[CYOA] Final Chapter?

During Season, the Clippers were the reject team that no one thought about...hence they were always the "Other Guys" But now things have changed, Blake Griffin has become a force to be reckoned and the rest of the Clippers are now a recognized organization. Now that this is a new era for the Clippers, they deserve to make their own path. For Season 2 of this association, "The Other Guys" will now be known as "Clipper Your Own Adventure" (CYOA)!

What's New

Association Story
Chapter I: A Bold Proposal
Chapter II: The Briefcase
Chapter III: Boom?
Chapter IV: An Invitation
Chapter V: The Hangover Pt.1 Pt.2
Chapter VI: Rerouted
Chapter VII: Help?
Chapter VIII: Fellowpino?
Chapter IX: Partners
Chapter X: Are You In?
Chapter XI: Your Move
Chapter XII: New Player
Chapter XIII: Locker Trouble

Story Map


Archive
[The Other Guys] Season 1

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Game Settings
Game: NBA 2k11 (PC)
Team: Los Angeles Clippers
D-League Affiliate: Bakersfield Jam
Skill Level: Superstar
Roster: Albys RR (RR4 updated with RR7)
Sliders: Albys RR7 SuperSim
Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Sim Length: 12 minutes

Association Settings
Season Length: 58 Games
Playoff Length: 7-7-7-7
D-League Games: On (but will most likely be simulated)
Team Chemistry: On
Player Roles: On
Progressive Fatigue: On
Trade Deadline: On
Trade Override: On
Allow CPU Trades: On (will adjust/reverse any bogus trades)
Preseason Games: On
Injuries: On
Task Automation: Off
Draft Prospects: Real + NLSC-ers

Special thanks to those that helped me organize/understand how to do my 1st association:
Martti., Sit, George7, dare, Thierry •

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Front Office
Owner Donald T. Sterling	President Andy Roser	General Manager KidJustin

Coaching Staff
Head Coach Vinny Del Negro	Assist. Head Coach Marc Iavaroni	Trainer Robin Conner

Scouts

NBA Scout Jerome Burns

Prospect Scout Bryon Nixon Ruben Shepard Blake Sheridan

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Starting Lineup
PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Baron Davis	Eric Gordon	Andre Iguodala	Blake Griffin	DeAndre Jordan
Starter	Starter	Starter	Starter	Starter
31	22	27	22	22

Bench
	PF | C Kris Humphries 6th Man Age: 26
	PG | SG Eric Bledsoe Prospect Age: 21
	SF | PF Al-Farouq Aminu Prospect Age: 21
	C | PF Marcus Camby Role Player Age: 37
	SG | SF Ricky Davis Bench Warmer Age: 31
	PF Trey Thompkins* Prospect Age: 21
	SG | PG "Speed" Ray Cer* Prospect Age: 23

Injured/Reserved
	SF Peja Stojakovic Bench Warmer Age: 33
	SG Travis Leslie* Prospect Age: 21

* = Rookie
BOLD = Change in Lineup
RED = Injured

Draft Picks
2012 1st Rounder	POR
2012 2nd Rounder	DAL
2013 1st Rounder	LAC
2013 2nd Rounder	LAC

Draft Day Trades: Clippers move Big Ben for draft pick | Acquire Iggy for Butler/Vince Sleepy/Picks
Humphries and Hayes signed, Chandler to the Wizards | Sharp Shooter Peja Signs | Resignings
Clippers Take Part In 3-Team Trade
Bulldogs Are Ready
Clippers Gamble on an Unknown


Past Injuries
Chuck Hayes - Twisted Ankle - Day-to-Day
Kris Humphries - Flu - Day-to-Day

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Power Ranking: 8
Record: 9-7
Division Rank: 2
Conference Rank: T-4


November
@ Suns W (117-109)
vs Bucks W (126-112)
@ Cavaliers W (132-124) OT
@ Knicks W (146-141)
@ Bulls W (113-112)
vs Nets W (107-94)
vs Rockets L (106-113)
vs Raptors L (91-98)
vs Suns W (105-103)
vs Pistons L (113-115)
December
vs Cavaliers W (110-106)
vs Hawks L (110-116)
vs Sixers L (131-141)
vs Grizzlies L (102-127)
vs Spurs L (107-135)
vs Nuggets W (125-118)
January

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November | December | January | February | March | April


CLIPPERS MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO THEIR BENCH
FREE AGENT WORKOUTS: BIGS | SWINGMEN
CLIPPERS TAKE PART IN 3-TEAM TRADE
BULLDOGS ARE READY
CLIPPERS GAMBLE ON AN UNKNOWN


WASHINGTON WIZARDS GET A NEW LOOK
RICKY RUBIO COMING TO AMERICA...FINALLY
BILLUPS TO STAY IN NEW YORK
D-LEAGUE MEDIA
LAKERS GET YOUNGER IN THE FRONT OFFICE
2011-2012 TEAM PREVIEWS: EASTERN CONFERENCE | WESTERN CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER PLAYERS OF THE MONTH/ALL-STAR VOTING STARTS
TWO WEST POWERHOUSE MAKE TRADES
TOP EAST TEAM STILL MAKING MOVES|CHRISTMAS DAY
GIVE PEACE (ANOTHER) CHANCE

Players of the Month:
November: Kevin Durant/Derrick Rose
December: Kevin Durant/LeBron James

Rookies of the Month:
November: Jared Sullinger/Derrick Williams
December: Ray Cer/Kyrie Irving

Players of the Week:
November: Russell Westbrook/LeBron James|Kevin Durant/Derrick Rose|Monta Ellis/Derrick Rose|Monta Ellis/Derrick Rose
December: Stephen Curry/John Wall|Dirk Nowitzki/Rajon Rondo|Chris Paul/LeBron James|Kevin Durant/Dwyane Wade|Rudy Gay/Mo Williams

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Retirees | Staff Hiring | Player/Team Options | Re-Signings
Lottery | Mock Draft | Draft Combine | NBA Draft | Draft Recap
Free Agency 1-2-3 | Training Camp | Preseason Recap

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NLSC Draft Central

Enter Yourself into the 2012 NBA Draft!
Registration is free and open to all NLSC members, just fill out the below information and PM me (KidJustin) or post on this thread for your chance to Enter Contest be featured in Scouting Reports and be Drafted to a real NBA team in 2012!!

Hurry now! Space for the 2012 Draft is limited to the first 8 submitted registration forms.

Registration Form:

Code:

[b]Name (first and last and nickname):[/b]
[b]Age (19-42...):[/b]
[b]Position(s):[/b]
[b]School:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Hand:[/b] (Left-Right)
[b]Jersey #:[/b]
[b]Muscle Type:[/b](Buffed-Ripped)
[b]Skin Tone:[/b](1-6, darker to lighter)
[b]5 Strengths:[/b]
[b]5 Weaknesses:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b](Unpredictable, Laid Back, Neutral, Expressive)
[b]Playing Style:[/b]
[b]NBA Comparison:[/b]
[b]Physical Appearance/Gear:[/b]
[b]Misc. Details (Backstory, sig. shot, etc):[/b](optional)

Rules:
Registered NLSC members, or Agents, will be allowed to enter contest that will award their client, or NLSC-er, with Points. These points work for two purposes: (1) Impact Draft Stock (2) Player Improvement. Only 1 NLSC-er per Agent.
(1) Impact Draft Stock: (Before Draft Day)
NLSC-er's draft stock will be determined based on how many Points they have accumulated during the season.
(2) Player Improvement: (After being Drafted)
The Points earned during the current season (season before the draft) will be carried over to the NLSC-er's rookie season. These points can be used toward the player improvement of individual rating of a NLSC-er. Only the Agent is allowed to decided when to use the points, how many, and in what area(s).
NOTE: Agents will be limited on how many Points can be used per month, details on the limit will be determined at the end of each season. No monthly rollovers on Points. Unused Points expire after 1 season.

Earning Points:
Throughout this association, various contest will be posted, each with their own details on that contest rules and how many points can be earned. Contest can range from trivia questions, to predictions, to user submissions, and more.
Agents can continue to earn more Points during any season, but cannot use the newly won points toward Player Improvement until February of that season. The Points will be dated with the draft year they were earned to differentiate. (ex. 2011 Points vs. 2012 Points).

Winning Contest
This season, the contest will be more competitive, so all the Agents need to stay on their game! For each contest, a winner will be announced. The winner will be the single Agent that collects the most points in a contest. But what will this mean?
The Winner will recieve all the points earned, while
The REST will recieve only HALF of the points earned.

Prizes:
Grand Prize Winner (#1 Agent with the most Points) - NLSC-er will be projected to go top 5 and have a muli-million dollar shoe deal to the brand of the Agent's choosing
Middle Group - (#2-#3) NLSC-er will be projected to be in the lottery
Bottom Group - (#4-#6) NLSC-er will be projected to go Mid-Late 1st Round
Last Group - (#7-#8) NLSC-er will be projected to go in the 2nd Round

Role of the Agent:
As an Agent you are commited to your NLSC-er to help them have the best NBA career possible.
It is your job to improve their draft stock and keep them focused on improving their talents (by earning Points).
Agents may also publicly (in this thread) or privately (PM me) spread rumors, morale issues, trade/contact demands, or anything else they feel is necessary for their NLSC-er to make an impact in this league.
An Agent, at anytime, can also decide to pull their NLSC-er from the current draft (2011) and enter them into the next draft (2012). The NLSC can be projected anywhere and will still be allowed to be pulled. All earned Points will be carried over to the next season.

Agent Participation
Now that your NLSCers are finally going to enter the big leagues and be drafted by a NBA team, the Agents will now be asked to be even more active than ever. Agents are encourged to do anything they see fitting to give their NLSCer the best career possible. When Agents comment, they MUST post in Twitter format by using the following:

Code:

[b][color=#00BFFF]@INSERT NAME:[/color][/b]

Any comments posted WIHTOUT the Twitter format will be reguarded as normal user comments. THE ONLY EXCEPTION: If the Agent writes me an entire for the "I Am A Reporter" challenge, they do NOT need to include the Twitter format.

Example:
KidJustin- Wow, my NLSC needs to be traded
this is an example of a reader making a random comment
KidJustin- @KidJustin: Wow, my NLSC needs to be traded
this is an example of an Agent making a trade demand for his NLSCer

Player Imrpovements
Once your NLSCer has been drafted, you can can now use the points toward their development. Agents are allowed to use the points to improve thier NLSCer's ratings, but (for this season) are limited to only 25 points per month, without rollovers. (Ex. using 20 points in month 1 DOES NOT mean you can use 30 points in month 2)

Also Agents must follow the scale below when using points:

Rating Range	0-65	66-80	81-89	90-95	96-98	99
Point Costs	1	2	3	4	5	6

If the top row is the current rating of the NLSC at a specific stat, then the bottom row is how many points are needed in order to improve the rating by 1.

NLSCers shoes
All NLSCers, except the #1 ranked NLSC, will wear ONLY generic brand shoes. They cannot upgrade to a name brand shoe until they have proven themselves in the league. How do you do this? Agents must earn 25 points from contest AFTER being drafted, once you have reached 25 points, you will be sent a PM notifying you that you may select what brand your NLSC will wear. Depending on the status of your NLSCer they may also be offered an exclusive deal from one of the shoe brands.

Agents can contact me via PM or a post on this thread.

Contest & Results
Challenge I Am A Reporter (Continued from last season)
Challenge Points: NLSC Pre-Draft News | Iesalnieks to change name | Lakers Get Younger in the Front Office | Two West Powerhouses Make Trades

Contest #1 Rise/Fall | Results
Contest #2 Free Agency | Results
Contest #3 Preseason Contest | Results
Contest #4 Monthly Contest - November | Results
Contest #5 Trade Young | Results
Contest #6 Contact | Results
Contest #7 Monthly Contest - December | Results
Contest #8 Blake VS. -Return of the Kaveman | Results
Contest #9 Locker Trouble | Results
Contest #10 Monthly Contest - January | Results

Declared for 2012 NBA Draft

(Rank) Draft Stock POS. NLSC-er Draftee Name - School - Agent [Points]
(1) SG Johnny Walker "Smooth" - La Salle - mpac [116]
(2) F/C Julian Martin - UCLA - dare [103]
(3) G Anpoco Meteowannabe - Wake Forest - puddnheadwilson [82]
(4) G Axel Gomez - Texas - Axel. [64]
(5) G Darren Howard - Butler - Cruzerr [46]
(6) G/F Badger Johnson - Utah State - Badger [40]
(7) PG Daniel Alexander "the Kid' - Memphis - Derrick Williams [4]
(8) G Larvae McKenzie - UCLA - Ŀąŗvæ ™ [4]

The mandich Points: 15
The Lamrock Points: 3

*Points updated as of 10/16/31

NLSC Draftee's News

Declared for 2013 NBA Draft

(Rank) POS. NLSC-er Draftee Name - School - Agent [Points]
(1) G Derrick Ryi - Indiana - Ryi [19]
(2) PG Dan Silver - Memphis - ChiTownOwns [6]
(3) G Da'Vonte Hughes - Central Florida - Dmastawwe [3]
(4) SG Derrick Lawson "The Kid" - Arizona - Derrick-Lawson [1]
(5) SG Quincy Calloway - San Diego State - qfrmcpt310 [1]
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NLSC in the NBA

(Rating) POS. NLSCer Name - Team - Agent [2011 Points] [2012 Points]
(76) G Jerome Barkhorn "Warlock" - Jazz - Warlock95 [81] [47]
(71) G George Koukoulis - Bulls - George7 [98] [29]
(68) PG/SF Albano Spagnoletti - Spurs - Thierry • [116] [26]
(67) C Vince Sleepy "Money" - Sixers - Valdis [82] [18]
(68) F/C Justin Jones - Nuggets - Justine. [50] [5] - D-League
(66) F Zee Otoo - Wizards - z02 [13] [35]
(60) F/G Marko Jenjic - Celtics - Ch4os [24] [15]

NLSC Players' News
NLSC Pre-Draft News | Jordan Signs NLSCer | Iesalnieks to change name | NLSC News - JB in the NBA Vol. 1 | Warlock Makes his Debut

Special thanks to Martti. for first giving me great advice on NLSC-ers from back in the Live Dynasty and George7 helping me understand it in 2k11.

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This means war.

This means war.

Good luck with this one

Awesome, two Clippers
I send my info later

This looks great dude , hope you have a rivalry with Lamrock

Good luck with this. It's Blaketime!

Will definitely follow this.
Got my PM?

Goodluck man, already sent my info

Nice to see you with an association bro!!
Good luck on this!
Will send my infos in a while,keep me a spot please!

thanks every one! got it all!

looks like dare and Vladis are teammates in the front court, good year for UCLA




oh and Lamrock,


IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG

haha good luck to ur association too

looks like dare and Vladis are teammates in the front court, good year for UCLA

dare is a C? Vladis.

Sent Good luck man!

looks like dare and Vladis are teammates in the front court, good year for UCLA

dare is a C? Vladis.

whooops typo haha

dare is a PF/C
basically you and him look like the twin towers of UCLA

Thierry •, thanks got ur info

ONLY 2 more DRAFT SPOTS LEFT!!!
if there is a lot more, i may think of opening it up to 10...we'll see

George7, by the way..I just filled it in with whatever info i remember. so send in ur exact info anymore

Valdis really likes to stick with me

Valdis really likes to stick with me

Anyway, sent my PM.

Good luck

Like in my association

2011 draft now closed! thank you to all for the submissions!

however the 2012 draft is still open!! so don't shy away

...depending on the number of submissions/my feeling..i may take 2 additional people for the 2011 draft

also....a reminder that any Agent can choose to pull their Draftee from the 2011 draft and put them in the 2012 draft. any points earned now will be saved/carried over to the 2012 draft
..this can be done at ANYTIME (well until around May of the association)

Wow, so I was the first to submit a draftee...

Definitely following this.

Chapter I. The Debut

LA Clippers Training Facility in Playa Vista



There is a buzz around in Los Angeles that hasn't been felt since Magic and Kareem headlined at the Forum, but this time the LA Lakers are not the ones in the spotlight...

There is a media frenzy with their cross-town rivals instead, the Los Angeles Clippers, and it is all because of one man, Blake Griffin.

Griffin is expected to do big things in this league, despite being one of the lowliest sports franchises the world has ever seen. He will finally showcase his talents in the Clippers first regular season game this year after missing all of last year from a broken knee cap.

Here are some exerpts from the media's Q&A with Blake Griffin after their practice:

What do you think about playing for the LA Clippers?

I’m excited about it [the LA Clippers], excited about the opportunity. I feel like they have a good team. They have a great group of younger guys and a great group of older guys. So if I am there, I look forward to it. I look forward to coming on board and making a push to the playoffs.

People talk about the Clippers' losing culture and how, no matter how many high Draft picks they get or how many talented players they employ, things never really work out there. What is it like from the inside there? What have you found, in terms of the "losing culture?"

Uh, just keep working. Keep learning and keep encouraging. Try to keep being a good teammate.

I've always thought that, for the Clippers, sharing Staples Center with the Lakers must be like having a roommate who has a much more interesting and fun life. How does it feel being with L.A.'s "other" NBA team?

The way I see it, the Clippers are my team, the Lakers are the other team. I'm not really worried about what they do. They're not my concern. My biggest concern is trying to win games and keep learning throughout the season.

[..]

Unknown location...

The phone rings and a mystery person answers it...

"Yea, I'm turning the game on now..."

"I'll be keeping a close eye on this team..."

"No, no...don't do anything just yet.....just wait a little while. I want to see what they get do first before I decide if I have to make my move or not..."

[Click] phone hangs up...

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