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DYNASTY SETTINGS

Season Length
82 Games
Play NBA D-League Games
Off (will do a special report if I send some players down)
Team Chemistry
Off
Player Roles
On
Progressive Fatigue
On
Trade Deadline
On
Trade Override
Off
Allow CPU Trades
Off (will only do reasonable ones)
Preseason Games
On
Injuries
On
Fantasy Draft
No
Edit Prospects
On
Playoffs
7-7-7-7

IN-GAME SETTINGS

Skill Level
Superstar
Quarter Length
12 Minutes
Sim Quarter Length
12 Minutes

Week 1 :: vs. Houston, vs. Denver, @ Houston
Week 2 :: @ OKC, vs. Atlanta, vs. San Antonio
Week 3 :: vs. Minnesota, @ Memphis, @ Minnesota, @ New Orleans, @ Charlotte
Week 4 :: @ Atlanta, vs. Detroit, @ Golden State, vs. Minnesota
Week 5 :: vs. Chicago, vs. New Jersey, vs. Memphis, @ Utah
Week 6 :: vs. Miami, vs. Houston
Week 7 :: @ New York, @ Indiana, @ Cleveland, @ Milwaukee
Week 8 :: vs. Sacramento, vs. Phoenix, @ Orlando
Week 9 :: @ Miami, @ Dallas, @ San Antonio, vs. Denver
Week 10 :: vs. Philadelphia, vs. LA Clippers, vs. Golden State
Week 11 :: @ LA Clippers, vs. Memphis, vs. LA Lakers
Week 12 :: vs. Cleveland, vs. Milwaukee, vs. Orlando
Week 13 :: @ Washington, @ Philadelphia, @ Boston, @ Detroit
Week 14 :: vs. New Orleans, vs. Utah, @ Houston, @ Dallas
Week 15 :: vs. Charlotte, @ Utah, vs. San Antonio, vs. LA Lakers
Week 16 :: vs. Oklahoma City, @ Phoenix
Week 17 :: vs. LA Clippers, vs. Boston
Week 18 :: vs. Utah, @ New Jersey, @ Toronto, @ Chicago, @ Minnesota
Week 19 :: @ Memphis, vs. Indiana
Week 20 :: @ Denver, vs. Sacramento, @ Golden State, @ Sacramento
Week 21 :: vs. Toronto, vs. Washington
Week 22 :: @ Phoenix, vs. Dallas, @ New Orleans
Week 23 :: @ Oklahoma City, vs. New York, @ Denver, @ Sacramento
Week 24 :: @ LA Clippers, vs. Dallas
Week 25 :: @ LA Lakers, vs. OKC, vs. Golden State

Played :: Simulated

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Blazers part ways with Manager Kevin Pritchard
TrailBlazers.com | October 5th, 2009

PORTLAND - The Portland Trail Blazers announced Thursday that General Manager Kevin Pritchard has been relieved of his duties effective immediately.

“This was a tough decision, but one that we feel is in our best long-term interests,” owner Paul Allen said in making the announcement. “We recognize Kevin’s efforts to clear cap space, bring in young talent, but it’s time to bring in someone with proven experience to take us to the next level. In fairness to him, once we knew a change was necessary, we didn’t think it was right to have him continue. And from a team perspective, making this move today better positions us in the league. We also feel that in this move we will be better able to develop Nate (McMillan)’s growth toward being an excellent NBA coach.”

“As with a coach, a general manager is evaluated in large part by the results of his decisions,” Allen added. “Unfortunately, while some progress has been made recently, those results have not met our expectations. We have plans in place that we believe will lead us into the playoffs in the near future, and enable us to compete for an NBA championship down the road. We will begin our search for a general manager, who has the skills to build that winning team and deliver the results we expect.”

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[Lamrock]

I like the team choice, but can't help but feel its temporary. Good luck with this. Maybe try doing an X style association this time? You are ace at making recaps, but not at getting very far. Sim some games, maybe shuffle the league like I do, and I think you could have a real winner on your hands.

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Blazers find replacement for Pritchard
TrailBlazers.com | October 7th, 2009

PORTLAND - The Portland Trail Blazers announced today that head coach Nate McMillan has been promoted to General Manager of the team.

McMillan was named head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on July 7, 2005, joining the Trail Blazers after serving as Head Coach of the Seattle Supersonics since November 27, 2000, compiling a record of 212-183 (.537). In 2004-05, he led the Sonics to a 52-30 record and a Northwest Division Championship. Having spent his entire 12-year playing career with Seattle, McMillan was named the Sonics interim Head Coach on Nov. 27, 2000 after serving as assistant coach for the previous two seasons. As the 12th head coach in the franchise’s history, and the youngest in the NBA, he made his debut with a 105-93 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden on Nov. 28, 2000. Two nights later, he coached his first home game, leading the Sonics to a 121-88 win over the L.A. Lakers at KeyArena -- the team’s second largest margin of victory in the 2000-01 season.

Now as GM, he will retain his current duties and will assume additional responsibilities of overseeing salary cap issues as well as assisting Blazers owner Paul Allen with all personnel decisions. “I’m very happy to have Nate by my side,” said Allen. “This newly-expanded role maximizes his skills and experience, and I’m confident we have the knowledge and resources to get the Blazers to the level we expect, our fans expect and I, as the owner, expect as well. Now we only need a head coach,” Allen joked.

“This is a great opportunity and a dream come true for myself and my family. I’ve enjoyed working with Paul for the last years and I’m looking forward to continuing this relationship. I know what the expectations are and what the Blazers mean to the city and the state. I can promise that we will work diligently to help fulfill those expectations. I’m excited about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for us,” McMillan added.

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[kibaxx7]

I like the team choice, but can't help but feel its temporary. Good luck with this. Maybe try doing an X style association this time? You are ace at making recaps, but not at getting very far. Sim some games, maybe shuffle the league like I do, and I think you could have a real winner on your hands.

Yep I will sim a lot of games and cut a lot of features... only recaps and the blog, previews reserved for playoffs...

[Dee.]

Looking forward to this,good luck.

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Blazers sign Paul Millsap to offer sheet
TrailBlazers.com | October 9th, 2009

PORTLAND - The Portland Trail Blazers signed restricted free agent forward Paul Millsap to an offer sheet today. The Utah Jazz have seven days to match the offer. The terms were not disclosed by the Blazers because of team policy. Millsap averaged 13.5 points for the Jazz last season, getting double-doubles in 19 straight games while starting for Carlos Boozer, and has career averages of 9.4 points and 6.4 rebounds since the Jazz selected him with the No. 47 pick in the 2006 draft.

The Jazz already have high salaries committed to a number of players for next season, including Boozer. He was expected to opt out of his contract and become a free agent, but declined the option and Utah owes him $12.7 million. Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur all will earn at least $9 million, meaning the Jazz could be well over the salary cap if they match the offer to Millsap. The Trail Blazers are $7.7 million under the salary cap after the league set it at $57.7 million for this season. The cap is determined by a percentage of league revenue from the previous season. ESPN.com reported Friday night that Portland's offer to Millsap was for four years and up to $36 million.

Should the deal go through, the 6-foot-8 Millsap could back up Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge. Asked whether the team had reservations about spending money on a bench player, brand-new general manager Nate McMillan said Thursday: "I'm a big believer in that you get the best player." Last week, the Blazers showed interest in free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu, but talks crumbled, as the Turkish, who helped Orlando to the NBA Finals, was in Portland last week to speak with the Blazers before negotiations were abruptly cut off. He has since been acquired by the Toronto Raptors.

Paul Millsap 2008-09 Highlights

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[Lamrock]

Why would the Blazers fire Pritchard? He is arguably the best GM in the NBA.

[kibaxx7]

Looking forward to this,good luck.

Thanks man, I need all the luck I can get

Why would the Blazers fire Pritchard? He is arguably the best GM in the NBA.

That's where Tirieux comes in

[Fresh8]

I don't want to jynx you so... I hope this dies in the ass!!!

[Lamrock]

I bet he thought "hmm Portland sounds fun" several days ago, and then decided to retire the Wizards because he was bored.

[kibaxx7]

I don't want to jynx you so... I hope this dies in the ass!!!

That's right Sit! That's the kind of luck I need. That's why this one is gonna last at least a season.

I bet he thought "hmm Portland sounds fun" several days ago, and then decided to retire the Wizards because he was bored.

That would be just unacceptable... only 1 game into the season? I really was liking the Wizards Big 3... Fuck Windows 7...

In fact, Windows 7 kicks ass.

[Lamrock]

Nothing was stopping you from continuing it. It was one fucking game.

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Blazers sign new Head Coach
WashingtonWizards.com | October 11th, 2009

PORTLAND - Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen announced today that French coach Thierry Tirieux has been appointed as the new head coach of the team, along Dean Demopoulos, Monty Williams, Maurice Lucas, Joe Prunty, Bob Medina, Jay Jensen and Geoff Clark; Nate McMillan's former assistant coaches team.

A league source said the contract was for two with a team option for a third year. The Blazers zeroed in on Tirieux on Monday. Tirieux is considered to be one of the most qualified basketball minds in Europe, having been a coach for three Euroleague teams (Greece's Panathinaikos from 2003/04 to 2004/05, Spain's DKV Joventut - Ricky Rubio's former team - from 2004/05 to 2006/07, and France's ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, from 2006/07 to 2008/09 - last season winning the LNB Pro A trophy as co-coach with Vincent Collet), all making at least the quarter-finals of the Euroleague on the seasons he was coaching, and getting public acclaim from top NBA coaches such as Charlotte Bobcats' Larry Brown and Los Angeles Lakers' Phil Jackson.

Portland became the first team to win 50 games with four rookies playing at least 50 games last season. The Blazers are targets now, not part of the chase pack, and the 41-to-54 wins last season came with good health, minus only the Martell Webster foot injury and Greg Oden missing 21 games. It was with the symmetry of several players posting career years at once. On the other hand, they won't be the baby Blazers anymore. Not with the benefit of playoff experience, and the so-called career years were only through the moment, not the ceiling for Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Oden.

The worries are whether Tirieux can find enough playing time to keep a deep roster happy, whether Oden can stay healthy in his second season, and whether the defense can become the force necessary to win in the Playoffs. Within the Blazers, the push is for more consistency on defense. Not only should Portland be better because Oden, Nicolas Batum, Jerryd Bayless and Rudy Fernandez are past the rookie learning curve. Such is the encouraging life as a Blazer that even one of the potential looming problems -- the challenge of distributing minutes on a team at least two-deep at most every position -- is one of the reasons they are still moving forward despite the big jump of 2008-09.

Tirieux champion of the French league (in French)

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Nothing was stopping you from continuing it. It was one fucking game.

I know, but when that happens with a team, I don't want to know everything about it It's just me...

[dare]

Seeing you in Red just makes me laugh dont know why man but it just make me laughs

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Jazz match Portland offer sheet, keep Millsap
TrailBlazers.com | October 15th, 2009

PORTLAND - Thwarted in his first two attempts this summer to land a free agent, Trail Blazers general manager Nate McMillan vowed he is not done fighting. “This doesn't mean we won't stay aggressive,” he said moments after Utah general manager Kevin O'Connor phoned him to notify the Jazz would match the Blazers' four-year, $32 million offer to Paul Millsap, exercising its first right of refusal and retaining him. “We want to make the team better. But we are going to be selective,” McMillan added. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not announced. Utah had seven days to match an offer sheet made to Millsap by Portland. “Keeping Paul on our roster was one of our main goals this offseason,” said O’Connor. “We look forward to watching him play a key role on this team for many years to come.”

A three-year NBA veteran, Millsap (6-8, 250, Louisiana Tech) appeared in 76 games (38 starts) in 2008-09 averaging 13.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 30.1 minutes per game. As a starter Millsap increased his numbers in each statistical category, averaging 16.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists including a streak of 19-straight double-doubles, the longest streak in the NBA since 2006. Millsap finished the season with 29 double-doubles overall. The native of Monroe, La., also set career-highs in points (32 at Boston 12/15) and rebounds (17 at L.A. Lakers 1/2) while finishing fourth in voting for the league’s Most Improved Player award. “We are excited to keep Paul with the Jazz,” said Jazz president Randy Rigby. “Since he arrived in 2006 he has been an integral part of our team, establishing himself as one of the up-and-coming power forwards in the NBA.”

The Trail Blazers' offer sheet included a $10.3 million upfront payment to Millsap, between a signing bonus and a portion of his first-year salary. The Jazz faced a Friday deadline to decide about matching but made their intentions known Thursday. With the Jazz having matched the offer sheet, Millsap cannot be traded for a year without his consent and cannot be traded to Portland during that time regardless. The Blazers' options are not limited to free agents, however. With $7.7 million in cap space, the Blazers are one of two teams with significant room under the salary cap (Oklahoma City has about $10 million), putting them in position to make a financially uneven trade. Such a trade allows a team over the cap to unload a player without having to take back a matching contract. In today's financially challenging times, with several teams looking to cut payroll, the Blazers are hoping this will make them an attractive trade partner. McMillan said it is still possible the Blazers won't make a deal this summer, allowing them to enter the season with its $7.7 million cap space to use before the February trading deadline.

The Blazers have dabbled with at least two of the remaining high-profile free agents. They showed some interest in New York's David Lee, a high-energy power forward, when the free agent market opened July 1, then again after Hedo Turkoglu spurned them on July 3. But they shifted gears when they felt Lee was asking for too much money. The Blazers also touched base with point guard Andre Miller's representatives in the first week of free agency, but nothing ever materialized. Meanwhile, reports have forward Lamar Odom being pursued by the Miami Heat, where he played during the 2003-2004 season and where he still owns a home. Earlier this week, the Lakers, for whom he's played the past five years, withdrew a three-year, $27 million deal after Odom failed to respond. One source close to Odom said that the Blazers joined the bidding with a potential five-year, $40 million offer. Only time will tell.

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[kibaxx7]

Seeing you in Red just makes me laugh dont know why man but it just make me laughs

Why?

[Lamrock]

Don't really see the point in reporting on the Millsap non-signing.

[kibaxx7]

Don't really see the point in reporting on the Millsap non-signing.

It was for the last paragraph, to announce the new signing... it's not Miller

[john26]

Why would the Blazers fire Pritchard? He is arguably the best GM in the NBA.

Because Pritchard is greedy with picks, and almost did not give Brandon Roy's extension. (Roy had to complain after Bustnani got his).

[dare]

Seeing you in Red just makes me laugh dont know why man but it just make me laughs

Why?

dont know man I think red is not your color


BTW dont sign Lamar, he belongs to L.A