Hornets | Dynasty In The Making | 08-09 2nd Trimester

Name: Alejandro ( just put Ale )
Surname: Defrancesco
Number: 37
Position: SF
Position2: SG
Birthdate: March 11, 1992
Birthplace: Buenos Aires / Argentina
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 170lbs

GL with the dynasty

Name: Aaron
Surname: Fine
Number: 28
Position: PG
Position2: SG
Birthdate: April 30, 1986
Birthplace: Toronto, ON
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165lbs

Love to see how this plays out.

Looking good. I'm not surprised Denver won because when I do a dynasty, they seem to demolish their opponents when they win.

Name: Pat
Surname: Willis
Number: 20
Position: PF
Position2: SF
Birthdate: April 19, 1987
Birthplace: Fairfax, VA
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 265lbs

Name: Shannon
Surname: Hill
Number: 15
Position: PG
Position2: SG
Bithdate: November 15th, 1989
Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140lbs

This should be fun

Will ratings be involved at some point?

I already made a cyberface and RyanP made the portrait.
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Name: Hammer
Surname: Time
Number: 32
Position: SF
Position2: SG
Bithdate: 9-16-91
Birthplace: Charlotte, NC
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 200

Will ratings be involved at some point?

After the draft I can do some your player's minor rating adjustments, if you want. You can provide me with your strengths/weaknesses then.

I already made a cyberface and RyanP made the portrait.
http://www.speedyshare.com/212759643.html
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The cyberfaces doesn't really matter here. I will play only a few games. This is mainly a simulation dynasty. Portraits of everyone off-course would be cool, but I doubt everyone will provide me these.

Thanks for signing up guys

Wow... incredible! I have two questions though... How come neither James, Kobe, Wade, Iverson or T-Mac are in the top 10 for scoring, and how can LeBron be on the All-Nba 1st if he only averages 16.5 ppg?

Name: Jonathan
Surname: Vallerand
Number: 15
Position: PF
Position2: SF
Bithdate: 07.09.1989
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Height: 6'10
Weight: 280 (not in real life though )

Name: Daniel
Surname: Gudkov
Number: 7
Position: Pg
Position2:Ssg
Birthdate: May 20 1986
Birthplace: Tver \ Russia
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185lbs

Wow... incredible! I have two questions though... How come neither James, Kobe, Wade, Iverson or T-Mac are in the top 10 for scoring, and how can LeBron be on the All-Nba 1st if he only averages 16.5 ppg?

I dunno man, stats are pretty weird in Live...

OK, signing up is over. The 2007 off-season will follow soon and then I will start to add some guys to the 2008 draft.

Name: Darren
Surname: McIlwaine
Number: 45
Position: PG
Position2: PG
Bithdate: 27 February 1988
Birthplace: Manchester, Uk
Height: 6'4
Weight: 204lbs

2007 OFF-SEASON UPDATE
Hornets get 1st pick of the draft and pick the future talent


Draft Lottery



New Orleans Hornets have won this year draft lottery. They will be able to pick first in this very strong NBA draft. Atlanta Hawks, who had the best chances to get the 1st pick, got the 4th pick. Washington Wizards will have their own 10th pick in the draft and 76ers' 6th pick, which they got by trading Ethan Thomas to Philadelfia.


Resigning Players




New Orleans Hornets finally managed to offer David West a contract. He will be under contract of Hornets in the next 5 years, unless he will be traded. Hornets also successfully agreed with Desmond Mason, who will wear Hornets' jersey for the next 4 years. He will probably be benched, because there are rumors that Hornets are trying to pick SF in the draft. Jannero Pargo and Rasual Butler also were resigned and got their 2 year contracts. They will be pretty good replacements off the bench. Brendon Bass, Linton Johnson III and Marcus Vinicius were not resigned and have left the club.


2007 NBA Draft



2007 NBA draft began and with the 1st pick New Orleans Hornets selected small forward Lawrence Conners (87 overall) from Sam Houston St. Scool. He was born in Europe, Cardiff Wales. The player has great quickness, is confident free throw shooter and is very good on offense. Hopefully he will fit in the team along with Chris and Peja. The 2nd round began and with the 33rd pick Hornets selected power forward Hank Harry (72 overall) from Dayton Scoll. he was born in Winnipeg, MB. Experts say the player will adapt quickly to the NBA, although he is struggling at defensive boards and shooting free throws.


FA Signing Period



New Orleans Hornets didn't have a lot of money to sign someone important, but made some minor signings. Point guard Baha Wood (65 overall), the undrafted rookie received an offer from Hornets and accepted it. Another player who joined Hornets was Pape Sow (61 overall). Hopefully he will be a perfect bench player to give some minutes to Chandler and Armstrong.


Other Teams' Transactions



There were not so many significant signings this year. Smush Parker surprisingly left Lakers for Rockets. James Posey returned from Miami to Memphis. Grizzlies also traded their point guard Kyle Lowry to the Pacers for center Davis Harrison. Orlando and Toronto strengthened their frontcourt. Magic signed Travis Outlaw, while Raptors added Anderson Varejao to their roster. Charlotte Bobcats had pretty nice signings. Former Hornet Devin Brown who left the team this year, also Sasha Pavlovic from the Cavs and Nick Collison from the Sonics now will wear Bobcats uniform.


Retired Players



There were some important players who left NBA this year. Two Heat players Alonzo Mourning and Eddie Jones announced their end of carrier. Eddie played in Los Angeles, Charlotte, Miami, and Memphis in his 13 years' carrier. Alonzo had his years in Charlotte and Miami too, also played in New Jersey for two years. Also, how we can forget Dikembe Mutombo, who retired at the age of 41. He marked his carrier in Denver, Atlanta, Philadelfia, New Jersey, New York and Houston. Bruce Bowen from Spurs and Doug Christie, great defensive players, also left the league this year.


Training Camp




Lawrence Conners and Hank Harry, as well as all the remaining Hornets players were practicing and preparing for the next, 2007-2008 NBA season. Conners showed some great stealing skills, also demonstrated nice dunks and accurate shots. Harry practiced making points in paint, also shooting free throws. The assistant coach was concentrated mainly on offense, which was one of the biggest problems last year.


Player Rotation for 2007-2008 season



The player rotation for the 2007-2008 season was released. Rookie Lawrence Conners will replace Desmond Mason at the starting 5. Tyson Chandler, David West, Peja Stojakovic and Chris Paul remained at the starting 5. You can see the whole team roster here.

Last edited by Marquis on Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:42 am, edited 1 time in total.

Nice Starting 5...

P.S. I put the video in my dynasty...

Wow, I love the look of Conners' face! Not that it matters anyways! Can we see the draft board to know where we guys went?

Can we see the draft board to know where we guys went?

There were no NLSC players in this draft. I will start to add you all from now. Some of the players will appear in the 2008 year's draft, some in the 2009 year's, and so on, according to their birthdate. I hope you understood

Name:Sebastian
Surname:Nadilo
Number:30
Position:PG
Position2:SG
Bithdate:28.08.1986
Birthplace:San Luis, Argentina
Height:5´6´´
Weight:165

Oh! I guess I missed on that!

Looks good. I'll own the NBA in 8 seasons!

Yes, Sir !!

A 87 overall, that is sick. Also quite stylish that he is from Wales ... not known for its B-Ball players. I think you did a solid job in the offseason, although I would have resigned Vinicius, this guy has loads of potential.
But all in all I hope you can make it to the playoffs this year, but I think it will be difficult (maybe with Conners becoming ROTY)

Nice presentation, as always !

Nothing very spectacular in the off-season, I actually was hoping for a huge blockbuster trade, but whatever..

Looks like your team is going to show some huge performance this season with such players on the court, hope you make to the Finals..

hova-, Thanks. Yeah 87 is quite nice I wonder how much he will improve. Don't know about Vinicius, his ratings were crappy, so I decided not to resign him, and actually I don't really like him...

Pursuer, me too, but other teams were passive this year. Finals would be very optimistic prediction, but he real goal is the playoffs.

The first trimester update is coming tomorrow.

Last edited by Marquis on Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:29 am, edited 1 time in total.

That is a deep draft, you got two picks with great ratings, especially Conners. Looks like he could be a force in the league his very first year.

Awesome dynasty, man!

I'll throw myself in there...

Name:Michael
Surname:McNicoll
Number:83
Primary Position:SG
Secondary Position:PG
Birth Date:December 10, 1985
Birth Place:Vancouver, Canada
Height:6' 4"
Weight:195 lbs

Marquis, could I change my height to 5"11 and the weight to slightly over average for that height? I realized that if I am gonna be drafted in a few years time, I will still be growing of course

Yes, you can. I think you will be in the 2010 or 2011 draft. A lot of time to grow

can't wait to see me in draft!