It's always Sunny in Phoenix/ 11-12 Review, 2012 retirees

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Association Settings

Platform: PC

Game: NBA 2k12

Team: Phoenix Suns

Roster: Albys Realistic Roster

Draftees: Real life (Leon40's draft classes of '12, '13, '14 and '15)

Quarter length: 10min (Simulated Games: 12min)

Trade Override: On

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11-12 Season Review

Phoenix Suns


Shannon Brown had a break-out year and won Most Improved Player award

Record: 47-35
Conference: 4th
Division: 2nd
Play-offs: Lost in the First Round (to Golden State)

Team Leaders

PPG: Shannon Brown 17.4 (Steve Nash 16.7)
RPG: Marcin Gortat 9.5 (Channing Frye 8.0)
APG: Steve Nash 7.2 (Grant Hill 2.2)
BPG: Marcin Gortat 1.2 (Channing Frye 1.1)
SPG: Shannon Brown 1.9 (Jared Dudley 1.5)
FG%: Robin Lopez .562 (Marcin Gortat .479)
3P%: Jared Dudley .465 (Michael Redd .436)
FT%: Shannon Brown .909 (Steve Nash .883)
MPG: Steve Nash 32.3 (Shannon Brown 32.2)

For complete Phoenix Suns 11-12 season stats click here

League

Notable Transactions

11/2 Raptors sign Jonas Valanciuans to rookie contract
11/3 Kings sign Wilson Chandler to 1yr/5.76M deal
11/27 Pacers trade: Darren Collison, Louis Amundson, Bucks trade: Andrew Bogut, Jon Leur
12/3 Rockets trade: Jordan Hill, Goran Dragic, Hawks trade: Tracy McGrady, Zaza Pachulia
12/8 Magic trade: Jason Richardson, Larry Hughes, Hawks trade: Joe Johnson
12/11 Timberwolves sign J.R. Smith to 1yr/4.96M deal
12/14 Kings sign Gilbert Arenas to 1yr/3.59M deal
12/16 Pacers trade: David West, Dahntay Jones, Magic trade: Glen Davis, J.J. Redick
12/23 Pistons trade: Ben Gordon, Pacers trade: Jeff Foster, '13 2nd rnd pick
12/25 Pistons fire head coach Lawrence Frank, hire Ted Buchanan
1/4 Cavaliers fire head coach Byron Scott, hire Stephon Daniels
1/13 Kings trade: Wilson Chandler, Tyler Honeycutt, Rockets trade: Patrick Patterson, Hasheem Thabeet
1/24 Bobcats trade: D.J. Augustin, Eduardo Najera, Pistons trade: Tayshaun Prince, '12 2nd rnd pick
1/30 Nuggets trade: Corey Brewer, '13 1st rnd pick, Jazz trade: '13 2nd rnd pick, Jamaal Tinsley
2/12 Bucks sign Keith Bogans to 1yr/970K deal
3/1 Nets sign Andrei Kirilenko to 1yr/2.40M deal
3/18 Knicks sign Kenyon Martin to 1yr/1.56M deal
3/21 Kings fire head coach Paul Westphal, hire Benjamin Farley


Players of the Month



Rookies of the Month




League Leaders



Final Standings



Awards

MVP: LeBron James
MIP: Shannon Brown
DPotY: Dwight Howard
6th Man: Jonas Valanciunas
ROY: Iman Shumpert
CotY: Vinny Del Negro

Play-offs



Finals MVP: Rajon Rondo

[Radioman]

Good Luck,

Shannon Brown lifted you to a strong season. It is going to be interesting where your teams goes from here.

Don't like the Pacers, Collison Bogut trade and the Magic end up with another huge contract in Joe Johnson.

[kibaxx7]

Also Bulls going down in the first round. Interesting, but also weird results

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Give J-Dud some more PT.

[john26]

I like the title - also an IASIP fan and I used it in my old GS assoc. Good luck with this one.

[newc]

Good Luck,

Shannon Brown lifted you to a strong season. It is going to be interesting where your teams goes from here.

Don't like the Pacers, Collison Bogut trade and the Magic end up with another huge contract in Joe Johnson.

Thanks. Brown's performance and whole Suns season was a bit surprising and tbh a little dissapointing too, because I wanted to get a high draft pick, but oh well..
Magic did something they haven't done in RL, they surrounded Howard with talent, their starting 5 looks something like this: Nelson-JJ-Turk-D.West-Howard. That's championship caliber.

Also Bulls going down in the first round. Interesting, but also weird results

Yeah some weird results. I was surprised that Heat didn't won it all, they always seem to win in first year

Give J-Dud some more PT.

I'll see what I can do, but I think he could get more minutes next year, because Hill and Brown contracts expired and they may go somewhere else.

I like the title - also an IASIP fan and I used it in my old GS assoc. Good luck with this one.

Thanks

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Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill highlight 2012 retired player list


Ray Allen celebrating his last championship

The summer of 2012 brings us a list of retired players, who althogether have one 8 NBA championships, have been to 29 all-star games and have won many other awards and honours. Specially arising from this list is Ray Allen, a two time NBA champion,Derek Fisher, a five time NBA champion, Jason Kidd, who is a 10-time NBA all-star and also NBA champion and Grant Hill, who has 7 all-star games under his belt.

"I just didn't see any more motivation for me to continue to play," says Ray Allen, who one his latest ring just two week ago, "I've been on the top twice now and I think it's time to leave it behind and start a new chapter in my life." Jason Kidd has similar opinion: "It's hard to stay on top shape for such a long time, especially if you don't have as much motivation, so I think it's time for me to stop and take care of my health"

Derek Fisher revealed what he will focus on now, when he doesn't have to play basketball anymore: "I'll involve more in players union and try to make this league better." Grant Hill, on the other hand, is looking forward to spend more time with his family now: "I'm not thinking about any big future plays rigth now, you know, I'm just looking forward to all the free time and the opportunity to spend some more quality time with my folks"

These players leave a huge gap in their former teams rosters, which they'll have to fill. Boston will have to find another reliable sharpshooter to complement Rondo in order to repeat their championship season. The Mavericks will probably give the starting PG job to young french man Beaubois, while Suns probably will look to re-build with Grant Hill gone and Steve Nash in free agency.

2012 retired player list:

Ray Allen
Jerry Stackhouse
Raja Bell
Derek Fisher
Jason Kidd
Anthony Carter
Grant Hill
Marcus Camby
Kurt Thomas