My Cavs franchise, with LeBron James! (3rd season now!)

[Colin]

yeh< I enjoy reading this stuff. Like your screenies wez. Both of you please keep it coming.

[Bill Russell]

how's Jumaine Jones filling out now?
when i was doing my cavs season JJ was great at catch and shoot player for me , also hit his share of 3's.

Forgot to answer that, my bad.

Well, Jumaine Jones isn't a good player... I tried using him as you said, a spot-up shooter, didn't work. I remember, back in my Philly franchise in Live 2001, he was good at that. Doesn't work now, dunno. I will resing him and trade him for some better player in the offseason. I'm thinking about trading Darius Miles and DaJuan Wagner for Ben Wallace and some other Pisstons player. Tried that just to test, it worked, ; I'll try to trade Ilgauskas and Boozer for Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis too. This is a great trade for me, cos Sabonis contract (about 150.000 points) expires after one season... Voila, cap space to get some bench help.

I'd get a lineup like:

Ben Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Dunno (once, just testing, I signed Ron Artest on the free agency)
Ricky Davis
LeBron Bron Bron

What do you guys think? Opinions please.

Well, dreamin' aside, I played another game tonight. Against the Hornets, lost, due to Baron Davis' 33 points, 3 boards and 5 assists. He nailed a three pointer with the game on the line, there was nothing I could do about it.

Mashburn had 18 points, 5 boards and 2 assists, Wesley had 15 points and 4 assists, nothing else for them.

For my team, Ilgauskas was the top player, with 21 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block. Boozer had 12 points and 13 boards, plus 1 assist and 1 block, DaJuan Wagner had 11 points, 2 boards and 3 assists, Ricky Davis had 14 points, 5 boards and 5 assists and 2 steals, and LeBron James had 20 points, 4 boards and 8 assists, plus 2 blocks.

I'm 15-11 now, 4th on the East.

Later,

[Bill Russell]

I'm back folks!!

Well, decided to continue my Cavs experience... I had 2 games left on my 1st season... Grizzlies and Knicks... Had problems with them, decided to sim both... Won the first, lost the second. Finished the season 16-12, good for 3rd on the East.

Here are the final stats for my players:

Zydrunas Ilgauskas: 21 games played, 16.3 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 1.4 spg, 1.6 apg, 2.0 tpg
Carlos Boozer: 25 games played, 10.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 0.6 bpg, 1.3 spg, 1.3 apg, 1.3 tpg
Ricky Davis: 28 games played, 21.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 0.5 bpg, 1.4 spg, 2.9 spg, 2.8 tpg
Dajuan Wagner: 25 games played, 16.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.5 bpg, 1.2 spg, 2.8 apg, 2.6 tpg
LeBron James: 28 games played, 19.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 0.9 spg, 7.9 apg, 4.2 tpg

Darius Miles: 22 games played, 11.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.5 bpg, 0.9 spg, 0.9 apg, 1.2 tpg
Smush Parker: 20 games played, 4.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.0 bpg, 0.3 spg, 2.6 apg, 0.9 tpg
Jumaine Jones: 21 games played, 4.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.1 bpg, 0.5 spg, 0.7 apg, 0.5 tpg
DeSagana Diop: 22 games played, 3.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 0.5 bpg, 0.8 spg, 0.8 apg, 0.5 tpg
Chris Mihm: 18 games played, 3.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 0.2 bpg, 0.5 spg, 0.6 apg, 0.6 tpg
Milt Palacio: 16 games played, 2.6 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.0 bpg, 0.5 spg, 1.9 apg, 0.7 tpg
Tierre Brown: 14 games played, 1.9 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.0 bpg, 0.3 spg, 1.9 apg, 0.8 tpg
Michael "Yogi" Stewart: 13 games played, 2.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.2 bpg, 0.4 spg, 0.2 apg, 0.4 tpg

End of the year awards:

MVP: Tim Duncan
MIP: Ricky Davis
6th man: Suns' Casey Jacobsen
DPOY: Ben Wallace
ROY: LeBron James

All-NBA team:

Shaq / Duncan / KG / Iverson / Baron Davis

All-Defense team:

Ratliff / Duncan / Artest / Iverson / Payton

All-Rookie team:

LeBron James / Jay Williams / Amare Stoudemire / Caron Butler / Yao Ming <-- It's not a typo, and yeah, I know, it's wrong, I put LeBron on last year's rookie class...

Played 1st playoff game, too. Against the New Orleans Hornets. Won, 99-93. It was a good game, much different than that Lakers franchise crap.

Stats here:

Ilgauskas: 9 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
Boozer: 14 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block (dominating on D)
Davis: 20 points, 2 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal
Wagner: 20 points, 2 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals (POG, scored like the 1st 8 points of the 4th quarter)
James: 17 points, 3 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks

Miles: 12 points, 3 boards, 2 blocks
Not much from the others...

For the Hornets:

Baron Davis: 31 points, 3 boards, 6 assists... usual dominant self, dunking at will
Jamal Mashburn: 19 points, 2 boards, 4 assists, 6 steals (!)
Jamaal Magloire: 13 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 2 blocks

I got so happy I didn't even bother to check who I'm goin' to face next...

[Vins15]

try to get rid of Yogi,Mihm for a better 6th man..or a starter like Clark or sumthing...u need better big man to back up boozer and ilgauskus...

[Bill Russell]

Well Vins15, we're in the NBA Live World, injuries doesn't exist! Ilgauskas' feet are made of iron here! lol, Boozer plays heavy mins for me, so my bench help for he and Z are ok IMO... I'll see what I can do after the season is over...

Well folks, conference semifinals for me, against Boston... Best of 3 games. Won the 1st one, something like 102-93. It was a flawless game by me, I really enjoyed playin' this game!

Stats:

Ilgauskas: 26 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks
Boozer: 6 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal
Davis: 26 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal
Wagner: 14 points, 1 board, 6 assists, 1 steal
James: 20 points, 9 boards, 12 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks (POG - as dominant as ever... I really enjoy playin' with this guy)

Miles: 4 points, 1 board, 1 steal
not much else for the others...

For Boston:

Tony Delk: 32 points, 7 assists
Kedrick Brown (starting at SF!): 20 points, 6 boards, 2 assists
Paul Pierce: 17 points (6/15 FG), 3 boards, 2 assists
Antoine Walker: 6 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 5 steals

[Bill Russell]

Well guys I played another game yesterday before goin' to bed. I was ahead of Boston, 1-0, but for some reason my 2nd game couldn't load, so I simmed it (lost @ home) then went to face Boston at the Fleet Center. I won, 96-93, and advanced. Now I'm goin' to face Indiana in the Eastern conference finals. On the West the matchup is Seattle (!) vs. Minnesota.

Here are the stats for the 3rd game:

Ilgauskas: 23 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks (POG)
Boozer: 10 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal
Davis: 20 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals
Wagner: 16 points, 3 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal
James: 10 points, 2 boards, 3 assists, 1 block, 1 steal (foul trouble)

Miles: 16 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal (played really well)

For the Celtics:

Pierce: 28 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
Walker: 10 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals
Delk: 12 points, 6 assists
K. Brown: 10 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal
Battie: 12 points, 6 boards, 4 blocks

and someone else who scored 10 points, too, can't remember who is it.

[d3vilm4n]

Are you still looking for a SF? If so how about Andrei Kirilenko? He is quite good to play with, He can hit open shots from all over and isn't too bad in the paint, also he usually develops into a superstar quite quickly. Just a suggestion...

[Bill Russell]

That's ok man, I'll take a look into AK-47 when the offseason comes,

I played another game, crushed the Pacers, 110-88. Got a big early lead and closed the 1st quarter on perfect fashion, 25-12, with a 15-7 edge on the boards.

My stats:

Ilgauskas: 6 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks
Boozer: 6 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals
Davis: 16 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals
Wagner: 16 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
James: 27 points, 2 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block (POG)

Miles: 18 points, 2 boards, 3 assists, 1 block
Diop: 8 points, 2 boards, 1 block
Mihm: 4 points, 7 boards, 1 assist

For the Pacers:

Tinsley: 28 points, 3 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals
Artest: 8 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals
O'Neal: 7 points (2/7 FG), 8 boards, 2 blocks
Rim Bender: 14 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks
Harrington: 5 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 3 steals
B. Miller: 3 points, 4 boards, 1 block (foul trouble, heh)
R. Miller: 9 points, 1 board, 1 assist

(Y)

[Nick]

Enjoying reading about this franchise, keep us posted Talesy.

[Dramacydal]

That's ok man, I'll take a look into AK-47 when the offseason comes,

what about Big Dog, btw? he can shoot from outside or post up in the paint, its really fun playin wit him in mah sixers franchise, jalen rose is a cool sf, 2

[Bill Russell]

Cool, but I don't want a forward who dominates the ball so much... I want the ball to be in LeBron's hand most of the time... That's why, as I said in previous posts, I might look to trade Ilgauskas/Boozer/Wagner/Miles for Ben Wallace/Rasheed Wallace/someone else... I think that works fine with the playin' style I have.

BTW, I'll be away for 3 days, when I come back I'll see if I can play another game and keep you guys posted,

[Dramacydal]

ok, do that but please, dont trade wagner

[Bill Russell]

Oh, ok,

[Vins15]

trade Miles man...he will not get much time behind ur Bron Bron...

[Bill Russell]

Alright, played another game tonight, against the Pacers, I won and qualified to the NBA finals, against, heh, Seattle!!

I won 103-91...

Ilgauskas: 14 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals
Boozer: 7 points, 11 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal
Davis: 25 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals
Wagner: 12 points, 1 board, 6 assists, 4 steals
James: 27 points, 4 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, 1 block (POG)

Miles: 6 points, 3 boards, 3 assists
Mihm: 6 points, 4 boards

For the Pacers:

B. Miller: 7 points, 4 boards, 1 block (foul trouble)
O' Neal: 16 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 3 steals, 2 blocks
Artest: 9 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
R. Miller: 27 points, 2 boards, 1 assist
Tinsley: 17 points, 2 boards, 12 assists

Harrington: 7 points, 2 boards, 3 assists
Bender: 9 points, 3 boards (strangely, he always subs in for B. Miller, even when the team still has Jeff Foster at backup C)

Alright, till Seattle,

[Vins15]

wow Reggie is on fire and Bron Bron and Davis are just awsome....play more...

[Ruff Ryder]

Just wonderin, what was weggie miller from 3pt. 9for9

[Dramacydal]

cmon, play some more games, i really wanna no how u doin in the finals

[Vins15]

com'on tales play more games..we wanna see how u do...

[Bill Russell]

Well guys, I've been kinda busy these days as uni classes started all over again...

I tried to play the first game but for some reason I couldn't load it, so I simmed it and lost, then I was able to load the 2nd game and won it, so the series is tied 1-1.

I'll post the stats later,

[Dramacydal]

i think i waited long enough... so please post the stats or play some more games

[Bill Russell]

Sorry for no posting all those days, guys.

Well, I played the last game of the championship series and won it. Cavs NBA champions... lol

LeBron was POG on the last game, though Ricky Davis was MVP of the Finals.

Well I also started my 2nd season... I did some wheelin' and dealin' and got a team like:

Ben Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Qyntel Woods
Ricky Davis
LeBron James

I saved all my stats, I already played two games on this new season... I'm gonna post them, along with the final game of last season stats, too...

[Vins15]

wow great team can u show us ur bench players too?and don't sign players like TD to minumn contract..it'll make the game boring...

[Dramacydal]

oh my god, please tell me u didnt trade dajuan! no, no, no, u cant trade wagner, where is he?

[Bill Russell]

I didn't trade Wagner... I'll post the stats & roster later guys, sorry!