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[Cleveland wins]

Isn't that one of his weakest stats?

[mitch820]

Not anymore

[Andrew]

Maybe, only if I can get another center that tall with that good rebounding skills.

What about Tyson Chandler? It'll probably take another couple of players in the deal to balance salaries on both sides but his defensive abilities should be suitable and depending on how often you're dumping it inside to Shaq, he could pick up enough of the scoring load with Amar'e and a couple of your other key players picking up the rest.

[mitch820]

Maybe, only if I can get another center that tall with that good rebounding skills.

What about Tyson Chandler? It'll probably take another couple of players in the deal to balance salaries on both sides but his defensive abilities should be suitable and depending on how often you're dumping it inside to Shaq, he could pick up enough of the scoring load with Amar'e and a couple of your other key players picking up the rest.

Yeah, I tried that, but NO wouldn't accept anything, I also tried for Al Jefferson and Andrew Bogut, both young centers rated above 80.
The only trade that the trade block comes up with is shaq for Kenyon Martin (78) and Gerald Green (69), which is not what I want.
I'm not worried about the scoring, 8ppg isn't hard, I'm more worried about the rebounding.

[Andrew]

That's unfortunate. Keep trying though, as teams start to lose they become more open to trades so you might be fortunate enough to make one of those deals as the season progresses.

[duncuverymuch]

where do you think i need to improve on this roster

C: zaza pachulia-71
C: al horford-76
PF: marvin williams-75
PF: walter hermann-69
PF: solomon jones-59
SF: josh smith-79
SF: maurice evans-69
SG: joe johnson-83
SG: ronald murray-68
SG: salim stoudamaire-64
PG: mike bibby-77
PG: acie law-70

[Cleveland wins]

Maybe trade walter and solomon for a better backup power forward like maybe, tyrus thomas?

[mitch820]

I'm back!

Found a trade for Shaq.

Traded Shaq (83) and Bobby Brown (58) to Cleveland for Z. Ilgauskis (75), A. Pavlovic (67) and JJ Hickson (67).
then traded A. Pavlovic and A. Parrish (59) and 1st round pick to Memphis for SG/SF Stanley Lovell (Gen. Rookie (61)), Greg Buckner (60) and 1st Round pick.

The team now looks like this:
C: Ilgauskis, Lopez, Jawai
PF: Stoudemire, Diaw, Hickson, Amundson
SF: Hill, Moon, Lovell
SG: Barbosa, Tucker, Buckner
PG: Nash, Dragic

I know the trade looks like a downgrade, but Z scores more and rebounds more for me, much better player in the game imo.

[Andrew]

If it works for you then it's a good deal, Shaq's quite likely to decline or retire on you quite abruptly whereas Ilgauskas should have a few more years (and you can work out another trade down the line anyway if you so choose) and you've been able to give yourself some depth and options for the future at the same time. Nicely done.

[mitch820]

Thanks mate, Ilguaskis' contract runs out at the end of the year, I got an early draft pick, so i might not resign him, I'll what happens, I'm only a month into the season

[Cleveland wins]

I'm back!

Found a trade for Shaq.

Traded Shaq (83) and Bobby Brown (58) to Cleveland for Z. Ilgauskis (75), A. Pavlovic (67) and JJ Hickson (67).
then traded A. Pavlovic and A. Parrish (59) and 1st round pick to Memphis for SG/SF Stanley Lovell (Gen. Rookie (61)), Greg Buckner (60) and 1st Round pick.

The team now looks like this:
C: Ilgauskis, Lopez, Jawai
PF: Stoudemire, Diaw, Hickson, Amundson
SF: Hill, Moon, Lovell
SG: Barbosa, Tucker, Buckner
PG: Nash, Dragic

I know the trade looks like a downgrade, but Z scores more and rebounds more for me, much better player in the game imo.

For you that certainly isn't a downgrade, you got a great deal. You got a first round pick? What is or was the draft like is it strong? Plush you got a young forward in j.j. hickson. And the the first round pick is on top of that memphis, so you should have a great position in the draft, the trades were excellent.

[Andrew]

Thanks mate, Ilguaskis' contract runs out at the end of the year, I got an early draft pick, so i might not resign him, I'll what happens, I'm only a month into the season

Even better, if he doesn't work out he comes off the books at the end of the year. Otherwise you could make another deal at the deadline, you've certainly left yourself with options moving forward.

[mitch820]

Thanks mate

[Weir22]

I did a bunch of trades and re did the rookie draft but 3 years into my dynasty i have

C-Al Horford (82)
Pf- Amare Stoudamire (92)
Sf- Vin O'farrell (He was the number 2 pick in my draft after the 1st season and started out with 87 ovral as rookie
Sg- Oj Mayo (86)
Pg- Derek Rose (85)

I play only about 1/4 of the games each season but my team never wins any simulated games so i have yet to make the playoffs.

[Andrew]

It's surprising you don't win more games in simulation, that's an impressive lineup of young talent. What's your bench like?

[bballjake]

I started with the lakers then traded almost everybody

C- Dwight Howard
PF- Elton Brand
SF- Corey Maggette
SG- Jason Richardson
PG- Chauncey Billups

Bench:

rafer alston, Jordan farmar, josh powell, luke Walton, DJ mbenga, Shannon brown, sun yue

[Andrew]

That's an imposing starting five. Not a fan of Kobe?

[bballjake]

That's an imposing starting five. Not a fan of Kobe?

I like Kobe but I got an offer for Manu ginobli and tony Parker for him. So I toke that and traded them for Better players

[Andrew]

That certainly is a difficult trade offer to pass up. Oh, and welcome to the Forum.

[UVA44]

09-10 Season with Miami Heat
C- Alonzo Mourning 76
PF- Jermaine O'neal 86
SF- Michael Beasly 93
SG- Dwyane Wade 94
PG- Morris Almond 82 (aquired from Washington for SG Dequan Cook 84)
Bench
C- Joel Anthony 71
PF- Udonis Haslem 71
SF- James Jones 73
SG- Dorrell Wright 69
PG- Jason Williams 73
PG- Chris Quinn 69
PG- Marcus Banks 71

[macsterface]

I have a couple of starting fives I'd like to get your opinions on (both are through Fantasy Draft).

Fantasy Miami
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G. Oden
A. Horford
J. Kapono
D. Wade
C. Paul

Fantasy Portland
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G. Oden
A. Bargnani
K. Durant
B. Roy
R. Rondo

[Andrew]

Tough call. Kapono kind of stands out as the weak link in the Miami lineup but the rest of the lineup is impressive. The Portland lineup is a bit more balanced but doesn't have quite as much "star power" as a starting five that features Wade and Paul in the backcourt.

[scbasketball12]

my first year in a suns dynasty. i want a pure scorer tht can spot and take a j or drive and finish. but idk who to get kirilenko has been horrible for me


C. Chris kaman
PF. Carlos boozer
SF. andre kirilenko
Sg. Michael Finley
pg. deron williams

Bench:
Mehmet Okur
Raja Bell
Russel Westbrook
Robin lopez
Alando Tucker

[DGenerate23]

my lastest project at rebuilding the bulls im thinking it kinda lines up like a 90's bulls team in which i have to rely on two scorers almost every night if i want to win

C B Haywood
PF J Noah
SF R Gay
SG C Maggette
PG L Ridnour

C R Swift
PF B Wright
PF D White
SF S Battier
SF-SG M Carroll
SG O Mayo
PG M Williams (the FA from UConn not the 'Zona guy in SA)

[minipele]

I just started my Lakers dynasty and i am looking for some good trades, that you guys have had.
Starting Line-up

C- Andrew Bynum 79
PF- Pau Gasol 87
SF- Lamar Odom 85
SG- Kobe Bryant 97
PG- Ron Artest 84
6- Derek Fisher 72
7- Vladimir Radmanovic 69
8- Jordan Farmar 71
9- Sasha Vujacic 72
10- Luke Walton 67
11- Chris Mihm 67
12- Anthony Randolph 67
13- Patrick Ewing 59

its just the normal lakers team , with 2 draft picks i had
any reccomendations for trades

TRADES

Bryant for Bosh and J O'neal
Bynum and Scrub for OJ Mayo

New Line up

C-Gasol
PF-Odom
SF-Bosh
SG-Artest
PG-Mayo

Need a better SF and PG