Utah Jazz Dynasty

Hi.. This is my new dynasty.. jazz dynasty,since its already playoff time and the jazz didnt make the playoffs i decided to sim the first season.. jazz didnt make the playoffs and that means were heading to lotteryland..
In the offseason i resigned Carlos Arroyo,Gordan Giricek,Pavlovic and Jarron Collins.. i didnt bother resigning an aging Tom Gugliotta and a slow Greg Ostertag.. I had a good amount of salary cap left so i was able to sign Mehmet Okur.. Oh and in the draft i was picking 10th overall and i selected a SG named Chuck Faulkner 6'8"187 lbs.. possibly the steal of the draft...
So basically my lineup goes like this:
Starting 5:
C - Mehmet Okur
PF - Andrei Kirilenko
SF - Matt Harpring
SG - Gordan Giricek
PG - Carlos Arroyo
Bench:
PG - Raul Lopez
SG - Chuck Faulkner
SG - Aleksander Pavlovic
SF - Raja Bell
C - Jarron Collins
PF - Vladimir Stepania(Signed Free agent)
PF - Michael Ruffin
IR:
PF - Curtis Borchardt
PG - Badru Moss(2nd Rd. Pick)


stay tuned for opening night results..

Minnesota 88
Utah 80

Matchup Of The Night


Game Recap:
Salt Lake City, Utah - Jazz and T-wolves slugged it out in a defensive game.. niether team were able to get a double digit lead with the jazz leading for most parts of the game. Andrei Kirilenko played excellent "D" on Kevin Garnett and limited KG to only 12 pts. but Cassell's 27 points proved to be enough to beat the jazz who were clearly a team that relied on their perimeter shooting and had no main man on offense. with 2 minutes left in the game and the jazz leading by 1, the t-wolves had a 10-0 run to put away the jazz for good..

Player of the Game:
27 points, 2 rebs. 2 assists

Key Player Stats
Jazz:
18 points, 10 rebs. 1 block, 1 steal
16 points, 5 rebs, 1 block, 2 assists

T-Wolves:
12 points, 15 Rebs. 2 blks, 1 assist
16 pointa, 4 rebs, 1 block, 1 assist


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Settings?

10 minute quarters
Andrews Sliders
Superstar Difficulty
82 game season
sim 12 minutes

tough loss the Twolves have so many weapons its hard to stop them but you did a good job with K.G.
How did your rookie play?

rookie played like what he was... a rookie.. he struggled all night scoring only 2 points on 1 of 7 from the field.. i am still looking forward to this kid cause he is quick tall and actually plays pg as his backup position... a 6'8" point guard would really help even though he was destroyed by cassell...

need help with something.. i think i need a real low post threat considering my starting 5 are all perimeter players... im thinking of trading for someone young like eddy curry.. any suggestions as to who i would trade for?

Well if you updated AK-47 ratings then you shouldnt need one. Okur is good on the game as well. I also think you should wait before you trading because you only played 1 game. You need to wait for about 5-6 games to see how you are doing with your team then start thinking about trading. Why you didnt post the ratings over your players?

Well if you updated AK-47 ratings then you shouldnt need one. Okur is good on the game as well. I also think you should wait before you trading because you only played 1 game. You need to wait for about 5-6 games to see how you are doing with your team then start thinking about trading. Why you didnt post the ratings over your players?

yeah.. thanks.. ill take your advice...
ill just give their overall rating

C - Mehmet Okur - 66
PF - Andrei Kirilenko - 78
SF - Matt Harpring - 70
SG - Gordan Giricek - 66
PG - Carlos Arroyo - 57
Bench:
PG - Raul Lopez - 56
SG - Chuck Faulkner - 62
SG - Aleksander Pavlovic - 57
SF - Raja Bell - 55
C - Jarron Collins - 59
PF - Vladimir Stepania(Signed Free agent) - 54
PF - Michael Ruffin - 55
IR:
PF - Curtis Borchardt - 51
PG - Badru Moss(2nd Rd. Pick) - 33

i only modified ak's ratings by changing his 3 point rating from 58 to 60... nothing else was modified...

Hmm, maybe you could lose Harpring + A few for a PF, this way you shift AK to the SF + have a PF playing inside & Mehmet who can shoot the outside shot if your inside playing PF is doubled too often.

Drew Gooden, Amaré Stoudemire, Eddy Curry, Jonathan Bender, Carlos Boozer...

Maybe get Diop from Cleveland and move Mehmet to PF & leave Diop at C.

Those are my suggestions, I wouldnt go for a super star, that gets boring, fast. Get a young, developing player. Gooden & Bender are nice.

Diop is a must have for me in every dynast for his shot blocking ability.

yeah i agree on what you said about getting superstars, its more fun playing as the underdog and more challenging.. i'll follow sbhzmafia's advice for now but my eyes are set on Eddy Curry and Diop would make us a better defensive team... thanks for the suggestions

(Y), I also just started a new Dynasty with Washington (Fantasy Draft).

C- Diop
PF- Chandler
SF- Lewis
SG- Hughes
PG- Parker

It's helluva lotta fun.

Hmm, maybe you could lose Harpring + A few for a PF, this way you shift AK to the SF + have a PF playing inside & Mehmet who can shoot the outside shot if your inside playing PF is doubled too often.

Drew Gooden, Amaré Stoudemire, Eddy Curry, Jonathan Bender, Carlos Boozer...

That was basically what I was going to bring up .

Sounds good, the Jazz are quite a challenge, good luck .

That was basically what I was going to bring up .

Sounds good, the Jazz are quite a challenge, good luck .

Thanks ill do my best to get to the playoffs...

Seattle 112
Utah 109

Matchup of the Night


Game Recap
Seattle - Opening night for the seattle supersonics. Sonics start game on fire with an 8-0 blast but Jerry Sloan calmly called a timeout to talk thigs over and calm his players down. Jazz come out of the timeout rejuvenated and make their own 5- 0 run. Jazz rookie Chuck Faulkner came off the bench and scored 10 pts. in the second quarter and could have done more if it wasnt for an incident which destroyed the jazz momentum, Chuck faulkner drove to the hoop and attemted to slam it in the face of Brent Barry but barry gave a hard foul and the kid landed pretty badly, he had to leave the game with more or less 5 minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter. Marv Albert later on announced that faulkner suffered a back injury but the injury was only minor and is still playable. Sonics lead by 9 after the first half. 3rd quarter started and was pretty much the same as the past quarters with the sonics dictating the phase of the game but midway in the 3rd quarter the jazz started heating up from the perimeter led by Gordan Giricek and reduced the lead to only 1 by the end of the quarter. 4th quarter was a slugfest with both teams exchanging baskets. Chuck Faulkner returned in the game at the 8 minute mark of the 4th quarter and scored 14 points.the jazz tied the game with a basket by Gordan giricek but sonic used great ball rotation to find an open Ray Allen to hit the 3 leaving 45 seconds left on the clock. Jazz call a timeout and executed a great pick and roll and Gordan Giricek had a good look at the 3 but missed the shot. 31 seconds left in the game. Sonics did not call a timeout and Brent Barry dribbled his way half court where he was met by a double team by the jazz. Andrei Kirilenko comes up with the steal off the doble team and calls a timeout. 23 seconds left in the game. Giricek dribbles his way to drain the clock and with 9 seconds left passes the ball to kirilenko and okur gives kirilenko the screen kirilenko gets a good look but misses the 3 for the tie. Sonics celebrate their opening night victory.

Player of the Game
27 points, 8 assists

Team Leaders
Jazz:
24 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 assist
20 points, 5 reobunds, 1 assist, 1 steal
15 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal, 3 assists

Sonics:
24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 3 assists
22 points, 4 rebounds

Next Game:
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i know that i said earlier that i will follow sbhzmafia's advice but after the loss to seattle, in which most of my points came from the perimeter, i decided that i cant really beat the tough western conference teams without a low post threat... so i decided to make a trade for a young big man that will hopefully give the much needed help downlow..


Jazz Trade:
Matt Harpring
for:
Eddy Curry
of the bulls

with this trade both teams get what they need, The Jazz who need a threat in the low post, while the bulls who before the trade had Jerome Williams at the SF position, now adds a scoring threat at their weakest position..


so my new starting lineup would now be:

C -Eddy Curry
PF - Mehmet Okur
SF - Andrei Kirilenko
SG - Gordan Giricek
PG - Carlos Arroyo

Although this is not my final starting lineup as i plan to someday start rookie Chuck Faulkner who has proven to be very effective at the point guard position...

Utah 117
Memphis 112

Matchup of the Night


Game Recap
Memphis TN - The much awaited matchup between Russian sensation Andrei Kirilenko and Spanish phenom Pau Gasol was on tonight. But it turned out Kirilenko has been moved to the SF position with the acquiaition of center Eddy Curry from the Bulls. Jazz struggled to hit its perimeter shots in the 1st quarter while memphis was hitting from all angle and started the game with a 18-6 run. Memphis had their running game going while the jazz struggled to defend them on transition, at the end of the 1st quarter Grizzlies lead 28 -18. Grizzlies maintained their lead throughout the second half. At the end of the half the score was 57 - 43 in favor of Memphis. The Jazz came out of the locker room motivated and fired up as they dominated the 3rd quarter led by "mr. 3rd quarter" rookie chuck Faulkner. at the end of 3 quarters the score was 82 - 75 Memphis still leading. The 4th quarter was where the game turned around, in the 8 minute mark of the 3rd quarter, the jazz took a 1 point lead off a 3 pointer by Mehmet Okur, since then both teams traded baskets with no team taking the advantage until the final 3 minutes of the game where Andrei kirilenko hit a wide open 3 pointer then Raul lopez intercepts the inbound pass and scores a quick layup to put the Jazz up by 5. since then the Jazz maintained their lead by playing tight defense and hitting their free throws in the final minute of the game. Eddy Curry had a great debut and won the player of the game award as the Jazz, against all odds overcame a double digit lead to pick up their first win of the season.

Player of the Game
Eddy Curry - 13 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks, 2 assists

Team Leaders

Jazz:
Andrei Kirilenko - 24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 3 assists
Carlos Arroyo - 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists
Chuck Faulkner - 17 points, 1 steal, 2 assists

Grizzlies:
Mike Miller - 28 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist
Pau Gasol - 26 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal, 2 assists
James Posey - 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

Next Game:
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