(63-19) First Round Wraps Up [4-0]

[karlsanada10]

Points leader for February: Kevin Martin
Rebounds leader for February: Yao Ming
Assists leader for February: Aaron Brooks

@ Lakers:
@ Jazz:
vs. Grizzlies:
@ Nuggets W
vs. T-Wolves: W
vs. Mavericks: L
vs. Nuggets: W
vs. 76ers: L
@ Pistons: L
@ Cavaliers: W
vs. Nets: W
@ Hornets: L
All-Star Game winner: (East/West) West
Rookie Challenge winner: (Rookies/Sophomores) Rookies

Overall Record for February: (12 games in total) 7-5

[Bucket]

Nice blowout win against Fakers and nice to see them struggling.
Are you planning to trade a D-Will to New Jersey?

[Stress Fracture]

Oh, Martin's streak coming to an end. But a win vs LAL is still a win vs the Champ. The goddamn Grizzlies are so tough to play, I hate their offense. Really fastbreaking all the time and good shooters ins Mayo, Gay and Conley (and now even Battier in my D&RL)

Why did you trade Battier?

[shadowgrin]

Like in real life?

[Axel The Great]

Ahhh, the Lakers get raped again.

...and then you lose to Memphis. WTF, AXEL?!?!?

Yeah, well, the fucking Grizzlies are hard to go up against in this game. I hate OJ Mayo, he'd always kill me in Live 10.

That was a TWO!

That was a TWO!

Also possible that it's still a three. Martin's foot stepped on the line just after landing from the jump (shot).

Yep, thanks for explaining that, shadow. He was stepping back with swagga after landing, too.

Rockets>Lakers

This. Forever.

Can I still send you my application form for the draftees? Or am I late? Anyways, I'll just send it to you.

Yeah, thanks for applying. And just to let everyone know, it is never too late to send in an NLSC Draftee application, unless of course if I end this, which isn't happening anytime soon.

Agreed to Thierry Rockets>Lakers

And Phil's bitching again.

When does he not bitch?

Oh, Martin's streak coming to an end. But a win vs LAL is still a win vs the Champ. The goddamn Grizzlies are so tough to play, I hate their offense. Really fastbreaking all the time and good shooters ins Mayo, Gay and Conley (and now even Battier in my D&RL)

Streak ending doesn't really matter, what matters more is the win (or routing) of the Fakers. And yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the Grizzlies' offense is hard to defend. Mike Conley starts their fast break offense, which is why he usually drops 10+ assists on me. And then you add Randolph's face-up game and rebounding, that's a tough team to play against. Good thing that's the last I'll see of them for the season, though.



karlsanada10, thank you for the predictions, but since I posted the first weekly recap of the month, they should've been PM'ed.

Nice blowout win against Fakers and nice to see them struggling.
Are you planning to trade a D-Will to New Jersey?

I'll be doing the real life trades sometime soon, but since they've been reviewed so many times, it'll just be a quick summary article. I may think of adding some different trades, similar to what Justine. did in his story (hopefully they make more sense ), and I might not do some others, depending on what situation the other teams are on. For sure, though, I won't be carrying out any trades for us, as I don't think we are weak at any position at the moment.

So, thanks for the 10 pages guys. Won't be doing a milestone post until 20 pages, but thanks to all who've posted/read/contributed to the thread. Week 16 coming up this weekend, then Week 17, and then All-Star Weekend.

[Axel The Great]

Chapter 10 - Evidence?

There was a knock on David Stern's office door. "Come in," Stern said, in a bitter, depressed tone. It was his recently hired assistant and body guard, Mr. Miguel Rios. "You received letter, señor," Rios said.

"Oh great. Great," Stern said, pretending to be enthusiastic. He was still upset that the Lakers did not defeat the Rockets earlier in the week, as an unknown man kidnapped NBA official Joey Crawford in order to stop him from rigging the game.

Stern opened the letter, and after reading it, said, "Someone's filed a lawsuit against me? They're accusing me of rigging games in the league? What is this?" Stern looked up at Rios, who was staring into space. "You're the only person who knows about this other than Joey Crawford, did you go inform others of this?!" Stern demanded, his voice intensifying.

"What is 'rigging' sir? I know nothing what that means," Rios replied, confused. "Don't act like you don't know anything. Your English may not be perfect, but anyone with a half-brain who has mediocre English could very well understand what was going on. You're fired!" Stern yelled at Rios, showing him the door.

"I will also file lawsuit for racism," Rios replied, laughing and unconcerned at the fact that he had just lost a recently-acquired job.

"Damn wetbacks," said Stern, sank down into his chair, and put his hands in his face in concern. "Who the hell is this Axel Gomez guy?" he asked himself. "Never met him in my life, never even heard of such a name since Axl Rose! Where did I go wrong!" Stern said, throwing a pen at his door. At the same time, Joey Crawford was walking in, and the pen hit him square in the right eye. "Ow! What the fuck!" he grimaced, putting his hand over his eye.

"Joey? What happened? Where've you been?" asked Stern in surprise, completely ignoring the fact that he had hit him in the eye with a pen.

"Gaaa," Crawford said, shaking the pain away. "I was at Los Angeles, in the airport, and on the way to Staples Center, when someone grabbed me. He hit me square in the head, and knocked me unconscious. I woke up at some house, and the bastard had taken my phone. That's why calling me was futile. When I got ahold of some NBA news, I found out the Rockets had beaten the Lakers, and I flew back here to New York to tell you this exact story," said Crawford.

"Well guess what, Joey? We're being sued! Sued! The federal court just sent me a letter. Some Gomez guy is filing a lawsuit on us, and I've never heard of no Gomez guy. He may be related to Ryan Gomes, whom I think plays in the basement of Los Angeles, but those surnames are spelled differently!" Stern said.

Stern handed Crawford the letter, and he began reading it. "You're pronouncing his name wrong. You actually pronounce the 'e' in Gomez, not skip it altogether like in Gomes," Crawford corrected Stern. "But this is horrible, how would anyone know? There is absolutely no way someone could've overheard us!" said Crawford.

A smile, the first one in a while, began to form on Stern's face. It turned into a laugh, much to the confusion of Crawford. "Dont worry Joey. Unless he has cold, fool-proof evidence of this, he's wasting his time and efforts. A nobody like that Gomez guy wouldn't win without evidence against a big name like mine," Stern said.

Crawford also smiled, "You're very right, sir. We should be fine. It's probably just a false accusation, or so that's what the world will think when the case is over," Crawford said.

"The case is on April the fifth. We have enough time to prepare. I really don't see us losing this one," Stern said, his adrenaline lowered now that he wasn't worried.

••••••••

"Wow, really? You guys are becoming close friends way too fast. Wouldn't surprise me if you two ended up being the next Steve Francis-Cuttino Mobley couple," said Yao Ming, laughing. He and Kevin Martin were at the Rockets' practice facility gym after the game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Martin was shooting free throws, while Yao passed him the ball after a make or miss.

"I just invited him to my house for a barbecue party, what's wrong with that?" Martin asked, shooting and making a free throw. "Well, you used to not invite him, just the rest of us. But I guess it's good that you invite him, that way you guys aren't in all this rivalry drama nonsense," Yao said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Well, you know, it's All-Star weekend soon. We've all done a great job fitting in well and accepting our roles on the team. Just wanna celebrate the fact that we've had a successful season, especially since everybody ruled us as a low seed before the season began, and more importatnly, the take down of the evil Lakers," Martin told Yao. "Even Coach Adelman's in a cheery mood these days, so why not?"

Martin shot another free throw... SWISH!. "Damn man, how many in a row is that now? I lost count," Yao said, surprised at the fact that it had been a long time since Martin missed a free throw. "I'd say more than 200, lost count then too," Martin said.

"Why would you file a lawsuit, when you don't have enough evidence to bring him to justice?" Martin and Yao heard from a distance. Martin shot a last free throw, it hit the back rim and did not go. Him and Yao followed the sound of the faint, two voices.

"Trust me, sir. I know what I'm doing. You'll be surprised at the sophisticated planning I've done. I have enough evidence now, seriously, I know I will win," they both heard the second voice say.

"If you end up losing the case, he'll just end up hating this franchise, probably more so than he already does. You better know what you're doing, because if not, we'll have to cut you loose as we can't have an assistant general manager who tried to bring the commissioner out of commission but failed," they heard the other voice say.

"Bring Stern out of commission?" Martin asked, puzzled. "Shhh..." Yao told Martin, and they both listened in on assistant general manager, Axel Gomez and owner, Leslie Alexander plan for a lawsuit of sorts.

[karlsanada10]

So uh...should I still send it to you through PM?

[Houndy]

Stern gone? Whoo

[rise]

I like the way this story's going, because Stern is a cunt anyway.

[Stress Fracture]

That bodyguard is dumb.

[|)e8*]

Great chapter!

[shadowgrin]

What happened to the thread title? Where's the cheesy thread title?!
Were you hurt about what I posted in Sit's thread?!
Cheesy titles are not Sit's thing! It's your damn thing! It's a part of what makes your association! Why stop it?!
WHERE'S THE CHEESY TITLE?! WHERE?!!!

[Axel The Great]

So uh...should I still send it to you through PM?

I really don't see why you should; prediction's already there so no use predicting again. At least you now know for next time.

Stern gone? Whoo

There is no guarantee that he's gone, the evidence I have must be good.

I like the way this story's going, because Stern is a cunt anyway.

Lol, yeah he is. The fat pig.

That bodyguard is dumb.

Why would you consider someone who's not experienced in english dumb? Guy could be a graduate from Harvard for all we know.

Great chapter!

Thanks!

What happened to the thread title? Where's the cheesy thread title?!
Were you hurt about what I posted in Sit's thread?!
Cheesy titles are not Sit's thing! It's your damn thing! It's a part of what makes your association! Why stop it?!
WHERE'S THE CHEESY TITLE?! WHERE?!!!

Ah, I knew you'd ask that question sooner or later. Yes, you really tore my feelings apart with your comment in Sit's thread. I've gone to drinking alcohol everyday and being emo and a pessimist about life. Jk.

I'd agree with the fact that the cheesy thread titles are a part of what makes my association, but it's not really the most important part of it. Yes, they are what (hopefully) attracts reader attention, but the qualities within an association are the most important.

I'm trying not to overdo the cheesy thread titles, as they probably may get annoying someday. If the demand for them is high, like in your case, then I'll do them pretty often, but this time around, I couldn't think of any cheesy thread title for this chapter. Expect more cheesy thread titles in the future, though.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Will get Week 17 up this weekend, and then maybe a scouting report for each of the 2011 draftees. Then, it's Week 18, ASW, and Round 4 of the NLSC Tournament. So, many updates to come. Stay tuned for those cheesy thread titles.

[shadowgrin]

True, the qualities within an association are important, but how would new readers know or even have interest if your title is the blandest one in this section?

Sit's cheesy title was annoying because he left it as it is and didn't change it despite facing new teams (KD & Krew vs. Spurs, Boston, etc.). Cheesy titles become annoying if they are recycled.

[rise]

I'd say the fact that it has 10 chapters is interesting, but that's just me.

I just found out I missed the whole scorpion thing and K-Mart's fight with Kobe. Looking back maybe you could have morphed those two together, like maybe Kobe pushes Martin and then Martin throws a scorpion in Kobe's eye or something.

[kibaxx7]

Nice chapter Axel, it's time to bring Stern down. Asking, are you playing all the games or simming some on the fly?

[George7]

nice chapter. Time to bring justice to the league!

[Stress Fracture]

I just found out I missed the whole scorpion thing and K-Mart's fight with Kobe. Looking back maybe you could have morphed those two together, like maybe Kobe pushes Martin and then Martin throws a scorpion in Kobe's eye or something.

That would be really epic!

[Axel The Great]

True, the qualities within an association are important, but how would new readers know or even have interest if your title is the blandest one in this section?

Sit's cheesy title was annoying because he left it as it is and didn't change it despite facing new teams (KD & Krew vs. Spurs, Boston, etc.). Cheesy titles become annoying if they are recycled.

That (what's in bold). Which is why I really don't try to use the same titles more than once, for anything. I would think Sit would know better than to recycle thread titles, especially since he's the best story-writer on the board.

But yes, the thread title is an important aspect of an association overall, since that's what gets a reader to check in.

I'd say the fact that it has 10 chapters is interesting, but that's just me.

I just found out I missed the whole scorpion thing and K-Mart's fight with Kobe. Looking back maybe you could have morphed those two together, like maybe Kobe pushes Martin and then Martin throws a scorpion in Kobe's eye or something.

When you have a sudden overflow of ideas into your head like me, you're bound to have heaps of chapters in your story. As for the morphed idea, the fight was during a game, so don't really know where K-Mart would pull the scorpion out of?

Nice chapter Axel, it's time to bring Stern down. Asking, are you playing all the games or simming some on the fly?

I don't know if anyone here remembers, but earlier in the thread I said I had to start another association file because I was stuck with the Knicks and couldn't resign my position because the game would crash? I simmed my way back to where I was in the new association file, and since then I have not simmed any games. The 30+ point streak that K-Mart had going played a part of it, but I'm really not the one to sim games that much. I may sim about 3-4 from now until the end of the season, but my passion for basketball overpowers my laziness to want to sim games.

nice chapter. Time to bring justice to the league!

Yep. No unfair Lakers-Heat Finals this season. If they both end up making the Finals, it'd have been fair and square.

I just found out I missed the whole scorpion thing and K-Mart's fight with Kobe. Looking back maybe you could have morphed those two together, like maybe Kobe pushes Martin and then Martin throws a scorpion in Kobe's eye or something.

That would be really epic!

It'd be epic, but as I said, don't really know where K-Mart would get the scorpion.

Week 17 recap tomoorow, then. Have a lot more updates planned, so stay tuned.

EDIT: It's actually Week 16 that's tomorrow. Losing count.

[kibaxx7]

I'm really not the one to sim games that much. I may sim about 3-4 from now until the end of the season, but my passion for basketball overpowers my laziness to want to sim games.

We are two.

[rise]

I only sim if a certain game keeps crashing. I simulated three games this season in my Domination franchise, just because the Knicks, Raptors, and Spurs court were corrupted.

[karlsanada10]

^Then download new courts.

[rise]

I've done that several times. I'm going to reinstall the whole game when I get the chance.

[karlsanada10]

Then play it on low settings court, that would work.

[rise]

By the way, my game is Live 2003.