Road to Glory(Cleveland Cavaliers)09-10

[jzonesam]

This is my first time in making these dynasty stories.I have spent a long time reading the other stories and I was just simply inspired by it. It would be great if you can help me and have suggestions in order to improve.
I will be simulating some of the games and just put the stats and stats leaders.

Quarter Length-6 mins
82 games
7-7-7-7

PRELUDE

After that upsetting loss last season, LeBron James,the reigning league MVP became more focused and hungry for that Championship Ring."We lost our focus,we had our chance but we didn't take it.I'm not blaming anyone for that loss to the Orlando Magic.We win and we lose together."James said after an exclusive interview.The Cavs boosted their lineup as they traded for veteran superstar Shaquille O'neal."I think I can make good contributions on this team.Just like I promised,I will bring the King a Ring."Shaq was serious about those words and promised to be healthy the whole season.The Cavs also re-signed F/C Anderson Varejao to a multi-year contract.The Cavs' mismatch problems in defending two guards were solved,as they came into agreements with free agent Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon.The Cavs also signed currently injured Forward Leon Powe.Powe helped the Celtics beat the Cavaliers during the 07-08 playoffs."We thought a lot about it and we came up into a decision to sign him(Leon).I think he would make a great impact on our team,especially coming off the bench."GM Danny Ferry said during a Press Conference.


Starting Lineups

Center-Shaquille O'neal

HT-7'1
WT-325 lbs

Power Forward-Antawn Jamison

HT-6'11
WT-260 lbs

Small Forward-LeBron James

HT-6'8
WT-250 lbs

Shooting Guard-Anthony Parker

HT-6'6
WT-215 lbs

Point Guard-Maurice Williams

HT-6'1
WT-190 lbs

Cavaliers bench
Daniel Gibson-G
Delonte West-G
Jamario Moon-F
J.J Hickson-F
Zydrunas Ilgaauskas-C
Daniel Green-G
Darnell Jackson-F
Leon Powe-F
Jawad Williams-F

Head Coach-Mike Brown
GM-Danny Ferry

Next game against-Dallas Mavericks

[MikeMan™]

Any chances that you'll trade someone from your roster if . . . your team somewhat disappoints you ?

[jzonesam]

yep..still trying out the pieces if they work well.if they don't,then goodbye to some of the players

[jzonesam]

Cleveland Cavaliers


Cavs crush Mavs!141-115.Hickson,with the best game of his career!Shaq shows promise.New pieces working well

GAME RECAP
1st QUARTER
Cavs lead 35-30
The Cavs were overwhelmed defensively in the first quarter,as they recorded a total of 6 turnovers.They fought back with solid ball movement and hit two 3 pointers.The 2nd year player J.J Hickson had a great 1st quarter,helping Lebron with 9 points and 3 rebounds.Mo Williams and Anthony Parker were sent to the bench early by committing two fouls each early in the game.Shaq's debut with the Cavaliers has not made noise so far.He only got 4 points along with an assist.The Cavs shot 60% during the first half but became sloppy in handling the ball.

2nd QUARTER
Cavs lead 54-68
At the end of the first half the Cavs were plagued with turnovers.They had a total of 14 turnovers during the 1st half."We have got to take care of the ball,especially while passing.Coach Mike Brown said he will emphasize this during his meeting with the team.LeBron made great plays to lead the Cavs with 18 points 4 steals 3 rebounds and an assist."We just have to keep working hard and avoid those silly turnovers.I think this game would become a shootout if we don't get ourselves fixed defensively"James said and promised that they would improve on their ball handling and defense during the 2nd half.J.J Hickson had a great first half, contributing 15 points and 4 rebounds.Shaq has yet to prove himself in the first half but showed promise as he had 8 points 3 rebounds.The cavs shot 62% in the first half and 65% in the 2nd quarter.

3rd QUARTER
Cavs lead 79-107
Shaq finally made the arena noisy,scoring 15 points in the 3rd quarter.The Cavs have a 28 point margin after changing their style of play to a running game.They had a hard time defending the Mavs.Fueled by Jason Terry who had 16 points,Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd having 12 and Josh Howard with 13 for the game.Kidd also had 7 assists.Lebron finished with 25 points after the third quarter and finishing two breakaway dunks to give the Cavs momentum.The Cavs shot 65% in the 3rd quarter and 63% for the game.

4th QUARTER
Cavs win 141-115
The Mavs started out with a 10-0 opening the 4th quarter,but James quickly went to work in dousing the fire the Mavs started.he scored 9 straight points and started a run for the Cavs.Mo Williams quickly redeemed himself by scoring 17 points in the 4th quarter and hitting three 3 pointers.One during the last 30 seconds and the other one, beating the buzzer.The Cavs shot 63% for the game and 64% in the 4th quarter.

Overall Summary
The Cavs shot 63% for the game and hitting eight 3 pointers as they shot 50% from rainbow country.James finished with 34 points,2 assists,6 rebounds and 4 steals.Mo Williams had foul trouble throughout the whole game but went back strong during the 4th quarter.The Player of the Game Mo Williams finished with 23 points,9 assists 2 rebounds and a career high 9 steals.Shaq showed promise to the Cleveland fans by showing he can still play the game.He exploded in the 2nd half as the Cavs went to him.Shaq finished with 27 points,2 blocks,2 steals,2 assists and 8 rebounds.Sophomore Forward J.J Hickson had the best game of his career finishing with 21 points,14 rebounds and 4 assists.Newly acquired Guard Anthony Parker finished with 13 points while newly acquired Forward Jamario Moon finished with 8 points."We did a good job in the offensive end,but we need to improve our defense.Mo(Williams) did great in closing out the game and I think Shaq will be our ticket to the championship"LeBron smiling after the interview and looking forward to start the season in a high note."I told you people of Cleveland and I promised to help bring home the trophy,this game is just the preview"Shaq was determined to get his 5th ring and to help King James get his first one.J.J. Hickson had a very strong performance."I just followed what Coach Brown wanted me to do.Run on fast breaks,make my free throws and hustle for the rebounds"The Mavs had a strong performance from Josh Howard who had 23 points.Dirk Nowitzki scored 16,Jason Kidd with 18 along with 8 assists and Jason Terry with 16.J.J Barea also provided energy coming off the bench by scoring 11 points.


Next game:New York Knicks in Cleveland

[jzonesam]

Cleveland Cavaliers


NOTE: (check out this post for team news.I will post all the news in this post alone)

NBA DAILY


Cavs sends 22 year old Center R.Kurz to D-League,Sign veteran Forward Mikki Moore!



"We know that Mikki(Moore) can provide us with a solid back up Forward until Powe can get back to the line up.His years of experience will provide developing players like J.J.(Hickson) learn more."said Mike Brown.Moore played for the Celtics last season when he was signed as a free agent together with Stephon Marbury.He averaged 3.9 PPG and 3.7 RPG last season with the Celtics."Even if he does not show a lot in the stat sheet,he does a lot of things to help the team.He brings energy and does well in keeping opponents off their sweet spots."comments GM, Danny Ferry.Leon Powe is expected to be back before the All Star week end.




Cavaliers offer Anderson Varejao and Mikki Moore for Wizard Forward Antawn Jamison



"I know Mikki(Moore) just got here from free agency, but we have had talks with the Wizards and they are willing to trade Antawn(Jamison).Danny Ferry said that signing Moore was purely Brown's idea,but the two have reached an agreement to trade Moore whenever a a great deal could come in.Jamison who requested to be traded was delighted when the Cavs offered a trade.The versatile Forward averaged 22.2 points,8.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists.He carried the ailing Wizards team together with Caron Butler,who lost Gilbert Arenas to an injury early in the season."Jamison really gives us the fire power we need.He would really help take the scoring load off Lebron and also help a lot in rebounding the basketball.I think it's a fair deal,because we are losing Andy who gives us a lot of energy and hustle.We will surely miss him if this deal goes through."Mike Brown said during an interview.

Wizards accept offer.Jamison to Cleveland,Varejao and Moore to Washington.


"We think the trade of Antawn Jamison for Anderson Varejao and Mikki Moore will make both of our teams better.We accept the trade offer."This message was sent by the Wizards office 12 hours after the offer was made.Jamison will be expected to play against the Suns.Jamison provides the Cavs with scoring and rebounding abilities,but they will surely miss the hustle tha Varejao bring them."Not that Antawn can't hustle,but it's the plays that Anderson(Varejao) gives us.He moves so well on the floor without the ball and can easily draw charges.Antawn on the other hand can score and create shots for himself,a thing the team really needs on the post."GM Danny Ferry said.

[Clutch]

Not a bad start for a first dynasty

Suggestions:

· Qtr-to-qtr recaps, intensive stat tracking + an 82 game season is a recipe for dynasty burnout; try simple 1st/2nd half summaries or full game summaries highlighting key moments or turning points to help keep your dynasty going strong; off the top of my head, homicide, its_asdf, martti all do this really well so you might want to check their dynasties out;

· I'd lose the Overall Summary if already doing qtr-to-qtr breakdowns to avoid redundancy; also, since you're doing qtr-to-qtr, there's no need to do an Overall Summary since you've already covered it the first time (catch my point?)

· Avoid BABOTs (big-ass-blocks-of-text) whenever possible ie., the Overall Summary; honestly... if you hadn't written that text and saw all those words and numbers, would you feel inclined to read it or skip it?

All n' all though, there's some good effort you've put in so far and that can carry a dynasty a long way

[Its_asdf]

Hah, Clutch is definitely right with the overly long and descriptive recaps..... Reminds me of when I did my very first dynasty and I did the exact same thing; formatting my recaps quarter by quarter. Like Clutch said, don't really stress yourself too much on the finer points of the game. It's also good to look/read some of NBA.com's or ESPN's recaps and articles to improve your writing and formatting to see how the pros would do it.

Glad to see you try your hand at a dynasty though. With the forum kind of inactive lately and the regular season starting up, it's nice to see people starting to get interested in starting dynasties up again.

[jzonesam]

thanks guys..its just my first time..i will try to improve it.thanks for the suggestion too.

[jzonesam]

Cleveland Cavaliers


Cavs blow Knicks 138-109.James, EXPLODED,breaks career high!Duhon fouled out in 1st half!

GAME RECAP
1st Half
Cavs lead 65-56
The Cavs started a 10-0 run in the start of the first quarter and harassed the interior offense of the Knicks.They went to Shaq early,exploiting Darko Milicic's mismatch with the Diesel.They led by as many as 24 points in the first quarter,but the Knicks woke up and decreased the lead to 12 points during the start of the 2nd quarter.Lebron James' brilliance was again displayed as he put up 24 points,5 steals,3 rebounds and 2 assists in the 1st half.Shaq's dominance in the paint gave him 10 points,4 rebounds and 2 blocks.Chris Duhon fouled out near the end of the 2nd quarter."I decided to gamble on him and I lost.I did not bench him just yet because I think he will be the key to our success here in the 1st half.He was the only player that produced well."Coach D'Antoni was really disappointed and upset with himself as he lost a major contributor to his team.The fouls were mainly offensive fouls and a pair of defensive fouls.Duhon put up 20 points,4 assists and a steal to finish the night.

2nd Half
Cavs win 138-109
The Knicks found momentum and carried it to the 2nd half.They managed to erase the big lead and brought down the margin to just 4 points.LeBron James answered the call by scoring 40 points in the 2nd half."I felt a sensation in myself that I can do anything I want with the basketball,and I surely did."James was surprised to see that he had broken his career high,which was 56 points.James shot 6 of 15 from the three point line.He also had 6 assists and 6 steals.James finished the night scoring 64 points.Mo Williams came alive by scoring 24 points and having 10 assists.His first double double of the season.He shot 4 of 7 from the three point line.

STAT LEADERS

Scoring Leader-Lebron James

64 points

Assists Leader-Mo Williams

10 assists

Rebounding Leader-Al Harrington

13 rebounds

Blocks Leader-Shaquille O'neal

4 blocks

Steals Leader-Lebron James

6 steals

Next game:Suns vs Cavs at Pheonix

[MikeMan™]

Score's a little unrealistic .

[jzonesam]

yeah.I know.you have any suggestions how i can make the AI boost their defense up?I don't really play defense much.I usually use fast breaks.suggestions are welcome. ummmm..could you teach me how to edit the format of the nba screenshots?so i can upload them here??thx.

[Its_asdf]

Are you playing on PC or on another platform? It would help to have some other pictures other than the ones that you find on nba.com.

[Martti.]

Perhaps you should lower the game tempo, reduce FG/3PT sliders and even pump the playing time to 6-7 min. It should give you more realistic scores.

[MikeMan™]

I can send you my settings if you want .

[jzonesam]

Its_asdf
I'm using nba live 08 in PC.I'm using the pictures of the players here from nba.com.I want to post some screenshots from the game but I think its in a different format.

Martti
tnx for the suggestion.I'll try to find good sliders for my dynasty.

MikeMan™
sure.it could really help me.tnx in advance.

[MikeMan™]

http://www.speedyshare.com/165752826.html

Here ya are .

- Hope it'll help
- Well, maybe you can slow your game a little bit . Are you an "Always Fastbreak" type of player ?

[jzonesam]

not really.but sometimes,after I get the rebound i pass it to the farthest player.lol tnx again!pinoy 4 life.LOL

[jzonesam]

Cleveland Cavaliers



James fouled by Lopez

Cavs trip Suns,win by 2.Jamison,starting well


GAME RECAP
1st Half
Cavs lead 68-57
The Suns started out strong in the first quarter with solid ball movement and high percentage shots.Nash led the Suns in scoring with 12 in the first quarter.James started the game with a three-pointer and heated from there.He shot 3 of 3 from rainbow country and finished the first quarter with 20 points,however he could not continue his streak and only made one three-pointer in the 2nd quarter.Dudley hit a three pointer with one second left in the first quarter to put the Suns up by 2,but the Cavs would retaliate,weaving a 13-0 run in the start of the 2nd quarter.Jamison has been superb so far on his debut night with the Cavs.He scored 19 points along with 3 assists and 2 rebounds."I think he needs to concentrate more on rebounding tonight.He can leave the heavy scoring to LeBron and the other guys,but he did a great job racking up those points to put us ahead."Coach Mike Brown said before leaving for the locker rooms.

2nd Half
Cavs win 112-110
The Suns managed to cut the deficit to 3 at the end of the third quarter as the Cavs' sloppy plays turned into scoring opportunities.Led by Steve Nash's 27 point performance along with 6 assists.Stoudemire paired with Nash scoring 19 points.The Cavs were no able to perform well in the third.Jamison did not score and James only scored 4 points.Most of the score came from the bench,as Gibson put up 5 points to lead the Cavs in scoring during the third quarter.The score was cut even lower during the 4th quarter as the Suns led the Cavs by as high as 5.James scored 15 of his 39 points in the 4th quarter and also hit the game winner.The game was tied 110 apiece when Hill made the driving layup.On the other end,James missed the jumper and was rebounded by Stoudemire.He pushed the ball up court and drove in for the layup which he missed.The ball was rebounded by Jamison and they called time out.Mike Brown came up with the play that sealed the Cavs' win.He placed James as the inbounder and then got the ball to Williams, which gave the handoff back to James.Stoudemire managed to tip the ball away from James' hand while he was driving,but he was able to recover and made the layup to win the game.The Cleveland bench ran across court and joined the celebration with the King.


STAT LEADERS

Scoring Leader-Lebron James

39 points

Assists Leader-Mo Williams

10 assists

Rebounding Leader-Amare Stoudemire

14 rebounds

Blocks Leader-Amare Stoudemire

4 blocks

Steals Leader-Anthony Parker

5 steals

Next game:Warriors vs Cavs at Golden State






Cleveland Cavaliers



James drives against Biedrins

Cavs beat Warriors 109-86.James,another dazzling night.Jamison proving once again

GAME RECAP
James posted yet another dazzling night posting 48 points,His 4th straight 30+ point games in 4 games.James hit 4 three pointers in the 2nd half to help balloon the lead.James tallied 48 points,5 rebounds,4 assists and 5 blocks.Jamison was the player that everybody expected to be.He posted 20 points,7 rebounds and 5 assists to solidify the lead that the Cavs established.The Big Diesel had an incredible performance for his size(literally).He scored just 6 points but gathered 9 rebounds and dished out 9 assists to lead the game."I think he just brought Steve Nash to Cleveland"Mo Williams joked during the press conference.Williams scored 14 points along with 7 rebounds but wasn't able to dish an assist."Mike Brown switched our position and roles.He placed Mo in center and i played guard."said Shaq as he joked back on Williams.Anthony Parker also had a great night.He scored 14 points along with 7 rebounds and 3 assists.The Cavs continue their roadtrip with 4 more games.

STAT LEADERS

Scoring Leader-Lebron James

48 points

Assists Leader-Shaquille O'neal

9 assists

Rebounding Leader-Andris Biedrins

10 rebounds

Blocks Leader-Lebron James

5 blocks

Steals Leader-Monta Ellis

4 steals

Next game:Jazz vs Cavs at Utah

[Clutch]

The Big Diesel had an incredible performance for his size(literally).He scored just 6 points but gathered 9 rebounds and dished out 9 assists to lead the game

too bad/good thing shaq didn't defer to kobe like that for a few more years in LA; together they would've had more rings than either would know what to do with

[jzonesam]

a sign that he's getting to old for this..

[Its_asdf]

Do you know how to post your screenshots jzonesam? If you do, then they can really make your dynasty a lot more presentable.

[jzonesam]

nope..that's my problem..i'v been asking but no one replied to it..I have a problem with the format.it can't be read by photobucket

[MikeMan™]

Edit it with MS Paint then "Save as" .jpg/.jpeg then it's all good .

[jzonesam]

tnx