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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] see the All-Star

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:33 am

Shareef is gonna be tired after the break lol
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] see the All-Star

Postby tsmoha on Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:29 pm

@SuperHuey: Yeah, he will ;) Let's hope he will get some minutes in All-Star game though..

@jyap: Ahm... yes.. wrong thread ;)

@megarover: Shaq is currently injured, so that's the reason for him missing.. Only one Pacer is definitely a surprise, yes and Damon Stoudamire of course (but Stockton is injured as well).. and as promised, I got you some more '00-Kings trading cards:

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] see the All-Star

Postby megarover on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:42 am

Its about time your superstar got himself a card and there isn't a better time to get it then after making his first ASG (Y)
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] see the All-Star

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:00 pm

Whooooo... shiny
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] see the All-Star

Postby tsmoha on Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:56 pm

@megarover: Agreed!

@SuperHuey: Isn't it? ;)

@all: Here's a rather short recap of the All-Star game, as I got some weird result, low scoring..

Jordan named MVP, as East wins in New York - East 91, West 83

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All-Star game in New York: spectacular as always?! Wait.. not really. The fans saw some poor offense and good defense, mixing for one of the lowest total points amount in NBA All-Star game history. A new trend? We will see next year.. there's still some notes worth to mention:


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Grizzlies-star Shareef Abdur-Rahim had his All-Star debut and played as a starter instead of Tim Duncan, who is day-to-day since his 29 points and MVP-performance in the Rookie-Sophomore's match two days ago! Abdur-Rahim ended up as Team West's second-best scorer, notching 11 points.. MVP-contender Mitch Richmond led the West with 16 points, as this two were the only West players in double figures..


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"Give it to Michael and get out of the way," explained Larry Bird, the Eastern Conference coach, of his team's strategy. "That is the way it usually happens." And so it happened tonight: Michael Jordan had 22 points, 8 rebounds and was named the game's MVP, his 3rd All-Star game MVP-award.. East teammate Chris Webber had 20 points, 11 rebounds, while Antoine Walker had 11 points in his All-Star debut.
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:40 pm

Shareef is lookin' cool in the West uni's
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby megarover on Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:22 am

Not one team could even crack the 100 point mark :lol:
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby tsmoha on Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:29 pm

@megarover: Yeah, pretty poor performance :)

@SuperHuey: He looks cool and felt good :) Thanks!

@all: Sorry for the lack of updates, but my girlfriend is moving and I had to help the last 10 days, so had no time to continue here.. so, for the moment, I will just go and release my trading cards ;) Stay tuned and this story ist still tbc!

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby tsmoha on Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:19 am

Updated the 1st post! With new headers and a new "small portraits-style" roster instead of a more detailed. Tell me what you think ;)
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:16 am

One prolonged word: NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICEE!!!
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby megarover on Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:09 pm

The headers are a very nice touch but didn't much care about the new portrait style.

Cool cards as usual. Marbury and Garnett deserved those cards. Used to love Marbury in his Sun's days.
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - #1 Feb '98 [9-39] All-Star Game

Postby tsmoha on Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:27 pm

@megarover: Thanks, man! I'm still a fan of Marbury, I don't know why ;)

@SuperHuey: Thanks :) Glad you like the new layout.

February 1998 - Results


Grizzlies record: 13-45


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5 wins for the Grizzlies in February, the team's best month this season. A surprising win against the league-leading Pacers was the the team's highlight, while Shareef Abdur-Rahim made his first appearance in the All Star-Game.. the goal of reaching 18 wins is within reach for Vancouver, especially as some other franchises may prepare for both playoffs or lottery picks.


February Part #3: Some impressions


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Abdur-Rahim helped the Grizzlies beat the Rockets two times within 17 days: 32 points in first, 42 points in second match-up for Vancouver's first All-Star ever! He once again proved his strength and scoring abilities.. Bryant Reeves had two double-doubles (15/10 and 19/11) and Sam Mack scored 20+ in both nights (25 and 21)..


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Jeff Hornacek led the Jazz past the Grizzlies (once again): the shooting guard had 26 points, while Howard Eisley (19) and Karl Malone (17) were in double figures, too.. Vancouver's best were Abdur-Rahim (19 pts while shooting 5-15 FG) and Reeves (17 pts, 4 blocks).


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Even though Stephon Marbury had 28 pts and 11 assists, the Grizzlies managed to win against Minnesota, 104-94.. it seems like Vancouver is improving their defense with every game played..
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby megarover on Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:14 am

Speaking of Marbury it looks like he torched you.....I'm real impressed against the win vs Indy again though.

Kept their high powered offense to 71 points.......that's that lock-down defense right there (Y)
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby tsmoha on Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:51 am

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Daugherty's out for 8 weeks - Vancouver signs center Marc Jackson

Brad Daugherty, the five-time All-Star center (aged 32), will be out for 8 weeks with a broken jaw. It's his second serious injury this season and the question is, if he still feels comfortable with his comeback (from retirement because of back-injuries). Daugherty did a good job as Bryant Reeves' back-up, scoring 9ppg and leading the young Grizzlies-bench. Anyway, it's unlikely that he will return to play for Vancouver, as this season is nearing it's end and his contract expiring. "It's a tragedy", said teammate Bryant Reeves: "He came back from retirement. He wanted to help us young guys and gave us so much. I hope he will stay with us, but this injury is a huge setback".

The Grizzlies were left without a back-up center, so they signed 23 years old Marc Jackson (the 3rd Jackson on Grizzlies-roster with Bobby and Stephen). After attending college at Temple University, Marc Jackson was drafted in the second round (37th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, but didn't play with them and became a free agent a few weeks ago.

He signed a contract for the remainder of the season, but Vancouver holds a team-option on his 473,000$ contract.

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby tsmoha on Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:12 am

And two more trading cards: two living legends :) And as Brad Daugherty is out with an injury, I thought I dedicate a card to him!

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby tsmoha on Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:18 pm

And two more.. this year's MVP-contender Richmond plus this year's All-Star Game-debutant Stoudamire (two of my favourite cards, what do you think?):

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby megarover on Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:41 pm

I really like the Drexler Card. The card looks real clean but its strange how he looks in that Denver Nuggets Jersey..,.,. in a good way (Y)

Its about time you had a Stoudamire and Richmond card. Especially with how good they playing this year.

Daughtberty card is eh. Aint nobody wanna see a bigman trying to lay up fool :P
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Feb '98 [13-45]

Postby tsmoha on Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:59 pm

@megarover: Thanks for the detailed feedback, man! All of those previous cards are favourites of mine, Daugherty included ;) I've never seen him trying to dunk in my season, so that's why he'S a bigman trying to lay up instead :P Glad you like the cards though.

@all: As the season's almost done, I will try to fasten things up a little bit, as I think, the most interesting parts for Vancouver will take place in off-season, right?!

March 1998 - Results


Grizzlies record: 18-54


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Remember this year's goal for the Grizzlies? 17+ wins. Otherwise Vancouver would have set a new record for the worst 4 consecutive seasons (set by Dallas in early 90's). And with the last game in March, the Grizzlies got their 18th win in 1997-98, with another win against the Houston Rockets (28-44).. 5 wins for Vancouver in March, it seems like the team found a way to compete with the league. Still, the Grizzlies retain the NBA's 30th place this season and it's all about hoping for the NBA draft, right?!


March Part #1: Some impressions


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Mitch Richmond scored 36 points (11-21 FG's) in the Kings' close 104-103 win over Vancouver.. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (26 points) and Bryant Reeves (17) were the only Grizzlies in double figures.


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Shawn Kemp dominated the boards (37 points, 9 reb) in Cleveland's 110-106 win against Vancouver, who missed their chance for the 18th win this year.. Vancouver's best were Abdur-Rahim (24 pts while shooting poor 7-23 FG), Reeves (21 pts) and new back-up center Marc Jackson, who had 9 pts in 14 minutes.


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And finally the Grizzlies got their win #18! Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver past the Rockets, scoring 33 pts (11-19 FG's). Reeves (12 pts, 8 reb), Mack (16 pts) and John Rillie (10 pts in 13 minutes) were in double figures as well, while Bobby Jackson (picture) had 7 dishes...
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Mar '98 [18-54]

Postby megarover on Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:42 am

There was a point earlier in the season where I thought that the Grizzlies winning at least 17 games was just a crazy dream of yours but eh guess I'm not as smart as I think (Y)

Richmond is a very bad man.......
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Mar '98 [18-54]

Postby tsmoha on Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:43 pm

@megarover: You wasn't the only to one to think so ;) We definitely played some better ball in 2nd half of the season. Unfortunately I decided to sim the last 10 games, which made our team winning a bit "too much"! I will post an update on final standings later today. But first, I want to realease 5 new trading cards:

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Mar '98 [18-54]

Postby hova- on Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:49 pm

This one is really lookin good (Y)
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Mar '98 [18-54]

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:13 am

So just one month left? Dang, I missed a lot
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Mar '98 [18-54]

Postby tsmoha on Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:49 am

@hova: Thanks, man! Glad you like it!

@SuperHuey: Yeah, it's been a while since you've been here ;) But you won't miss the most interesting part of the season (at least most interesting for the Grizzlies), which will start right now!

@all: As I've mentioned before, I simmed most of the 10 remaining matches, so I will jump right to final standings and statistics. As you may notice, the simming made Vancouver win some more games, unfortunatelly I was too tired to "restart" that simming, so the Raptors made the 30th spot in NBA ;) Well, maybe the draft lottery will look different though.

NBA Standings - 1997/98

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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Apr '98 [25-57] Final Standings

Postby megarover on Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:37 am

That Jason Kidd card is on point (Y) and the Suns are blazing right now.

I guess it was only a matter of time before the Kings came back down to Earth though.......

Ray Allen and them Bucks look like they just snuck into that 8th seed :o . Where they come from?
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Re: Vancouver Grizzlies - Apr '98 [25-57] Final Standings

Postby SuperHueyNewton on Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:29 am

Ayyyyee! 7+ Not bad for an expansion team
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