Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:52 am
Simmed Games
TOR - 26 25 24 23 98
PHI - 22 19 26 23 90
PHI - 21 24 27 12 84
NOP - 29 23 18 18 88
DET - 42 23 16 26 107
PHI - 27 25 21 27 100
Record: 11-29
Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:52 pm
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:47 am
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:49 am
Simmed Games
PHI - 30 33 23 22 108
NYK - 26 28 25 44 123
PHI - 26 20 30 33 109
TOR - 25 25 23 26 99
MEM - 25 17 32 24 98
PHI - 19 13 25 19 76
Record: 12-32
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:52 am
Brooklyn receive
Nikola Pekovic - 29 - C - $47.90m - 4 years (82)
Kevin Martin - 31 - SG - $21.26m - 3 years (78)
Corey Brewer - 28 - SF - $9.61m - 2 years (75)
Projected line-up:
Nikola Pekovic - Kevin Garnett - Joe Johnson - Kevin Martin - Deron Williams
Bench:
Mason Plumlee, Corey Brewer, Alan Anderson, Jarrett Jack, Bojan Bogdanovic, Sergey Karasev, Andrei Kirilenko
Minnesota receive
Brook Lopez - 26 - C - $15.72m - 1 year (PO) (84)
Mirza Teletovic - 29 - PF - $3.37m - 1 year (68)
Markel Brown - 22 - SG - $507k - 1 year (62)
Nets' 2015 first round pick
Projected line-up:
Brook Lopez - Thaddeus Young - Andrew Wiggins - Zach LaVine - Ricky Rubio
Bench:
Mo Williams, Ronny Turiaf, Anthony Bennett, Chase Budinger, Gorgui Dieng, Glenn Robinson III, Shabazz Muhammad
Thu Nov 27, 2014 8:59 pm
Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:04 pm
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:17 pm
Murat wrote:Good trade by both teams
KevinParker13 wrote:This, for me, is not a good trade at all.
You sacrificed your muscle man/ rebounding specialist to an average center with a knack of having injuries almost all the time.
Plus, you traded Martin and Brewer who by the way are solid scorers.
Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:19 am
Phil89 wrote:I like to do a couple of 'deadline trades' for the cpu teams each season and post them on here. I think it's more realistic than having 10 horrible, pointless trades that the cpu trade logic comes up with.
Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:43 am
Simmed Games
PHI - 22 20 25 26 93
DET - 23 29 18 20 90
PHI - 22 29 32 28 111
MIN - 21 21 25 15 82
ATL - 24 27 22 30 103
PHI - 33 23 25 23 104
Record: 15-33
Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:45 am
6/11/15
Twitter NewsAdrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Rondo asks Celtics to trade him to a contender. Likely to happen before all-star break
Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:47 am
Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:07 am
Simmed Games
PHI - 21 22 23 18 12 96
DEN - 15 23 25 21 8 92
BOS - 30 28 21 30 109
PHI - 28 28 21 29 106
PHI - 30 24 14 22 90
CHA - 28 20 25 24 97
PHI - 28 28 19 28 103
GSW - 24 19 24 24 91
Record: 17-36
Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:02 am
Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:40 pm
Ezio Auditore wrote:2K15 for PS3 continued with the old menus? I missed that completely. Looking good as always from you Phil, can't wait to see what you do in the offseason
Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:07 pm
All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo has officially ended his eight year association with the Boston Celtics today, having been traded to the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade. The announcement comes less than a week after he reportedly requested a trade to a contending team. The complex deal involves Denver, New York and Boston.
It sees the Knicks acquire Rajon Rondo, Gerald Wallace, Tyler Zeller and Dwight Powell from the Celtics, as well as JaVale McGee and Randy Foye from the Nuggets.
The Celtics receive Iman Shumpert, Shane Larkin, Andrea Bargnani and a 2015 first round pick from the Knicks, and Danilo Gallinari from the Nuggets.
The Nuggets receive Amare Stoudemire, Samuel Dalembert and Tim Hardaway Jr from the Knicks.
Boston were put in a tough position by star player Rajon Rondo, who requested a trade to a team that would be in a position to contend for the championship. He had seen Celtics stars Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce all leave within the last couple of years and had no intention of sticking around and going through a rebuild over the next few seasons. Boston had their hands tied due to the fact that his contract was expiring. They had to find a new home for him and get the best package they could in return.
Perhaps the main piece they get in this trade is versatile guard Iman Shumpert, even if he is on an expiring contract. They also swapped veteran forward Gerald Wallace for a younger and better player in Danilo Gallinari for basically the same salary. Shane Larkin is an exciting, quick young guard with a future in this league. He will be backing up rookie Marcus Smart, who will now take over the starting role with Rondo gone.
The Celtics now have potentially $35 million in cap room to spend at the end of the season with Iman Shumpert, Brandon Bass, Andrea Bargnani, Marcus Thornton and Evan Turner all on expiring contracts. Jeff Green has a $9.4 million player option for next season, whilst Vitor Faverani ($2.18m) and Phil Pressey ($947k) both have team options. Boston will have to decide whether to use some of that cap room to bring any of those players back, or take a chance on attracting some big name free agents.
It is likely that the first round pick that they received in this deal will end up being in the mid-twenties, but their own pick should be in the top ten and they will no doubt be targeting one of the highly rated big men prospects, such as Jahlil Okafor, Karl-Anthony Towns, Cliff Alexander or Myles Turner. If they can land one of those prospects to partner Jared Sullinger and manage to keep hold of Iman Shumpert then they will have a decent young core, with Avery Bradley, James Young and Marcus Smart as well.
Boston currently sit in thirteenth spot in the eastern conference with a 16-30 record and will be hoping to have a franchise-changing off-season, as they look to set themselves up to be in a strong position for the next decade.
Denver were brought in to help facilitate this deal and they got themselves a nice reward for their effort. They get rid of a big chunk of salary and a couple of players who were disgruntled by a lack of playing time anyway. With the playoffs now firmly out of the picture for them, Denver are entering a mini rebuild period. Nearly $14 million in guaranteed contracts were shed in this trade and that means that they could now have just over $30 million in cap space to spend in the off-season.
Given their lack of a top quality center you would imagine that they would throw a large contract at Marc Gasol if he were to test the free agent market. That is of course if they don't draft one with their first round pick, which will likely be a top 5 pick. It is safe to assume that the long term future of the franchise will be built around Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried and Gary Harris. If they can add someone like Jahlil Okafor or Karl-Anthony Towns to that core then they will have a solid foundation.
Alonzo Gee, Darrell Arthur, Nate Robinson, Amare Stoudemire and Samuel Dalembert are all on expiring contracts. Arron Afflalo has a $7.7 million player option for next season, whilst Wilson Chandler ($7.2m) and Timofey Mozgov ($5m) both have team options which the Nuggets can activate. If all three of those options are used then they will be left with about $11 million to spend on free agents. They are in a similar position to Boston and it will be interesting to see which direction both teams take.
The Nuggets sit fourteenth in the western conference with a 15-33 record. Their lack of a genuine superstar player has really been noticeable this season as their team full of role players has underperformed significantly.
New York obviously got the best player in this deal, but had to take on a fair bit of salary in the process. They are fully committed to win-now mode as Rondo teams up with current NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony. The pair are supposedly good friends so this move should really help them convince Anthony to stay in New York for the rest of his career.
Knicks fans will have to wait a week or two to see Rondo and Melo play together though as Anthony is currently out injured with a strained Achilles. Anthony is in MVP form for the high-flying Knicks, averaging 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Such great individual numbers have helped his team to a 30-19 record so far this season, which puts them behind only Chicago and Cleveland in the race for the top seed in the eastern conference.
Rondo himself is in fantastic form, averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists per game. It remains to be seen how well these two stars can actually play when on the same team. It really shouldn't be a problem though as players of their quality usually adapt quickly and even up their game when they have similarly gifted players helping them out. The goal for the Knicks now that they have Rondo and Anthony should be no less than a finals appearance. It's been nearly 42 years since the franchise last won a title and the expectations of their fans will now be higher than they have been since the early 1990's.
The Knicks also gain human highlight reel JaVale McGee in this trade. When he isn't solely focussed on securing triple-doubles, he can actually be an effective big man. He is a great athlete and his shot blocking will make him a valuable member of the team in the defensive anchor role. It will give Carmelo Anthony much more freedom to play his offensively biased style of game without having to worry so much about defending. The rest of the players acquired by the Knicks will likely just be used as role players.
Boston receive
Iman Shumpert - 24 - SG - $2.76m - 1 year (77)
Danilo Gallinari - 26 - SF - $22.41m - 2 years (76)
Shane Larkin - 22 - PG - $3.28m - 2 years (70)
Andrea Bargnani - 29 - C - $11.50m - 1 year (68)
Knicks' 2015 first round pick
Projected line-up:
Jared Sullinger - Jeff Green - Danilo Gallinari - Avery Bradley - Marcus Smart
Bench:
Iman Shumpert, Evan Turner, Kelly Olynyk, Shane Larkin, Marcus Thornton, James Young, Andrea Bargnani
Denver receive
Amare Stoudemire - 32 - PF - $23.41m - 1 year (77)
Samuel Dalembert - 33 - C - $3.87m - 1 year (77)
Tim Hardaway Jr - 22 - SG - $2.56m - 2 years (72)
Projected line-up:
Samuel Dalembert - Kenneth Faried - Wilson Chandler - Arron Afflalo - Ty Lawson
Bench:
Nate Robinson, JJ Hickson, Amare Stoudemire, Tim Hardaway Jr, Gary Harris, Timofey Mozgov, Alonzo Gee
New York receive
Rajon Rondo - 28 - PG - $13.00m - 1 year (88)
JaVale McGee - 27 - C - $23.25m - 2 years (74)
Gerald Wallace - 32 - SF - $20.21m - 2 years (74)
Randy Foye - 31 - SG - $6.13m - 2 years (74)
Tyler Zeller - 25 - C - $4.32m - 2 years (69)
Dwight Powell - 23 - PF - $507k - 1 year (66)
Projected line-up:
JaVale McGee - Carmelo Anthony - Gerald Wallace - JR Smith - Rajon Rondo
Bench:
Randy Foye, Jose Calderon, Quincy Acy, Cleanthony Early, Tyler Zeller, Jason Smith, Cole Aldrich
Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:09 pm
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Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:55 am
Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:07 pm
Martti. wrote:Jimmy Butler an All-Star? That's awesome. Although no Wade or Rose?
Ezio Auditore wrote:Shame on Noel being snubbed but Embiid can definitely get that MVP.
Lamrock wrote:That's... quite the trade!
Cruzerr wrote:Butler, Evans, Cousins, Bledsoe, Vucevic as All-Stars - sick, especially Bledsoe and Butler. That trade is rather interesting, New York seem really strong now.
Can you actually play those contests aswell? I haven't gotten so far so I have no clue myself.
mp3 wrote:You know, I may of even liked the knicks to take that trade in real life.
Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:08 pm
10/2/15
Twitter NewsAdrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Good news for Knicks fans. Rajon Rondo agrees to 3yr/$45m extension. Now they just have to hope that he and Melo can stay healthyAdrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Rondo added: "It was a big deal for me to leave Boston. But I'm here in NYC now and I want to add another ring to my collection"