My Dynasty:
As you read this, keep in mind it is Monday, February 14th (in my dynasty). We are two games away from All Star Weekend
What's happened so far: My team record is 28-26. I've won 6 of my last 8 games, and am currently tied for longest season winning streak at 3 games. About 6 weeks into the season, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire got injured in the same game. Both came back, and played regular minutes. After the game we got a message from our team trainer that Nash will have to sit for 9 weeks, and Amare will have to sit for 9 days. It's been tough, but Shawn Marion has really stepped it up in Amare's absence. When Amare was out we began to lose, but he came back 3 games ago, and in each of his first 3 games back hes put up 37, 33, and 31 points. Over the last 5 games Shawn Marion is averaging 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marion has taken Nash's role on the team as the main passer.
Trades/FA Pickups: I've only made two trades the entire season. Both were minor. At the beginning of the season I acquired Udonis Haslem for Keon Clark. The second trade was just completed today, in which we acquired Damon Jones and Matt Freije from Miami for Leandrinho Barbosa and Ryan Bowen (FA pickup). There had been trade talks including Jones and Barbosa for quite awhile, and finally the trade was completed. In his first game as a Sun, Damon Jones posted 8 points and 8 assists off the bench. As I said before, I picked up Matt Freije from the FA pool, as well as Tierre Brown. Brown is my starting PG in place of the injured Steve Nash. Damon Jones provides a spark off the bench, while Tierre Brown is just starting to spread the ball and not make mistakes.
Playoff Position: As a team we had to make a playoff push before the All Star Weekend because we were flirting around and below .500 all season. In our division the Sacramento Kings are #1, and the LA Lakers are #2. We are only .5 games back from the Lakers, and 4.5 games back from the Kings. In the Western Conference we are #10, so obviously if the playoffs started today, we would not be included. That's why we've been playing desperately lately, and we've won 5 of our last 7 games. Tonight at 7 PM we play Utah, and on Thursday we play Dallas. Hopefully we will be going into the break 29-25.
All Star Weekend Invitations:The league notified me today that three of my players have been invited to participate in All Star Weekend.
Shawn Marion is going to be participating in the dunk contest,
Joe Johnson is going to be in the three point contest, and
Udonis Haslem will be starting at PF in the rookie challenge.
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ShivaSquad on Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:48 am, edited 8 times in total.