Wizards / This Has Come to an End

[newc]

Haven't checked this in a while, but aside of the Blazers bring 9-20, it looks great. Great to see Gil back to his prolific scoring ways.

Thanks for stopping by

As for Blazers, they are trying to pull off a big trade, which could help them get into play-offs

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Around the league: Notable trades


Jefferson in Blazers uniform

Trail Blazers get: Richard Jefferson (12,1ppg; 4,6rpg; 2,5apg; 1,46spg; 1,27bpg)
Spurs get: Joel Przybilla (5,2ppg; 5,6rpg; 2,0apg; 0spg; 1,40bpg)

Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs have agreed on a trade, which will send, Olympic bronze medallist in 2004, Richard Jefferson to Portland in exchange for the expiring contract of Joel Przybilla.

It seems that with this trade Spurs gives up on championship hopes with the current squad and goes into rebuilding mode. „I’m disappointed with this decision” said the Spurs best player Tim Duncan „I thought, that we had a chance (to compete for a championship) this year, but I guess the GM thought different” This is really bad news for San Antonio’s big three – many experts has said, that this is the last year for Duncan to get the rings, Ginobili isn’t getting younger too and Tony Parker most probably will go to a different team this summer, because his contract will expire and it’s highly doubtful, that Spurs will want to extend it.

Projected Line-up
Starters: C T.Duncan(92) PF D.Blair(75) SF J.Anderson(71) SG M.Ginobili(86) PG T.Parker(80)
Bench: PG G.Hill(76) C T.Splitter(74) SG A.Gee(70)

Grade for Spurs: C

As for Portland, this is a great way to shake up their roster after a disappointing first half of this season. „I’m excited, that Richard will join our squad” stated teams leader Brandon Roy „He is a great scorer and defender, I think he will help us a lot” Roy could be right, Portland needed another legitimate scorer, who could help Roy and with the addition of Jefferson they finally has it. Plus their starting five looks really scary now and if they manage to glue well they could show us big things this season. „At first, we have to get into play-offs” Andre Miller stayed realistic „Then we can start to think about something bigger”

Projected Line-up
Starters: C M.Camby(83) PF L.Aldridge(78) SF R.Jefferson(79) SG B.Roy(85) PG A.Miller(77)
Bench: C G.Oden(81) PG J.Bayless(73) SG R.Fernandez(73)

Grade for Trail Blazers: A-



Magic get: Josh Childress (4,8ppg; 2,4rpg; 0,6apg; 1,11spg; 0,77bpg)
Suns get: Marcin Gortat (3,6ppg; 3,6rpg; 0,8apg; 0,67spg; 0,64bpg)

Another trade happened this month with Josh Childress and Marcin Gortat swapping teams. This is a good trade for both of the teams, because they are improving their weak spots, by giving up players who didn’t get much playing time anyway.
It took about a half season for Magic to realise, that Quentin Richardson at starting SF spot just won’t work, now they hope it will work with Josh Childress. And it really could if Childress will manage to reduce his ambitions for the teams good. As a fourth or fifth option on the offence, he would be deadly. “It’s always a good feeling if this type of player joins your team” said Vince Carter after getting the news “I think Josh will help our team and I hope we can play better with him, than we had done till now”

Projected Line-up
Sterters: C D.Howard(93) PF R.Lewis(79) SF J.Childress(77) SG V.Carter(81) PG J.Nelson(75)
Bench: SF Q.Richardson(72) PF B.Bass(72) C K.Thomas(72)

Grade for Magic: B

Phoenix, on the other hand, had too much good players at SG/SF positions – Josh Childress couldn’t hope for much playing time behind Turkoglu, Richardson and Grant Hill. And they had a need for another big, because Robin Lopez was their only Center, so the acquisition of Gortat makes sense. “Gortat is great” stated Steve Nash “I think he didn’t get much chance to prove himself in Orlando, he will have that chance here” With the front court rotation of Lopez, Frye, Gortat and Warrick, Phoenix looks much better at getting a good play-off spot.

Projected Line-up
Starters: C R.Lopez(74) PF C.Frye(77) SF H.Turkoglu(82) SG J.Richardson(83) PG S.Nash(86)
Bench: SF G.Hill(79) PF H.Warrick(73) C M.Gortat(70)

Grade for Suns: B-

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January: Standings

Western conference

Dallas* 36-12
LA Lakers * 29-15
LA Clippers 28-15
Utah* 25-18
San Antonio 24-17
New Orleans 23-18
Houston 22-18
Phoenix 23-21
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Oklahoma City 23-22
Denver 20-23
Golden State 19-23
Portland 18-28
Memphis 16-28
Sacramento 13-27
Minnesota 12-30

Eastern Conference

Miami* 30-11
Boston* 29-13
Milwaukee* 24-17
Indiana 23-19
Detroit 23-20
Orlando 23-21
New York 23-22
Washington 21-21
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Chicago 20-22
Charlotte 20-24
Philadelphia 19-24
New Jersey 16-21
Cleveland 15-27
Atlanta 15-28
Toronto 9-36

Transactions

The Knicks trade J.Jordan to the Clippers for E. Bledsoe

The Magic trade S. Robinson to the Trail Blazers for E. Williams

The Trail Blazers trade J. Przybilla to the Spurs for R. Jefferson

The Suns trade J. Childress to the Magic for M. Gortat

The Raptors trade J. Kapono to the Thunder for N. Krstic

The Magic trade J. Williams to the Bulls for K. Thomas

The Mavericks trade J. Barea to the Thunder for E. Ilyasova

The Timberwolves trade L. Ridnour to the Bucks for T. Sefolosha

[kibaxx7]

Wow, surprising to see Atlanta with that record.

Nice trades.

[newc]

Wow, surprising to see Atlanta with that record.

Nice trades.

yeah, they suck in this dynasty, but I think they won't do so good this year IRL too.

btw, when is your Spurs association starting up?

[.PorkyJoker.o6]

newc, What Game Is This Again?

[newc]

newc, What Game Is This Again?

Live 08

[kibaxx7]

btw, when is your Spurs association starting up?

As soon as Kova releases his roster. Can't start when players like Xavier Henry or Lance Stephenson are not around.

Can't believe a NLSC member is waiting for one of my threads!

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Chapter 2

It was another training session for Washington Wizards, and a day after one of the worst games this season, big loss against the Nets. Everybody was nervous and stressed up, in addition it was a pretty hard practice and everybody was in a bad mood already, when…

“Hey kid, get the fuck out of the way” Yi yelled at rookie guard Joe Crawford “Fuck off you big dumbass” he replied. Oberto, feeling, that this is going no where good, got in middle of them and said “Hey, hey, hey relax guys, you both are teammates, you shouldn’t yell like this at each other” Then head coach Flip Saunders got to the crime scene “I guess you two have too much energy into you. OK, eight fields for the whole team!” he said loudly, so that everyone would here.

This didn’t cheer up anybody; at the end of the practice Saunders made the team to play 5-on-5, he put Arenas and Wall in different teams, because, they can’t get along on court. As it turned out it was a big mistake, in one of the games Wall was trying to get past Arenas, who simply pushed the young player down on the floor. He was right up and ready to hit Arenas, but Young got in the middle “You have a problem little boy” he yelled at him. Wall pushed him aside and tried to get to Arenas, but couldn’t, because others were already getting in the middle of them. Saunders looked devastated and said everybody to go to the locker room, there after a little practice speech he quickly went to General Manager’s office.

“I can’t take this anymore” he said to Janis Kalnins “We need to trade Arenas. He can’t get along with Wall on and off the court.”

“I’ve said it earlier, we can’t trade him” Kalnins calmly replied.

“Then we have to trade… I don’t know Wall”

“Are you crazy? He’s the future of this franchise, I can’t let him go, but I can’t trade Arenas too, even if I wanted…”

“Don’t get me started, what does it mean ’even if I wanted’? Don’t tell me nobody would take him”

“He has a big contract…”

“Bullshit,” Saunders got louder “Just, I don’t know, trade him for expirings”

“Well… if you say it will help this team…”

“Definitely”

“OK, I’ll see what I can do”

“Thank you,” after these words Saunders left the room and Kalnins started to think about the possible trade partners.

***

“Don’t get me wrong, he is a good player, but we just can’t take his huge contract”

“I understand,” Kalnins sadly replied and hang up the phone. This was even harder, than he thought it would be. Nobody wanted to take Arenas with his big contract and Kalnins wasn’t sure if he wants to let him go any way.

A knock on the door disturbed Janis in his thoughts “Come in” he said and the person, who knocked cam in, it was John Wall.

“Hey, John, how can I help you?” Kalnins asked his young point guard.

“I heard, that you are trying to trade Arenas away” Wall said

“Where did you hear that?”

“There are rumors in the locker room...”

“Well, there is a possibility, that we trade him, but…”

“Don’t.” Wall interrupted him

“What?” Kalnins looked surprised “I thought you two weren’t getting along”

“Yeah, we have some hard time getting along, but he is a great player and eventually we will and I think then we can be a really good team, so don’t trade him, please”

“Well John, I don’t know what to say, I’ll think about it”

“OK, but think this well” Wall said, before leaving the room.

This was a new turn I in events for Kalnins, but he even didn’t time to think this through, when his cell phone rang.

“Hallo?”

“Is this Janis Kalnins, the General Manager of Washington Wizards?”

“Yes.”

“It’s the Charlotte Bobcats organization, we have agreed to your trade proposal”

Excellent, Kalnins thought to himself This should make things better around here.

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btw, when is your Spurs association starting up?

As soon as Kova releases his roster. Can't start when players like Xavier Henry or Lance Stephenson are not around.

Can't believe a NLSC member is waiting for one of my threads!

Hey, I think, now, when you've took this break, everyone will look at your association with interest, not with the "He will Thierry this" look, you know what I mean? However, you just can't blow another assoc., so good luck

[kibaxx7]

Great chapter. So what's gonna happen now? Gil's gone?

Hey, I think, now, when you've took this break, everyone will look at your association with interest, not with the "He will Thierry this" look, you know what I mean? However, you just can't blow another assoc., so good luck

It happened before with The Blueprint But I have some tricks under my sleeve, things I want to apply with the Spurs so I don't get bored so easily...

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Rookie Challenge Rosters Decided

Rookies


Sophomores

Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Gilbert Arenas and Other Stars in All-star Saturday!

Three-Point Contest


Slam Dunk Contest

All-Star Starting Fives Announced!

East



West

[newc]

Great chapter. So what's gonna happen now? Gil's gone?

Thanks Well, Kalnins has to decide - go with Saunders, who says, that the teams biggest problem is Gil, or go with Wall, who says, that everything will be OK with him and Arenas. New updates coming soon!

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Rookie Challenge

Rookies 94-110 Sophomores

MVP: Tyreke Evans 28 points, 11 assists, 4 steals

Higlights:

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Three-point Shoot-out Contest

Participants: G. Arenas, K. Garnett, A. Igoudala, A. Jamison, M. Redd, R. Lewis

Final: Michael Redd vs Gilbert Arenas

Winner: Michael Redd, Score 24

Slam Dunk Contest

Participants: J. Wall, L. James, D. Gooden, K. Durant

Final: LeBron James vs Kevin Durant

Winner: LeBron James, Score 95



Highlights:

[Clutch]

woo hoo! Tyreke tore that Rookie Challenge up

and (aside from Gooden) what an AWESOME dunk contest that must've been! sux Redd schooled Gilbert in teh 3pt contest though... but makes sense too

[newc]

woo hoo! Tyreke tore that Rookie Challenge up

and (aside from Gooden) what an AWESOME dunk contest that must've been! sux Redd schooled Gilbert in teh 3pt contest though... but makes sense too

yeah, the dunk contest was great, especially the final between James and Durant

[kibaxx7]

Bron won, nice

KG in the 3-point contest?

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All-Star Game

East 115-122 West

MVP: Kobe Bryant 32 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds

[newc]

Bron won, nice

the judges were bought, it should've been Wall, who won

KG in the 3-point contest?

Yeah, it's NBA live :/

[joemmel]

What happened to your shoes?

[newc]

What happened to your shoes?

It's something to do with tup10 patch. It doesn't bother me, so I haven't fixed it, but i will try to do it

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Wizards and Bobcats agree on a trade.


Kirk Hinrich will play for Charlotte now.

Today it was announced, that Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats have agreed on a trade, which will send Kirk Hinrich and Nick Young to Charlotte, and Eric Dampier and Sherron Collins to Washington.

Wizards clearly went for the Dampier’s expiring contract on this, which will give them additional 13 millions under the cap this summer. The question is, why does a play-off team need to do that kind of thing? They have a pretty good team right now, and it would become even better, when John Wall and other young players would get used to NBA basketball. Yes, they gave up Nick Young, who, as it was rumored, was the reason of the bad vibe in the Wizards locker room. But they got rid of their “glue guy” Kirk Hinrich too, he was the guy, who could get into game, when Wall has a bad night and he was they guy, who can glue this team together in the locker room.

Apparently, Janis Kalnins, the GM of Washington Wizards thought differently. On the other hand, it is always good to have some extra money, if you have six contracts ending at the end of this year. And there are pretty important players with those contracts for this team, like Yi Jianlian, Al Thornton and Josh Howard. I doubt Kalnins has any intention of extending contracts of Dampier, Oberto or Armstrong this summer. Plus, there could be some big time free agents available, like Steve Nash, Yao Ming (Imagine, how awesome would be a Yao-Yi frontcourt), Pau Gasol and others.

Projected Line-up

Starters: C J.McGee(73) PF A.Blatche(77) SF J.Howard(80) SG G.Arenas(91) PG J.Wall(82)

Bench: SF A.Thornton(78) PF J.Yi(75) C E.Dampier(69)

Grade for Wizards: C

Charlotte got the full ticket with acquiring Kirk Hinrich, who will be their new starting Point Guard. He is perfect for them at this spot, as he is not selfish and he doesn’t ask for more shots, which is important in a team, where is Stephen Jackson. And he is familiar with Charlotte’s new developing Power Forward Tyrus Thomas, from the days in Chicago. However, Nick Young, especially knowing his problems in the previous team, isn’t a very good pick up for Bobcats.

They already have Henderson and Carrol covering the reserve SG/SF spots and now they add Young there. This wouldn’t sound so bad, if they hadn’t a great need for front court players. Now they have only Nazr Mohammed, Tyrus Thomas, Boris Diaw and sometimes Desagna Diop there. You will agree that this is a little too thin for a team, which is trying to get to the play-offs.

Projected Line-up

Starters: C N.Mohammed(71) PF T.Thomas(77) SF G.Wallace(90) SG S.Jackson(80) PG K.Hinrich(75)

Bench: PF B.Diaw (76) PG S.Livingston(73) SG G.Henderson(73)

Grade for Bobcats: B-

[kibaxx7]

Nice deal for you considering Damp's huge expiring. Isn't Augustin on Charlotte?

[newc]

Nice deal for you considering Damp's huge expiring. Isn't Augustin on Charlotte?

He is, but he's just their third point guard