Houston, We Had A Dynasty - Officially Retired

[Oskar]

Haven't checked in to this dynasty before, but judging by the last story, you've got some nice writing skills over there. Will check in more for updates, going to read the stuff from before, too. Keep it up.

[Axel The Great]

Coach Theirry quit his job to pursue a job in Sports Journalism... again.

Rockets are 0-2. Mavs are 1-0. Epic win.

Meh, you guys won against an offensively challenged Bobcats. 'Cats are no match for Dirk, because they lack size. Now Yao on Dirk however...

Haven't checked in to this dynasty before, but judging by the last story, you've got some nice writing skills over there. Will check in more for updates, going to read the stuff from before, too. Keep it up.

Thanks for checking in! Appreciate the compliments, welcome to my dynasty.

[Axel The Great]

Rookie Challenge Recap

Rookie Lineup:
C Dan Williams (NJN)
PF Alade Aminu (ATL)
SF Amory Miller (LAC)
SG Elmo Ellison (IND)
PG Alexander Fortsen (MIN)
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PG Kyle Barry (ORL)
SG Walter Schmitz (CHA)
SF Rudolf McGrath (WAS)
C Ambrosse Rutherford (OKC)

Sophomore Lineup:
C DeJuan Blair (SAS)
PF Taj Gibson (CHI)
SF Omri Casspi (SAC)
SG Marcus Thornton (NJN)
PG Tyreke Evans (SAC)
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PG Brandon Jennings (MIL)
PG Stephen Curry (GSW)
PG Jonny Flynn (MIN)
PG Darren Collison (NOH)

Sophomores 89-68 Rookies


Tyreke Evans was the star of last year's Rookie Challenge, umm... not this year.

Atrocious. That's right. Atrocious. The only word you can find that can atrociously describe the Rookies. Poor shooting, can't handle double teams (Dan Williams), and bad transition defense was what killed them. Both teams got off to a slow start, but Brandon Jennings took over in the second quarter, finishing with a game high 20 points. Despite having all point guards, the Sophomores played excellent defense despite lacking size, by double-teaming the front court rookies. The front court rookies are terrible at handling double teams, and their shooting percentage and turnovers showed it. Taj Gibson took home the MVP honors, out hustling everyone on the boards.

First overall pick of the Thunder, Ambrosse Rutherford surprised everyone by having a team high in points and rebounds, 15 and 13 respectively. Having a rough season in Oklahoma, it's good to see he can bring the scoring load.

Rookie Challenge MVP-

Taj Gibson
10 points | 17 reb | 5 ast | 2 blk

Top Scorers-
Rooks: Ambrosse Rutherford- 15
Sophs: Brandon Jennings- 20

Board Crashers-
Rooks: Ambrosse Rutherford- 13
Sophs: Taj Gibson- 17

Assists-
Rooks: Alexander Fortsen- 4
Sophs: Taj Gibson- 5

Box Scores-
18 27 23 21 89
12 18 19 19 68


"The White LeBron James", Amory Miller, was held to a quiet night of 13 points. Second overall pick for the Clippers in 2010, he's got mad hops.


Dan Williams, third overall pick for New Jersey in 2010, standing at 7'6', was terrible in handling double teams, turning the ball over multiple times.


Gibson became the second consecutive Bull to take home Rookie Challenge MVP honors.


Tyreke Evans was the odds on favorite to carry the offensive load for the Sophomores, but BJ3 stepped up to the challenge as well.

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This one's for you Martti.

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Good defense leads to good offense, Casspi finishes the sweet play.
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All-Star selections next, and then the All-Star game.

[Lamrock]

No Halstead. Atrocious indeed.

[Andrew]

I'm guessing it will prove to be added motivation for Halstead in the long run.

[Houndy]

Elmo Ellison is cool.

[George7]

Taj is the man

[kibaxx7]

Wow, Halstead's changing.

[Axel The Great]

No Halstead. Atrocious indeed.

I'm sure Halstead could've said something along the lines of "you're a cunt" to those rookies.

I'm guessing it will prove to be added motivation for Halstead in the long run.

Yeah, sucks I won't make it to next season though.

Elmo Ellison is cool.

He lives on Sesame Street after all.

Taj is the man

Tried aiming for Jennings to take MVP honors, but Taj was just dominant.

Wow, Halstead's changing.

Yeah, all thanks to Shane Battier.

[Murat]

No Halstead . My new sig, offense to Axel?

[Axel The Great]

Badger, you don't even know who the hell Halstead is. If you make Battier block Monta's shot, it'd be much better.

RedNation News Article

All-Star Selections

Well, the All-Stars have been named by the fans, and we would like to thank all voters for making the possibility of two of our fellow Rockets starting possible. That's right, Kevin Martin and Yao Ming headline the West starters. Well, don't want to rant here, but see for yourselves the selections:

East Starters


C Brook Lopez | PF Michael Beasley | SF Danny Granger | SG Dwyane Wade | PG Mo Williams

East Reserves

Al Horford | Andrea Bargnani | Gerald Wallace | Joe Johnson | Gilbert Arenas | Derrick Rose | Devin Harris

West Starters


C Yao Ming | PF Amar'e Stoudemire | SF LeBron James | SG Kevin Martin | PG Steve Nash

West Reserves


Al Jefferson | Channing Frye | Kevin Durant | Kobe Bryant | Chris Paul | Chris Bosh | Brandon Roy

Key Storylines:

Nash and Amar'e Re-Unite: After Amar'e's departure to Sacramento, this dynamic duo finally reunites, hoping to make a big bang in this All-Star game.
Key Superstars: The fact that the West has elite players in Stoudemire, LeBron, Durant, Kobe, Brandon Roy, Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Kevin Martin, etc., this should be the easiest of wins for the West.
Where's Dwight Howard?: Dwight Howard is out with a hyper-extended knee. This is contributing to the fact that Orlando is struggling to keep above .500.
First-Time All-Stars: After getting Rookie Challenge MVP Honors last year, Derrick Rose becomes the first Bulls All-Star since Michael Jordan. Also, Gerald Wallace, Andrea Bargnani, Channing Frye, and Al Jefferson made their first All-Star appearances. Chris Bosh and LeBron James will play their first All-Star Game as a part of the Western Conference.

To sum it all up, easy win in store for the West. They are just too deep to lose this game. Expect a recap of the All-Star game soon.

[Andrew]

Frye, Beasley and Bargnani stand out as the most unusual selections (at least by current real life standards) but on the whole, those selections aren't too bad by NBA Live's standards.

[Justine.]

Grats on making two of your guys on the starters

[Axel The Great]

Andrew, yeah, those are pretty surprising selections. I also thought Brook Lopez was a surprise but seeing as he made it in last season, and Dwight Howard injured, he got the chance to start. I'm sure Lamrock would get a good laugh out of seeing Bargs in the All-Star game.

Justine., thanks.

All-Star Game Recap will be up in a few minutes.

[Axel The Great]

RedNation News Article

NBA All-Star Game Recap

Western All-Stars 145-122 Eastern All-Stars


Michael Beasley had a surprising game, and took home the MVP honors.

The West was the favorite to win this one. And they did, by 23 points. It's not like this was an easy win, it's just that with every quarter gone by, the West pulled away. "We depended too much on Mo Williams and Michael Beasley. We weren't sharing the basketball out there. Both players were just trying to become a one-man show," said East Coach John Kuester, who currently sits at the top of the Eastern Conference with his Detroit Pistons. "Scoring was distributed equally, we played some defense, but mainly offense. I like the way that despite Yao being in the game, Steve [Nash] was able to push the tempo, and we got so many fast break points," said West Coach Alvin Gentry. Since Rick Adelman was coach of the West last year, and is currently in first place with our Rockets, Gentry was voted head coach with the second placed Phoenix Suns.

If you would like to know how our two Rockets players did, Yao Ming had a double-double, with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and two assists to go with that. Kevin Martin had 12 points and three assists, having to share minutes with Kobe and Brandon Roy. All West players scored, and only Steve Nash and Channing Frye did not reach double figures, as Nash was more focused on distributing the ball (8 assists), and Frye just didn't have the rhythm. Chris Paul was the leader for the West, with a team high 22 points and nine assists. But in the end, Michael Beasley took home the MVP honors, see his stats below.

All-Star MVP-

Michael Beasley
36 points | 14 reb | 2 ast | 1 blk

Top Scorers-
East: Michael Beasley- 36
West: Chris Paul- 22

Board Crashers-
East: Brook Lopez and Michael Beasley- 14
West: Yao Ming- 11

Assists-
East: Mo Williams- 13
West: Chris Paul- 9

Box Score-
40 41 31 33 145
31 37 24 30 122


Kevin Martin assists Chris Paul on 3 of Paul's 22 points.


There was a bit of a mixup with the jerseys, making LeBron number 24 and Kobe number 25.


Despite going 0/4 to start the game, Kobe finished with 13 points, and delivered what should've been the dunk of the night.


Mo Williams took 43 minutes to get 29 points and 13 assists, but Chris Paul only took 24 minutes to get 22 points and 9 assists.

[Murat]

Woot, Beasley won MVP! Congratulations on getting 2 starters in ASG.

[kibaxx7]

Just look at the East lineup. Lopez, Beasley and Mo And Beasley won MVP! Just nuts.

[Clutch]

holy cornrows Batman Beasley took everyone to school! not a fan IRL but numbers like that deserve

[Andrew]

Guess Beasley deserved the selection after all. Big win for the West, shame about the jersey numbers messing up. It's obviously because the game's trying to avoid duplicates, seems it doesn't recognise that they make exceptions for the All-Star game these days.

[George7]

How came Beasley won the MVP ,but East won the game?

Nice job getting 2 players on the staring 5!
Lol @ Kobe's head on the pic

[Martti.]

Beasley sure can be effective without pot.

[Andrew]

How came Beasley won the MVP ,but East won the game?

The West won, you mean. There's no rule that the MVP must be from the winning team, it's just the custom and usually the logical choice.

[Warlock95]

K-Mart 2.0 being the starting SG for the west?

How much higher is his rating than Kobe's?

[Axel The Great]

Woot, Beasley won MVP! Congratulations on getting 2 starters in ASG.

Thanks.

Just look at the East lineup. Lopez, Beasley and Mo And Beasley won MVP! Just nuts.

Surprisingly, they were the ones taking the most possessions. D-Wade and Danny Granger were just running up and down the court, nobody really gave them the ball.

holy cornrows Batman Beasley took everyone to school! not a fan IRL but numbers like that deserve

When you take as many possessions as Monta Ellis to just jack up shots (and them go in), you're bound to have those numbers.

Guess Beasley deserved the selection after all. Big win for the West, shame about the jersey numbers messing up. It's obviously because the game's trying to avoid duplicates, seems it doesn't recognise that they make exceptions for the All-Star game these days.

But then again, when does Live ever recognize anything?

Beasley sure can be effective without pot.

Yeah, definitely.

How came Beasley won the MVP ,but East won the game?

Nice job getting 2 players on the staring 5!
Lol @ Kobe's head on the pic

Yeah, Andrew answered your question. What's wrong with Kobe's head though?

K-Mart 2.0 being the starting SG for the west?

How much higher is his rating than Kobe's?

Sigh. Again, you make the mistake of underrating Rockets' players. I utilize K-Mart to perfection in this game, which is why despite having an overall of 85 (Kobe's still in the 90's I think), he still kicks Kobe's ass in this game.

This thread is actually nearing 1000 replies. Don't have anything special in mind in honor of this, so I guess I'll just give shoutouts to all my readers. If anyone has a suggestion, feel free to tell me.

[Lamrock]

Really odd to see LeBron on the West all-star team. Congrats on your impending 1000 reply milestone!