.:| SacrificingEverythingButBelief |:. Hiatus/Shutdown

[dare]

I voted for Okur to leave

[Valor]

I'll hate it if you rip off the Lakers and give them Milsap for Odom and Josh Powell, so im voting for C. B is ok also, although it's really dependent on who you're getting

[|)e8*]

Boozer.Millsap is the best!!! And we have twin avatars

[kibaxx7]

• 2009.12.07 :: Paul Millsap vs. Spurs: In the tightly packed Western Conference, the Utah Jazz know they can't afford to drop home games to teams with losing records. They left nothing to chance against San Antonio on Monday night and continued their surge (slow, but a surge is a surge!) into playoff contention. Deron Williams had 27 points and 12 assists, but it was Paul Millsap who exploded for 20 points and 15 boards in the Jazz' 119-100 rout of the Spurs. Carlos Boozer added 17 points and six rebounds and C.J. Miles added 11 points. The Jazz were 3-7 in mid-November -- now they've won 8 of their last 10 games and are now 11-9. “We've put ourselves in a great position to keep on moving up,” said Boozer. “We're playing extremely well and we didn't want to take them lightly. It's all about business and taking care of home court.” Tony Parker scored 26 points and 10 dimes, and Manu Ginobili had 25 points for the Spurs, who've lost 6 of their last 9 games and sit, surprisingly, in the 12nd spot in the West and are on pace for their first losing season since 1996-97 at 11-16. “Hopefully, we get a little fire after a loss like this,” Ginobili said. "They kicked our butts from top to bottom.” Utah never trailed after the first quarter (33-32 for the Spurs), as they dominated inside and held San Antonio to one of its worst shooting nights of the season. “We can't make any excuses,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “We just didn't show up and should've stayed at the hotel. Our starters were lethargic and Utah is a very good team. Our energy level to start the game was nonexistent.”

• 2009.12.10 :: Carlos Boozer vs. Magic: Their latest loss was as painful and frustrating as any for the Orlando Magic, so it was no shocker when coach Stan Van Gundy vented afterward. But he didn't aim his anger at his players: his target was a referee. Carlos Boozer scored a season-high 30 points to go with 14 rebounds and four assists, and the Utah Jazz posted yet another surprising victory, beating the Orlando Magic 119-113 on Thursday night despite 20 points from Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis' 19. Van Gundy, meanwhile, was irate after he got whistled for his second technical foul with 29.8 seconds left. That led to an automatic ejection. Van Gundy claimed he was goaded and called it “the most unprofessional tech I've ever had.” It was a fitting end to a frustrating night for the Magic, who were trying to climb to the top of the Southeast Division. Instead of a celebration, there was more frustration. Coming off an 88-76 loss at Clippers in which they set a season low for points scored, Orlando set one for points allowed in another disappointing loss. Leading the late charge were Andrei Kirilenko (22 points, six boards, four blocks), Deron Williams (22 points, 12 assists) and Boozer. “We just wanted to attack them and take control,” Kirilenko said. Nelson, Lewis and Vince Carter (15 points) did what they could for the Magic, who have dropped four of five and have struggled lately through injuries -- the most notable being Dwight Howard's sprained left knee; Howard played limited minutes and had 14 points and eight rebounds.

• 2009.12.31 :: C.J. Miles @ Thunder: Deron Williams had 35 points and seven assists and C.J. Miles added yet another season-high 21 points in an impressive shooting performance and the Utah Jazz won their third straight game with a 122-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. Andrei Kirilenko and Carlos Boozer added 19 and 14 points for the Jazz, respectively. No Thunder scored more than 15 points: 15 by Jeff Green, 14 by Kevin Durant and 13 by James Harden. Things got a little testy early in the fourth quarter with Utah comfortably ahead, 90-70; Serge Ibaka was called for a hard foul and Mehmet Okur took exception, and began jawing at him. Okur was given a technical. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan pulled Williams, Kirilenko and Boozer soon after the incident. “Mentally for everybody, for the team, it means a lot to win by this margin,” said Miles, who shot 8/10 from the field, 2/3 from beyond the arc and 3/4 free throws. OKC dropped its fifth straight game. “Maybe we took them [the Jazz] a little lightly, but you still have to play hard,” Durant added.

The Jazz delegation, not counting the guests of honor and their families and friends, includes seven members of the Miller family, the big bosses from the front office, the assistant coaches, and the trainer and assistant trainer, among others. The list, at last count, is 16; let's call it a soft number. Utah -- the team and the place -- can use it. Larry Miller died this past month of complications from diabetes, midway through his 24th season as owner. Coach Jerry Sloan lost an older brother. The Jazz went from 54 wins, the Northwest Division banner and the second round of the Playoffs in 2008 to 48 victories, third in the Northwest and a 4-1 opening-round loss to the Lakers while allowing 106.6 points a game in 2009. Rod Hundley, the only remaining staff member from the New Orleans days, retired after 35 years as play-by-play man. Carlos Boozer missed 45 games to injury in the regular season and Mehmet Okur missed three of five postseason contests. Boozer changed his plans and did not become a free agent, setting the stage for the potential distraction of nonstop trade rumors amid the real possibility he will stay on the roster for months. If the Jazz win and reclaim their former status as serious threats in the West, it wouldn't be a surprise if he stayed the entire season. Death. Defeat. Meaningful retirements. Roster complications. This week in Springfield, Mass., came along at the very right moment.

John Stockton and Sloan, both the ultimate in unpretentious and dedication, will hate the grandeur and be searching for the escape hatch from any formal event. But fans back home celebrate the dual inductions, something the organization needs now. “Absolutely,” said Greg Miller, Larry's oldest son and the new boss. “To be honest with you, in my mind, I don't connect the events you mentioned with what's going to happen to Jerry and John. Each kind of stands on its own. I wouldn't want anything to happen now, good or bad, to detract from the moment for both of them.” One last perfectly timed Stockton assist. “It's an important milestone in the history of the Utah Jazz,” Miller said. “It's a very significant event. The reason I think it's significant is because it shows a credibility. It shows our organization has been blessed to have high-caliber people. I think Pete Maravich is our only Hall of Famer so far. To have two people go in at the same time is very impressive.” Very emotional, too.

A question to Miller about how the inductions will likely prompt a flood of memories forces him to pause for several seconds to gather himself during the phone conversation. A question about Stockton in particular, a Miller favorite who has kept a predictably low profile in retirement, brings another long pause. Finally, tears. Miller is remembering watching on TV at home, the windows open on those crystal May afternoons Salt Lake City can have, when Stockton hit the buzzer-beating 3-pointer in Game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference finals at Houston that sent the Jazz to the championship series against the Bulls. Miller shouted in celebration through his living room then. He is crying now. “I'm sure I'll well up a time or two” at the ceremonies, he said. “It's all good. It's all upbeat and happy.” It has been a while since the Jazz have been able to say that. The franchise lives the joys again this week, with Stockton back at the forefront, Sloan still there and the anticipation of being able to come back in a year for the induction of Karl Malone.

What a mood. What a welcome moment.

• 2009.12.09 :: Jazz @ Lakers: The game was billed as a battle of guards. But while Deron Williams and Kobe Bryant had their names on the marquee, Mehmet Okur vs. Pau Gasol turned into the real main event, giving the fans all they could ask for as the big men stole the show and became the true centers of attention. Ah, clever use of words. Give this one to Okur, but not unanimously; Gasol barely misfired on what would have been the knockout blow. The end result on the judges’ scorecards: 114-112 for Utah, in a match that won’t soon be topped at Staples Center. “Both of them, Deron and Kobe, really played great games,” said Okur, who finished with 21 points, four rebounds and three assists. “It was a really fun game to watch and I'm really happy that we got the win.” On a night when he tallied a career-high 14 points, Wesley Matthews delivered the game-winner too, scoring on a driving layup with seven seconds left to put the Jazz ahead for good. But as great as that play was, it never would have even been possible if not for the savvy timeout called by Williams several seconds earlier, when C.J. Miles was trapped along the baseline with no options available except to jack up an ill-advised shot. Coach Jerry Sloan put the ball in Williams’ hands from there, calling for his point guard to execute the high screen-and-roll with Carlos Boozer (17 points, 12 boards), which had been so effective all game long. Sure enough, the guard from Illinois came off the pick, found himself matched up with Gasol, and with a behind-the-back pass found Matthews, who had no problem scoring an open layup to put Utah up 112-110. His heroics nearly went for naught when the Spaniard, who had already scored 16 of his 18 points on the second-half and grabbed 19 boards, nearly answered. Los Angeles went to the high screen and roll as well and Gasol got a clean look on a jumper just over the outstretched arms of Boozer. The shot came up just short, bouncing off the rim and into the arms of Williams, who knocked down a pair of free throws to seal the win. Kobe (28 points, 12 dimes) added a consolation layup for the final score.

• 2009.12.14 :: Jazz vs. Timberwolves: Kosta Koufos doesn't expect his knee tendinitis to feel better anytime soon. Taking time off down the stretch, with the Utah Jazz fighting for a playoff spot, simply isn't an option. So, he's learned to accept the pain; not that the knee affected him Monday night. Koufos scored all of his 10 points on the second half to put a stop on two Minnesota rallys as the Jazz blew out the Timberwolves 123-91 for their fifth straight win. The Jazz center hit three straight attempts before missing a jumper with 2:34 left in the game. He also made all 4 of his free throws. “It felt OK before the game,” Koufos said. “Now, it feels that much worse. It's throbbing like a heartbeat.” Koufos, who hurt his knee against San Antonio a week ago, had doctors orders to play limited minutes. Carlos Boozer finished with 32 points and 18 rebounds, and Deron Williams had 18 points and 13 assists for his 18th double-double of the season and the Turk Mehmet Okur posted 16 points. C.J. Miles and Paul Millsap came off the bench to finish with 12 and 11 points, respectively, rounding up six Jazz in double figures. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan would like to get Koufos some rest, before time runs out, and in any case, if the Jazz end up outside glancing into the playoffs. But Sloan was more impressed with his team's defensive performance; they held the Wolves to just 31/76 shooting (40 percent). “If we come in and do what we what we got to do defensively, nine times out of 10 we're going to take care of business,” he said. "We weren't trying to beat them by 30, we just wanted to beat them convincingly.” The Jazz got their point across.

• 2009.12.16 :: Jazz @ Nets: Utah guard Deron Williams liked what he saw from teammate Andrei Kirilenko in the Jazz' 112-90 victory against New Jersey. Kirilenko finished with 23 points, two rebounds, an assist, a steal and two blocks in perhaps his best all-around performance this season. “That's the Andrei I like,” Williams said. New Jersey, on the other hand, struggled all around. The Nets attempted 73 shots and they only made 30, which translates to a not enough 40 percent. Williams had a tidy 26 points to go with 12 assists on 12/17 shooting, and swingman C.J. Miles finished with 16 points, four boards and four dimes. Overall, it was a great road triumph for the Jazz, which shot 52 percent from the field and led by as many as 36 points. After New Jersey was up 50-48 at halftime, Utah went on a 21-2 run through the third quarter; that allowed them to take a 82-65 lead into the fourth period, and at that point the game was already over. “We couldn't make shots, we couldn't stop them. That's not a good combination,” Nets coach Kiki Vandeweghe said. “A number of people did not shoot the ball well.” Make that Devin Harris (5/19 shots), Brook Lopez (3/7, season-low 7 points) and Courtney Lee (2/5, 8 points). Nets rookie Terrence Williams led the team with 16 points, but he had very little help. Forward Bobby Simmons started 3/4 from the field but then missed three of his next four shots to finish 4/8. Rookie Wesley Matthews added 13 points and three rebounds for Utah.

[kibaxx7]

Yeah id go small with Boozer at center , i voted to trade Boozer but only because i dont want to see Milsap leave.

Okur can go !

I voted for Okur to leave

I traded Okur to the Lakers... deal to come soon!

Boozer.Millsap is the best!!! And we have twin avatars

Boozer staying now... he's playing huge this past month. Millsap staying too. And yes, you are my avatar buddy now.

I'll hate it if you rip off the Lakers and give them Milsap for Odom and Josh Powell, so im voting for C. B is ok also, although it's really dependent on who you're getting

Lakers would be ripping themselves...

[Valor]

Lakers would be ripping themselves...

I'll blame that on the silly 2K AI who can't measure players' values accordingly

[Fresh8]

Nice presentation as usual. I will check back in when you're finished the first season.

Adding me again in this story?

[kibaxx7]

I'll blame that on the silly 2K AI who can't measure players' values accordingly

Good then.

Nice presentation as usual. I will check back in when you're finished the first season.

Adding me again in this story?

Thanks man. And yeah, I'm adding everyone later to the NCAA mod.

Ah, question... should I make some kind of deal to get the Knicks' pick, in order to be realistic? Because I'm trading both my picks in offseason deals.

[kibaxx7]

• 2010.01.04 :: Carlos Boozer vs. Hornets: If Jeff Bower's job wasn't in trouble before Sunday night, it most likely is now. His New Orleans Hornets suffered their second straight blowout loss, this one a 106-83 thumping at the hands of the Utah Jazz, that brought a season full of misery to a new low. Carlos Boozer had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Mehmet Okur scored 21 for the Jazz to extend New Orleans' losing streak to six games. Andrei Kirilenko added 14 points, four boards and three blocks for Utah, who are back on winning ways following their last-second loss against Denver this past Saturday. David West led the Hornets with 28 points but only 3 rebounds, but it wasn't enough for his team, who lost by 34 points against Houston on Saturday night and trailed by as many as 30 points in the second half of this one. “Jeff is not out there on the court. The team owner is not out there on the court,” West said. “It's me, Chris (Paul, injured), Marcus (Thornton, 14 points), 'Meka (Okafor, 14), and these guys in here. It has to change within us before anything.” There really were no excuses for New Orleans in this one. Deron Williams had 11 points and a season-high 19 assists for Utah.

• 2010.01.08 :: Andrei Kirilenko @ Grizzlies: O.J. Mayo just hit a 3-pointer in Andrei Kirilenko's face and then talked about it all the way upcourt. The Russian replied with a driving layup, which provided another topic of conversation. The two players led their clubs at the offense -- and in the final minutes, Kirilenko and his squad did just enough to hand Mayo's Grizzlies yet another defeat. Carlos Boozer scored 27 points and 15 rebounds and Kirilenko added 23 and his own 15 boards as Utah sent the Grizzlies to their third straight loss, 98-95 Friday night. The Jazz managed just one field goal and ten points in the final 5 minutes, but still survived Memphis' late rally. Boozer scored the game's last points on two free throws, and Mehmet Okur swatted Zach Randolph's shot under the basket to thwart one of Memphis' several attempts to get closer. “O.J. and I, we're not really buddies off the court,” Kirilenko said. “We talk a little trash to each other, but he has a big heart. We have a good time out there.” Mayo had a Memphis-high 16 points and Rudy Gay added 14 before missing a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Grizzlies. Randolph and Ronnie Brewer scored 13 apiece. “We need to learn from games like this,” Brewer said. “It was the little things that cost us, like turnovers and offensive rebounds. We have to learn how to work. We're in a little gutter right now.” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins asked: “I'll take the defense in the final 12 minutes, but where were we the first 36? It was a miracle we were still in a game when a team shoots that many free throws.” (22/29 for Utah).

• 2010.01.25 :: Carlos Boozer vs. Suns: Carlos Boozer is planning a trip to Las Vegas as soon as he gets some free time. Alert the roulette wheels, blackjack tables and pit bosses. Watch out. This guy's on a serious roll. Boozer posted his sixth straight game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, this time with 27 and 17, as the Utah Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns, 113-106 on Monday night. Knocking down shots from every corner of the floor, Boozer made 11/14 shots and scored 15 points in the fourth quarter to hold down two rallies by Phoenix, who began the final period down by 15. “I'm just happy he's on my team,” Andrei Kirilenko (14 points, six rebounds) said. “He's unbelievable when he gets rolling like that. The funny part is, I've seen him do it before.” Following Boozer's hot hand, the Jazz shot a blistering 75 percent in the final eight minutes. Even when Utah missed, which wasn't too often, they outhustled the Suns to loose balls. Deron Williams added 19 points and 12 assists for the Jazz. Steve Nash scored 34 points -- 23 in the second half -- and had eight dimes, but Phoenix again came up a little short. Amare Stoudemire added 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in 43 minutes, but walked off the floor shaking his head at Boozer's marksmanship. “It was unbelievable,” Stoudemire said. “There's nothing you can do when a guy get hot like that. He shot step-back jumpers. He shot pull-ups. I counted at least five dunks. It was a great performance by Carlos.”

Some people, it is said, are an open book. Jerry Sloan doesn't even have a cover. “I'm just another guy,” he says with a shrug, stretching his arms out and turning his palms up. “What's to know?” There's plenty to know about the man who has been on the job longer than any other coach or manager in American professional sports. But none of it's very complicated or far from the roots of Sloan, who grew up on a farm in southern Illinois. As a coach, Sloan simply believes in sinking his teeth into that red meat and never letting go. With all of the games he has coached for the Utah Jazz over the past 21 seasons (1,859) and all of the career victories (1,137) -- which have moved him into fourth place on the NBA's all-time list -- you can ask Sloan for a favorite memory and it won't be anything that happened under the bright lights of a crowded arena. “In 19 years, John Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick,” Sloan says. “But he still ran it. That's the important thing. John didn't need all the attention that comes with making All-Star teams or getting his name into headlines. He just loved to compete.” Which is a line the 67-year-old Sloan could have printed on his business card... if he believed in carrying such a thing. Now he can add another line: Hall of Famer.

“It's really flattering for me to be involved in it,” Sloan said of his selection. “It wasn't something that I'm about or tried to be about as far as playing and coaching. Just try to do your job and go home and get ready to go again. That's about it. I don't need the recognition, really. I don't know what else to say. Obviously, when I look at my career, I've been around a long time. But we've never won a championship or any of those things. So I'm amazed.” For 18 seasons, Stockton and Karl Malone were the on-court extensions of Sloan's own personality, a pair of Hall of Famers who shared their coach's mentality for showing up every day and doing their jobs. They twice went to the NBA Finals, losing to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in 1997 and 1998. “Were we disappointed that we didn't win those?” Sloan adds. “Sure, but I didn't feel bad. If you go and you play and you put everything into it, there's never any reason to feel bad. Hell, John and Karl would have liked to have won as much as anybody that ever played the game. But you have to be realistic and fair and honest about it. There's another team that's pretty good, too. That's just the way it is. To me, the toughest part is not the losing. It's coming back after you've lost and seeing who you are then. That's the most critical thing to me.”

He has been criticized at times by Jazz fans for being unbending, unchanging, single-minded. But it never shows in that soft, away-from-the-court voice that has the slightest hint of a drawl. The late Larry Miller was always one of the most publicly visible, temperamental, emotional owners in the NBA, which made it even more surprising that he never wavered on Sloan. Instead, Miller who died of complications from diabetes a couple of months ago, steadfastly backed Sloan and often campaigned for him to get Coach of the Year, an award that the new Hall of Famer has never won. “Aw, that's the kiss of death anyway. They give it to you one year and two years later they fire you,” Sloan jokes.

“He is, by far, the strictest coach I've ever had,” the 25-year-old Deron Williams said. “I don't think I'll ever get used to it. But it is what it is. What can you do? He's the boss man.” Most of his players will go on to tell you what they like about playing for Sloan is that, at the core, all he expects of them is to be responsible and act like men. “Basketball is here one day and gone the next,” Sloan says. “I was blessed. I went back there to coach and it quickly looked like one of those things that weren't going to work out, so we left. And I end up still alive.” Now, more than three decades later, he is a living fixture in Utah and in the NBA. “Coaching wasn't something that I thought of a great deal. As a player I was worried about playing rather than trying to coach. Once I got involved in coaching I realized how little I know about the game. It's just kind of strange being in one place as long as I've been and not being fired. I lost 56 games one year and still was able to keep my job. I was blessed to be able to work for an organization that was able to look beyond some of those things and kept me around.”

“A lot of guys have succeeded in this business because of effort. And a lot of players have failed because of a lack of it. Really, I just love to see guys compete.” He expects his players to live up to his standards and makes no excuses when they don't. Two seasons ago, when the Jazz were booed at home during a dismal loss to the Phoenix Suns, Sloan understood. “I've always felt if they boo, they have a right to boo you. They're trying to tell you something. They expect more. I've argued with players on that for years, even in my playing days. To me, that's when you find out what you're made of. If they boo, you can curl into the fetal position and say, 'I'm not supposed to be booed. I'm this, and I'm that.' Or you can do something about it.”

Compete. Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Famer, chuckles. “Of course,” he said, “I've always been a little different.”

• 2010.01.06 :: Jazz vs. Grizzlies: While the Grizzlies came up just short in Wednesday’s 100-91 defeat to the Jazz in Utah, O.J. Mayo’s star shone bright as he and his teammates proved they can hang with the best in the league. Each night a different player seems to step up for this revitalized Memphis squad, and against the Jazz, the swingman out of USC slashed his way to the hoop, banked in open jumpers and provided much-needed defensive intensity. Mayo has shown a knack for coming up big on the road as of lately, following up his season-high 20-point performance at Portland last week with a game-high 22 in Utah. Equally impressive, Mayo locked down Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko during the Grizzlies crucial fourth-quarter run. “O.J. at the three, with his length, did a good job on Andrei,” Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins said. “Kirilenko is tough, no matter who guards him.” On a night where the jumpers just weren’t falling -- they shot just 41.7% from the field -- Memphis’ energy and spirit guided them down the stretch, as they outhustled Utah in the fourth quarter, rallying from 16 points down to just five when Zach Randolph swooped in for an offensive rebound and layup with just over two minutes remaining. Unfortunately, despite showing tremendous heart, the Grizzlies were unable to complete their frenetic rally. On the Jazz' side, Deron Williams had a team-best 19 points and 12 assists; Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur scored 16 and 14, respectively; and Carlos Boozer and Kyle Korver added 17 each, with Korver posting a perfect shooting night: 4/4 from the field, 3/3 from 3-point land and 6/6 from the charity stripe.

• 2010.01.11 :: Jazz vs. Heat: The Miami Heat wish Deron Williams' knee had bothered the Utah Jazz' star another night. Williams recovered from his injury to score 23 points, four boards and 17 assists, leading five Utah players in double figures and helping the Jazz beat the Heat 114-86 Monday night to get back on winning ways. Williams, who sat out Utah's 112-94 loss at Dallas on Saturday night with tendinitis in his right knee, connected on 10/17 shots from the field, and hit his first six shots of the third period, helping Utah build the lead to 32. The Jazz' starters did not return in the final period. “I was just in a zone,” he said. “I felt like I couldn't miss, and I dropped a lot of jumpers and bumped the lead up. That gave us an opportunity to sit on the bench for the fourth.” Miami, with the league's worst record, lost its second straight and eighth in the past nine. Andrei Kirilenko scored 21 points and eight rebounds for Utah; Carlos Boozer had 20 and eight, while Sundiata Gaines added 10, all in the second half. Dwyane Wade scored a game-best 28 points for Miami, and Michael Beasley had 17. “We can't relax because we have to look at the big picture,” Gaines said. “But right now, we are satisfied with the way we played these last few games. Playoffs are on the horizon, we can't slow down.”

• 2010.01.29 :: Jazz vs. Kings: Carlos Boozer is on fire once again. That means yet another offensive threat for the Utah Jazz, yet another bad news for opposing teams. Boozer scored a season-high 33 points to go with 10 boards, and the Jazz cruised to a 138-112 triumph over the Sacramento Kings on Friday, for their final contest on January. Mehmet Okur scored 22 and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Deron Williams had 23 points and a career-high 21 assists in the Jazz' 3rd victory in their last 4 games. Andrei Kirilenko had 19 points and Kosta Koufos added 13. “I really think this is the best team I've ever been on,” Koufos said. “We still have to prove that, but it could be.” Rookie Tyreke Evans scored 24 for Sacramento and added 10 assists, while Jason Thompson, playing despite a sore wrist, scored 16 and Andres Nocioni and Carl Landry, 12 each. “We faced a team that was rolling, a playoff-caliber team,” Landry said. “We've got to get better. We've got to figure out it takes all of us to beat a team like this.”

[kibaxx7]

Story on hiatus until Tuesday... I have a huge maths test coming. But truth be told, the team is too stacked... it's getting boring... might start with a new team when I get past that test. Just lock it Jae

[Cartar]

Make some stupid trades, to make it more interesting then, something like Deron Williams to Philly for Willie Green?

[dare]

Another one of "those" dynasties Thierry?

[Valor]

If stacked teams is a problem, then pick some shit team like the Pistons and make a rule to NOT make any trades, similar to what Jae did in his Claws

[J@3]

If stacked teams is a problem, then pick some shit team like the Pistons and make a rule to NOT make any trades, similar to what Jae did in his Claws

He would have a nervous breakdown after the first week

Make some stupid trades, to make it more interesting then, something like Deron Williams to Philly for Willie Green?

I reckon that's the way to go. Just destroy the team.

[mp3]

Should of rolled with Philly son

[Martti.]

I knew it would happen. I even told you that you're too stacked, if I remember correctly.

[kibaxx7]

Yeah, Martti told me I was stacked on MSN...

To make that even, I'm going with a V2 of the Heat I made here >> on the coming days. As Jae said, I'm destroying the team with all expirings (won't do a monthly recap, will go weekly) and revamping them in the FA period. Should I trade Beasley?

[Martti.]

If you want expirings, choose the Knicks. Maybe sign just Joe Johnson. Get a decent young center or a rookie, a better PG. Basically, full of young guys. Keep Lee also.

C - Lee
F - Rookie (Cousins maybe)
F - Chandler/Gallo
G - Johnson
G - FA/Douglas

I would follow that. Don't get Wade, Wall and Haslem all together in a summer and turn a 30-win team to a 60-win team overnight. Maybe even hold off until 2011 for Carmelo.

Cause a Heat story I would like to see is that they get both Wade and Bosh. (Or Lebron.).

[kibaxx7]

Cause a Heat story I would like to see is that they get both Wade and Bosh

That's the plan. I already have the roster assembled with both of them as the team go-to guys and then 5 or 6 re-signees from last year, and a couple FA's, but I want to tell the background story (09/10).

[J@3]

You quit the Jazz one because the team was too stacked, to start a Heat story with Bosh and Wade lol?

[shadowgrin]

Another story abandoned by Thierry...nothing new to see here folks...move along...

[kibaxx7]

You quit the Jazz one because the team was too stacked, to start a Heat story with Bosh and Wade lol?

Wade, Bosh, Beasley and resigned players, and just one trade... I already played like 10 games and the best team I've ever played with.

Another story abandoned by Thierry...nothing new to see here folks...move along...

I know man, I know. Failure...

Wade and Bosh Heat coming this Thursday... but as I said, I'm playing the 09/10 season first, so, considering my luck, most probable is you won't see Bosh in a Heat uni.