PDX • THE BLΛSTOFF • // Viruses, of course

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| :: Season Length ♦ 82 Games
| :: Play NBA D-League Games ♦ On
| :: Team Chemistry ♦ On
| :: Player Roles ♦ On
| :: Progressive Fatigue ♦ On
| :: Trade Deadline ♦ On
| :: Trade Override ♦ On (for the CPU deals)
| :: Allow CPU Trades ♦ Off (will do them myself)
| :: Preseason Games ♦ On
| :: Injuries ♦ On
| :: Fantasy Draft ♦ No
| :: Edit Prospects ♦ On -- will try to add some of you guys!
| :: Playoffs ♦ 7-7-7-7

| :: Skill Level ♦ Superstar
| :: Roster ♦ Babyface's V4 Roster (URB V1)
| :: Game Sliders ♦ Simulation sliders... will tweak as I play games.
| :: Quarter Length ♦ 12 Minutes
| :: Sim Quarter Length ♦ 12 Minutes

| :: Huge props to... ♦ Heaven on Earth Global!
| :: Huge props to... ♦ Verminator's 30 Team Floors!
| :: Huge props to... ♦ egodynasty08's Draft Classes! (13&14)

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Go ahead with the hype guys, this is officially kicking off this Sunday! Not in home tomorrow.

Alright! This is it!

-points energetically at monitor-
I'm ready for this one!

Awesome. Hope this one's as good as if not better than your Spurs.

Lillard's a monster. He reminds me so much of Russell Westbrook without the ultra-freakish hops. Good luck!

Lillard's a monster. He reminds me so much of Russell Westbrook without the ultra-freakish hops. Good luck!

Isn't that basically a useless player?

Anyhow good to have you back making assos Thierry

Give some playing time to Leonard

This means war.

Best of luck, dude. Looking forward to see what you do with the team.

Lillard's a monster. He reminds me so much of Russell Westbrook without the ultra-freakish hops. Good luck!

Isn't that basically a useless player?

Anyhow good to have you back making assos Thierry

I should've said, "slightly less" hops.

Good luck with this one thierry. Team choice is really good, but Playoffs will be tough to make.

PORTLAND // Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen and general manager Neil Olshey announced today that the team has elevated Thierry Tirieux to the title of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. “Thierry is one of the best basketball evaluators and executives in the NBA. He has been key to the success we have had in the recent drafts and all roster moves during his tenure. He is one of the fastest rising executives in the industry. We are thrilled with this,” Allen said. Olshey added, “He excels regardless of how quickly his responsibilities increase. He is on pole position when it comes to basketball decision making, and has been key for us to remain competitive in the face of significant injuries in recent years.””

“Tirieux enters his sixth season with Portland and his first as Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, moving into his current role after working the last three seasons as general manager of the Idaho Stampede (2009-12), the Blazers' D-League affiliate. In the past, he also served as the team's director of scouting (2008) and the team's personnel scout and video coordinator (2007). In his new position, the Frenchman will assist Olshey in all basketball operations of the franchise and will be responsible for the team’s player personnel matters, including the evaluation of draft prospects, available free agents and potential trades. In addition, he will continue overseeing domestic and international scouting.

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PORTLAND // This Blazers team shows how fast you can get ugly. Even with a top twenty talent in LaMarcus Aldridge and a versatile wing in Nicolas Batum, things are looking dire in Rip City. Maybe the most important factor in shaping this season for Portland is how both of this players respond to loss after loss. The very good paid, promising couple have had relatively charmed careers, and clearly they have the talent on their bodies... but do they have what it takes to both lead and inspire a very young squad, despite, night after night, being pummeled? In such periods of instability like this, it's always hard to make accurate predictions; but if both of them, along with rookie Damian Lillard, sustain some kind of competitive fire in their souls, they ought to be able to do better than 25 wins.

But if you look at the bench, the guys sitting there have no depth whatsoever, and are so far below replacement level, that there’s virtually no chance of a season being anything better than awful. There’s a small glimpse of hope, though, with a new coach in Terry Stotts and a new system that could prove successful for young players. But everything would have to be absolutely perfect. Both Victor Claver and Joel Freeland will have to transition to the NBA with ease -- not likely -- and J.J. Hickson will need a Most Improved Player-worthy campaign for this team to even come close to winning more than 35 contests, a record that still would put them towards the bottom of the West.

Stotts will likely go with Hickson starting as an undersized center and rookie Lillard as the floor general. Shooting guard Wesley Matthews, whose durability and attitude is out of the question, is the fifth and last member of the starters. It will surely be a young, run-and-gun team that the fans will find appealing at the start, but it's not likely to be a strategy that gives the Blazers a postseason ticket. This is more or less a throwaway year for Portland, clearly in a rebuilding phase, one that will be more about GM Neil Olshey and new executive vice-president Thierry Tirieux's plans for the future. After an All-Star nod last year, Aldridge is primed for a big season, and Lillard is going to be fun as hell to watch, but outside of that things are not going to be pretty. If you’re looking for winning basketball, you will have to look elsewhere.

RECORD PREDICTION: 33-49

OPENING NIGHT ROSTER:

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Thanks a lot for the messages guys. Lillard is a big part of the franchise's future. Also I'll try to give Leonard some time on the court (backup to Hickson probably).

Best of luck with this man. Lillard for RoY.

Best of luck with this man. Lillard for RoY.

He will play a big part here, so I think he will make a good case for it.

Updated the first posts guys, first week coming soon...

Top notch presentation as usual Thierry, good stuff

I think you'll be riding your starters if you want to make playoffs. Good luck bro.

Preview | Starting Lineups | Recap | Game Info | Full Play-by-Play | Boxscores (LAL :: POR) | (SIMMED GAME)

PORTLAND // Dwight Howard knew what had been holding him back: not enough shooting. His coach and teammates agreed. Howard exploded for 29 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks as the Los Angeles Lakers won their first game on the road with a 100-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. “The guys said said to me, 'Just play',” said Howard, who joined the Lakers last month via trade. “They said, 'you've got to be the person you were before you came here'. I can't try to fit it in so quick.” Kobe Bryant had 20 points, four rebounds and seven assists, and Pau Gasol added 18 points and twelve rebounds for the Lakers, who were coming off a 96-95 loss to Dallas last night. Steve Nash had six points and ten assists for Los Angeles. “Coming into the game, I just felt good,” said Nash. “It was a fresh start for me and a couple of other guys. I just cleared my head and said this is day one all over again. We are all looking for that ring.”

Rookie Damian Lillard showed flashes of brilliance with 23 points, leading the Blazers in scoring. LaMarcus Aldridge notched in 17 points and six rebounds, while Nicolas Batum added 14. The Lakers, shooting 53 percent for the game, led early in the game 23-14 and sustained it through the whole contest: they were leading by 19 in the first minutes of the third quarter, before the Blazers made a small run but couldn't get any closer than seven points. Wesley Matthews shot 3-of-8 for eight points, while Elliot Williams had nine as a reserve. “The first quarter got away from us already,” said Blazers coach Terry Stotts. “It only takes a couple moments in a game, or a quarter, for it to separate, and unfortunately for us, it happened early and we couldn't recover.” Portland never led and their defense in transition was a nightmare, as Los Angeles scored 32 fastbreak points; the Lakers also had 58 points in the paint and 28 assists on 41 field goals.