Basketball Career of Nathan Rowland

That will be some kind of be a pro mode I created a player and I will play with player lock on him. The season will start in predraft camp. Actually summer league. There will be some rookies in it and some free agents. There will be 3 games . Every game my player will earn points. 1 scored point = 1 virtual point , 1 rebound = 1,5 point , 1 assist = 2 points , 1 steal = 2,5 points, 1 turnover = -2,5 points, missed shot = -1 point , block = 3 points, missed free throw = -1 point .

My player will earn points . Then I will calculate a virtual points per game and finnaly 50 + average virtual points will be my overall before draft. I've put all skills to 70 to make my player as good as average player in summer league will be.

Lets get it started

Last edited by cav on Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.

PROSPECT PROFILE


Nathan Rowland

Full name : Nathan Dave Rowland
Position : Guard
Height : 6-7
Weight : 215
Age : 19
College : Iowa

This could be really interesting. Good luck

Interesting point-system. Wish you all the best with this!

Thanks.

Orlando Pro Summer League

From 6. to 10. July some rookies and free agents will faceoff in Orlando Pro Summer League.
Games will be played in Amway arena, home of Orlando Magic.

6 games will be played as 4 teams will play each other once. White, Blue, Red and Black team.
First game will be played on 6.July, when white team will face blue team. White team will be probably built only from free agents and players with unknown status.
Blue team is a mix of free agents and rookies while red and black teams are rookie teams.

Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio and all other rookies comfirmed their participation.

Orlando Pro Summer League Schedule
6.July , 11.00 AM : White vs Blue
6.July , 2.00 PM : Red vs Black
7.July , 1.00 PM : Red vs Blue
8.July , 2.00 PM : White vs Black
9.July , 2.00 PM : White vs Red
10.July , 1.00 PM : Black vs Blue

White team achieves first victory, beats Blue team 50-73

Blue team struggled from the start to the end of the game finishing with poor 28% field goal percentage. Kevin Ollie and Nathan Jawai combined for 30 points for White team.
The game started with an 10-0 run from White team. First basket from Blue team came with 5:59 left in first quarter when Nathan Rowland scored an and one. Rowland was best scorer of Blue team with 14.
First quarter ended with 8-25 lead for White team.

In second quarter Blue team finally got it going offensively and won second quarter 18-16. But that was all they were able to do as white team was agressive and much better defensively in third quarter and yet again they didn't let Blue team score more than 10 points in a quarter. Austin Croshere , 13 points, was unstoppable in third making four shots in a row. Blue team, which didn't score a three pointer in whole game (0-7 from behind the arc) simply wasn't abe to score this night and finished the game behind by 23. They were outrebounded by 24 rebounds !

Individuals

Kevin Ollie showed his skills scoring 16 and adding 7 assists in only 21 minutes on court. Former Timberwolve was a clear leader of his team playing smart and conributing in every aspect of game.
Austin Croshere was also solid. He added 13 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.

GAME STATS

Blue vs White ( 8 : 25, 18 : 16, 9 : 18, 15 : 14 ) 50 : 73

BLUE TEAM
pts reb ast
N.Rowland 14 3 7
J.Dorsey 8 2 1
P.Ewing Jr. 7 1 2
M.Blount 6 6 1
H.Adams 5 1 1
J.Jordan 4 2 4
F.Elson 4 0 0
S.Randolph 0 1 0
A.Brown 2 5 0
J. Hodge 0 1 0
D. Taylor 0 1 0
J.Reed 0 0 0

WHITE TEAM
pts reb ast
K.Ollie 16 3 7
N.Jawai 14 6 0
A.Croshere 13 4 2
M.Hairston 8 4 3
N.Fazekas 8 3 2
C.Karl 4 5 3
G.Buckner 4 5 8
C.Samb 2 9 1
S.May 2 3 0
M.Ruffin 2 5 0

Prospect watch
On Blue team topscorer Nathan Rowland had 14 points 3 rebounds 7 assists and 6 steals . His problem clearly is ball handling and shooting. He had 5 turnovers and was shooting only 6-21 from the field, missing 3 of his 5 free throws. He was on the court for 30 minutes. Defensively he looks pretty good, almost great. But offensively he has big struggles and needs time to learn NBA style.

For better understanding of rules written above :
After first game I earned 25 points.
14 points = 14 vp*
3 rebounds = 4,5 vp
7 assists = 14 vp
6 steals = 15 vp
5 turnovers = -12,5 vp
15 missed field goals (6-21 FG) = -15 vp
3 missed free throws (2-5 FT) = -3 vp

Calculation : 14 + 4,5 + 14+ 15 - 12,5 - 7,5 - 3 = 24,5 virtual points
That means my overall would be around 75 based on 50 + 24,5 formula. Once I'll have overall I will adjust skills and do draft. But first I have to finish this Pre- draft league and hopefully bring my overall up a bit.

* - vp means virtual point

I will update the scores later today. I played both remaining games with blue team already.

Griffin Leads Red Team To Overtime Victory
Recap

Orlando (FL) - Blake Griffin scored 22 of his 26 points in second half and overtime to lead his team to first win in Orlando Pro Basketball League. 2009 Nba Draft 1st pick also added all of his rebounds (4) and blocks (4) in the second half.

“Blake showed why he is 1st pick and why he deserves to play basketball on the highest level. His rebounding, blocking and scoring gave us a big boost and we were able to win in overtime. He is very competitive and he wants to win in every game.” said his teammate in Red team Jrue Holiday. Holiday was pretty impressive as he was able to make amazing passes to Griffin and finished with 15 assists. His quality is his quickness and ability to draw double team and than pass to open guy on the court.

The game was tied the whole time. Blue team was up by 2 and had ball in possesion with 15 seconds left in the game when Holiday made a clear foul on Nathan Rowland, one of the upcoming rookies, but refeeres didn't blow the whistle. Holiday picked up the ball and tied the game. Rowland then missed a game-winner with the buzzer. In the overtime Red team took control and won the game, 93-99.

“I don't want to discuss calls from the refferes. It's non sense. I think fans had fun and thats the most important thing in this tournament.” stated Rowland about suspicious call. Rowland had a great all-around performance. He scored 10 points and added 15 assists and 6 rebounds. But he had another bad shooting night (5-16 FG) and 4 turnovers. Patrick Ewing Jr. was topscorer for blue team scoring 15 points and adding 8 rebounds.

In prevoius 2 days of the competition Red team lost to Black team 103-88, and White team beat Black 69-78. White team leads with 2 wins and is followed by Red and Black team. Blue team hasn't won yet.
The tournament will continue tomorow when Blue team will play against Black team.

Black Team Beats White Team, 112-81
Recap

Orlando (FL) - Black team was hot, White team was not. Black team started the game with 10-10 shooting from the field and 5-5 form charity stripe. Blue team was shooting only 26 % in the first quarter.
Ricky Rubio led Black team with 13 points and 9 assists in first half. He didn't play no more then 12 minutes in this game.

Black team started off with 14-0 start. They were hitting threes, rebounding and playing defense while Blue team was struglling to get anything going offensively. Black team finished first quarter with amazing 23 point lead, 37-14. “We played bad, very bad. They were scoring from everywhere and it was our fault, because we simply didn't play defense." stated top scorer for Blue team, Mark Blount, who finished with 24 points.

“Ricky did his job. There was no need to bring him back on the court.” Rubio was involved in 27 points of his team in first quarter (11 points, 8 assists). “ His understanding of the game is amazing. He is very concentrated in every game and makes right plays all the time." said coach of the Black team.

In the second half both teams were playing better defense.The game, which was decided after 6 minutes came to an end. Black team had 6 players in double digits while white team only had 2 ( Blount and Rowland). Nathan Rowland had another solid performance as he was able to achieve his second double double of the tournament. He finished the game with 14 points and 11 assists.

The tournament will conclude tomorow with the Red against White game.

NBA Draft - Lottery

New York - Yesterday NBA Draft Lottery was held in Madison Square Garden, NY.

Warriors got first pick, second goes to Minnesota and third to Indiana Pacers. Favourites for 1.pick LA Clippers fall to no. 4.
Warriors may even be trading 1.pick as rumours around league talk about possibility of Marco Bellineli going to Memphis for 1.pick.

Draft Order :

1. Golden State Warriors

2. Minnesota T'Wolves
3. Indiana Pacers
4. LA Clippers
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Toronto Raptors
7. Milwaukee Bucks
8. Washington Wizards
9. Memphis Grizzlies
10. Miami Heat
11. Cleveland Cavaliers
12. Sacramento Kings
13. Oklahoma City Thunder
14. Atlanta Hawks

Blair probably 1.pick

Oakland (CA)-Rasheed Blair, 7'0, 289 lbs, will reportedly be a first pick of this years NBA Draft.Former Connecticut star was already in talks with Golden State Warriors after Tuesday workouts.
22 year old Blair might be the inside presence Golden State needs. Warriors also rejected rumours about trading 1. pick.
“ We have 1.pick and we keep it. There will be no pick trades. " said Warriors GM.

Blair, who averaged 23,2 points and 11,2 rebounds in his last season with Connecticut said: “ I talked with Warriors but nothing has been done. They might pick me but there is no guarantee.”
Many people believe that Warriors which are shoping Marco Bellineli might be more interested in bringing in a 19 year old Nathan Rowland or 20 year old Jamal Cato. Rowland , former Iowa student played only one year of college basketball and decided to go to NBA. He averaged 16,8 points and 7,7 assists in college.

NBA Draft will be held next weex in Madison Square.

Thursday, June 25, 2009
Warriors Select Connecticut Center Rasheed Blair With Number One Pick In 2009 NBA Draft

The Golden State Warriors selected University of Connecticut Center Rasheed Blair with the number one overall selection in the 2009 NBA
Draft, held this evening at the WAMU Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

“Obviously, we are extremely excited with the selection of Blair,” Warriors General Manager said. “The night of the lottery, when we got
the lucky bounce that we had hoped for, it was jubilation. We are getting and incredible player and an incredible person with an
impeccable work ethic.”

The 23-year old Atlanta native dominated college basketball last season, winning every major postseason player of the year award.
Blair led the nation in rebounding (487 rebounds) and double-doubles (33) and helped Connecticut reach Final Four in NCAA tournament.

“Blair is a guy who we plan on having in Oakland for many years to come, we think he is going to be a great, exciting addition to our ball club.”

by NBA.COM

Wolves Select Nathan Rowland at No. 2

Nathan Rowland, widely considered the best Shooting guard in this year draft class was selected with no.2 pick by Minnesota Timberwolves.
“I'm excited and ready to go. We have great young team here and I think we can make big things in few years. ” Rowland stated. “ I know
Ricky Rubio and Al Jefferson will be leaders of this team but I will add my part.”

“Nathan impressed us in Orlando Pro Summer League. We coudn't skip him in this Draft. He is exactly what we need and what we expected.”
said Wolves GM Jim Stack.“ He was youngest player in draft with 19 and will be a major contributor right away."

NATHAN ROWLAND
Strengths : Could be major contributor from the start. Is very good defensively.
Weaknesses : Inside game and shooting problems. He was shooting only 35% from the field in Orlando Pro Summer League.

Anyone following?

Maybe.

I am. Rubio, Jefferson and now Rowland is promising.

nice... keep em up!

interesting association keep it up

Update in 12 hours

Jefferson Leaves Via Free Agency

After adding second draft pick Nathan Rowland, people in Minnesota were excited about their new team. But just a
few weeks later Al Jefferson decided to sign with Detroit Pistons in free agency as Minnesota Timberwolves were
too careful and didn't want to offer Al Jefferson enough money. “ I want to be on the winning team and now I am.”
said Jefferson, which left big hole in Minnesota.

T'Wolves are now once again far from an playoff team.