rebuilding the Sonics - Seattle routs Denver in 3OT

est. 2009

Welcome ! This is my first Franchise Story.
First of all I wanna thank and dedicate this thread to the guys of NLSC and mainly to everyone who every single day attends the 2003 section of the board. Hope you'd enjoy


Franchise Settings

Game: NBA Live 2003 for PC
Rosters: My Own, ver. 3.3
Schedule: Random
Season Length: 82 games
Quarter Length: 8 minutes
Simulated Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Playoffs: 5-7-7-7
Difficulty: Superstar
Fantasy Draft: No
Injuries: Yes, but with my own method


This Franchise has born from a crazy idea...
Maybe it would happen in the future... or maybe not...

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MAY 2009

The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approves the granting of an expansion team to the city of Seattle.


The team nickname will be SuperSonics and will use the logos, colors and uniforms of the previous Seattle’s team relocated to Oklahoma City last year.


Seattle Supersonics officially became the NBA 31st franchise.


The NBA announces the divisional alignment for the 2009-10 season.
With 31 teams the NBA will be back to four divisions, as up to 2003/04 season.
Seattle will be in the Pacific Division with Golden State, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland and Sacramento, while Oklahoma City Thunder will be placed in Midwest, Memphis Grizzlies in Central and Charlotte Bobcats in the Atlantic Division. The Western Conference consists of 15 team, the Eastern of 16.


Rudy Tomjanovich is officially named head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics.


The Expansion Selection date was announced by the NBA.
The SuperSonics will select players on June 23, and will receive unprotected lists from the 30 NBA teams on June 12.


Rudy Tomjanovich attends the NBA Draft Lottery in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The SuperSonics receive the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft.
Despite having only .007 of possibility, the Bobcats landed in the top three.
This is the complete result of the Draft Lottery:
1 LA Clippers
2 Sacramento
3 Charlotte
4 Washington
5 Oklahoma City
6 Seattle (Expansion Team)
7 Minnesota
8 Memphis
9 Golden State
10 New York
11 Toronto
12 Milwaukee
13 New Jersey
14 Indiana
15 Phoenix
performed with DraftPickLottery.com



JUNE 2009

The SuperSonics pick 10 players in the Expansion Selection.
Those players under contract selected by Seattle are:
- DeSagana Diop (Charlotte)
- Walter Sharpe (Detroit)
- Mardy Collins (L.A. Clippers)
- Chris Quinn (Miami)
- Josh Boone (New Jersey)
- Hilton Armstrong (New Orleans)
- J.J. Redick (Orlando)
- Martell Webster (Portland)
- Matt Bonner (San Antonio)
- Javaris Crittenton (Washington)




With the sixth pick in the 2009 NBA Draft the SuperSonics select Daniel Hunt, a 6’11 - 283 pounds sophomore center, from the University of Southern California.

In the second round, the team selects University of Memphis senior forward Ben Bowie with the 37th overall selection.

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CURRENT ROSTER


# 3 - G - Javaris Crittenton - 6'4", 194 pounds - 3rd year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 31 - G - Daniel Gibson - 6'2", 194 pounds - 4th year
acquired in trade from Cleveland for Chris Quinn and Ben Bowie

# 7 - G - J.J. Redick - 6'4", 190 pounds - 4th year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 6 - G - Shannon Brown - 6'4", 211 pounds - 4th year
signed as a free agent

# 21 - G - Leandro Barbosa - 6'3", 202 pounds - 7th year
acquired in trade from Phoenix for DeSagana Diop and Mardy Collins

# 13 - G - Bobby Jackson - 6'1", 185 pounds - 13th year
signed as a free agent

# 42 - F - Walter Sharpe - 6'9", 245 pounds - 2nd year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 8 - F - Martell Webster - 6'7", 235 pounds - 5th year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 15 - F - Matt Bonner - 6'10", 240 pounds - 6th year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 0 - F - Leon Powe - 6'8", 240 pounds - 4th year
signed as a free agent

# 38 - F - Viktor Khryapa - 6'9", 210 pounds - 5th year
signed as a free agent

# 12 - F/C - Hilton Armstrong - 6'11", 235 pounds - 4th year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 2 - F/C - Josh Boone - 6'10", 237 pounds - 4th year
selected in the Expansion Draft

# 33 - C - Daniel Hunt - 6'11", 283 pounds - rookie
selected by Seattle with the 6th pick in 2009 NBA Draft

# 32 - C - Shaquille O'Neal - 7'1", 325 pounds - 18th year
signed as a free agent on October 31st 2009

HEAD COACH Rudy Tomjanovich


FORMER PLAYERS

G - Chris Quinn
selected in the Expansion Draft
traded to Cleveland for Daniel Gibson

F - Ben Bowie
selected by Seattle with the 37th pick in 2009 NBA Draft
traded to Cleveland for Daniel Gibson

G - Mardy Collins
selected in the Expansion Draft
traded to Phoenix for Leandro Barbosa

C - DeSagana Diop
selected in the Expansion Draft
traded to Phoenix for Leandro Barbosa

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2009/10 TEAM SCHEDULE

Preseason Record (1-4)
game 1 vs Detroit L 100-95
game 2 @ Toronto W 102-83
game 3 @ Miami L 109-90
game 4 vs Orlando L 105-102
game 5 @ Cleveland L 128-116


Season Record (3-2)

October 2009 (2-1)
29th vs Golden State W 115-109
30th @ Oklahoma City W 99-98
31st @ Sacramento L 93-80

November 2009 (1-1)
5th @ Houston L 103-101
8th vs Denver W 159-154 - 3OT
9th @ Atlanta
10th @ Boston
12th @ LA Lakers
20th vs New Orleans
22nd @ New Orleans
24th vs Portland
25th @ Houston
30th @ Cleveland

December 2009 (0-0)
2nd vs Chicago
4th vs Indiana
5th @ Philadelphia
6th vs LA Lakers
8th vs Boston
11th @ San Antonio
12th vs LA Clippers
14th vs Washington
15th @ Dallas
19th @ Chicago
20th vs Detroit
22nd vs Golden State
24th @ Utah
26th @ LA Lakers
28th vs New Jersey
29th @ Portland
30th @ Sacramento

January 2010 (0-0)
3rd vs New Orleans
4th @ Toronto
7th @ Denver
9th vs Phoenix
13th vs Toronto
15th vs Sacramento
17th vs Houston
19th @ Phoenix
21st vs LA Clippers
25th @ Minnesota
27th @ Charlotte
28th @ Milwaukee
29th vs Memphis
31st vs Sacramento

February 2010 (0-0)
3rd @ LA Clippers
4th vs Miami
5th @ New York
8th vs Phoenix
10th vs New York
14th ALL STARS 2010 @ Dallas
16th @ Golden State
20th vs Portland
22nd vs Milwaukee
24th @ Denver
25th @ Dallas
26th vs Utah

March 2010 (0-0)
1st @ LA Clippers
2nd vs Atlanta
4th vs San Antonio
6th vs San Antonio
10th @ Golden State
12th vs Philadelphia
13th @ Portland
14th @ Miami
16th vs Dallas
17th @ New Jersey
24th vs Orlando
26th vs Cleveland
28th vs Oklahoma City
30th vs Utah

April 2010 (0-0)
1st vs Dallas
3rd @ Orlando
5th vs Charlotte
8th @ Washington
11th vs LA Lakers
13th vs Oklahoma City
15th @ Minnesota
16th @ Detroit
17th @ Phoenix
21st @ Indiana
22nd @ Memphis
27th vs Minnesota
30th @ San Antonio

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TRANSACTIONS & INJURIES

OFFSEASON
Seattle signs free agent F Leon Powe to a 20 millions four-year deal.
Seattle signs free agent G Shannon Brown to a minimum salary one-year deal.
Seattle sends C DeSagana Diop and G Mardy Collins to Phoenix for G Leandro Barbosa.
Seattle sends G Chris Quinn and F Ben Bowie to Cleveland for G Daniel Gibson.
Seattle signs free agent G Bobby Jackson to a minimum salary one-year deal.
Seattle signs free agent F Viktor Khryapa to a minimum salary one-year deal.



OCTOBER
Seattle signs free agent C Shaquille O'Neal to a minimum salary one-year deal.

Last edited by tommy on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:23 pm, edited 6 times in total.

Guess you're the only one showing love in this topic . . .

I like the idea, hopefully you can give us more info on the draftee

What's your starting lineup?

Simply based on the overall ratings it should be:

PG Quinn
SG Redick
SF Webster
PF Powe
C Diop

But I'm not sure at all... during the preseason I'll make some experiments...

Pistons 100, Sonics 95
KeyArena
Seattle, WA

“Rookie shines in inaugural preseason game loss”
Seattle (AP) -- Pistons won the first game of the new Sonics at the Key Arena, Seattle lead by 15 at the halftime.
The new guards acquired, Gibson and Barbosa, made 29 points and rookie Daniel Hunt showed a solid low post game and good sense of rebound: he ended up with 18 points (9/13 from the field) and 10 boards (8 offensive) out of the bench. The only other Sonic in double figure was Leon Powe, 14 points (7/9) plus 8 rebounds.
Coach Tomjanovich has to work hard on three point shooting (only 23,8%), on stamina and especially on team chemistry.
About Detroit, Rip made 31 while Prince and Sheed added 18 each, but the Player of the Game was Rodney Stuckey with his 14 points, 12 assists and 6 steals.

*KEY PLAYERS* - SEA
D. Hunt – 18 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast
D. Gibson – 15 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
L. Barbosa – 14 pts, 2 ast, 1 stl
L. Powe – 14 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast
J. Boone – 9 pts, 3 reb, 3 blk

*KEY PLAYERS* - DET
R. Hamilton – 31 pts, 3 blk, 2 reb
T. Prince – 18 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast
R. Wallace – 18 pts, 8 reb, 3 stl
R. Stuckey – 14 pts, 12 ast, 6 stl
K. Brown – 7 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast


Rookie vs Sheed

Herrmann nails a 3-pointer in the face of Sharpe

Pick & Roll Boobie-Leon ended up with a huge dunk

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This is actually a pretty good dynasty. Bringing an old team back with the expansion draft and so on..
Takes me back to my Live 03 days.. One of my fav Live's next to 06. Hope you keep up the good work.

Thank you, Martti.

NEXT STOP: Preseason, game 2 @ Toronto

FIRST POLL:
Choose for me other 3 opponents to play against in preseason

Heat, Magic and the Cavs.

Choose also if home or away

@ Heat
VS Magic
@ Cavs

Sonics 102, Raptors 83
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, ON

“A convincing first win”
Toronto (AP) -- The first win happens in Ontario. Lead by the three-pointers of Barbosa (2/4), Gibson (2/3) and Brown (3/3), the new Sonics controlled the game since the beginning of the second quarter. They were 12 points ahead at the half time and succeed into manage the game in the third period while Bargnani and Calderon were trying to close the gap. Il Mago had foul trouble in the first quarter and spent long time on the pine. Seattle defeated the Raptors 44-27 on rebounds and 39-19 on bench points.
Next stop for the Sonics will be Miami, a harder opponent than Toronto.

*KEY PLAYERS* TOR
A. Bargnani - 16 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl
S. Marion – 16 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast
C. Bosh – 14 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl
J. Calderon – 10 pts, 13 ast, 3 stl
A. Parker – 8 pts, 2 blk, 1 stl

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
L. Barbosa – 21 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast
D. Gibson – 16 pts, 5 ast, 3 stl
S. Brown – 15 pts, 2 ast, 1 reb
L. Powe – 12 pts, 7 reb, 1 blk
M. Webster – 10 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast


Martell with the lay-up

CB4 dunks after the offensive board

Leandrinho with the 4-points play after Von Wafer foul

Il Mago beyond the arc

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Heat 109, Sonics 90
AmericanAirlines Arena
Miami, FL

“Miami, simply too strong”
Miami (AP) -- Second loss for Seattle, never in discussion. A big step behind for Coach T squad: 24 turnovers are really too much. The rookie Daniel Hunt, first time in the starting five, makes good numbers but playing bad. Most of his points came out in the garbage time in which he couldn’t be able to dominate as well. Leon Powe was the only Sonic over the average, but couldn’t be enough against this Miami. Furious beginning for Flash, he scored the first 9 points for the Heat while sophomores Chalmers and Beasley guided the defense as long as J.O.
Mario shined as he dominated on the two sides of the court, only 2 steals far from a triple-double.

*KEY PLAYERS* MIA
D. Wade – 27 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast
M. Chalmers – 21 pts, 13 ast, 8 stl
M. Beasley – 19 pts, 7 reb, 3 blk
J. O’Neal – 7 pts, 7 reb, 5 blk
J. Jones – 7 pts, 3 reb

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
L. Powe – 20 pts, 9 reb, 6 blk
D. Gibson – 20 pts, 4 ast, 3 stl
L. Barbosa – 14 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast
M. Webster – 13 pts, 3 reb
D. Hunt – 11 pts, 9 reb, 3 blk


Boobie with the three

Hunt can't stop Beasley... and 1

Alley-oop Leandrinho to Martell

Flash's fastbreak

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Sonics 102, Raptors 83

“A convincing first win”
Toronto (AP) -- The first win happens in Ontario. Lead by the three-pointers of Barbosa (2/4), Gibson (2/3) and Brown (3/3), the new Sonics controlled the game since the beginning of the second quarter. They were 12 points ahead at the half time and succeed into manage the game in the third period while Bargnani and Calderon were trying to close the gap. Il Mago had foul trouble in the first quarter and spent long time on the pine. Seattle defeated the Raptors 44-27 on rebounds and 39-19 on bench points.
Next stop for the Sonics will be Miami, a harder opponent than Toronto.

*KEY PLAYERS* TOR
A. Bargnani - 16 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl
S. Marion – 16 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast
C. Bosh – 14 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl
J. Calderon – 10 pts, 13 ast, 3 stl
A. Parker – 8 pts, 2 blk, 1 stl

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
L. Barbosa – 21 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast
D. Gibson – 16 pts, 5 ast, 3 stl
S. Brown – 15 pts, 2 ast, 1 reb
L. Powe – 12 pts, 7 reb, 1 blk
M. Webster – 10 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast


Martell with the lay-up

CB4 dunks after the offensive board

Leandrinho with the 4-points play after Von Wafer foul

Il Mago beyond the arc

Boy oh boy i love this dynasty, you have some nice yong players. Martel webster, daniel gibson and leon powe. Very nice dynasty and good pictures to. I love when people when they have teams and do dynasty stories, i love when they have a lot of young players. I love the veterans to though. How is webster and gibson playing for you? Can leon powe play defense i see he got a block.

Preseason - game 4

Magic 105, Sonics 102
KeyArena
Seattle, WA

“Magic wins in close finish”
Seattle (AP) -- Bad, but not so bad. It’s another loss for the Sonics but, against the last season Eastern Conference winners, they showed signals of improvement. On the other hand they weren’t able to handle the head-to-head finish. Superman dominated in the paint and ended up with an easy double-double, while Jameer Nelson lead the team in points and assists. About Seattle, expecting the incoming regular season, the rookie Hunt is a better choice than Josh Boone for the starting center spot but the real problem concerns the guards: ‘cause Crittenton nor Brown nor Redick seem to be on a level with Barbosa and Gibson, especially the offensive production. Now the Chosen One is waiting for the Sonics, last stop before the opening night tip-off.

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
L. Barbosa – 29 pts, 2 blk, 1 stl
D. Gibson – 22 pts, 7 ast, 4 stl
L. Powe – 11 pts, 6 ast, 5 reb
M. Webster – 10 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast
D. Hunt – 10 pts, 8 reb, 2 stl

*KEY PLAYERS* ORL
J. Nelson – 23 pts, 7 ast, 2 stl
D. Howard – 19 pts, 12 reb, 3 blk
M. Pietrus – 17 pts, 3 ast, 2 reb
H. Turkoglu – 13 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast
R. Lewis – 11 pts, 3 reb, 2 blk


Offensive board and the easy 2

Martell with the J

Superman reigns in the paint

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I didn't knew that this was a Live Game .
At first , I thought this was something like from ESPN.com or NBA.com games or any Fantasy Basketball Game .

Nice , you're making a pretty good story .
Making your own news , great imagination their buddy .
Great Creativity .

Thank you, man...

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

The new Seattle Sonics decided to retire the numbers previously retired by the franchise now called Oklahoma City Thunder.

Here is the list:
1 - Gus Williams
10 - Nate McMillan
19 - Lenny Wilkens
24 - Spencer Haywood
32 - Fred Brown
43 - Jack Sikma

So now Boobie Gibson, Leandro Barbosa and Bobby Jackson have to choose a different jersey number before the beginning of the regular season.

Preseason - game 5

Cavaliers 128, Sonics 116
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, OH

“It’s raining on the Sonics”
Cleveland (AP) -- Crash against the Cavaliers. Led by Mo Williams, Cleveland made the break in the third quarter with 22 points by King James. Szczerbiak and Quinn had a very good impact from the bench, especially Wally World with 3/5 from downtown. And Seattle? The Sonics had their usual great offensive performances from Gibson and Barbosa, while Powe and Hunt made good job in the paint, but the problem concerns the effort that doesn’t come off the pine… if someone would have foul trouble or would suffer an injury (do you remember Martell Webster?), the backup isn’t up to the starter.

*KEY PLAYERS* CLE
M. Williams – 30 pts, 16 ast, 1 stl
L. James – 30 pts, 3 reb, 1 stl
W. Szczerbiak – 16 pts, 2 ast, 1 reb
Z. Ilgauskas – 12 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast
C. Quinn – 12 pts, 1 ast

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
D. Gibson – 29 pts, 3 ast, 2 stl
L. Barbosa – 23 pts, 4 ast, 2 reb
L. Powe – 16 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast
D. Hunt – 13 pts, 8 reb
M. Webster – 9 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast


Boobie with the steal

King James

Leon dominates the paint

Flying high again


Now preseason is over, let’s take a look at players' stats (team leader in bold):

D. Gibson – 20,4 pts, 4,2 ast, 2,8 stl
L. Barbosa – 20,2 pts, 2,4 ast, 1,4 reb
L. Powe – 14,6 pts, 7,4 reb, 1,8 blk
D. Hunt – 11,8 pts, 8,0 reb, 1,4 blk
M. Webster – 9,2 pts, 3,8 reb, 1,8 ast
J. Redick – 5,4 pts, 1,4 ast, 1,0 reb
J. Boone – 5,2 pts, 4,8 reb, 1,2 blk
S. Brown – 5,0 pts, 1,5 ast, 0,75 stl
H. Armstrong – 3,4 pts, 3,4 reb, 0,6 blk
J. Crittenton – 3,0 pts, 1,4 ast, 0,6 reb
W. Sharpe – 2,6 pts, 2,4 reb, 1,0 ast

October 29th

Sonics 115, Warriors 109
KeyArena
Seattle, WA

“Barbosa, Sonics past Warriors in season opener”
Seattle (AP) -- After a not good preseason played only against Eastern Conference teams, Sonics win the season opener against the Warriors with close finish. Golden State suffered foul troubles by Biedrins, Ellis and Crawford in the first half and Seattle took the lead dominating the paint with Leon Powe an Daniel Hunt (also 4 blocks for the rookie). Great effort by Crittenton (3/6 from 3pt) and Belinelli (11 points and 10 assists) out of the bench. Barbosa scored 18 of his 29 in the second half including the free throws that gave the win in the last seconds.
Now the New Sonics will go to the Ford Center to face the Old Sonics.

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
L. Barbosa – 29 pts, 3 reb, 3 stl
L. Powe – 20 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast
D. Hunt – 19 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast
D. Gibson – 18 pts, 5 ast, 2 stl
J. Crittenton – 12 pts, 5 ast, 1 stl

*KEY PLAYERS* GSW
J. Crawford – 20 pts, 3 blk, 2 stl
C. Maggette – 17 pts, 5 reb, 1 stl
S. Jackson – 15 pts, 2 reb
M. Ellis – 14 pts, 8 ast, 1 stl
A. Biedrins – 12 pts, 5 reb, 4 stl


Powe in traffic

Crawford with the three from the corner

The Rookie slams after the offensive board

Belo's fastbreak avoiding the block

Oh, a Live 2003 dynasty... Nice to see Leandro Barbosa do so well, I'm hoping he returns to form next season for the Suns.

October 30th

Sonics 99, Thunder 98
Ford Center
Oklahoma City, OK

“Thunder grabs lead but Powe rallies Sonics to win”
Oklahoma City (AP) -- A thrilling finish with the jumper by Leon Powe at 4.8 seconds that gave the definitive lead to Seattle, then Watson missed the buzzer beater. Sonics ahead by ten in the seconds quarter, but the comeback of the Thunder made a close game in the second half. Boobie shot 6/7 from downtown but had 10 turnovers too, while Daniel Hunt (named player of the game) dominated in the paint with his low-post game. Durant began the game well but then vanished as Jeff Green and Earl Watson closed the gap; Nenad from the bench helped the frontcourt as starting D.J. White disappeared due to too much fouls. Westbrook did not play with leg injury. Now Seattle is 2-0 and could keep the streak alive in the next game at Sacramento.


*KEY PLAYERS* OKC
J. Green – 22 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast
E. Watson – 19 pts, 14 ast, 5 stl
K. Durant – 18 pts, 3 stl, 1 ast
N. Krstic – 14 pts, 6 reb, 1 stl
T. Sefolosha – 8 pts, 1 ast, 1 stl

*KEY PLAYERS* SEA
D. Gibson – 24 pts, 3 ast, 1 stl
L. Barbosa – 21 pts, 5 ast, 1 reb
D. Hunt – 15 pts, 10 reb, 6 blk
L. Powe – 10 pts, 3 reb, 1 stl
M. Webster – 9 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast


Jeff Green with the jumper

Boobie with the long range three

One of the 14 assist by Watson

Red Rocket layup plus Krstic foul