Sonics 07-08 [1-1] Sonics top Magic, Ray Allen Injured

Until I can figure out how to sim a season and then make the correct playoff seedings (and draft order.) I won't start the dynasty yet, but I'll make some of the story.

Sonics Hire New GM
The Seattle Supersonics added Jordan Leung to their front office in an attempt to help the struggling franchise. Jordan will also be the new head coach of the Sonics.

Jordan has no history of doing anything related to the NBA except for being a fan. He is not even a Sonics fan. "I think it's good when you're not a fan of that team. When you're a fan, you'll have some favorites on that team. When you have favorites, it's pretty much impossible to make any trades. This is a struggling team, and if you don't deal some of the big players away, you're just going to struggle.

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Sonics to stay in Seattle, The Draft and Shard
Not too long after the hiring of GM/Coach Jordan, the Sonics have just decided that the franchise will stay in Seattle for the 07-08 NBA Season.

Looking at the Draft, the Sonics are in the Greg Oden/Kevin Durant lottery this year, and will try and hope for a high pick in the draft.

"You see, we're a struggling team. If we add someone like [Greg] Oden or [Kevin] Durant, that's huge. Those guys are definitely franchise players." says Jordan.

Even if the Sonics do not land the top 2 picks, they are still looking at a very talented draft.

The Sonics are unsure about the future of Rashard Lewis. Lewis has been with Seattle all of his career and has not been too happy with the W column on the standings. Lewis will be a free agent this offseason.

"Rashard is a great player. I think what people forget is that even though he's had quite a few NBA seasons, he's still very young. He was drafted out of High School. I think he still can improve by quite a bit."

The NBA 06-07 Season in Brief

Transactions
11/10/06 The Kings sign Renaldo Major for 412K for 1 year
11/11/06 The Grizzlies sign Zoran Planicic for 5.51M for 3 years
11/15/06 The Jazz sign Eddie Gill for 865K for 1 year
11/15/06 The Raptors release Uros Slokar
11/18/06 The Timberwolves sign Peter Ramos for 664K for 1 year
11/24/06 The Bulls trade Viktor Kryapa to the Cavaliers for Shannon Brown
11/24/06 The Raptors sign Julius Hodge for 5.41M for 3 years
11/29/06 The Timberwolves sign Laron Profit for 798K for 1 year
11/29/06 The Bulls release Martynas Andriuskevicius
11/30/06 The Bucks release Jared Reiner
12/06/06 The Timberwolves trade Bracey Wright to the warriors for Josh Powell
12/16/06 The Celtics trade Allan Ray to the Clippers for Paul Davis
12/22/06 The Hawks trade Eddie Batista to the Trail Blazers for Luke Schenscher
12/25/06 The Lakers trade Sasha Vujacic to the Pistons for Jason Maxiell
12/28/06 The Jazz trade CJ Miles to the Knicks for Randolph Morris
12/30/06 The Cavaliers trade Anderson Varejao to the Clippers for Daniel Ewing
01/09/07 The 76ers trade 1st Round Pick to the Trail Blazers for Joel Przybilla
01/10/07 The Pacers trade Ike Diogu to the Rockets for Kirk Snyder
01/13/07 The Spurs trade Michael Finley to the Hawks for Josh Childress
01/22/07 The Raptors trade Kris Humphries to the Wizards for Michael Ruffin
01/25/07 The Bucks sign Sergei Monia for 664K for 1 year
01/29/07 The Bobcats trade Jeff McInnis to the Wizards for Darius Songaila
01/31/07 The Spurs trade Melvin Ely to the Trail Blazers for Fred Jones
02/04/07 The Pistons trade Nazr Mohammed to the Grizzlies for Chucky Atkins
02/09/07 The Clippers trade Jason Hart to the Timberwolves for Rashad McCants
02/13/07 The Raptors trade Joey Graham to the Mavericks for DeSagana Diop
02/13/07 The Hornets trade Cedric Simmons to the Raptors for Julius Hodge

Awards
MVP - Kevin Garnett
MIP - Chris Paul
DPoY - Kevin Garnett
RoY - Brandon Roy
6th - Earl Watson
Coach - Mike D'Antoni

All-NBA First Team

C - Amaré Stoudemire
PF - Kevin Garnett
SF - Rashard Lewis
SG - Kobe Bryant
PG - Gilbert Arenas

All-NBA Second Team

C - Shaquille O'Neal
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - LeBron James
SG - Andre Iguodala
PG - Jason Kidd

Defensive First Team

C - Ben Wallace
PF - Kevin Garnett
SF - Ron Artest
SG - Andre Iguodala
PG - Allen Iverson

Defensive Second Team

C - Amaré Stoudemire
PF - Shawn Marion
SF - Andrei Kirilenko
SG - Kobe Bryant
PG - Chris Paul

All-Rookie First Team

SG - Brandon Roy
SG - Rudy Gay
SG - Adam Morrison
PG - Dee Brown
PF - Tyrus Thomas

All-Rookie Second Team

PF - Andrea Bargnani
SG - Kelenna Azubuike
C - LaMarcus Aldridge
PF - Shelden Williams
SG - Randy Foye

The Detroit Pistons won the NBA Championship a second time with a combined team effort without Big Ben. Surprisingly, the 'fill in' of one of the reasons of the first championship took home the Finals MVP honors. Chris Webber posted up 21.8 PPG, 7 RPG, 4.1 APG, 2.06 BPG and 1.86 SPG in the Pistons win against the Phoenix Suns in 5 games.

Offseason Moves

Sign and traded Nick Collison to the Wizards for Antonio Daniels
Drafted Greg Oden and Nick Fazekas

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@ Boston

L95-97



Starting 5s

Greg Oden - Kendrick Perkins
Chris Wilcox- Al Jefferson
Rashard Lewis - Paul Pierce
Ray Allen - Wally Szczerbiak
Luke Ridnour - Sebastian Telfair

Allen and Oden combine for 50 but Gomes' 8 straight points give Celtics the game



The Celtics went off to a quick 8-0 run early in the 1st quarter before Greg Oden made a dunk off Luke Ridnour's assist for the Sonic's first bucket of the season.


Oden's first NBA bucket

The Celtics eventually tied the game in the 2nd quarter and continued their lead going into the 4th but could not hold on. Ryan Gomes who had previously missed his last 8 shots made 4 straight with a mix of jump shots and lay ups to help regain the lead. Ray Allen who had a 21 point first half could not find his shooting touch to keep the Sonics in the game. Rookie Greg Oden made a statement with 22 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist and a blocked shot in his debut. Rashard Lewis, Luke Ridnour and Chris Wilcox were just 7-30 combined from the field. Damien Wilkins added 9 off the bench. Delonte West had a team-high 20 points coming off the bench. Gerald Green added 9 on 4-5 shooting including 2 dunks that sent the crowd to its feet.


Oden's first NBA poster

Right after the game, the Sonics have announced that Center Robert Swift has been traded to the Cavaliers for Sasha Pavlovic. Pavlovic should be available for the next home game.

*coughs*

don't overlay the pic too much, makes it too bright >__>

I agree about pic overlaying, but I like how this is going so far. Tough loss, but with that roster, playoffs are a given.

Sonics add Pavlovic

The Sonics traded Robert Swift for Aleksander "Sasha" Pavlovic to their roster.

"I'm going to keep adding shooters to this team. Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Ridnour, Daniels, Watson, Wilkins, Fazekas and Gelabale can all step out and hit that 3. Oden, Wilcox and Sene are all good rebounders, so if they miss, chances are we're going to have an offensive rebound. We're going to start shooting more 3s now."

@ Orlando

W120-100




Nelson scores 48, but Sonics regain control in the second half and top Magic

The Sonics got off to a great start in this game with 35 points in the 1st Quarter. Oden managed to contain Dwight Howard to 2 points on 1-5 shooting to start the quarter off.

The second quarter was when Jameer Nelson went off. The Sonics played decent on the offensive end but just were not playing defense. Nelson only had a 3 pointer in the 1st quarter but added 25 to give him 28 1st half points. Dwight Howard put up 10 rebounds in the second quarter, 4 of them were offensive. The once comfortable lead was down to 3 heading into the second half.

Coach Jordan yelled at the team at halftime, and preached defense. The Sonics held the Magic to 19 points, partly because Nelson shot his shooting touch and also partly because of solid execution, especially from Chris Wilcox. Wilcox only had 6 points in the season opener on 3-9 shooting but never missed a shot from the field.



When Nelson finally found his shooting touch again, it was already too late. He made a push late in the 4th but the Sonics were able to respond with solid production from the bench.

New acquisition Sasha Pavlovic was decent with 7 points in his first game in a Sonics uniform.

WOW nelson with 48 he blew the roof off, nice recap though that was pretty gud this dynatsy definatley has potential to be a great one

How many minutes do you play? and the level

I play 8 minutes at superstar level. I think it's cause I was dunking too much, so I'll try and take more Js next time.

Ray Allen Injured



"Ray Allen will play in the next game against Atlanta. He will not play heavy minutes but will be there to give these guys a little boost in confidence. Sasha Pavlovic will be getting the load of Ray Allen's minutes" says Coach Jordan.