|:: Touch The Sky [2-3] ♦ Stephen Curry is better than you.

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DYNASTY SETTINGS

| :: Season Length ♦ 82 Games
| :: Play NBA D-League Games ♦ On (will send some players)
| :: 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 ♦ Hall Of Fame
| :: Game Sliders ♦ Albys
| :: Quarter Length ♦ 12 Minutes
| :: Sim Quarter Length ♦ 12 Minutes

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[Dee.]

Good luck with this one,hope it works.

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Letting the dust settle on the offseason
Grizzlies.com | September 28, 2009

MEMPHIS -- As we all know, the NBA season starts in May. Yes, in May, with the Draft Lottery, where the dreams for around .500 teams can be fulfilled. The NBA Draft is like a wild-west shootout: it takes a little while for the dust to settle and figure out which teams are still standing and which teams are gone. There were a lot of trade rumors over those months. You can feel stupid for getting sucked into these trade articles every year near the trade deadline and near the draft. The Grizzlies gave up a ton of easy baskets last season and went about doing something about it by drafting the player with the best chance to turn games as a shot-blocker and general inside nuisance, Hasheem Thabeet, second overall. Then they took two other hard workers for the frontcourt, energy guy DeMarre Carroll at No. 27 and athletic, experienced Sam Young at No. 36. All three made the team, and all should make the team better in an area of need.

We understand the idea behind drafting Thabeet; the Grizz need an interior presence on the defensive end. Thabeet isn’t the compliment to Marc Gasol, but having Gasol will give the Grizzlies an added luxury of not putting too much pressure on the #2 draft pick right away. If Thabeet develops like you hope that he does, then Hamed Haddadi could be used as a trade piece down the line. We don't know too much about Carroll other than he will most likely be the 3rd string SF this year, but he provides insurance. Young was on some sleeper lists so, a lot of Grizz fans were happy to nab him; he should be ready to contribute immediately. Darko Milicic was sent to the New York for Quentin Richardson (later traded to the Clippers for Zach Randolph). The Darko era was a short one, but provided many humorous moments (the shirt rip being at the top). Alas, the Darko-Marko Jaric time together will be remembered as a duo that was broken up before its time (Jaric is now in Spain's Real Madrid).

We can toss Ronnie Brewer into the mix as well. Brewer has long been a desired trade target for Memphis because of his ability to play both the 2 and 3 positions with near-equal efficiency. That should allow O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay some much needed rest in case something happens to Young at the 3. On the defensive end, Brewer brings the Grizzlies a fundamentally sound defender who also gambles very successfully, his steal numbers are fantastic, and has great size for both positions. He's also an excellent rebounder for a shooting guard, given his size, and can bang with small forwards. Offensively, he is a bit of a mixed bag; decent from mid-range but a poor outside jump-shooter, mediocre handles, and isn't known to create his own shot particularly well. That being said, his athleticism is top-notch, he's a first-rate finisher, and his shooting percentage is typically above average for a guard because of his excellent shot selection. Next season should, god forbid, Gay get a big deal that owner Michael Heisley is unwilling to match, Brewer will provide the Grizzlies with a much cheaper fill-in option in RFA. While he certainly can't score on the perimeter or create his own offense like Rudy, he is arguably a better defender. If the Michael Conley trade rumors were true, he also provides the option of Memphis moving forward with Mayo at the point, Brewer at shooting guard, and Gay playing SF. An absolute coup d'etat for the Grizzlies, who've not only weakened a competitor like Utah in the Western Conference, but also secured a young player already easily capable of being the 5th best player on a very competitive squad.

Last but not least, Allen Iverson signed with the team after meeting with Heisley, Chris Wallace and Lionel Hollins; God told him to do it. God does work in mysterious ways. Some will say Iverson's interest is not genuine, that perhaps this was God's way of telling A.I. that it 's time to grow up, that any offer is better than none. Why he signed no longer matters, however: he is a Memphis Grizz now and come October 28th all Grizz fans will be cheering for him to help the team win the game. Because frankly that's all Memphis fans really care about anyway. Wins. Iverson is the most storied player ever to grace a Grizzlies uniform; he may no longer be the player that averaged 27 points and 6 dimes over his career, and he's definitely not the player who averaged over 30 points and 7 assists a game for Philadelphia from the 2004-05 to the 2006-07 season. At 34 and with a lot of miles it is unlikely that he will ever play to that level again but he is capable of helping Memphis win matches. What Iverson will be able to do is shoot the ball. Backups and rookie guards trying to stop him, beware; Iverson can get his shot off against the best players in the league. Not always the best shots for the team but he can get his shot off just the same. Now he gets to educate the scrubs to his particular brand of basketball. These guys won't likely be able to keep Iverson from getting good looks at the basket like the starters could. Allen has said he wants to start, but honestly: would the team be better with Iverson starting alongside Mayo, Gay, Randolph and Gasol with Conley leading the team's bench? Or would it be better to have the true playmaker start and let Iverson shoot at will while Young, Carroll, Darrell Arthur and Thabeet play defense? After all, what matters is what is best for the team, not the individual, and God did tell AI to come here. Surely God mentioned that somewhere in the conversation!

Memphis now has a legitimate starting 5, an outstanding scorer coming off the bench and an improved defense to go with the scorer. They may still be the butt of jokes around the league, but at least they are a scary joke now. With 6 players capable of scoring 30 pts in a game on any given night no team can afford to overlook the Grizzlies anymore. Are the playoffs possible? Who knows. A lot depends on how things happen. Will the Grizzlies be able to avoid the injury bug? Will other teams? Will the locker room blow up or will the presence of two legitimate veterans make the team focus harder? Can Allen teach the team to win close games this year? The good news is that the team has shown their willing to take chances to make this team better and to provide legitimate entertainment for the fans. That alone should be worth something. Here’s how we see the Grizzlies' rotation; our bench is a improvement already over last year’s squad. Maybe, Carroll and Young as high-energy guys that can come in and disrupt opponents, along Brewer and now A.I. Steven Hunter and Lester Hudson are bench warmers and should see minutes only in emergency circumstances. Regardless of whether Gasol or Thabeet starts, whichever comes off the bench should be the best bench C in the league. And Zach gives us a legitimate scorer and rebounder. So, higher hopes for the team this season.

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[Clutch]

kneels, closes eyes and crosses himself...

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Thierry has six stories in the first page alone.

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I wish there was a way to see how many times someone has edited their sig.

[Martti.]

Start Iverson!

Oh, and all that text is pretty pointless. Sorry, but you're talking about what happened about 10 months ago. Just start from the 2010/11 season, no point doing the 09/10, even when simming, because the season basically over already IRL.

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kneels, closes eyes and crosses himself...

Me too man, me too...

Thierry has six stories in the first page alone.

It's more of a than a It's a curse!

I wish there was a way to see how many times someone has edited their sig.

At least 33 times.

Start Iverson!

Oh, and all that text is pretty pointless. Sorry, but you're talking about what happened about 10 months ago. Just start from the 2010/11 season, no point doing the 09/10, even when simming, because the season basically over already IRL.

I like Conley but it's the most probable that I'll end up trading him, then I'll start Iverson... I'm playing the 09/10 for some retro feel. I'll try to post 1 game per day so I can have the season done in around 3 months.

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Grizzlies start the great Iverson experiment
Grizzlies.com | October 1, 2009

MEMPHIS -- The Memphis Grizzlies' chemistry experiment with Allen Iverson is under way. The biggest star ever to put on a Grizzlies' uniform joined his new teammates Monday for a media session in Memphis. Then they boarded a bus for a trip to Birmingham, Ala., where coach Lionel Hollins has a week's worth of two-a-day practices, meals and quality time together planned for the first week of training camp. A franchise that had been building through the draft since trading for Rudy Gay in 2006 jump-started the process this offseason by signing Iverson, the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP, to sell tickets. The Grizzlies also traded for Zach Randolph and drafted three players in June. Even Iverson said he knows people are expecting this combination not to work.

“If we win ... and I've scored a lot, they're going to say I've scored too much. If we don't win and I don't score that much, they're going to say I don't score enough. It's a lose-lose situation. The only thing I can do to shut everybody up is to win,” Iverson said. Of the eight newcomers, it's Iverson who is being watched to see how he fits in at his fifth NBA stop at the age of 34. He finds himself on a team that went 24-58 last season with nobody still around from the Grizzlies' last playoff appearance in 2006. Iverson knows it's a change for someone who still remembers being the young guy. “That's the fun part about being a veteran is that you get a chance to lead guys to places they've never been before and give them some things they've never had in the league,” Iverson said. Sharing the ball will be the first challenge.

There's Iverson, Randolph, Gay and O.J. Mayo, who finished second in the rookie voting last season. Iverson is coming off the worst scoring season of his career, averaging 17.5 points a game. Gay led Memphis with 18.9 points a game, while Mayo ranked second with 18.5 points a game. “We've got a lot of scorers,” Randolph said. “I think if we can just get that chemistry right we can surprise a lot of people.” Tired of losing in the NBA, both Gay and Mayo have welcomed Iverson and Randolph. “I thought that we were missing maybe a little more attitude,” Mayo said. “Having Zach and (Iverson) is great. As for our team and experience, attitude may be a plus.” Gay is looking forward to camp and the preseason work to start melding this team together. But he has watched how the 6-foot Iverson's physical approach to basketball. “Obviously, there's something in him I want to know about. Just being around him and learning things from him can really help my game I believe and O.J.'s as well,” Gay said.

This is the first training camp for Hollins, who replaced Marc Iavaroni last January. Hollins went 13-26, and he is only under contract for this season. His Grizzlies expect lots of running at Birmingham Southern College, and that's because Hollins plans to keep focusing on basics like passing, defense and shooting along with being in good shape. It may help that Hollins is a former player himself, and he recalls having to learn to play with Julius Erving when he was traded to Philadelphia. He has talked with Iverson but wants the veteran lead by example. The coach insists he has not drawn up tentative lineups, preferring to see who earns starting jobs and minutes. That is when the Grizzlies will face their biggest challenge. They set out this offseason looking for scoring off the bench and a backup point guard. Iverson can provide the points, but will he start and push aside point guard Mike Conley or Mayo? Or will he be their sixth man?

Iverson said he never thought of being a reserve after being a starter through his first 13 seasons. But he sounds as if he might be open to the idea playing with a contract filled with team-based incentives. “On a basketball court, I can basically accomplish anything,” A.I. added.

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Grizzlies announce 2009-10 regular season schedule
Grizzlies.com | October 15, 2009

MEMPHIS -- O.J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Allen Iverson and the rest of the Memphis Grizzlies will tip off their ninth NBA season in the Bluff City at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 against the new-look Detroit Pistons at FedExForum. The season opener marks the eighth time since moving to Memphis that the Grizzlies have made their debut at home. After opening with two home games (Oct. 30 vs. Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors), the Grizzlies travel for 12 of their next 17 games, including two season-long five-game road trips (Nov. 1-7 and Nov. 25-Dec. 2). It marks the club’s longest stretch away from Memphis since a six-game swing during the 2006-07 season (March 24-April 1, 2007). Despite a road heavy start to the season, 11 of the team’s first 19 games are against teams that did not qualify for the 2009 NBA Playoffs.

Memphis plays 21 of its 41 home games during the weekend, including 12 on Friday night, eight on Saturday night and one Sunday matinee vs. Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets (Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.). The Grizzlies will host their eighth consecutive Martin Luther King Jr. Day Game in Memphis on Jan. 18 in a nationally-televised game on TNT vs. Amar'e Stoudemire and the Phoenix Suns, marking the Grizzlies’ second MLK Game appearance against Phoenix in the last four seasons (137-122 Suns victory on Jan. 15, 2007). Other home highlights include two matchups against Kobe Bryant and the 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1 and Feb. 23. Led by 2008-09 NBA MVP LeBron James and newly acquired center Shaquille O’Neal, the Cleveland Cavaliers make their lone appearance in Memphis on Dec. 8. Fan favorite Boston Celtics and perennial All-Stars Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen make their only appearance at FedExForum on Dec. 14. When the Los Angeles Clippers come to the Home of the Blues on Nov. 18 and Jan. 12. Grizzlies offseason acquisition Zach Randolph will face off against his former team, while the top two picks in the 2009 NBA Draft, Blake Griffin and Hasheem Thabeet, will go head-to-head.

Last year’s NBA Rookie of the Year runner-up Mayo will go head-to-head against 2008-09 NBA Rookie of the Year and former University of Memphis standout Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls at FedExForum on March 16. The Sacramento Kings’ fourth overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft and ex-Tigers’ star Tyreke Evans also returns for his only game at his old stomping grounds on Nov. 23. The Grizzlies will play 20 back-to-back sets, down from a league-high 22 last year, including two home sets on Jan. 15-16 (Minnesota and San Antonio) and March 12-13 (New York and Denver) and four stretches of four games in five nights (Jan. 5-9, Jan. 29-Feb. 2, Feb. 23-27, April 6-10). Memphis hosts the Clippers, Minnesota, San Antonio and Phoenix in the midst of a four-game homestand (Jan. 12-18), the club’s longest of the season.

All evening games will tip-off at 7 p.m. with the exception of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Game on Jan. 18, which will be begin at 4:30 p.m. The Grizzlies will be featured twice on national television, including Dec. 28 vs. Washington on NBA TV and the annual MLK Game on Jan. 18 vs. Phoenix on TNT. A full broadcast schedule and a preseason schedule will be announced at a later date. Grizzlies 2009-10 Season Tickets are on sale now and feature all 45 regular season and preseason home games. Grizzlies Season Tickets start at just $5 per game with 6,000 seats available at $10 or less per game. Call (901) 888-HOOP or visit our Season Ticket information page. Grizzlies partial packages will go on sale August 15. Preseason individual game tickets go on sale September 26 with regular season single-game tickets available starting October 3.

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[hova-]

Oh man, another Thierry. D. I find it funny that you simply copy and paste all the text from the nba.com/gizzlies homepage. You could simply leave it away since it is not really an enjoying read and I doubt anyone reads it at all.

The whole Iverson text is from http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4512450

That does not make any sense. Copying ESPN articles won't get your dynasty started or long lasting. I'm just missing the swagger over and over again. Sry.

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Thierry is copy-pasting!
For shame.

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Oh man, another Thierry. D. I find it funny that you simply copy and paste all the text from the nba.com/gizzlies homepage. You could simply leave it away since it is not really an enjoying read and I doubt anyone reads it at all.

The whole Iverson text is from http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4512450

That does not make any sense. Copying ESPN articles won't get your dynasty started or long lasting. I'm just missing the swagger over and over again. Sry.

Thierry is copy-pasting!
For shame.

I know, I know. But I didn't copy it from ESPN, it was another page. And I always copy re-signing, signings, trades articles for statistics. The season starts now. Hopefully I can have you on board soon, hova.

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I think hova lose his confidence in you man, I personally think this one wouldn't last. They right about all the writings, we don't read them

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I think hova lose his confidence in you man, I personally think this one wouldn't last. They right about all the writings, we don't read them

I know man. I know. A kickstart for the story. Don't kill me! Just used website articles for this previews

I'm playing the first game against the Pistons and I'm writing now, no more online articles!

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DET @ MEM :: Grizz fall to Jerebko's bomb
Grizzlies.com | October 28, 2009

NBA basketball can be funny sometimes. The Grizzlies played a relatively good game that they deserved to win. They outplayed the Pistons in the first half, but a short burst by Detroit in the game’s final minutes turned this into a two-point, 95-93 loss for Memphis. In this case, the final score wasn't deceiving. The Pistons could have lost this game by 20 and I wouldn’t have been the least bit shocked based on the way things were unfolding for Lionel Hollins' team. To start things off on a positive, I was very impressed with the Grizz role players tonight. In the first half, Allen Iverson and Ronnie Brewer each came off the bench to save the team from letting this game get away from them before it started (a 6-0 run for Detroit to start the contest), as Memphis scored 14 straight points for a 14-6 lead. Iverson had 11 of his 15 points in the first half while Brewer continued his impressive form of Utah with 8 points and 3 assists. Despite that, his shooting is still atrocious. One three-point attempt wide open in the corner in the third quarter missed the rim and the backboard entirely. But you have to be happy with how Ronnie is starting to mature as a player for Memphis.

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Meanwhile, Memphis' own & new Big 3 were up and down and mostly down. Rudy Gay had a solid night statistically with a game-best 26 points and 5 rebounds, and it took him only 16 shots to get there. To underline, he picked up an offensive foul on Tayshaun Prince with less than a minute to go in the game, but Rudy didn’t do that much to get himself to the free throw line, only attempting two from the charity stripe. O.J. Mayo added 13 points in .500% shooting (5/10) and as said before, Iverson had 15 off the bench. You could see Hollins making a diagram for the next play in the last quarter in a timeout, a great breakdown of how Marc Gasol was allowing Detroit’s defenders to move him out of the post and essentially turn him into a jump shooter. Gasol attempted six of his 8 field goals from outside of 17-feet, only hitting two. His other shots were a dunk and a hook below the foul line; it was a mediocre game for Marc.

After a Detroit timeout with 0:15 left in the game, the Pistons inbounded the ball to Rodney Stuckey, who pulled up and misfired from 18 feet. But as coach Hollins alluded to, Gasol had slid over to help Michael Conley keep Stuckey out of the lane and when the missed shot cruelly bounced perfectly off the rim to a soaring Ben Wallace, the former DPOY had Gasol and Zach Randolph over him; Big Ben quickly asked for the last timeout available for his team. Ben Gordon gave the ball to Charlie Villanueva, who grabbed Jonas Jerebko's matchup with him and there was the Swede open, who fired the ball down from beyond the arc, where it couldn't be intercepted by Mayo, ensuring the miracle. Overall, Memphis played a great game and deserved the triumph. Those compliments surely do nothing to numb the pain they’re feeling right now. But though the Hollywood ending eluded them this time, and it went to Motown, it’s not hard to believe that their exemplary efforts will be rewarded with a fantastic finish much more to their liking soon enough. A playoff seed, maybe? Too soon to call.

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Looking good Hope this will last.

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Good luck with this one man !

Just hope nothing goes wrong , like the start !

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TOR @ MEM :: Belinelli, Raps thrash Memphis
Grizzlies.com | October 30, 2009

This is still a very young Grizzlies team that will shoot itself in the collective foot over and over as they learn how to be a real NBA team, and that’s not meant as a dig at all. They’ll be competitive most games and they’ll most likely kill themselves most nights with turnovers (tonight -- 13, 8 in the second half). Two home games to kick off the season, in which they play two very beatable teams like the Pistons and Raptors; they need to set the tone for this stretch of games by blowing out teams like this (almost did it against Detroit but they couldn't). And that’s what the Raps did against them, setting the tone in the second half: 54-32, putting Memphis away within the last quarter as the team from Tennessee was leading by 8 after the first period. The Grizzlies were put in this situation by allowing Toronto to do whatever they pleased during much of the second half of this contest, as Jay Triano's squad led by as much as 23 in the fourth quarter thanks to a huge shooting percentage on it (60%), and a dominant performance on the boards (43-30 for the game), despite a 13-3 blocks advantage for Memphis.

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It was a little worrisome for a while for Memphis; not worrisome in the sense that the Raptors were going to challenge to win this game but it was worrisome in the sense that they should have been up by 10+ at halftime and instead let Hedo Turkoglu and Jarrett Jack keep the Raps within 4 points at the half. But then the third quarter hit and Toronto took care of business, with runs of 11-2 and 9-0 in the third, sparked by Jack’s 13-point third period on perfect 4/4 shooting to win 105-85. Speaking of Toronto's guards, where in the hell did Marco Belinelli come from? Yeah, Italy, but... he dominated badly, made O.J. Mayo look drunk on defense. He didn’t just make shots; he took the listless efforts by Memphis and made sure to hurt the ball as a consequence for them putting up such weak attempts at scoring. On offense, he played incredibly smart basketball: a matured game in which he made the extra pass when he needed (2 dimes) to and attacked when the time was right, finishing with 24 points on 13 shots with five 3-pointers, three rebounds and three steals. In fact, I like it as a Memphis Grizzly in the future. Another key for the loss was Rudy Gay's poor performance, 3/8 from the field for only 11 points.

Toronto had great balance in their offensive: five players over 14 points (Chris Bosh limited to 14, that was the only positive thing for the Grizz) and the point guard play was spectacular between Jack and José Calderón. They combined for 33 points and 10 assists. Ronnie Brewer had a great 13-point performance off the bench; it’s probably safe to say coach Lionel Hollins will slowly start to give him more playing time. His shooting was pretty rough in the first half (0/3) but in the second, he showed a pretty complete game with 5/5 shooting. Next game is at Denver, facing a Nuggets team that consists of many playmakers on the starting five, including soon-to-be-MVP Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups and JR Smith. Defense is a big key in this matchup, and it won't be easy to head out to play the next nine games on the schedule against Western teams. Even worst, six of this nine are on the road, five straight.

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[kibaxx7]

Looking good Hope this will last.

Good luck with this one man !

Just hope nothing goes wrong , like the start !

Thanks guys, also hoping everything goes smooth

[shadowgrin]

Only 14 minutes for Brewer? Booo!