The "How is your Association going" Thread

[Al Ka Pwn]

started one with the raptors. I'm using sliders from here http://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=63058&p=1008599#p1008599.




gave up my picks, but gathered a team that can last
a few years.

calderon/hinrich
gordon/mason
nocioni/kapono
scola/yi
bosh/bargnani

moon and graham do a good job of manning the bench.
and ukic is there in case a pg gets injured.



won the first game with gordon tearing down
the house and raining down 3's.
I didn't realise how good he is at doing that
till the third quarter. once he got hot,
it was pretty much over.

so far it's a lot of fun.

[Valor]

won the first game with gordon tearing down
the house and raining down 3's.

yup, he's good at doing that

[Patr1ck]

My CAP who is in the running for sixth man of the year just got a severe ankle sprain and will be out for 2-4 weeks with just one game left in the season. I'll have to step it up with a few other players and hope that their morale also rises due to more playing time. If I can make it to the finals, he might be able to play. Same thing happened the year before when Baron Davis got injured but that's when my CAP stepped up big and Mike Taylor had also stepped up. I even lost Al Thornton during most of the WCF and The Finals which made each game really tough.

[hova-]

Well those injuries are really tough. But it motivates I guess. After failing you go like "What if this guy had been in ... lets try again next year".

Well Ive been rolling lately. After beating the Spurs we blew out the Hornets 101-77 behind 27 points from Marquis Daniels and a solid team production. After 2 days off we went back home beating the Wizards easily. Dirk and Kidd were really nice and went to the line 25 times combined. Next game will be the Suns, best in the West, with Nash who has been Player of the Week 3 times in a row after handling out 10+ assists in each of the last 6 games (all wins) for the Suns. If we can beat them we are definitely a contender. Right now the 8th seed is quite secured being four games in front of the Blazers and Warriors.

[hova-]

Okay. Not only that the Suns showed us how many times better they are (91-105L), no, we also lost Jason Kidd with a strained achilles tendon ... 4-6 weeks ! Since Barea is hurt for the next 2 weeks with a abdomen injury or something like this, this leaves me with Jason Terry as the only player who can play point guard for almost the complete season. Damn.

Ah, and it all happended after Kidd went to the basket and O'Neal took him down like the took Stuckey in real life, just a tough, hard foul by the big fella.

[Al Ka Pwn]

so kidd got hurt trying to take on shaq. ironic.

[hova-]

Well he came out of nowhere I guess ... found myself in a quite open lane to the cup. He just hit me from the side and damn did Kidd fall down.

But I was able to master my first two games without Kidd and won against the Blazers and the Warriors, my biggest competitors for the 8th seed. Now I have a comfortable advantage.
Terry was quite convincing as my PG although he has not the playmaker ability Kidd has. Dirk was nice in both games averaging 25/10 and 2 blocks. Not to forget about Marquis Daniels who is hitting key buckets for me. Dampier returned to the lineup and did contribute well, but I guess he is still hating because of his playing time. Just cant get him into the game for more than 25 mins. Howard is a bit under the radar right now but still doing well. Just not his time right now.

[Al Ka Pwn]

hahaha. that might be the first time ever someone
said that about shaq.

[NastyGT]

I'm looking to start an Association with someone and can't make up my mind. Whether to take the Bulls, Blazers or even my fav team the Spurs. Every team I start with, it gets boring so this time I want to start with someone so it doesnt; get boring. Im also looking to post my story here on the forum so its gonna be a good one.

Well, I had almost the same problem and tried something different. I picked team with player rated 99 I don`t like much to play with, so I chose Miami, because of Wade (great player, but my favorite SG is Brandon Roy). They`re -7+ mils in hard cap and I wanted to "save some money". So, I know that almost every team would gladly take player rated 99 and I traded Wade, Quinn, Chalmers & Diawara for Blazer`s Roy, Fernandez, Aldridge and Oden (Yeah, like it would happen in real life . After bunch of trades my Miami team is:
G.Arenas\J.Jack
B.Roy\N.Young
K.Durant (personal favorite)\T.Ariza\C.Brewer
J.Smith\A.Blatche\D.J.White
A.Horford\J.McGee
And now it`s 5+ mils...until new contracts for Roy & Durant )
And you know what? Team chemistry is unbelievably low at start, so they play very bad (Arenas have less than 20% of shots in every game), but it`s damn fun to make a great team with them. Last time I played with Blazers and in 3rd season I had Roy, Durant & D.Howard in team, along with 2 generated rookies in PG & PF and that team was unbeatable. After 20-0 in that season I stopped playing, because it became boring to be invincible

[Heiks]

I just had a great pre-season game against the Hawks. We shut them down in the first and went ahead 24-13. Then we pretty much gave it all away, Hawks caught up 23-29 and at half time we were tied at 43. Then Joe Johnson went crazy, scored 19 points in the third. At some point Atlanta was ahead 61-52, but they couldn't keep the lead and Batum tied the game at 71 with an unbelievable fast-break dunk 24 second before the end of the third. Johnson had scored 31, Roy 20. Then Rudy got a couple of open looks and scored 8 of his 20 in the third, while the Hawks cooled down and managed to score just 16 points against our 28. JJ who was 10/16 from the field and 9/10 from the line before the fourth went 0/5 and scored just a single point off one made freethrow. We iced the game 6 minutes before the final buzzer, final score 99-87.

Notes:
ATL(87): 31/84 FG, 2/21 3PT, 23/31 FT, 43 reb, 28 bentch points, 4 second chance points.
POR(99): 31/82 FG, 3/12 3PT, 34/42 FT, 54 reb, 44 bentch points, 21 second chance points.

Joe Johnson (ATL) 32pts, 7reb, 1blk
Mike Bibby (ATL) 8pts, 5ast, 5TOs, just 2/10 FG

Rudy Fernandez (POR) 22pts, 10/11 FT, 2/4 3PT
Brandon Roy (POR) 26pts, 5reb, 9/10 FT, just 8/26 FG
Greg Oden (POR) 5pts, 15reb (6 off.), 3ast, 3stl, 2blk

[Heiks]

I just had a great pre-season game against the Hawks. We shut them down in the first and went ahead 24-13. Then we pretty much gave it all away, Hawks caught up 23-29 and at half time we were tied at 43. Then Joe Johnson went crazy, scored 19 points in the third. At some point Atlanta was ahead 61-52, but they couldn't keep the lead and Batum tied the game at 71 with an unbelievable fast-break dunk 24 second before the end of the third. Johnson had scored 31, Roy 20. Then Rudy got a couple of open looks and scored 8 of his 20 in the third, while the Hawks cooled down and managed to score just 16 points against our 28. JJ who was 10/16 from the field and 9/10 from the line before the fourth went 0/5 and scored just a single point off one made freethrow. We iced the game 6 minutes before the final buzzer, final score 99-87.

Notes:
ATL(87): 31/84 FG, 2/21 3PT, 23/31 FT, 43 reb, 28 bentch points, 4 second chance points.
POR(99): 31/82 FG, 3/12 3PT, 34/42 FT, 54 reb, 44 bentch points, 21 second chance points.

Joe Johnson (ATL) 32pts, 7reb, 1blk
Mike Bibby (ATL) 8pts, 5ast, 5TOs, just 2/10 FG

Rudy Fernandez (POR) 22pts, 10/11 FT, 2/4 3PT
Brandon Roy (POR) 26pts, 5reb, 9/10 FT, just 8/26 FG
Greg Oden (POR) 5pts, 15reb (6 off.), 3ast, 3stl, 2blk

[Cartar]

I would choose definitely Celtics, since I like them most out of this group. Or maybe you could continue your Hawks and trade Smith and Williams for more comfortable players for you and try to go farther.

[Patr1ck]

Lost to New Orleans in the second round. It was a close game. I could have, should have, would have won the game to win the series because I had several chances where I made bad decisions down the stretch.

I simmed through most of the offseason, and many of my players improved greatly, and because of that they are now complaining about their playing time. I've decided to do a slight rebuild, putting Zach Randolph and Baron Davis on the trading block, attempting to get more playing time and possessions for my upcoming players, my CAP, Eric Gordon, and Al Thornton. I was amazed at the amount of star players offered by other teams when you put your stars on the block. Deron Williams, Vince Carter, Gilbert Arenas, Elton Brand, even Dwyane Wade was offered.

The main reason I offered them was so I could get a non-starter or a couple, so I could start a couple players who I have from the bench and move a role player into the sixth man status to improve hisa nd their morale. I ended up accepting Elton Brand for Zach Randolph, took Baron Davis off the block and put him right back on to see if I get any different offers. I want to start Thornton at PF, my CAP at SF, and Gordon at SG.

I may have to make a bunch of slightly lobsided trades to get lesser players with smaller contracts who would be happy coming off the bench. Not enough teams have cap space and the right players for me to make one trade to get where I want.

[raptorsfan21]

I am now underway with Season 3 of my Raptors chise. I went 2-5 in the preseason, and I am now 2-2 to start the regular season. I could have been 4-0 if not for a couple of things. One being Danny Granger's buzzer beating three to give Charlotte a 99-98 win against me in my season opener. The other being Orlando coming back from 24 points down to beat me in the game that I just finished. The final in that game was 112-104 for the Magic with Dwight Howard lighting me up for 52 points and setting a new franchise record for the Magic. Most of Howard's 52 were in the second half, btw. Well, there's nothing I can do about it except to shake off the loss and try to rebound against the Wizards in my next game. Now, during the entire preseason, I had considered trading Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker to Phoenix in a package that would see me get Amare Stoudemire and Leandro Barbosa in return. Well, that trade will not be happening now, as I have signed Bosh to a six year contract extension which includes a no trade clause.

[nba_baller]

Re-started my association with the Heat. 3-0 so far. Need some advice. Is this a good trade?

Heat get:
J. O'Neal
W. Solomon

Raptors get:
S. Marion
M. Blount
J. Magloire

Had to get rid of Blount's big ass contract and for 70 rating, pretty lame. Marion ALWAYS opts for free agency every association for me and didn't know if I could get anyone good to replace him.

[AreaOfEffect]

hm. i want to ask something. why does in my association, my players rating keeps going down? like odom from 87 is now 85. i dont know the problem because ive been training him in the development mode. someone knows why?

[nba_baller]

He's getting older? Also, if during the season he has a green arrow and the rating, that resets at the start of the season.

[Patr1ck]

AreaOfEffect, are you playing Odom alot? Are his numbers increasing? I had Baron Davis in the mid to high 90's, but didn't use him as the main scorer and his rating dropped the next season. Too bad they don't show the development of players year to year like NBA Live.

[t2r2s]

i`m with the heat and i did a lot of trades because i wanted a nice team, didnt remember how i got the players now i`m 9-2,3rd on power rankings behind boston and phoenix and ahed of the lakers
heres my roster

PG Mario Chalmers / Damon Stoudemire
SG Dwyane Wade / Gerald Green / Daequan Cook
SF Al Thornton / James Posey / James White
PF Ben Wallace / Michael Beasley
C Amare Stoudemire / Patrick O`Bryant

currently i have 2 09 2nd rounders who i will spend on a backup point guard and on a PF/C
my team chemistery is on low 40`s and rising i think i can make a good run at the playoffs this year
wade is averaging 28ppg(3rd behind Kobe and Cris Bosh?) 9.5apg(1st) 1.2spg and 0.9bpg
stat is averaging 24ppg(12th) 11.4rpg(2nd behind camby because howard`s injured) 1.5bpg
gerald green despite coming of the bench(hasnt started a game yet)is my 3rd leading scorer with 15ppg, i think he might have a shot at 6th man award
and i dont remeber the other players stats

[AreaOfEffect]

AreaOfEffect, are you playing Odom alot? Are his numbers increasing? I had Baron Davis in the mid to high 90's, but didn't use him as the main scorer and his rating dropped the next season. Too bad they don't show the development of players year to year like NBA Live.

playing him alot? hm. odom is having 14 points per game, hes playing for 30 minutes per game in a 10 mins per quarter game, yet, he is still demanding for more playing time. and also, hes the only one in my starters whos ratings are going down. but other players like gasol, bynum, and fisher, their ratings are going up.

[debiler]

Strange thing happened to me the other night:

Since I had gotten Haslem for Wicox i my Bucks dynasty (22-3 at the moment), I had a series of blowouts. Some games I won by 40+. Then, after my 12th win in a row, along came Utah. I won the game after an exhausting defensive fight 99-95, but only because Boozer, D.Williams, Kirilenko and Almond all fouled out (in that order). Korver stepped up big and hit shot after shot when he came in for the russian. In the end, it were the 37-of-40 free throws I made (19-19 with Richard Jefferson) that put me past the Jazz and the fact that I could leave Brevin Knight alone at the arc, so I used Sessions and Boobie Gibson for the double team every single time on defense.

My point is: games like this do happen in real life. It was a whole new experience after winning twelve straight (in most of these I scored around 115-120 points). I just love this game. Now I'm gonna have back-to-back games against the Bobcats. I can't wait to see how this turns out.

[Rouziys]

My Sacramento Kings Line-Up

C Ronny Turiaf
PF LeMarcus Aldrige
SF Danilo Gallinari
SG Brandon Roy
PG Monta Ellis

6th Leandro Barbosa
Anderson Varejao
J.J. Hickson
Adam Morrison
Sean Singletary
Jarome James
(1st round rookie with 76 overall) Collier

I'm in my second season with 8-11. Roy is a monster. Leading the league in PPG. He's been named the player of the week 5 times in a row (second time in the season).

[Robert]

i`m with the heat and i did a lot of trades because i wanted a nice team, didnt remember how i got the players now i`m 9-2,3rd on power rankings behind boston and phoenix and ahed of the lakers
heres my roster

PG Mario Chalmers / Damon Stoudemire
SG Dwyane Wade / Gerald Green / Daequan Cook
SF Al Thornton / James Posey / James White
PF Ben Wallace / Michael Beasley
C Amare Stoudemire / Patrick O`Bryant

currently i have 2 09 2nd rounders who i will spend on a backup point guard and on a PF/C
my team chemistery is on low 40`s and rising i think i can make a good run at the playoffs this year
wade is averaging 28ppg(3rd behind Kobe and Cris Bosh?) 9.5apg(1st) 1.2spg and 0.9bpg
stat is averaging 24ppg(12th) 11.4rpg(2nd behind camby because howard`s injured) 1.5bpg
gerald green despite coming of the bench(hasnt started a game yet)is my 3rd leading scorer with 15ppg, i think he might have a shot at 6th man award
and i dont remeber the other players stats

You got a really good team you just better make sure tha you keep Amar'e and Wade happy so they don't leave in 2010

[Robert]

My Sacramento Kings Line-Up

C Ronny Turiaf
PF LeMarcus Aldrige
SF Danilo Gallinari
SG Brandon Roy
PG Monta Ellis

6th Leandro Barbosa
Anderson Varejao
J.J. Hickson
Adam Morrison
Sean Singletary
Jarome James
(1st round rookie with 76 overall) Collier

I'm in my second season with 8-11. Roy is a monster. Leading the league in PPG. He's been named the player of the week 5 times in a row (second time in the season).

You got some realy good guars but the bigs are kinda lacking

[debiler]

I decided to write a review for my last game. It was just a fascinating experience, so here we go:

nba.com Weekly story:
Finally, they're bucking!
The Milwaukee Bucks are the story of the season so far. At a stunning
record of 21-3, including 12 straight wins, the squad that has undergone
numerous changes during the last one and a half months was the clear
favourite for yesterday's matchup with the Utah Jazz. After outstanding
performances last week by Richard Jefferson (3 games, 37.3 ppg, .6 FG%) and
recent addition Udonis Haslem (2 games, 23 ppg, 17.5 rpg) experts started
making up a list of potential teams to beat the wild bunch. Utah was not on
that list. Although one of the strongest teams on paper, something seems to
be missing in the Jazz' game these days. Call it heart, hustle or even
luck. But all of these combined when the struggling squad visited the
league-leading Milwaukee Bucks tuesday night.
Utah had a strong start into the game and took serious advantage of
Villanueva's uninspiredness on both ends of the court. Mehmet Okur and
Carlos Boozer had some very easy lay-ins which gave them an early 17-6 lead
with 6 minutes to go in the first quarter. Thanks to Martell Webster's
consistent shooting and Jefferson's hustle on defense(3 stl), Milwaukee
could keep their opponents at strinking distance and the first quarter
ended 28-17. Then, early in the 2nd quarter, the fouling began. Deron
Williams picked up 2 quick fouls for his 3rd overall and was benched with
almost 10 on the clock. Shortly after that, Carlos Boozer pushed the Jazz
over the foul limit with his third, which earned him a spot on the bench,
too. Coming in for Williams, Brevin Knight -known as a less than mediocre
shooter at best- gave the Milwaukee guards the opportunity to hassle Mehmet
Okur and Paul Millsap in the post, which led to many strips and double team
situations. Utah just couldn't take advantage of their free man around the
perimeter. Taking advantage of an insecure defensive effort and many
gratuitous free throws, the Bucks -especially thanks to Richard Jefferson
and Charlie Villanueva, who pulled himself together after an abysmal first
quarter(1-6 FG, 0 REB, 3 TO)- went into the half with a slight lead, 48-42.
The second half began just as the first had ended. With their fourth
respective foul, Williams, Boozer, Kirilenko and Almond had to be replaced
at a very early point. Still, Milwaukee couldn't widen the gap. Kyle
Korver, who had seen some action in the first half(0 FG attempts), stepped
up big and abused a lack of perimeter defense for 13 points in seven
minutes. The Bucks just could not handle Korver's fast release and always
were one step too late. But they went for a perfect 18-18 from the stripe
in the third, which tied the game at 74-74, heading into the last quarter.
Korver continued to contribute, since Kirilenko had to sit down again when
he picked up his 5th foul with an obvious charge. Shortly after that,
Williams and Boozer fouled out and the Jazz were in penalty land again.
Thanks to a couple of dubious shots put up by Sessions -who had quite an
off-night- and Webster (1-6 3pt), the Jazz were able to pull away for a
90-83 lead with five minutes left in the game. That was when everything
fell apart. Doing an exhausting job on defense against the league-leading
scorer Jefferson, Korver's magic started to fizzle. Almond and Kirilenko
were subbed in to cushion the fall, but all they could do was pick up their
last foul and sit down for good. DeShawn Stevenson and Hilton Armstrong
made sure no Utah player would score until the closing seconds of the game
and on the other end, Richard Jefferson burned some rubber driving past and
shooting over the pitiable Kyle Korver, who had almost become the hero of
the day (20 pts, 3-3 3pt). The game ended 99-95, with Utah having four
starters fouled out and giving up 40 free throws, out of which Milwaukee
made 37.

Interviews:
Richard Jefferson(35 pts, 19-19 FTs, fouled on 15 posessions, player of the
game): 'This was not a game. It was free throw practice! You can't expect
to come here and win by excessive fouling. My compliments to the refs, they
saw it all.'
Charlie Villanueva: 'That was...different. I never had a game like this one
before. I mean, they almost had to send coach Sloan out on the court at the
end. Weird.'
Ramon Sessions (8 pts, all from free throws): 'We had a hard time like we
haven't had in ten games. But after all, we couldn't lose this one. You
gotta make your free throws, you know.'
Kyle Korver: 'This is bad. I felt great coming in from the bench. But my
shot comes and goes these days. I really gotta work on that, be more
consistent.'