The Force Up North S2 | 1-1 | V.S. Cavs/Minor trade/@ DET

[cavs4872]

I have the mindset that with these roster moves the playoffs are a lock for us, whether 1st or 8th seed, so anything less will be a disappointment for me.

[Radioman]

Good Luck ! Maybe you make the 7th or 8th seed and eliminate the Bulls or Heat.

[cavs4872]

That would be sweet I, as well as I'm sure everyone else, love those upsets

[Martti.]

I wouldn't like an upset over Miami.

But a nice group you've got, a play-spot should definitely be in reach.

[cavs4872]

New-look Raptors open up season with comfortable W in Charlotte

New Raptor Nick Young fades away on Antoine Wright to beat the second quarter buzzer


REC | TEAM | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FNL
[0-1] | 13 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 74
[1-0] | 30 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 88

The Bobcats prized free agent signing Al Horford had just 4 points and 11 rebounds in this one.


Key Performers

Charlotte Bobcats

- D.J. Augustin: 17 Pts, 2 Reb, 3 Ast
- Kemba Walker: 14 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl, 7 TO
- Antoine Wright: 13 Pts, 10 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl
- Tyrus Thomas: 8 Pts, 8 Reb, 1 Stl, 1 Blk

Toronto Raptors

- Nick Young: 18 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl (*Debut)
- Andrea Bargnani: 16 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk
- Andre Iguodala: 13 Pts, 3 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Blk
- Samuel Dalembert: 12 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 3 Blk (*Debut/Off Bench)
- Quentin Richardson: 10 Pts, 1 Ast (*Debut)
- Linas Kleiza: 9 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Stl


+ Injury Report
None

[Radioman]

Your team and especially your debutants went very well. Looking forward to the season i hope you can keep it up.

[cavs4872]

Thanks Radio

[rise]

Wow the Bobcats actually got a center worth talking about!

Nice debut for Nick Young. You can count on Nick Young in video games.

[cavs4872]

Thanks for the comment dude Next game recap coming up soon.

[cavs4872]

Raptors drop key game to Heat in second outing of season

LeBron James posterized the shot-blocking Samuel Dalembert on one of his many dunks.

Box Score

REC | TEAM | FNL
[2-0] | 106
[1-1] | 88

TORONTO (AP) -- With no nationally televised games last season, the Raptors got their first of quite a few this season in a trip to Miami which was aired Saturday night on ESPN. The Raptors jumped out to a quick lead early, but Wade, Lebron, and surprisingly free agent acquisition Flip Murray, who made seemingly 80 contact layups, were just too overpowering for Toronto.

Next Game: @ MIL [0-0]

Key Player Stats

Miami Heat

- Dwyane Wade: 23 Pts (8/12 FT), 6 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Blk
- Ronald Murray: 21 Pts, 1 Ast, 2 Stl
- LeBron James: 18 Pts, 6 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk

Toronto Raptors

- Andrea Bargnani: 28 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Blk
- Samuel Dalembert: 11 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk
- Hasheem Thabeet: 10 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk (11 Min)
- Nick Young: 8 Pts, 1 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl
- Andre Iguodala: 6 Pts (2/6 FG), 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl

+ Injury Report
None

[cavs4872]

I went to play the next game after simming a few and was tired of it by the start of the 4th, so I bumped the quarter length back down to 7 min.

[Radioman]

Wade and the Heat just seem to be a bit to strong for you.

[cavs4872]

Radioman, Flip Murray was playing out of this world too.

A bit off-topic but as I'm writing this I have Live in the background and the song La la la by De La Soul is terrific

Next 4 games (simmed):

• @ MIL: W 83-73
• BOS: L 63-91
• NY: L 72-80
• @ CHI: L 56-66

- Record for these games: [1-3]
- Season record: [2-4]

• Next game: @ [3-2]

A bit rough but all good teams we lost to.

[cavs4872]

Raptors' starting C Thabeet out for 1 week with injury



Toronto (AP) -- The Toronto Raptors expect to be without starting center Hasheem Thabeet for about one week. He sustained a lowered back strain in Toronto's loss to the Bulls on Saturday. Samuel Dalembert will replace him in the starting lineup.

[cavs4872]

Johnson propels Hawks past Raptors at Philips

A key matchup at the small forward position: Josh Smith being guarded by Andre Iguodala.

Box Score

REC | TEAM | FNL
[4-2] | 71
[2-5] | 59

Key Player Stats

Atlanta Hawks

- Joe Johnson: 21 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast
- Marvin Williams: 15 Pts (12 Min), 6 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Blk
- Kirk Hinrich: 12 Pts, 3 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl
- Tayshaun Prince: 9 Pts, 8 Reb

Toronto Raptors

- Nick Young: 13 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Blk
- Andrea Bargnani: 12 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl
- Andre Iguodala: 11 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stll

+ Injury Report

Toronto Raptors

• Hasheem Thabeet: Out - Lower back strain

[cavs4872]

Next 2 games (simmed):

• @ ORL: W 74-47
• @ WAS: W 70-58

- Record for these games: [2-0]
- Season record: [4-5] (9th place in the Eastern Conference)

• Next game: @ [3-6]

Raptors tweak starting lineup, hoping for more production from Iguodala



Toronto (AP) -- While Raptors' starting SF Andre Iguodala hasn't had a terrible season, he is underperforming a bit, averaging 11.6 PPG (37% FG), 3.7 RPG, and 3.1 APG. He will move to his natural position, SG, in the starting lineup. With Hasheem Thabeet coming back from injury and having started at center since the beginning season, Sameul Dalembert will replace him in the starting lineup. Linas Kleiza, who hadn't started a game for Toronto this season or last season, will become a starter at the SF position. He's been solid for the Raptors this past and current season. Streaky SG Nick Young will come off the bench to hopefully provide a sixth man scoring attack like Jamal Crawford. Jerryd Bayless will stay at PG, ditto Andrea Bargnani at PF. The Raptors currently stand at 9th place in the East, hoping to make the playoffs after being the NBA's worst team last season.

[LegoLand]

Good sim, nice two wins. Iguodala has very poor fg, only 37%, i hope he will shoot better. Good luck.

[Radioman]

I hope Iggy can increase his effort in the next games.

[mp3]

Lovin this so far man keep it up!

[cavs4872]

Good to see you back mp3

[Red Rocket]

Gosh I keep forgetting to check this out. I like the looks of this. End the Hawks' second-round struggle. Once Iggy gets going and you're comfortable with him, I see you doing some damage in the East. Good luck though.

[cavs4872]

Alright guys. As soon as I get home from vacation on Friday and I have the time I'm gonna be upgrading this story to 2K12. I didn't want to abandon another story and I was getting tired of Live 10 because of the dice-roll shot making and overall just awkward and robotic feel of it. I'll make all of the moves up to this point in the association and use the real rookies for the draft; I'll make a couple of posts showing you how it'll all come together. Will start playing the actual 2K12 association the first game of the second season.

[mp3]

Your making the right call with 2k12 i re bought live 10 a few months ago and running a season on there is hard work!

[qfrmcpt310]

That's good your're making the switch, I've been getting tired of 2k lately, but remember Live's problems and it makes me continue on with 2k. Good to know you'll keep this going though

[cavs4872]

The Transition




NBA Live 10 ------------------- NBA 2K12


This actually look like a downgrade lol, but the new Xbox doesn't allow you to upload pics to 2K share because it didn't come with a hard drive or something (not something I'm gonna spend a lot of time trying to figure out). Have to take pics of the screen with the built-in camera on my Macbook , but they'll do.


A couple of things I had to change/happened when catching this up in 2K12...

The Dirk to Nuggets trade involved the teams also swapping Al Harrington (DEN) for James Posey (DAL), and Denver giving Dallas their current 1st round pick.
I couldn't get Thabeet because he was in the D-League; will have to try to get him during the offseason
The Raptors were 3-6 at the All-Star break, and they had 2 All-Stars make the cut: Iguodala (8.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.3 APG with PHI) and Bargnani (18.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG), who was 4th in the league in scoring at the time
On contract extension day, extended Jerryd Bayless for a 5 year, $16.8M contract (around $3M per year)
The Dwight Howard led Orlando Magic (same team as the current one, no moves) won the NBA championship 3-1 (5 game series) over OKC; they swept Miami in the Conference Finals
Rip Hamilton, Anthony Parker, Marcus Camby, Grant Hill, Derek Fisher headline retirees. Byron Scott, who ended up in Detroit somehow, and George Karl are the only two coaches who retired.


2012 NBA Draft


BIG NEWS: Spurs show big signs of rebuilding as they trade the No. 1 overall draft pick and Tim Duncan for Derrick Williams and Amir Johnson. MIN selects SG Bradley Beal smartly, with Tim Duncan and Kevin Love manning the middle with no room for Anthony Davis.
Anthony Davis goes at 2 to the Hornets. What are the odds?
Thomas Robinson at 3 to DET, Jeremy Lamb to PHX at 4
Cavs trade the 5th pick and Tristan Thompson to the 76ers for Evan Turner and their 2013 2nd round pick. The 6ers take Harrison Barnes at 5.
Sullinger to Nets, MKG lands in Sac-Town


Free Agency



Raptors sign Brandon Bass to a 3 year, $7.19M deal.
Chris Paul creates quite a situation signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers, pushing Kyrie Irving to the bench. J.R. Smith also signed with CLE.
Vince Carter to the Bulls, Greg Oden picks up career in MIL, Linsanity in Utah, Billups to Indy
Heat, Thunder stay pat with rosters after playoff busts last season (Nocioni to OKC only move I noticed)
Knicks strengthen role player core with the additions of Shannon Brown and Spencer Hawes
Agent 0 signs with Suns, to start in the backcourt alongside Nash
Yi to take over starting PF spot in Dallas after the departure of Dirk last season