Agent Zero Show (17-8) / Week 7

[newc]

OH MY GOSH!
I'm speechless. Anyway, i'm still stunned after reading your post. Goodness!

Pure Pilipino Rocks!

You should start a Nadeem pardo fanclub

Regarding the trade, 21st for 3rd? You've got the upper hand brother!

Yeah, but I had to give up bass, though I think William will fit better for my team

[µTorrent]

newc, Well if you can bring out the best out of John Williams, you won't regret losing Bass

[newc]

Summer of Free Agents 2011


One of the biggest FA acquisitions this year - J.J.Barea

2011 Free Agent class wasn't nearly as talented as the FA class of 2010, but it had some talented players at the start of their careers and some respectable veterans, who could strengthen all 30 NBA teams rosters. So let's take a brief look at the biggest Free Agents this summer and where they went to.

NBA champions, Dallas Mavericks, strengthened their bench with Leon Powe and veteran Grant Hill. Leon Powe, who averaged 3 points and 3,3 boards per game last season for the Memhpis Grizzlies, will be the back-up of Dirk Nowitzki, but Grant Hill, who played all 82 games last season and averaged 15 points and nearly 5 rebounds, is expected to be the leader of Dallas' bench alongside Jason "The Jet" Terry. Unfortunately for Dallas, they didn't just acquire players this summer, but hey also lost one important piece from their championship winning team in J.J. Barea, who went to LA Lakers to take the starting point guard job there. Barea, who played only 37 games last season due to injury, will have his first starting job in his career.

Last year's NBA finalists, Miami Heat, added much needed talent at the center position. They signed Mehmet Okur, who started only 4 games last season and mostly came into the game from the bench, averaging 9 points and 5 rebounds, will take the starting center spot for the Heat. Okur wasn't Heat's first option to sign, it was Samuel Dalembert, who decided to join the veteran team Boston Celtics and start at the center position there. Dalembert, who didn't start any games last season for the Sacramento Kings, is one of two big signings for the C's alongside Shane Battier, who will add depth at the small forward position and bring tough defense to Boston.

Other Eastern Conference favorite Chicago Bulls finally got a shooting guard, who could start alongside Derrick Rose, in J.R. Smith. Tayshaun Prince joined Deron Williams and Brook Lopez in New Jersey, while Al Thornton went to Cleveland to help rookie Wyatt Moller raise the Cavaliers to the heights they were during the LeBron James' days. But Jamal Crawford returned to New York to help Melo, Amare and the Knicks reach the NBA finals.

Here is the list of mention worthy free agents and their destinations this summer:

[Bluez]

WTF? J.R. Smith they should have gotten Jamal Crawford.

[Larvae]

Battier, Dalembert, Barea, J.R. Smith, Prince and Crawford would make an impact with their new respective teams.

[Jhiane]

J.R. Smith is a good fit with the Bulls
Barea will be united with his bestfriend Andrew Bynum

[newc]

Magic and Grizzlies makes a trade


Orlando Magic will be Kurt Thomas' 10th team in his NBA career

Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a trade that will send Kurt Thomas and Sam Young to Orlando and Daniel Orton, Earl Clark and Chris Duhon the other way. After the trade officially happened, Orlando Magic also signed guard Jeremy Lin to a one year contract.

Magic's reasoning to do this trade was pretty simple - they needed someone that could play defense outside of Howard and William, and a player that could give Dwight some minutes of rest in games, which they hasn't had since they traded Gortat to Phoenix. Now with Young and Thomas they have both - a good backup center and a guard/forward that you can put on James, Wade or Rose on defense. With the signing of Lin, they also didn't loose any depth at the point guard position, although Lin won't see much minutes unless Arenas or Nelson suffers an injury.

Grade for Magic: A

Grizzlies added some young talent to their team through this trade, which won't help win games right now, but could do it in the near future. When Grizzlies drafted Steve Rivera, it was clear that Sam Young will fell out of rotation with Gay, Rivera, Mayo and Allen eating up all the minutes at the shooting guard/small forward position. Kurt Thomas also wouldn't see much minutes, because of acquiring DeAndre Jordan, who will take the back-up centre spot. And that's why Grizzlies got young and talented Clark and Orton from this trade - they are still developing and they don't need much playing time yet. They also got Duhon, who will be a good 3rd point guard for the Grizz.

Grade for Grizzlies: B+

[newc]

newc, Well if you can bring out the best out of John Williams, you won't regret losing Bass

Yeah, I think William has the potential to be much better than Bass.

WTF? J.R. Smith they should have gotten Jamal Crawford.

well, I thought that J.R. Smith is the perfect fit for them, but we'll see how it works out

Battier, Dalembert, Barea, J.R. Smith, Prince and Crawford would make an impact with their new respective teams.

Them and maybe some other guys from the list

J.R. Smith is a good fit with the Bulls
Barea will be united with his bestfriend Andrew Bynum

totally forgot about their incident. Well, the Lakers fans must hope that they don't have any beef between them.

[Larvae]

Great trade man! Sam Young will rock the rim for you every game guaranteed
Hope you can balance Lin, Nelson and Arenas's Minutes well

[newc]

Nash, O'Neal Retires From the NBA


Steve Nash announces his retirement

NBA stars Steve Nash and Shaquille O'Neal have decided to end their playing careers at the NBA level.

Four time NBA Champion, 3 NBA Finals MVP award winner, one regular season MVP winner and 15 time all-star Shaquille O'Neal had the most successful career of this years retirees. "I'm going to miss the competition. I'm going to miss, you know, the chase for the ring. You know, I'm actually going to miss everything," was his words after he announced the retirement.

Steve Nash, who is a two time MVP and 8 time all-star, said "My body isn't the same as it was 10 years ago, my mind tells me to continue playing, but my body doesn't approve it, so I had to end it. I had a great career, yes I didn't win any rings, but it was successful and the best I could hope for."

One time NBA all-stars Juwan Howard and Theo Ratliff also has retired from the NBA.

[Larvae]

O...MY.....GOSH....
I can't read the article... It burns!!!
So sad to see Nash retire.. WITHOUT A RING!

[newc]

Great trade man! Sam Young will rock the rim for you every game guaranteed
Hope you can balance Lin, Nelson and Arenas's Minutes well

I like Young too Well, Lin probably won't get much minutes so i'll have to balance them between gil and jameer

[Mandich]

Jesus J.R. With Derrick, Chicago has one hell of an athletic backcourt now

[newc]

Orlando Magic Roster for the 2011-12 Season

Starting Five



C - Dwight Howard
PF - John William
SF - Hedo Turkoglu
SG - Jason Richardson
PG - Gilbert Arenas

Bench



6th - Jameer Nelson
7th - Sam Young
8th - J. J. Redick
9th - Ryan Anderson
10th - Kurt Thomas
11th - Stanley Robinson
12th - Jeremy Lin

IR



IR1 - Ruben Holmes

[Larvae]

Good lineup!
Just hope you'd be able to have good chemistry for them to play well on the court together.

[newc]

2011-12 Opening Night Line-ups

[newc]

Jesus J.R. With Derrick, Chicago has one hell of an athletic backcourt now

Yeah, they should do great this season

Good lineup!
Just hope you'd be able to have good chemistry for them to play well on the court together.

I hope we play good too

Coming up: First week of the 11-12 regular season

[Mavs4Life]

Good luck newc, you;ve got a great team, how'd you get 2010-2011 rosters on Live 08? Did someone actually make a mod for that?

[newc]

Week 1: October 28th - November 3rd



vs. Denver 101-99 W

Player of the Game:

Dwight Howard

20 points

6 rebounds

2 assists

10-24 fgm-a

vs. LA Clippers 99-88 W

Player of the Game:

Dwight Howard

30 points

15 rebounds

2 blocks

14-23 fgm-a

vs. Portland 106-76 W

Player of the Game:

Jason Richardson

20 points

15 assists

7 rebounds

6-17 fgm-a

3-6 3pm-a

vs. Oklahoma City 95-87 W

Player of the Game:

Dwight Howard

26 points

13 rebounds

4 blocks

11-21 fgm-a

Orlando Magic Player of the Week


Dwight Howard 23,3ppg 13,3rpg 2,0apg 1,3spg 2,8bpg

Around the League

Team of the Week: Dallas Mavericks [4-0]

Team of the Weak: Indiana Pacers [0-4]

Stat-line of the Week: Kobe Bryant 42pts 8ast 13-28 fgm-a 13-17 ftm-a in win over Chicago

Next Week:

[Mavs4Life]

Mavs 4-0

Dwight's rebounds are a little low, but still a nice offensive start for him.

[kibaxx7]

A 25-point game from Gilbert, nice Great week!

[newc]

Good luck newc, you;ve got a great team, how'd you get 2010-2011 rosters on Live 08? Did someone actually make a mod for that?

Mavs 4-0

Dwight's rebounds are a little low, but still a nice offensive start for him.

Thanks, I use TUP 10 mod Dwight's rebounds are a little low, because he has William as his counterpart on front-court, who grabs some of Dwight's boards.

A 25-point game from Gilbert, nice Great week!

Thanks I hope he'll have these kind of games regularly.

[Martti.]

You should play with your reserves more.

[Cruzerr]

Moar Pics would not hurt.

[newc]

You should play with your reserves more.

When I play myself, I think i use them at the right amount, but when simulating games (like the one against Portland), the simengine sometimes plays with only 6 or 7 players, so i can't do much about it.

Moar Pics would not hurt.

I'll see what I can do about it