ASA 5 Chicago Bulls Dynasty

All Star Association (ASA) is a different kind of dynasty. Instead of having 1 user controlling the fate of a franchise, we have 30 live players from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia! For each week our team plays 2 human games (human bulls vs cpu), 2 cpu games (cpu bulls vs human) and 2 sim games (cpu bulls vs cpu). But otherwise we run FA signings, trades and practices just like the dynasty mode! Our season will start in next week, and for the duration of ASA 5, I will cover the journey of the Chicago Bulls team. Hope all of you enjoy it!

Backtrack -- ASA 4

Starting lineup -- Chicago Bulls
C PF SF SG PG

and a rookie-filled bench
SG/PG Bob Sura
C Josh Childress
SF Marcus Haislip
PF JR. Smith
PG Nelson
SG Tony Allen
PF/C Zendon Hamilton

The team advanced to the playoffs as the 7th seed in the East but eliminated by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of playoffs.

Childress at Center?

lol. yeah. I thought Cato had the bulk of time at center so I didn't think much about it. Looking back, it might be one of the reasons for the short playoff run.

The Hawks won the series 4-2

Anyway back to the ASA 5 Off-season story.

After a quick playoff exit, the Bulls decide to rebuild the team, as it is heavily filled with rookies with potential but not yet ready to contribute.

At the resigning period, the Bulls made the following transaction:
Cap room for this season at 42 million

Resign Ray Allen for 9.53 million
Resign Stackhouse for 6.86 million
Resign Bob Sura for 4.5 million
Resign Kelvin Cato for 4.95 million

Release Zendon Hamilton
Release Marcus Haislip

That still leave me with these players

ur team full w/ guars. trade for some big men and put smith in for buford

The first trade I made with the Lakers allowed me to get a high pick in the Free Agent draft plus a relatively decent player

LA Lakers sent:
, future 2nd Chicago Free Agent Draft pick

Chicago sent:
, 3rd overall Free Agent Draft pick

My updated rosters after the trade

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The second trade of the Bulls with the LA Clippers gave the Bulls a second weapon to complement Ray Allen. While Brent Barry demands a huge salary, his shooting and atheletism remains a hugely valuable commodity to the Bulls' staff.

LA Clippers sent:
, 16th overall FA pick

Chicago sent:
, 3rd overall FA pick

Bull's rosters after the trade

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Yo Ed!!

whats up man, what you doin here heheeheheh

your goin down this year, watch out for Dwight n my Cavs

Sup Laddas! Just kind of journaling my ASA 5 trades and games.

Seeing no better alternative in the FA pool, the Bulls made another trade with the LA Clippers to acquire the efficient but underappreciated Kurt Thomas.

LA Clipper sent:


Chicago sent:
, 16th overall FA pick

Bull's rosters after the trade

Uhh, this thing sounds cool.. But I don't really get it...
Anyway, good luck with your games...
But why on earth do you need Kurt Thomas?

A simple explanation is we deal with humans and they don't necessarily give us a good young player all the time

Kurt Thomas had a high overall rating (67), and he actually played pretty well in a sim game.

But bear it with me! We still have lots of time to trade before the season begins.

The Bulls is in dumping mood in the next trade. They have been seeking to trade Stackhouse for a while, and this transaction gave them an extra rookie pick for the 2005 draft. In addition, the Bulls also landed a quick sixth man in Juan Dixon, who performed very well last season with the Cavs.

Cleveland sent:
, Cleveland 1st rookie pick

Chicago sent:


Bull's rosters after the trade

The next trade land the Bulls the superstar that graces the Live 06 cover! Yup, you guessed it...

Chicago sent:


Miami sent:
, future 2nd round rookie pick, future 2nd round FA pick

Bull's rosters after the trade

In a non-eventful FA draft, the Bulls only armed with late compensation picks.
They have selected two minimal players to strengthen the back end of the bench.

Chicago selected


Wagner has since been release due to lack of cap room whereas Curry was signed to a 2 year contract for veteran's minimum (0.4M)

Bull's updated roster

Taking Cloudy's aforementioned comment into consideration, the Bulls thought long and hard about big Kurt's role on the team -- he is a good rebounder, but at the same time, we could also use his salary to have someone younger. Hence the Bulls pulled the last trade of the offseason -- a trade with the Toronto Raptors.

Chicago sent:
, future Bulls' 2nd rookie pick

Toronto sent:
, future Raptors' 1st Free Agent draft pick.

Chicago updated roster:

Bonus coverage:

Dwyane Wade interview

Spring Training Camp:

One on one matchup
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In the first week of the season the Bulls saw the LA Clippers released Bonzi Wells. The Bulls made a 4 year, 6.25 million offer to him, which he gladly took. To accomodate the salary and to rectify the lack of big man, the bulls also signed Derek Fisher, Cezary Trybanski, Matt Freije and Robert Pack. On the other hand, Derek Anderson, Michael Curry and Juan Dixon are released to the FA pool.

Chicago updated roster:

Wow Wade killed Nelson

Yep, Wade was too athletic for Nelson to contain.

Right at the helm of the first game the Bulls made a hasty press conference to announce the signing of a future hall of famer, Gary Payton.

While Fisher is an adequate PG, the addition of the Glove is believed to make the Bulls go far this season. In addition to the Gary Payton signing, the Bulls also boosted their front court depth by adding Mikki Moore and role players Randy Livingston and DJ Mbenga. On the sad part, to make the required salary room, the Bulls had to give up Fisher, Pack, Hayes and Freije. Giving up Hayes was especially tough because he was widely regarded as a good scorer with star potential one day. It will always be one of the trickiest question -- do you acquire a younger player in promise of a better future, or a better but older player to help the team achieve a higher standard today?

Chicago updated roster:

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Good job on getting Payton...good luck with him

The season finally debuts!

Game settings: Simulation, 10 min quarters, v.1.13 rosters, custom sliders, all rules on

Week 1 -- Game 1. Chicago(Human) vs Phoenix(CPU)

Final score:
Chi 19-32-31-24 --106
Phx 16-19-20-42 --97

Chicago record (1-0)

See game recap through this link

Week 1 -- Game 2. Chicago(Human) vs Sacramento(CPU)

Final score:
Chi 28-25-18-24 --95
Sac 33-21-22-24 --100

Chicago record (1-1)

See game recap through this link

Week 1 -- Game 3. Chicago(CPU) vs Utah(Human)

Final score:
Chi 21-24-24-28 --97
Utah 26-22-22-26 --96

Chicago record (2-1)

See game recap through this link


Week 1 -- Game 4. Chicago(CPU) vs Atlanta(Human)

Final score:
Chi 17-28-23-30 --98
Atl 21-38-17-31 --107

Chicago record (2-2)

See game recap through this link

Good stuff. I can't believe the Barry VS. Anderson Game.