D Rebounds 58 24 Steals 10 8 Blocks 18 0 Summary LOL. This game was a joke. These guys can’t compete with my team at all. I’m not going to even bother playing this series, I’m going to sim the rest of it out. But lets talk about some of the new guys. SG Brent Saunders and SF Felipe Alvarado both move well, enough that they could be starters. I didn’t really need them to do much cause everyone else was going off, but Alvarado scored 4 points and picked up 4 rebounds, while Saunders didn’t even take a shot but had 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Seemingly back from the dead was PF Donnie Carlisle. He hit EIGHT 3 pointers in the game, which completely blew the game wide open. He added a whole new element to my 2nd unit. I also need to point out that C Carson Meeks got a triple double the old fashioned way, with 18 points, 22 rebounds, and 10 blocks. Lol he completely owned them all game. Like I said I’m going to sim this series out and move on to the next opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 The Lakers two Point Guards were both on the 1st team all NBA? lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 hour ago, JBURGE25 said: The Lakers two Point Guards were both on the 1st team all NBA? lmao Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 So has Jackson Baldwin surpassed Michael Jordan as the GOAT yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 1 minute ago, showtime said: So has Jackson Baldwin surpassed Michael Jordan as the GOAT yet? Only 1 title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: Only 1 title. True, but five straight MVP's. And he's only 25. That's pretty insane haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 34 minutes ago, showtime said: True, but five straight MVP's. And he's only 25. That's pretty insane haha Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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