Garden Of Oden: RELOADED | NLSC Draftees??

[Lamrock]

Rules

Game: NBA 2K11 (Xbox 360)
Team: Portland Trailblazers

Rosters: Current (as of September 10, 2012), downloaded off 2KShare and updated
Sliders: My own, adjusting as I play
Difficulty: All-Star
Played Quarters: 10 minutes
Simmed Quarters: 12 minutes
Games Played/Simmed Ratio: 1/1
Real Player FG%: Yes
Real Player FT%: Yes
Clutch Factor: No
NBA Rules: All on

Season Length: 29 games
Playoff Format: 7-7-7-7
Draftees: Real, downloaded off 2KShare
Fantasy Draft: No
Allow CPU Trades: Yes
Trade Override: No
Progressive Fatigue: Yes
Player Roles: Yes
Pre-Season: Off

First time readers: Please click here

[Lamrock]

Recap Archive

3/6/12 | Blazers Pull Away In Fourth To Win Opener In Toronto
3/10/12 | News Round-Up: March 10, 2012
3/17/12 | Week 2: March 11-March 17
3/24/12 | Week 3: March 18-March 24
3/31/12 | Week 4: March 25-March 31
4/1/12 | Month In Review: March 2012
4/7/12 | Week 5: April 1-April 7
4/14/12 | Week 6: April 8-April 14
4/19/12 | 2012 All-Star Weekend
4/21/12 | Week 7: April 15-April 21
4/24/12 | Blazers' Playoff Hopes In Serious Jeopardy As Knicks Stun Blazers
4/25/12 | Blazers Defeat Golden State, Clinch Playoff Seed
4/26/12 | Final Night Of The Season
4/27/12 | 2011-12 At A Glance

4/28/12 | Western Conference 1st Round Game 1: Portland @ Oklahoma City (Other Game 1's)
4/30/12 | Thunder Blow Out Blazers To Knot Series (Other Game 2's)
5/2/12 | Western Conference Quarterfinals Game 3: Thunder @ Blazers (Other Game 3's + RotY Announced)
5/4/12 | Blazers Rout Thunder To Even Series (Other Game 4's + MIP Announced)
5/7/12 | Blazers Stun Thunder To Take 3-2 Series Lead (Other Game 5's + DPotY Announced)
5/9/12 | Roy Knocks Out Thunder With Buzzer-Beater Three (Other Game 6's + 6MotY Announced) (Game 7's + MVP Announced)

5/14/12 | Warriors Weather Storm, Take Game 1 (Other Game 1's + CotY Announced)
5/16/12 | Big Win Comes At Big Cost (Other Game 2's + All-NBA Teams Announced)
5/19/12 | Trail Blazers Rout Warriors, Take Game 3 (Other Game 3's + All-Rookie Teams Announced)
5/21/12 | Warriors Hold On To Knot Series (Other Game 4's + All-Defense Teams Announced)
5/24/12 | Blazers Weather Injury Storm Better, Take 3-2 Lead (Other Game 5's)
5/26/12 | Blazers' Edge. (Other Game 6's + NBA News)

5/29/12 | Grizzlies Rout Blazers, Take Game One (Other Game 1 + NBA News)
5/31/12 | Blazers Tie Series Behind Roy's Vintage Game (Other Game 2)
6/3/12 | Roy Explodes For 36, Leads Blazers To Comeback Win (Other Game 3)
6/5/12 | Grizzlies Crash And Burn, Go Down 3-1 (Other Game 4)
6/8/12 | Aldridge Carries Blazers To NBA Finals (Other Game 5 & 6 + NBA News) (Other Game 7)

6/15/12 | Allen, Celtics Too Much For Blazers
6/17/12 | Blazers Knot Series With Fourth Quarter Run
6/20/12 | BOSTON WINS GAME 3
6/22/12 | Celtics Hold Off Blazers To Take 3-1 Lead
6/25/12 | CELTICS WIN 2012 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP

Article Archive

9/13/11 | Negotiation Falls Through, Lockout To Continue
11/5/11 | Blazers To Revamp Front Office With New GM, Assistant GM
3/1/12 | Blazers Announce 2012 Season Schedule
3/5/12 | "MLE Mania" Sees Many Solid Players Switch Teams
3/20/12 | News Round-Up: March 20, 2012
3/27/12 | Blazers Acquire Carl Landry In Three Player Trade
4/8/12 | LaMarcus Aldridge Voted All-Star Starter
6/27/12 | 2012 Season Wrap-Up

4/26/12 | 2012 First Round Playoff Preview
5/12/12 | 2012 Conference Semifinals Preview
5/27/12 | 2012 Conference Finals Preview
6/14/12 | 2012 NBA Finals Preview

Narrative Archive

S01E01 | Episode 1: The NBA's Best Front Office Tandem
S01E02 | Episode 2: I'm Also Your Coach
S01E03 | Episode 3: Worstern Conference Finals

[Lamrock]

Roster

Starters



PG | Raymond Felton | Starter | 81^3
SG | Brandon Roy | Sixth Man | 80^1 (C)
SF | Gerald Wallace | Starter | 86^1
PF | LaMarcus Aldridge | Star | 90^2 (C) *All-Star*
C | Greg Oden | Starter | 78^1

Reserves



F/G | Nicolas Batum | Role Player | 79^1
F | Carl Landry | Role Player | 76^1
G | Elliot Williams | Role Player | 66^2
C/F | Ronnie Turiaf | Role Player | 68^1
G | Patrick Mills | Role Player | 67^1
G | Nolan Smith | Prospect | 64-1
C/F | Chris Johnson | Bench Warmer | 63^1

Injury Reserve



SG | Wesley Matthews | Starter | 54-24
F | Luke Babbitt | Bench Warmer | 63

Head Coach: Nate McMillan (North Carolina State)
Assistant Coaches: Bernie Bickerstaff (San Diego), Kaleb Canales (Texas-Arlington), Bob Ociepka (Quincy College), Buck Williams (Maryland)
NBA Scout: Johnny Malone
Prospect Scouts: Chad Buchanan, Bobby Mason
Trainer: Jay Jensen

Idaho Stampede



G | Armon Johnson | In D-League | 64
G | Jon Diebler | In D-League | 65

Team Achievements

2011-12

- Finished season with 15-14 record
- Qualified for playoffs as #8 seed
- Defeated #1 Oklahoma City in 6 games
- Defeated #4 Golden State in 6 games
- Defeated #2 Memphis in 5 games
- Made NBA Finals

Player Achievements

2011-12

- LaMarcus Aldridge named all-star starter
- LaMarcus Aldridge named to all-NBA first team
- LaMarcus Aldridge named to all-defense second team
- Carl Landry leads league in FG%

Transaction History

2011-12

- 3/5/2012 | Sent Armon Johnson and Jon Diebler to Idaho Stampede
- 3/27/2012 | Traded Marcus Camby and 2012 first-round pick to New York for Carl Landry and Ronnie Turiaf.

2011-12 Player Season Stats

2011-12 Opening Night Roster

PG | Raymond Felton | Starter | 78
SG | Wesley Matthews | Starter | 78
SF | Gerald Wallace | Starter | 85
PF | LaMarcus Aldridge | Star | 87
C | Marcus Camby | Starter | 78
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G | Brandon Roy | Sixth Man | 79
F/G | Nicolas Batum | Role Player | 77
C | Greg Oden | Prospect | 75
G | Patrick Mills | Role Player | 66
G | Elliot Williams | Prospect | 64
C/F | Chris Johnson | Bench Warmer | 62
G | Nolan Smith | Prospect | 65
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F | Luke Babbitt | Bench Warmer | 63

In D-League: Armon Johnson, Jon Diebler

[Lamrock]

Active Contests

Playoff Tipping Game: NBA Finals

Post your predictions for the final round of the 2012 playoffs! Post the team you expect to win the series, and how many games they win it in. Correctly selecting the winning team will get you 2 points, picking the correct team and number of games, you get 5 points. If you are one game off, you get 3 points. One bonus point is added if you correctly pick the lower seed to win and/or a sweep. Correctly picking a seven game series but picking the wrong team is worth one point. Furthermore, correctly picking the Finals MVP is worth 5 points.

Round 4 Multiplier: x2

Series to predict:
(8) Blazers 1-4 Celtics (4)

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Leaderboard

1. shadowgrin | 73
3. Justine. | 71.5
3. dei. | 52
4. Martti. | 46.5
5. Axel. | 43
6. KidJustin | 37.5
7. Thierry | 37
8. dare | 34.5
9. Valor | 31.5
10. z02 | 22
11. badreligionau | 16

Finished Contests

Playoff Tipping Game: Conference Finals

Post your predictions for the third round of the 2012 playoffs! Post the team you expect to win each series, and how many games they win it in. Correctly selecting the winning team will get you 2 points, picking the correct team and number of games, you get 5 points. If you are one game off, you get 3 points. One bonus point is added if you correctly pick the lower seed to win and/or. Correctly picking a seven game series but picking the wrong team is worth one point.

Round 3 Multiplier: x2

Series to predict:

(2) Grizzlies 1-4 Trail Blazers (8)
(3) Magic 3-4 Celtics (4)

Scoreboard

Justine. | 18 Winner (+5 bonus points)
Thierry. | 16
Martti. | 14
z02 | 14
shadowgrin | 12
KidJustin | 8
dei. | 6
Axel. | 6
dare | 0

Playoff Tipping Game: Round 2

Post your predictions for the second round of the 2012 playoffs! Post the team you expect to win each series, and how many games they win it in. Correctly selecting the winning team will get you 2 points, picking the correct team and number of games, you get 5 points. If you are one game off, you get 3 points. One bonus point is added if you correctly pick the lower seed to win and/or. Correctly picking a seven game series but picking the wrong team is worth one point.

Round 2 Multiplier: 1.5

Series to predict:

(8) Blazers 4-2 Warriors (4)
(3) Rockets 0-4 Grizzlies (2)
(1) Bulls 2-4 Celtics (4)
(3) Magic 4-1 Pacers (7)

Scoreboard

Justine. | 22.5 Winner (+5 bonus points)
Thierry | 21
KidJustin | 16.5
Martti. | 13.5
Valor | 13.5
Axel. | 12
shadowgrin | 12
dare | 10.5
dei. | 9
badreligiouau | 6

Playoff Tipping Game

Post your predictions for the first round of the 2012 playoffs! Post the team you expect to win each series, and how many games they win it in. Correctly selecting the winning team will get you 2 points, picking the correct team and number of games, you get 5 points. If you are one game off, you get 3 points. One bonus point is added if you correctly pick the lower seed to win and/or. Correctly picking a seven game series but picking the wrong team is worth one point.

Series to predict:

Thunder 2-4 Blazers
Warriors 4-3 Spurs
Rockets 4-2 Lakers
Grizzlies 4-0 Mavericks
Bulls 4-2 Knicks
Celtics 4-3 Heat
Magic 4-1 Cavaliers
Hawks 2-4 Pacers

Scoreboard

dei. | 22 - Winner (+5 bonus points)
shadowgrin | 18
Axel. | 15
dare | 14
KidJustin | 13
Martti. | 9
Valor | 8
z02 | 8

Award Race Game:

To be revealed during the first round, are the end-of-season NBA awards. While the coach, rookie and most improved awards look like washes, these are the competitive award races to watch. 10 points for each correct winner you pick.

Most Valuable Player
Kevin Durant: 26.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 27.3 PER (Thunder: 20-9)
LeBron James: 23.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.8 APG, 24.3 PER (Heat: 16-13)
Zach Randolph: 19.1 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 21.0 PER (Grizzlies: 19-10)
Derrick Rose: 27.1 PPG, 8.1 APG, 3.9 RPG, 31.1 PER (Bulls: 20-9) - Winner
Josh Smith: 17.7 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 3.2 APG, 2.4 APG, 1.9 BPG, 25.2 PER (Hawks: 18-11)

Sixth Man:
Andre Miller: 12.0 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 2.6 RPG, 18.0 PER (Nuggets: 15-14)
Lamar Odom: 13.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 14.2 PER (Lakers: 16-13)
Brandon Roy: 14.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.4 RPG, 21.9 PER (Blazers: 15-14)
Louis Williams: 19.6 PPG, 4.0 APG, 19.5 PER (Sixers: 10-19) - Winner
Thaddeus Young: 16.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 15.1 PER (Sixers: 10-19)

Defensive Player:
LaMarcus Aldridge: 8.8 RPG, 2.0 BPG, 1.9 SPG (Blazers: 15-14)
Blake Griffin: 12.3 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 1.1 BPG (Clippers: 13-16)
Dwight Howard: 12.4 RPG, 2.0 BPG, 1.1 SPG (Magic: 17-12)
Josh Smith: 8.7 RPG, 2.4 SPG, 1.9 BPG (Hawks: 18-11)
Tyrus Thomas: 10.2 RPG, 2.2 BPG, 1.7 SPG (Bobcats: 13-16) - Winner

Scoreboard

shadowgrin | 20 - Winner (+5 bonus points)
badreligionau | 10
Martti. | 10
dei. | 10
Valor | 10
dare | 10
Axel. | 10
z02 | 0
KidJustin | 0

[Martti.]

Not waiting for 2K12? Anyway, can't wait, yours have always been a great to read.

[newc]

Lamrock is back. Hope this lasts long

[Lamrock]

Thanks guys. I'm not making any promises with this one. Just figured I may as well make a thread since I've been playing it so much. Decided to start this association on a whim and now that the season is underway, I felt like sharing. With a lack of disposable income and the quality of 2KShare rosters (as opposed to having no rookies with 2K12), 2K11 should do just fine.

[rise]

AWESOME. I love the Blazers right now.

[Houndy]

Lets see whaT THE L-Train has up his sleeve

[Lamrock]

Negotiation Falls Through, Lockout To Continue
Posted September 13, 2011; 10:58 PM
by Ken Chalmers

New York, NY - All hope of the 2011-12 season starting on time seems to have been lost today, after the two sides met for roughly three hours. After making some headway last week, a meeting on Tuesday was scheduled to see if there truly was a chance of getting a deal done. A source close to the situation says that negotiation ceased completely after a heated meeting that saw the two sides become more divided than ever.

The players are pursuing a deal similar to the expired CBA, with a salary cap just south of $60 million as well as a soft cap. The owners meanwhile pursue a hard cap of just $45 million. No follow-up meetings were scheduled, and union member Matt "Red Rocket" Bonner tweeted "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck" after the meeting.


We may be here for a while...
The NBA season is scheduled to begin October 27, 2011. The last lockout occurred in 1999 and resulted in a 50 game season. When asked why the deal went through, NBPA Vice President Chris Paul said "You know, my kids have got to eat. Caviar ain't cheap."

Post your thoughts in the comments box and converse with dozens of NBA fans from around the globe!

Comments (5)

9/14 12:34AM Sneijder. Damn that sucks. IMO they should just start a new league.
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9/14 1:02AM Ken Chalmers Interesting point and thanks for commenting! Once again, I urge you all to post comments and let your voice be heard.

9/14 9:39AM Ken Chalmers God damn it.
Billy Knight likes this.

9/14 12:52PM Ken Chalmers Fuck you Billy.
Billy Knight likes this.

9/19 3:04PM So_Appauled I can't believe in this day and age, people still use as degrading and offensive a term as "fuck".

[Axel The Great]

Awesome, is Billy Knight making a return to your stories? Hope this one lasts long.

[shadowgrin]

shadowgrin likes this.

[rise]

Love "Sneijder"'s comment.

[Mavs4Life]

Good luck, Blazers are a great team when healthy.

[qfrmcpt310]

Following this one, always did like your stories

[dare]

Nice to see you back man. Good timing too since most of the great stories are inactive this time.

[Houndy]

C'mon man!

[The X]

Blazers' roster sucks. You'll be lucky to make the playoffs. Good luck

[Lamrock]

Blazers To Revamp Front Office With New GM, Assistant GM
Posted November 5, 2011; 3:54 PM
by Greg_Bowie

In an NBA lockout, it seems just about any NBA news is good news. Such is the case today, as I unexpectedly did not take the day's events poorly - as little sense as they might have made.

The six month long public search for a GM (started by the inexplicable firing of the excellent Rich Cho) has finally concluded. Blazers team president Larry Miller has scheduled a press conference for this evening, and the replacement for interim GM Chad Buchanan is expected to be announce. According to multiple reliable sources, the new general manager of the Portland Trailblazers is...

*drumroll*

Don Nelson! Nelson, 71, is the most winning coach in NBA history but has never won an NBA championship. Next to his accolades, Nelson is likely best known for his unorthodox offensive strategies, which tend to include speeding up the pace, not running plays and not playing defense. It will be interesting to see how the roster moves he makes will complement Nate McMillan's grind it out style. Yikes.


Don't even think about it, Nellie...
Additionally, a young scouting intern in the franchise has unexpectedly been named the assistant general manager. University of Washington graduate Liam Washburn will fill the position. Little else is known about Washburn at this time.

The press conference is scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow. In lockout news, the two sides made their first meeting in nearly two months. No progress has been reported however.

Comments (4)

11/5 3:54PM Vince Dehere First.

11/5 3:55PM Aaron Karl First.

11/5 3:55PM Aaron Karl Shit.
Vince Dehere likes this.

11/5 4:04PM Lenny Wilkins Don Nelson is the most overrated coach ever.

[dare]

Nellie

[The X]

Vince Dehere is a gun.

[Lamrock]

Stephen A Smith
@cheez_A_doodlez

@ NLSC Insider 29 GAMES! Quite frankly this is going to be the Kwame Brown of seasons. RT: NBPA, owners strike deal. 29 game season to begin on March 6. Playoffs to be unaffected
25 Feb

[shadowgrin]

STEPHEN A. SMITH! QUITE FRANKLY I'LL BE DISAPPOINTED IF LAMROCK KILLS THIS STORY EARLY.

[Lamrock]

Blazers Announce 2012 Season Schedule

March 1, 2012 - It's official - we are going to have a season. Well, sorta. The shortened, 29 game regular season will go from March 6 to April 25 and surprisingly feature an all-star game and rookie challenge. (due to the lockout, Los Angeles will host the festivities again - pushing Orlando back to 2013 and Houston to 2014. The season is dense with a myriad of back-to-backs, which could work to the Blazers' advantage based on their record in the second game of back-to-backs last season.

Opening in Toronto, and ending in Golden State, the season will then shift to the playoffs, which will have a full 7-7-7-7 format. The Blazers will play 15 home games and 14 on the road. Get hyped!

3/6 - @ TOR
3/8 - @ NJN
3/9 - @ BOS
3/11 - MIL
3/13 - @ ORL
3/14 - @ DAL
3/16 - PHX
3/17 - UTA
3/19 - @ CLE
3/21 - @ ATL
3/23 - MIA
3/25 - @ PHI
3/26 - @ WAS
3/28 - @ MIN
3/29 - @ SAC
3/31 - SAS
4/1 - LAC
4/3 - @ LAL
4/5 - DEN
4/6 - CHA
4/8 - NOH
4/9 - MEM
4/11 - @ HOU
4/14 - Rookie Challenge
4/15 - All-Star game
4/18 - DET
4/19 - Transaction Deadline
4/19 - IND
4/21 - CHI
4/22 - OKC
4/24 - NYK
4/25 - @ GS
4/28 - 2012 NBA Playoffs

[rise]

So epic, there's two identical schedules!

You definitely need Wallace, Felton, and Batum in that picture too.