Lv06|PHX|"From The Ashes" - Week 2 Results

EDIT: FYI guys, before things get rollin' with Portland, I've had a change of heart and will be be going with the Phoenix Suns on this dynasty. Someone's gotta stop Kerr. So hang on, we'll see where this goes...

- C

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Hey dudes, I'm back with a new NBA Live project simply called, "UPSIDE." (for lack of a more creative title)

This dynasty log will feature the up-and-coming Portland Trailblazers, my new "favorite" team, despite their being prematurely (and ironically) bounced from last year's playoffs by my former flavor(ites), the imploding Houston Rockets. The Blazers are exactly what I want in a dynasty team - young, imperfect, yet full of budding talent and potential

Since leisure time isn't what it used to be during, "Rockets: Redemption" days, I don't plan on this being nearly as involved (graphically or writing-wise) so I'm not really sure how or where this will go, how often I'll update or even what format I'll use; the goal is merely to keep it simple, strive for the title and see where things end up. Hopefully you'll bear with me and maybe even enjoy the trek along the way

Thanks and stay tuned - Clutch

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1. Roster & Transactions
2. "Mad Dog Mayhem" Contest - Rules & Leader Board
3. Glory Days
4. Untimely Cravings
5. 2008-2009 Summary (Mbah a Moute Trade)
6. Lopez Out, Suns Welcome McGee
7. O'Neal, "Disrespected" By Suns
8. Enter The Estonian
9. Full List Of Trades And Transactions
10. Doctor's Orders
11. Pippen, Kerr Reunite
12. Week 1 Results
13. Week 2 Results

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TEAM ROSTER 2009-2010

Code:

Name                 Pos.  Ovrl  Height  Weight   Yrs. Pro
Amar'e Stoudemire    PF    95    6' 10"  249 lbs    7
Grant Hill           SF    79    6' 8"   225 lbs   14
Jason Richardson     SG    85    6' 6"   225 lbs    8
Steve Nash           PG    85    6' 3"   195 lbs   13
Leandro Barbosa      SG    82    6' 3"   188 lbs    6
Luc Mbah a Moute     SF    73    6' 8"   230 lbs    2
Bobby Brown          G     62    6' 2"   171 lbs    1
Corey Brewer         SF    76    6' 9"   188 lbs    2
Mark Madsen          PF    61    6' 9"   254 lbs    8
Louis Amundson       PF    64    6' 9"   225 lbs    3
JaVale McGee         C     69    7' 0"   237 lbs    1
Martti Must          G     58    6' 6"   210 lbs    R
DJ Mebenga           C     56    7' 0"   255 lbs    4
Pops Mensah-Bonsu    PF    56    6' 9"   240 lbs    2



COACHING STAFF

Code:

Grade Name           Spec.        Age  Staff Pos.  Salary    Yrs remain  Off  Def  Ath
B     D. Majerle     Shooting     43   Asst. Coach   728k    2           A-   B    A-
A     S. Pippen      Defensive    43   Asst. Coach   655k    1           A    A+   A
C     A. Nelson      Entire Body  41   Trainer       501k    2           -    -    - 
C-    B. Burns       None         50   Scout          94k    2           C    C    E

09/17/09 - Scottie Pippen agrees to 1-year, 655K Assistant Coach contact

08/28/09 - Assistant Coach, Bill Cartwright, resigns due to health complications;

08/24/09 - Suns trade 17-year Center, Shaquille O'Neal and 3rd-yr year Forwards, Alando Tucker and Jared Dudley to Minnesota in exchange for 9-year Foward, Mark Madsen, 2nd-year Point Guard, Bobby Brown, and 3rd-year Forward, Corey Brewer

08/24/09 - Suns waive rookie Center, Scott Bryant;

08/16/09 - Suns trade 2nd-year Center, Robin Lopez, to Washington in exchange for 2nd-year Center, JaVale McGee;

08/14/09 - Suns trade 2nd-year Point Guard, Goran Dragic, to Milwaukee for 2nd-year Forward, Luc Mbah a Moute;

07/27/09 - Suns sign free agents Forward DJ Mebenga and Center Pops Mensah-Bonsu to 1-year contracts just above league minimum;

07/13/09 -Veteran Forward Grant Hill agrees to a 1-year, 7.85M contract extension

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TEAM ROSTER 2008-2009

Code:

Name                 Pos.  Ovrl  Height  Weight   Yrs. Pro
Shaquille O'Neal     C     85    7' 1"   325 lbs   16
Amar'e Stoudemire    PF    94    6' 10"  245 lbs    6
Grant Hill           SF    80    6' 8"   225 lbs   13
Jason Richardson     SG    85    6' 6"   225 lbs    7
Steve Nash           PG    85    6' 3"   195 lbs   12
Leandro Barbosa      SG    80    6' 3"   188 lbs    5
Matt Barnes          SF    77    6' 7"   226 lbs    5
Stromile Swift       C     72    6' 10"  220 lbs    8
Jared Dudley         SF    71    6' 7"   225 lbs    1
Alando Tucker        SF    70    6' 6"   205 lbs    1
Louis Amundson       PF    68    6' 9"   225 lbs    2
Goran Dragic         PG    66    6' 4"   180 lbs    R
Robin Lopez          C     66    7' 0"   255 lbs    R

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Finally getting the Suns 09-10 season underway and wanted to introduce my latest contest called, "MAD DOG MAYHEM"

CONTEST LEADER BOARD

40 (5) thierryhenry50
40 (5) Valor
30 (5) Ratrac
30 Martti
25 newc
15 C-77

single number = no points change
(x) = previous total

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RULES

The Mission

Similar to my previous Rockets, "Jumbo Mutombo Contest" the goal is simple: accumulate as many points as possible before the end of the regular season. Contestant with the highest earned point total wins (there is no way to "lose" points once earned)

How To Play

I'll be doing weekly recaps through the end of the regular season (as opposed to game-to-game). But before each week's results, I will post the games that will be played listed like this:

(example) Week 7 (Green - Home; Blue - Away)




All you need to do is post your picks:

Two (2) Suns' players names AND;

A "Mad Dog Mayhem" number (see below)

(ex: "Nash, J-Rich, 9" or "Stoudemire, Hill, 13")

You must post picks BEFORE the week's results are posted (picks listed after I post actual game results will carry over to the following week)

For EACH game you earn points when either (or both) of your players achieve the following:

Player of the Game: 5 points
High Scorer (for Suns only): 5 points
Highest FG percentage (again, for Suns only): 15 points

All three categories met: an additional +5 points

I will post boxscore and contest results for each game and points are awarded on a per player, per game basis. If for example, your week's picks were Nash and J-Rich and they tied as "High Scorer" playing against Golden State with 24 a piece; then 10 total points would be earned for that category/for that game, and totaled with any other points earned during the week.

Choose your 2 players wisely; your players will carry over as your picks for each game for the entire week. If one or both of your player gets injured during the first game of a 4 game week and becomes "inactive" that's BAAAD news for you since you can't pick new players til the next week!

The X-Factor: MAD DOG MAYHEM

As goofy as he is, Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen was brought on for one purpose and one purpose only - to wreck HAVOC anytime he steps on the court; but he will also play a major role in the outcome of this contest.

Because of his devil-may-care tenacity, Mad Dog Madsen's going to hit people, and he's going to collect fouls. A lot of them. Your task is to guess just how many fouls Madsen will accumulate over the entire week. The success of your guess will depend on the number of games scheduled during that week; your accuracy will determine the contest points (if any) you accumulate.

Per game, Mad Dog can receive anywhere from 0 to 6 fouls. If two games are on schedule for the week, logically your guess should be anywhere from 0 to 12; three games, Madsen could collect up to 18 fouls; if four games were on schedule, he could theoretically reach 24 fouls, etc.

You'll earn points depending on the accuracy of your guess as follows:

Exact Match: 25 points
+/- 2: 10 points
+/- 4: 5 points

Example: 3 games are scheduled for the week (a possible total of 18 fouls) and say you picked: 8

If the actual results ended up being 8 total fouls for the week, you collect a massive 25 points!

If the actual foul count was close, within 2 of your guess (say 7 or 10), you'd earn 10 points;

If the actual foul count was within 4 points (say 4 or 11), you'd earn 5 points;

If Madsen was on best behavior and only collected 3 fouls total for the week, no points would be awarded

If in the event Mad Dog gets injured and does not play for a spell, no "Mayhem" points will be awarded for the week (however, Player of the Game, High Scorer and Best FG% still earn points as usual); I'll make sure to notifying you if/when this applys.

Leader Board

I'll manage contestant's points totaled and the Leader Board as best as possible; but if it gets out of hand tallying all individual totals, I may just ask you to total your own earned points for the week and include it with your picks for the following week, so I can add them to your overall score on the Leader Board. Anyway, we'll see how it goes

The Prize

Haven't really decide yet but it may be either or future roster spot (ala Martti this season from the "Jumbo Mutombo Contest") or I'm considering a 'top 10' position in next year's draft; will decide when that time comes

Anyway, that's the gist… hopefully not too complicated lol

Just two names and a number is all it takes to enter and with the Mad Dog X-Factor? it aint over til it's over. join in anytime and good luck! - C

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Oooohhh I remember your 06 Rockets dynasty. Top notch stuff. Will be expecting some great things from this dynasty.

yeah, remember the rockets dynasty too, good luck with this!

Best of luck with this! I'm sure it will be great.

Clutch is back! looking forward to it

So you finally decide to come out of retirement huh.. Great to have you back Clutch.. You may not be as involved in this like your previous Rockets dynasty but im pretty sure it will be one of the better dynasties here..

Good luck. The Blazers were a good choice.

Finally you are back man! Can't wait to see your Blazers in action.

Good to see my Blazers will be in good hands. Best of luck! I'll be following.

Damn, I'm humbled by the warm reception and will be commenting more in your respective dynasties as I slowly get caught up to speed. I'm stoked to be rejoining my fellow brothers-in-arms back in the dynasty trenches (keeping one going isn't easy and does require a little "crazy" in them )

GTFO! Clutch is back! I know this is going to be good. So, what brought you out of retirement man?

Damn, I'm humbled by the warm reception and will be commenting more in your respective dynasties as I slowly get caught up to speed.

Nice, you will have to wait a little for mine I'm planning something big!

Lots of hype. Can't wait to see what you're able to give us!

Skills! good to see ya man; no real reason other than the growing need for some nba escapism again

TH50, sounds great man, looking fwd to it;

Sit! i'll give it my best man but still plan on keeping it simple as poss; first things first is just trying to get a working/stable dynasty started in the proper year; so far it's giving me nothing but headaches (btw, "Legend II" is definitely queued on the readlist)

suns? even better

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Always thinking ahead, I was contemplating doing a Blazers dynastassociation next year. If this gets off the ground and stays active, I might just go with the Rockets, who I think would make an extremely interesting 2K10 association.

Of course, I intend to keep my Warriors going for at least two seasons, and last year at this time I was thinking T-Wolves, which proved to be a horrible idea.

actually this is good to hear Lamrock since recently I've been comtemplating NOT going with the Blazers simply because I'm just not familiar enough with them to create a compelling storyline and give them due justice. I really like their potential and chances this season; but as far a dynasty story I think you'll do a better job with them

that said, I've decided to opt out and go with... the Phoenix saga. Why?

well, I'm more familiar with the cast for one; secondly, the Suns are on thin ice with GM Steve Kerr at the helm, capable of either a slow, steady climb back to title contention or a rapid plunge into nba mediocrity (usually reserved for the Clips or my hometeam W's. sigh); this poses some interesting challenges and decisions for me

but now Kerr's positioning to boot Amare this season. I've been an Amare fan (or "Amaré " or "Amar'e" however the hell it's spelled now) from his debut year and have been since despite the edgy attitude, ongoing injuries, name and number changes; I can't… no… I WON'T let Kerr get away with this

anyway, I'll look fwd to your Blazers Assoc. when you get them up and running; for now, arid winds o' change a coming…

]Not what I meant man. You should stick with Portland. I was looking forward to this. At this point, if I do a 2K10 association, it would be with the Rockets, because I always wanted to rebuild a team in a decent market. I'm not that familiar with the Rockets either, but they would be a blast for an association. Never used a bad team before.

The Suns are terrible. Please stick with PDX!

you see? i didn't even know the "PDX" reference; more proof i wouldn't know where to begin

tell you what, i'll go PHO just for now, just to get back in the groove; I was kicking myself for not choosing them a few weeks into my Rockets dynasty because I thought the Suns were, "too powerful" at the time. But now as you said they are terrible, no, flat out dysfunctional, so it's finally my chance to fix 'em. it'll likely be short-lived anyway (probably?) and the latest PC Proj patch doesn't have the new rookies yet as well. I definitely want to and will do a Blazers one, but it'll have to wait til Oden and Aldridge can square off with the likes of Griffin or Thabeet

Pho is not Phoenix, it is a delicious vietnamese soup. PHX. I really hope that you end up with Portland. I don't like Aldridge, but you can trade him, or teach him to play defense. Every time I make a dynasty I intend to choose a bad team and every time I choose a team just coming off a fluke bad season. Hope the Blazers end up in your hands.

I'll follow your Phoenix one though. I hate Amare (talented player who doesn't defend, is injury-prone and has a head full of bricks), but the Suns are a mediocre team that can go nowhere but down. They don't have a 2010 pick, so you may want to give that to OKC to add to the challenge and realism. Good luck.

"PHO" hahah good catch; guess that tells you where my stomach was at

thx and yah i hear you about PHX's woes but htat's what makes them intriguing to me; same reason why the Rockets are enticing you - there's room for big-time improvement. If I've got no momentum going with the Suns by the time the PC Proj updated rosters come out I'll definitely switch gears and give the Blazers a go

anyway, i had a HUGE breakthrough in something i've been struggling with (ie., getting Live'06 to start Dynasty Mode in the current season not the default) so i gotta write a little on that then will get started here finally

I gotta stop discussing this Rockets association. That's how my Raptors one ended prematurely. How do you like the name "Crash Landing"? Good luck getting this to work. Its a shame you can't play 2K9 on your computer, but it seems it is nearly impossible to keep an association for more than a season without corruption. The $40 more the 360 version is worth it for that fact.

I'm looking forward to "From The Ashes". Make Earl Clark a star!