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[Clutch]

this is looking sharp man - nice job now quit screwin' around and get Bosh back in the paint!

[Mandich]

nice dinasty.keep it up,very interesting.oh yea please if you can add daily leaders in blocking(bet camby is gonna own=)

[Skills]

Clutch, haha don't worry, I'm not gonna try to turn Bosh into Nowitzki anytime soon

Mandich, Thanks, I'll keep your request in mind

[Skills]

My next game update is on it's way
But for now, here's an injury update on Anthony Parker.

[Skills]

INJURY REPORT



It looks like Anthony Parker will be out for the next couple of games. "We're just glad it wasn't a MAJOR injury." said Raptors coach Sam Mitchell. "Anthony's one of our key shooters. It would be a dissapointment if he would be sidelined for more than a month." When asked about the rotation for the next few games, Coach Mitchell replied: "My staff and I aren't too sure yet. The next few teams we're facing all play differently, so the starting spot may be alternated until Anthony comes back. But for now, we're still deciding." Anthony Parker had a great season last year coming back to the NBA after being crowned as the Michael Jordan of the Euroleague. His averages with the Raptors were far better than his previous ones. I managed to speak with the Raptors guard this afternoon.

"So how are you feeling right now?"

"I'm fine, my toe got hurt pretty bad against the Sixers but the medical staff managed to heal it."

"Do you think you'll get back on the court better?"

"I mean, I hope so. Injuries do different things to different players so we'll just have to wait and see."

"How exactly did you sprain your toe?"

""I went for a block against Andre Iguodala, but that kid's a monster when it comes to dunks so I guess I shouldn't have went for it because i landed in an awkward position after he slammed one hard on me."

"Do you think he did it intentionally?"

""No of course not. He's a great guy and he's fun to play with and it's a player's job to attack the rim. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Well thank you for your time Anthony. And I hope your toe gets better."

""No problem, thank you."

[Ordlad]

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[color=red][b][u]RAPTORS RECAP - RAPS MAKE TEAM HISTORY, WIN BY 47!
PHILADELPHIA 78 - TORONTO 125

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Can you please answer me another question? I saw your picture as a much smaller one in Photobucket.com, so how did you resize it up to the perfect size? I mean, I can't find a way to make the image large enough for everyone to view, can you give me a hand on that? Thanks a lot.

[Skills]

Ordalad,
Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying.
If you need good resizing, use EA Graphics Editor.
It helped me out a lot working on my screens.
Oh and take it easy with the quotes. You're taking up a lot of space

[homicide1550]

Nice Dynasty you have here.. With the injury on Parker some guys like Delfino, Moon, etc. will have the chance to play some good minutes. hopefully they can step up and help you get some more wins.

[Ordlad]

Ordalad,
Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying.
If you need good resizing, use EA Graphics Editor.
It helped me out a lot working on my screens.
Oh and take it easy with the quotes. You're taking up a lot of space

I'm sorry to make you confused. You can view this page and find that the size of your picture is quite different from the one displayed in the thread, right?
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj266/skillzdattkillz/Game1Recap.jpg

I know how to resize the picture, but when I upload the images to a website called facebook.com, it was automatically resized. Damn it.

[Skills]

Ordlad,
Ahahaha, oh. That's a natural thing, the browser shrinks the image.
I don't, the image still stays the same size, the browser just makes it look smaller.
That's probably your problem..

Homicide, Thanks man, I'm posting the recap next so you'll see what's going on

[Skills]

RAPTORS RECAP - VC CAN'T RISE TO THE OCCASION TONIGHT!
TORONTO 130 - NEW JERSEY 114

[Chaser7]

Nice win especially against Carter! Really like your format! Nice job skillimatic .

P.S. Why did you take out the "Thanks to Chaser7" in your introduction haha just wondering

p.p.s Is there anyway you could possibly clean up the text on the main recap though? It looks kinda splotchy.. No big deal, just a suggestion..

[homicide1550]

Uhmm.. I think you should do more consistent recaps, that’s what I voted for. It is really tiring and it takes a lot of time to check out the other games and the stats. I know, coz I have done that in my past dynasty. Think you better concentrate on the things about your team..

But you are really doing a good job on this! So keep it up!

[Skills]

Chaser, I meant to delete just the question I asked when I started this.
Don't worry, I put it back
And which text are you talking about?

Homicide, I'll likely go along with more consistency.
I feel like I focus too much on the other teams.
If the votes get to 5+ I'll go along with it
And thanks for voting.

[Chaser7]

Yeah I voted for more consistent recaps too, maybe you can do this format for like a game of the week, like it'll be a bigger post for the most important game

And I mean the text for the Game recap it looks kinda splotchy.. no big deal though if you can't work around it..

[Skills]

Chaser, I'm guessing three's enough
I'll take out the extras and just do game recaps for the Raps.
I'll add more screens from the game though too!
And it'll give me more time to work on my "Behind The Hardwood" segments.
Oh, and I'll probably upload the template to something other than Photobucket.
Because it always accepts images as .JPEG format. Bitmap is what I need..

[Skills]

RAPTORS RECAP - THE BIG THREE, TOO BIG TO HANDLE
BOSTON 112 - TORONTO 105 | BOSTON 2-0 - TORONTO 2-1 | Player Of The Game

[homicide1550]

OMG! KG was a MONSTER! 40 points and 26 rebounds! Hopefully you can bounce back on your next game against the Bucks!

[Skills]

Homicide, Yeah, KG was unstoppable! I tried double teaming him and everything.
I even put Bosh, Bargnani, Humphries and Nesterovic on an at the same time at one point.

[Chaser7]

Tough loss, but as Homicide said, WHAT A GAME BY KG! Anyways keep this up and good luck..

[Skills]

Chaser, Thanks. I have something coming up, so stay tuned..

[Skills]

New Gym, New Assistant GM

Ever since their first season as a franchise, the Toronto Raptors have always had their practices at the Air Canada Center.
Just recently. they aquired a new practice court but had to go back to the ACC due to refinishing.
The Raptors are 2-1 after a loss on Sunday against the Celtics.
They hope to get something good done in practice.. hopefuly.

The Raptors squad was asked to meet at their new practice facility. The door was locked, so the whole team just waited outside.

Juan: "Why the hell would the door be locked?"
Joey: "Meh, I'd rather wait out here than run 100 suicides."
Kris: "Too lazy to practice huh Joey?"
Joey: "Nah, I just don't feel like it."
Chris: "Maybe you can explain why my donuts are gone."
Joey: "Eyy, come on dawg, I only ate one."
Chris: "Yeah, one too many."
Kris: "Don't mind Joey bro, you'll own him in the gym anyway."
Joey: "Yo Kris, but out dawg. I would own you in 1 on 1 anyday."
Kris: "Phht, yeah we'll see.."
Juan: "Man, I feel a little freestyle coming up."
Joey: "Dude, we can't play 1 on 1 out here."
Juan: "I was talking about rap fool."
Joey: "Ha, I'd own you in that too Juan. Check out my rhymes:
"I'm tha Golden Graham, yeah the Millionaire blockbusta.
"Drop 10 a game, that's two more than ya cocksucka."
Team: "Ooooh."
Joey: "I ball fresh, dunk harder than the rest.
Ya should've guessed, cause I'm from tha fly midwest."
Juan: "Damn Joey, you can't rap. It's like yo jump shot cause it's full of crap.
My name is Juan, they call me mini LeBron.
It's alright, Joey's mom tonight. "
Joey: "Say what?"
Juan: "You might think im wrong, but she's got these thongs."
Team: *Laughs*
Chris: "Damn Joey, you got owned on that one."
Joey: "I'll get you back fool"

The practice door swings open. Out comes Bryan Colangelo and another man.

BC: "Guys, before I show you the new gym I'd like to introduce to you our new Assistant GM: Ray Collins. (my new character)
Maurizio had some stuff to do back in Italy, so Ray will take over for now."
Team: "Sup Ray."
Ray: "Hey everyone. Thanks for this oppurtunity. Hopefully, I can help make this team better."
BC: "Alright guys, now check out your new practice gym!"

Jose: "Oh my goodness."
TJ: "Whooo! This is hella tight."
Chris: "How the hell did this happen?"
BC: "Remember that ESPN comerical we did in the summer? Well, I gues this is a token of their appreciation."
Anthony: "What else is here?"
BC: "There's a weight room, a relaxation room, rooms for the coaching staff and my office is just down the hallway.
By the way Anthony, Javier wants too see you. Go down the hall, second door to the right."
Sam Mitchell: "Well guys, let's practice!"
Joey: "Damn Sam! Popping out of no where like that."
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Later in Bryan Colangelo's office.

BC: "Well you have everything you need Ray?"
Ray: "Yes. Once again, thank you sir fo this great oppurtunity."
"No problem. You can first help me out with filling out this list of team needs."
"I saw that earlier this morning sir, and I already have some thoughts.
"Really? Well lay them on me."
"Well, what really need is a good, flexible big man. Someone who can rebound well and block shots.
We would probably have to give up one of our shooters and one or two of our bench post players max."
"Hmm, you make a really good point there."
"And it'd be useful to get one of those guys because of Sunday's matchup with Kevin Garnett."
"Another really good point.
Ok Ray, you've really impressed me today.
I'm giving you the rights to make trade offers.
I don't do this a lot, but you seem to know what you're doing.
Only one thing though. You are to notify me before we notify the league.
Just to make sure you're doing the right thing for this team."
"Thank you sir, I'm deeply honoured!"

To be continued...

[Chaser7]

I like the new court.. did you make it? Although I can't really its that dramatic that the Raptors had to practice at the Air Canada CentER (hate the "re" way of spelling it in Canada, haha).. Anyways good luck, we'll see what moves Collins makes..

[Skills]

Chaser, Thanks and no, INF55 made it. I just got the picture from his THU thread.

[homicide1550]

Nice story there dude.. Hmm.. Interesting to see what kind of trade you’ll come up with..