Denver Nuggets - The Next Level [Game 3 + 4]

[Kenny]

Your's and Dare's dynasty's are the best in the Live section.
Your screenshots are just off the hook,i want a console badly.

TheDee, thanks man,but badreligionau is much better I'm not even in the playoffs and something is bugging me about my dynasty

dare, You just need to draft me,then it's just Win after Win.

Nah, dare needs an undersized small forward that has a deadly 3 point shot and good shot blocking ability

Thank you both for the kind words. It's always nice to hear that people are enjoying my dynasty story.

And dare, your dynasty is excellent. Minnesota is a challenge, I mean, look at how they're playing this year in real life. I chose a side that people expect to make the playoffs and be towards the top of the conference standings. We both have two completely different ways to get our goal

[dare]

TheDee, badreligionau, maybe I should draft both you then my team will contend for the championship

[NovU]

Haha... I can't wait to read about TheDee playing for badreligionau. Hopely, he's not anything like Ron Artest who can never be tamed.

[Kenny]

TheDee, badreligionau, maybe I should draft both you then my team will contend for the championship

Sounds like a plan

Haha... I can't wait to read about TheDee playing for badreligionau. Hopely, he's not anything like Ron Artest who can never be tamed.

I don't do NLSC draftees but what dare was referring to was his own dynasty. Hopefully both TheDee and I are on his team

[Kenny]

5 Game Summary

Denver once again struggled for consistancy in this stretch of 5 games, going 3-2, which leaves them 10-5 for the season. The Nuggets enjoyed a blowout win against the 76ers and rolled over the Wizards. However they ended up losing a close game against Orlando and were terrible against the Warriors. The fifth game happens to be the feature game, and it is against the LA Clippers. Here's how it went:

Denver emphatic against the Clippers



After a woeful shooting night against the Warriors, the Denver Nuggets made the adjustment, winning in a blowout against the Clippers by 83-58. Melo led the Nuggets with 31 points, while Grant Hill had a neat 4th quarter cameo with 13 of his own. Michael Beasley and Ty Maximilian both picked up 8 a piece.

For the Clippers, Blake Griffin scored 20, but he had little help, with Thornton scoring 10 and Telfair registering 9. Baron Davis had an awful night of shooting, scoring only three points. That proved to be the telling point of the game.

The Nuggets were able to give their deep bench players minutes, with both Arron Afflalo and Louis Williams seeing rare playing time.

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DEN@LAC

DEN: 83 (Anthony 31, Hill 13, Beasley 8, Maximilian 8)
LAC: 58 (Griffin 20, Thornton 10, Telfair 9)

Sprite Performer of the Game: Carmelo Anthony 31 points

Rebounds

DEN: Andersen, Beasley 7
LAC: Kaman 13

Assists

DEN: Billups 6
LAC: Davis 4

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Last 5 Games

ORL: 72-69 L
PHI: 106-72 W
WAS: 86-77 W
GSW: 69-59 L
LAC: 83-58 W

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Max Production

Ty Maximilian has had an impressive 5 game stretch and might be on his way to a breakout year. Here are his numbers:

Vs Philadelphia: 21 points
Vs Washington: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists (Sprite Performer of the Game)
Vs LA Clippers: 8 points, 5 assists.


Obligitory Bench Shot


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Next 5 Games

LAL
SAC
@CHI
@PHI
@CHA

The feature game will be against Chicago.

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The report for November will be up next. Sorry it took so long for this post, work has pretty much owned my life the last few days. Will have a stack of updates in the next few days though

[kibaxx7]

Wow, Maximilian's playing really nice... some really good stats...

Continue like this man, and this goes to the HOF

[Azzdogs]

Good win over the Clips. At 10-5 the Nuggets need to pick it up.

[megarover]

You guys are getting back on track!

[Alpha_]

this is the BREAK of ty maximilian.

[Dee.]

Bit Weird,Bonner looks so Expressive.

[Kenny]

Wow, Maximilian's playing really nice... some really good stats...

Continue like this man, and this goes to the HOF

Yeah, Maxi's really been producing some good performances of late. The key I think was making him play Power Forward on offense because he's got good post skills and tends to get around bigger players easily.

And thanks for your encouragement. The Hall of Fame is definitely a goal of mine, but it's not an expectation by any means

Good win over the Clips. At 10-5 the Nuggets need to pick it up.

Yeah, there's still a few things I need to get sorted. Earl was a big scoring option for me, so I have to get used to not launching as many 3's as I used to.

You guys are getting back on track!

It's not looking too bad at the moment. I think there's enough talent on my team to make a good title defense.

this is the BREAK of ty maximilian.

I hope so! He's a lot of fun to play with. Just about every dunk he does is a highlight, which can be both good and bad, but definitely not dull.

Bit Weird,Bonner looks so Expressive.

Oh yeah, Bonner brings in the emotion from my bench

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I'm currently away from home at the moment. I've had some stuff to deal with, but hopefully I can get you guys some updates soon.

[Kenny]

Rick Kamla says "Free Lou Williams"



There is no doubt that combo guard Louis Williams' career has stalled. Back when he was with the Sixers, he was emerging as one of the NBA's rising stars. After his trade to Denver, he proved to be a key part of the playoff run in the first season of TNL. However, since the acquisition of Mario Chalmers and the improvement of Arron Afflalo, his role with the team has declined and now finds himself being a bench warmer... and Rick Kamla doesn't like it!

In one of his trademark rants, he said that if Denver aren't going to appreciate the talent of Louis Williams, that they should cut him loose to a team that would use him in their system. He also commented that the injury free Williams could bring his post season experience to a rebuilding team.

The Denver Nuggets have actively shopped Louis Williams around, but interested teams have all wanted another piece for the trade. Names like Mario Chalmers, Chris Andersen and Michael Beasley have all been mentioned by other teams. The Nuggets aren't likely to trade either Andersen or Beasley, while Mario Chalmers has mentioned over the past month that he would like to be starting.

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Thought I'd give you guys a little article since I haven't been able to update you on my dynasty. Lou Williams isn't being used a whole lot in my dynasty at the moment and Rick has had a recent rant on him being freed by the 76ers. I thought it'd be relevant to my situation with him.

[Azzdogs]

The article was good and realistic. Who are teams offering up for him on the trading block?

[Andrew]

Nice idea with the article, I think little things like that keep things interesting for everyone.

[kibaxx7]

Short but effective article Is Chalmers that good to start on the game?

[Kenny]

The article was good and realistic. Who are teams offering up for him on the trading block?

Nice idea with the article, I think little things like that keep things interesting for everyone.

Thanks guys. I've previously put Williams on the trade block and there's no interest for him individually. Probably because when I started the dynasty, he was a mid 60s players, which really underrates him big time I think. However out of curiosity, I put Chalmers on the block and he had a bunch of offers from teams like New Orleans, Milwaukee, San Antonio and a few others. The question is, do you give away a possible future starter of your dynasty so you can offload some dead-weight on the bench... or do you just play the waiting game until Lou's contract expires?

Short but effective article Is Chalmers that good to start on the game?

He's a 74 overall in game player, which for me, is more than acceptable. He is however not good enough to get a spot in the starting line-up over a guy I think is a future hall of famer.

[Axel The Great]

I'm new to your dynasty mode, but I've been reading some of your posts. Good job on beating the Cavs in the finals, you've got a good dynasty going here. By the way, what difficulty do you play on?

[Andrew]

The question is, do you give away a possible future starter of your dynasty so you can offload some dead-weight on the bench... or do you just play the waiting game until Lou's contract expires?

I think there's always a Plan B, so if you can get a player who can crack the rotation in return then I say pull the trigger on a trade. If he's an expiring contract and there's no one you particularly want to acquire though, you could just ride it out until the end of the year and see how things go.

[Kenny]

I'm new to your dynasty mode, but I've been reading some of your posts. Good job on beating the Cavs in the finals, you've got a good dynasty going here. By the way, what difficulty do you play on?

Thanks mate, always great to have a new reader. Currently I'm playing on All-Star. While I think I can definitely go on big winning streaks in this difficulty, it's hard enough to keep me honest and with some of the patches NBA Live 10 have released, it's probably the most realistic. Although, you do face some questionable clutch shooters...

The question is, do you give away a possible future starter of your dynasty so you can offload some dead-weight on the bench... or do you just play the waiting game until Lou's contract expires?

I think there's always a Plan B, so if you can get a player who can crack the rotation in return then I say pull the trigger on a trade. If he's an expiring contract and there's no one you particularly want to acquire though, you could just ride it out until the end of the year and see how things go.

Lou actually has 2 years left, which is why I thought it was a bit of a bind. I guess there's no one really that will affect my rotation that much that I could get for him, so I might just see what happens.

[Kenny]

November Review

After the month of November, the Denver Nuggets are 11-5, which sits them 2nd in the Western Conference. While it has been a good month, Denver at times have noticeably missed a prodominant second scorer. However, sitting 11-5 isn't bad, when you compare the San Antonio Spurs, who are sitting 2-12. So Denver have a few positives to take with them into December. While they have been as devastating, they're still getting the job done and staying over the .500 mark.

Melo is the 3rd leading scorer in the league with 23.8 points per game, while Chris Andersen remains in the top 5 for rebounds per game with 10.8 (2nd) and blocks per game with 2.1 (5th). Billups has also been influential, leading the league in steals (2spg) and coming in 3rd in assists per game (7.3). Surprisingly, one of the people Chauncey is behind on the Assists Per Game talley is no other than Kobe Bryant. How do you like that for realism?

Monthly Awards

Dear readers:

Please note that the numbers recorded below are not typos. I actually have photographic evidence of these numbers. I believe that for the first month of dynasty mode, there might be a glitch in NBA Live 10. Last season of my dynasty, the winners of November had outlandish numbers like this as well. Plus they do not corelate with the league leaders. Anyway, here are the winners:

WEST Player: [NOH] Mike Dunleavy (11.2ppg, 11.5rpg, 7.9apg, 5.1spg)
EAST Player: [NJN] Rodney Stuckey (13.9ppg, 12.4rpg, 6.3apg, 6.6spg)
WEST Rookie: [UTA] Ollie Rose (16.5ppg, 2.4rpg, 3.6apg, 1.2spg)
EAST Rookie: [PHI] Nach Carlos (5.3ppg, 2.3apg)

Standings

EAST
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Chicago 12-4
Detroit 9-5
Orlando 9-6
New Jersey 9-7
Washington 8-7
Indiana 9-8
Milwaukee 9-8
Toronto 9-8
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Boston 7-9
Atlanta 6-8
Cleveland 6-8
New York 6-8
Charlotte 6-9
Miami 5-8
Philadelphia 5-10


WEST
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LA Lakers 13-4
Denver 11-5
Memphis 10-6
Portland 10-6
New Orleans 11-7
Golden State 9-6
Oklahoma City 9-8
Phoenix 9-9
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Houston 6-8
Minnesota 6-8
Utah 7-10
Sacramento 6-9
Dallas 6-11
LA Clippers 4-12
San Antonio 2-12

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MVP Candidates

[NOH] Chris Paul (23.9ppg, 5.7apg, 1.3spg)
[LAL] Pau Gasol (19.1ppg, 9.8rpg, 1.6bpg)
[IND] Danny Granger (22.9ppg, 5rpg, 4.4apg, 1.4bpg, 1.3spg)
[LAL] Kobe Bryant (18.4ppg, 7.4apg, 1.1bpg, 1.1spg)
[DEN] Carmelo Anthony (23.8ppg, 3.9rpg, 2.1apg, 1.8spg)

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League Leaders

Points per game: [MIA] Dwyane Wade (24.9), [NOH] Chris Paul (23.9), [DEN] Carmelo Anthony (23.8), [ATL] Joe Johnson (23.1), [IND] Danny Granger (22.9)

Rebounds per game: [NOH] Emeka Okafor (10.9), [DEN] Chris Andersen (10.8), [POR] LaMarcus Aldridge (10.1), [MIN] Carlos Boozer (10), [LAL] Pau Gasol (9.8)

Assists per game: [ATL] Russell Westbrook (8.3), [LAL] Kobe Bryant (7.4), [DEN] Chauncey Billups (7.3), [NJN] Devin Harris (7.1), [OKC] Tony Parker (7.1), [NYK] Nate Robinson (7.1)

Steals per game: [DEN] Chauncey Billups (2), [NOH] Carlos Delfino (2), [OKC] Stanley Alston (2), [ATL] Joe Johnson (1.9), [DEN] Carmelo Anthony (1.8)

Blocks per game: [HOU] Yao Ming (2.7), [UTA] Brendan Haywood (2.4), [SAC] Brook Lopez (2.2), [ORL] Dwight Howard (2.1), [DEN] Chris Andersen (2.1)

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So there's the month of November. It's taken me a while, but I haven't been at home all week. Also, you may notice that in an earlier post I said Tony Parker is playing for the Kings... I was wrong. He now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Next 5 game summary will be up soon

[Dee.]

WEST Player: [NOH] Mike Dunleavy (11.2ppg, 11.5rpg, 7.9apg, 5.1spg)
EAST Player: [NJN] Rodney Stuckey (13.9ppg, 12.4rpg, 6.3apg, 6.6spg)
Weird stats.

[Kenny]

5 Game Summary

I'm pleased to report that this 5 game summary is a 5 win summary. Denver went a perfect 5-0 during this round, which makes them 15-5 overall. The first game against the Lakers relied on a game winning shot by Mario Chalmers to get them over the line... apart from that, all games were won by 10 points or more. The biggest win was against Philadelphia, which the Nuggets won 93-80. In the game against the 76ers, TNL history was made. That will come later in this post. For now, the feature game is against the Chicago Bulls.

Denver outlast the Bulls



The Denver Nuggets have come up victorious against the Eastern Conference leading Chicago Bulls. In a low scoring game, the Nuggets won 71-61.

For Denver, Shannon Brown was the high scorer with 15, and he was supported by Carmelo Anthony with 13. Marcus Camby had a big game off the bench with 12 points. Luol Deng and Derrick Rose combined for half of Chicago's scoring effort with 16 and 15 respectively, while Kirk Hinrich chipped in with 12.

The story of the game was rebounding. Denver outboarded Chicago all night, with the Bulls only resistence on the boards coming from bench player Tyrus Thomas, who grabbed 10. It was the Birdman's night though, picking up the Sprite Performer of the Game with 16 boards and 3 blocked shots to go with his 8 points.

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DEN@CHI

DEN: 71 (Brown 15, Anthony 13, Camby 12)
CHI: 61 (Deng 16, Rose 15, Hinrich 12)

Sprite Performer of the Game: Chris Andersen 8 points 16 rebounds 3 blocks

Rebounds

DEN: Andersen 16
CHI: Thomas 10

Assists

DEN: Bonner 3
CHI: Rose 8
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Last 5 Games

LAL: 72-70 W
SAC: 82-72 W
@CHI: 71-61 W
@PHI: 93-80 W
@CHA: 70-60 W

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The Next Level First

Into the 3rd season and after having activated 22 players so far in the dynasty, we finally have a triple-double.

Michael Beasley recorded a stat line of 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists against the Philadelphia 76ers. He is the first player in The Next Level to record a triple double for Denver. With a team that has had Carmelo Anthony, Chris Andersen, Chauncey Billups, Nene, Earl Smith III and Marcus Camby, I think Michael Beasley comes as a big surprise. Hopefully he can keep up the stellar form.

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Next 5 Games

@MIA
NOH
SAN
SAN
POR

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Thanks to everyone for your patience. Hopefully the next 5 games will come to you a bit quicker this time around.

[Axel The Great]

Seems like you've got a comfortable schedule ahead, playing 4 straight home games.

[Kenny]

WEST Player: [NOH] Mike Dunleavy (11.2ppg, 11.5rpg, 7.9apg, 5.1spg)
EAST Player: [NJN] Rodney Stuckey (13.9ppg, 12.4rpg, 6.3apg, 6.6spg)
Weird stats.

An aberration to say the least.

Seems like you've got a comfortable schedule ahead, playing 4 straight home games.

Indeed, but strange things have happened in this dynasty before. Hopefully they'll be comfortable.

[Andrew]

Congrats on the streak, interested to see how long you can maintain it. Glancing at those league leaders and rookie numbers reminds me how desperately Live needs an overhaul to its sim engine amongst other Dynasty improvements.