O'Doyle Rules Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Get some wins you bum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, O'Doyle Rules said: Get some wins you bum. Working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Top 10 Prospects According to Draft Express - Year 5 DE Rank Position Name Age Height Weight Wingspan School Badges OVR Potential 1 SG Dana Saunders 20 6'6" 197 6'8" Temple 18 88 A 2 SG/PG Jim Kelly 20 6'2" 233 6'5" Iowa St 8 77 A 3 SF/PF Ramon Aguilar 21 6'9" 241 7'6" Puerto Rico 10 79 B+ 4 SG Ben Bryan 20 6'5" 217 6'11" Cincinnati 8 77 B 5 PG Wendell Levingston 22 6'2" 188 7'2" Arkansas 9 73 A 6 SG Carlton Hunter 20 6'5" 214 6'5" Indiana 9 71 A 7 PG Stuart Ingram 21 6'2" 196 6'6" Southern Methodist 10 73 B- 8 SF Dorell Mason 20 6'7" 240 7'2" Arizona St 5 73 B+ 9 SF Wes Parker 19 6'7" 255 7'0" South Florida 3 71 B 10 SF Theo Chase 22 6'9" 202 6'9" Illinois 7 74 A Even though there are no A+ potential players in this entire draft.....this is still a pretty deep draft. Saunders looks like a really good player, although I like Lamar Davidson more. If I were to win the lottery again I'd probably trade down. SF/PF Ramon Aguilar is really slow, so he's definitely going to be a PF. SG Ben Bryan and PG Levingston both have really good wingspans. SF Wes Parker is an extremely athletic wing. SG Carlton Hunter is probably the best 3 point shooter in the draft, and one of the best I've seen in any draft so far. There are practically no bigs in the top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 All Star Break Update All Star Break Standings West East Seed Team Record Seed Team Record 1 Timberwolves 38-20 1 Celtics 40-19 2 Grizzlies 33-24 2 Knicks 38-19 3 Lakers 32-27 3 76ers 37-33 4 Nuggets 30-31 4 Bulls 35-21 5 Jazz 29-30 5 Cavaliers 35-22 6 Pelicans 28-30 6 Magic 35-22 7 Warriors 27-31 7 Pistons 34-25 8 Thunder 27-31 8 Hawks 32-25 9 Clippers 26-30 9 Nets 31-28 10 Mavericks 27-32 10 Bucks 26-31 11 Spurs 25-31 11 Raptors 25-30 12 Kings 25-32 12 Heat 24-33 13 Suns 24-33 13 Hornets 23-35 14 Trailblazers 23-35 14 Pacers 21-36 15 Rockets 21-37 15 Wizards 15-44 *Indicates I have their first round pick **Includes trades listed below I’m currently 35-21, which is 4th in the East. I’m only 3.5 games out of 1st place, which is pretty awesome. However, I’m also only 3.5 games up on the 8 seed, so the East is a pretty tight race. I’d be comfortably in 2nd place if I was in the West. I’m not going to make any major moves at the deadline this year. *TRADE* Boston Celtics Receive PG Briante Weber (72) Chicago Bulls Receive 2023 Celtics 2nd Round Pick C Drew Daly (72) I’m just making this move because I have a bunch of Guards on the roster right now and have had some injuries to my bigs. Daly was the 23rd overall pick in the 2019 draft but only has B- potential. He has A- interior defense and B+ rebounding though so he should be a solid backup. I just want to make sure I have some bodies available for the playoffs in case I have more injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 End of the Season – Year 5 Final Record 47-35, 7th place in East, and 9 games out of first place. I think this is the best record I’ve had so far, but the East was stacked this year. I fell in the standings a bit after the All Star Break, which is going to give me a tough Round 1 matchup against the Cavaliers once again. Also, the computer screwed me and simmed and injury to SG Lamar Davidson in the last game of the freaking season, and he’s out 1-2 weeks. Final Standings End of the Season Standings - Year 5 West East Seed Team Record Seed Team Record 1 Timberwolves 52-30 1 Celtics 56-26 2 Grizzlies 48-34 2 Cavaliers 54-28 3 Lakers 43-39 3 Magic 53-29 4 Nuggets 43-39 4 Knicks 51-31 5 Jazz 42-40 5 76ers 50-32 6 Pelicans 41-41 6 Pistons 47-35 7 Warriors 40-42 7 Bulls 47-35 8 Kings 40-42 8 Hawks 46-36 9 Thunder 39-43 9 Nets 44-38 10 Mavericks 36-46 10 Bucks 38-44 11 Spurs 36-46 11 Hornets 38-44 12 Clippers 35-47 12 Heat 34-48 13 Trailblazers 35-47 13 Pacers 32-50 14 Suns 34-48 14 Raptors 31-51 15 Rockets 26-56 15 Wizards 19-63 *Indicates I have their first round pick Player Season Stats Season Stats - Year 5 Points Per Game Rebounds Per Game Assists Per Game Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game PF CJ Ellis Jr. 19.9 C Carson Meeks 8.1 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 4.3 SG Lamar Davidson 2.0 C Carson Meeks 1.6 SG Lamar Davidson 13 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 7.3 SG Lamar Davidson 3.7 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 1.5 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 1.1 PG Tim Morrison 12.7 SF Deandre Bembry 5.6 PG Alexi Gornev 3.7 PG Alexi Gornev 1.3 PG Alexi Gornev 0.8 Award Winners MVP – Jackson Baldwin, Magic (his 3rd in a row) ROTY – CJ Ellis Jr. (woot) 6th Man of the Year – SF Odell Shepard, Cavaliers (2018 #4 overall pick) Defensive POTY – Andre Drummond, Thunder Most Improved Player – Jamal Murray, Nuggets Coach of the Year – Tyronn Lue, Cavaliers Executive of the Year – Celtics GM 1st Team All NBA G – Russell Westbrook, Thunder G – Stephen Curry, Warriors F – Jackson Baldwin, Magic (2018 #2 pick) F – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks C – Mirko Petrovic, Nets (2018 #3 pick) 2nd Team All NBA G – Freddie Staples, Lakers G – James Harden, Rockets F – Kevin Durant, Nets F – CJ Ellis Jr., Bulls (wow as a rookie!) C – Karl-Anthony Towns, Timberwolves 3rd Team All NBA G – Leo Smith, 76ers (2019 #1 pick) G – Markelle Fultz, 76ers F – Odell Shepard, Cavaliers (2018 #4 pick) F – Anthony Davis, Pelicans C – Nikola Jokic, Nuggets All Rookie 1st Team (pick) F – CJ Ellis Jr., Bulls (1) F – Mirko Bosnjak, Nuggets (16) G – Davor Kilmov, Pacers (9) C – Edgar Holmes, Spurs (Undrafted WOW and he’s 78 OVR) G – Joshua Stinson, Wizards (3) All Rookie 2nd Team (pick) G – Joshua Bremer, Celtics (7) G – Guy James, Suns (4) G – Freddie Ingram, Suns (2) C – Maurice Rush, Wizards (36) G – Quinn Hood, Bulls (9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Playoff Rotation - Year 5 Rotation Spot Position Player Name OVR Minutes Starter PG Alexi Gornev 82 30 Starter SG Troy Daniels 77 26 Starter SF Deandre Bembry 80 28 Starter PF CJ Ellis Jr. 87 38 Starter C Carson Meeks 81 30 6th Man PG/SG Tim Morrison 76 24 7 PG Quinn Hood 73 20 8 SF Al Grace 76 20 9 PF/C Ed Hansen 74 14 10 PF Donnie Carlisle 75 10 11 C Malik Flowers 77 0 12 C Dana Snyder 78 0 13 C Drew Daly 75 0 14 SF Jonathon Pederson 75 0 15 SG/SF Lamar Davidson Injured 0 Davidson is injured for 1-2 weeks, so I've put Troy Daniels into the starting lineup to give me some more outside shooting with that group. I'm hoping Davidson comes back in a week because he's my best perimeter defender. I'm also going to only use 1 true Center, and try to keep a more athletic unit out their against the Cavs who are super athletic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Round 1 Eastern Conference Playoffs - Game 1 Round 1 Eastern Conference Playoffs Bulls VS. Cavaliers Position Player Name OVR Position Player Name OVR PG Alexi Gornev 82 PG Isaiah Whitehead 78 SG Troy Daniels 77 SG Odell Shepard 88 SF Deandre Bembry 80 SF Lebron James 95 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 87 PF Kevin Love 85 C Carson Meeks 81 C Tristan Thompson 84 Final Score 130-106 Bulls Win Players Stats 3 Most Impactful Players From Each Team Cavaliers Position Player Name Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Field Goals SF Lebron James 34 2 6 2 0 12-30 SG/SF Odell Shepard 18 6 2 4 0 8-20 C Tristan Thompson 4 16 0 2 2 2-4 Bulls Position Player Name Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Field Goals C Carson Meeks 34 36 2 0 4 16-18 PF CJ Ellis Jr. 30 12 4 2 2 12-32 SG Troy Daniels 14 6 0 2 0 4-8 Team Stats Team Game Statistics Stat Bulls Cavaliers Points 130 106 Field Goal % 47% 43% 3 Point % 32% 33% Free Throws 16/26 10/10 Fast Break Pts 20 12 Points in Paint 64 56 Bench Points 42 28 Assists 30 22 O Rebounds 26 8 D Rebounds 50 40 Steals 8 12 Blocks 8 2 Summary Victory! This was my first playoff win with the Bulls and it came against a good team. Lebron was Lebron, and Odell Shepard is a nightmare to defend. The Cavs also still have: Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, Ben McLemore, Jeff Green, Isaiah Whitehead, and more. The crazy this is they actually have Jimmy Butler too but he’s out for the season with a torn Achilles. I outplayed the Cavs in every way. I shot better than them, my team is faster than theirs, bigger too, and I destroyed them on the boards. First let’s talk about Rookie CJ Ellis Jr. He’s the straw that stirs the drink and makes everything else work. He’s super quick for his size, can pass on a dime, drain shots from all over the court, and plays pretty good defense. I was getting some shots going early with him which started to make the defense cheat over towards him, and was then able to distribute to my other shooters who were open. I couldn’t do this before because I didn’t have a dominant guy to draw the defense away. SG Troy Daniels really took advantage of this and hit 4 threes in the game. Daniels also added 6 rebounds, he had a really good game. My starting Center dominated the game though. Tristan Thompson is a good player but he’s on 6’9”. Meeks, the 7’2” 300+ lb monster with a 7’10” wingspan just backed him down in the post all game long. I didn’t even have to do layups, I literally backed Thompson down so close that I could just dunk over him for instant points over and over. Meeks also grabbed an awesome 26 rebounds. SF Bembry did an OK job defending Lebron, but it would help a lot if I had Davidson to put on him. Bembry finished with a respectable 8 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals. Starting PG Alexi Gornev didn’t score but he had 10 assists. He’s OK, but I think an upgrade at PG will be needed eventually. I really like my backup Forwards, Al Grace and Donnie Carlisle. They are very different. Grace is very fast, and can drive to the rim for easy layups or make contact to draw a foul. Carlisle is pretty slow, but can shoot from outside. So I run the Pick & Roll with them together on my 2nd unit, and it works well with Grace as the primary ball handler. He can either drive or kick the ball to Carlisle who can shoot it or drive to the basket as well. Backup PF/C Ed Hansen also provided solid defense and contributed 10 rebounds. The really only disappointment was backup PG/SG Tim Morrison who struggled shooting, he went 2-14 and finished with 10 points. He’s my current 6th man but still needs some development on his shot before he can be a consistent contributor. I’m only going to be playing odd numbered games in the series and simming the even ones. Maybe Davidson will be back for Game 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Lebron James in the league is now only 26 points behind Kareem as the all time NBA scoring leader and could possibly surpass the record during Game 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeyDoke21 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 On 10/22/2017 at 1:35 AM, MKnight82 said: All Rookie 1st Team (pick) F – CJ Ellis Jr., Bulls (1) F – Mirko Bosnjak, Nuggets (16) G – Davor Kilmov, Pacers (9) C – Edgar Holmes, Spurs (Undrafted WOW and he’s 78 OVR) G – Joshua Stinson, Wizards (3) I've never seen that happen before. That's pretty cool. I wonder how a 78 overall went undrafted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeyDoke21 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 On 10/22/2017 at 2:50 AM, MKnight82 said: Lebron James in the league is now only 26 points behind Kareem as the all time NBA scoring leader and could possibly surpass the record during Game 3. That should only be a regular season stat. Post Season stats shouldn't be adding to the total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 11 minutes ago, jyod21 said: That should only be a regular season stat. Post Season stats shouldn't be adding to the total. You might be right. Hope he stick around one more year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 My biggest problem when doing these franchises is when a stud prospect comes up, I need to have him. It makes it so hard for me to let them go. I envy your restraint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 minute ago, JBURGE25 said: My biggest problem when doing these franchises is when a stud prospect comes up, I need to have him. It makes it so hard for me to let them go. I envy your restraint Ya I find it more fun to let those guys go to opposing teams and trying to beat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 minute ago, MKnight82 said: 3 minutes ago, JBURGE25 said: My biggest problem when doing these franchises is when a stud prospect comes up, I need to have him. It makes it so hard for me to let them go. I envy your restraint Ya I find it more fun to let those guys go to opposing teams and trying to beat them. Yeah I don't find that fun at all. I still remember Samuel Strawberry in my Skyline franchise from a few months ago. He should have been mine I might get 2k idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Round 1 Eastern Conference Playoffs – Game 2 This game was simmed as I am only playing the odd numbered games. Cleveland won 112-92 and tied the series 1-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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