by asgsjb on Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:05 am
Thanks for the return compliment. I enjoyed doing the research...the assessment followed by action is part of the GM fun.
Moved onto the 60-rated players...96 of them! Best buys include: Howard (69 rank, 19 yrs. old, 4.18M, 4 yrs.), M.Miller (68 rank, 24 yrs. old, 5.00M, 6 yrs.), Hinrich (67 rank, 24 yrs. old, 2.28M, 3 yrs.), Josh Howard (huge bargain at 67 rank, 24 yrs old, 824K, 3 yrs.), Magloire (67 rank, 26 yrs. old, 5.00M, 3 yrs.), Curry (66 rank, 22 yrs. old, 3.90M, 1 yr.), Gooden (66 rank, 23 yrs old, 3.21M, 2 yrs.), Battier (66 rank, 26 yrs old, 3.21M, 6 yrs.), B.Gordon (65 rank, 21 yrs old, 3.36M, 4 yrs....but height-impaired), Prince (65 rank, 24 yrs old, 4.19M, 2 yrs.), Bosh (65 rank, 20 yrs. old, 3.13M, 3 yrs), Chandler (64 rank, 22 yrs old, 4.80M, 1 yr.), Joe Johnson (64 rank, 23 yrs old, 2.36M, 1 yr), Dunleavy (63 rank, 24 yrs old, 3.57M, 2 yrs.), Tinsley (63 rank, 26 yrs old, 1.55M, 1 yr.), Peterson (63 rank, 27 yrs old, 5.00M, 3 yrs.), Gerald Wallace (62 rank, 22 yrs old, 1.38M, 1 yr), Childress (62 rank, 21 yrs old, 2.49M, 4 yrs), S.Jackson (62 rank, 26 yrs old, 4.90M, 6 yrs.), Iguodala (62 rank, 21 yrs old, 1.91M, 4 yrs....but I hear he develops poorly compared to real life), Alston (62 rank, 28 yrs old, 3.50M, 6 yrs), Nocioni (61 rank, 25 yrs old, 1.40M, 3 yrs.), C.Butler (61 rank, 24 yrs old, 1.92M, 2 yrs), Arroyo (61 rank, 25 yrs old, 3.37M, 4 yrs), Hayes (61 rank, 23 yrs old, 1.88M, 3 yrs.), M.Daniels (60 rank, 24 yrs old, 4.90M, 6 yrs), Nene (60 rank, 22 yrs old, 2.41M, 2 yrs), Jaric (60 rank, 26 yrs old, 2.10M, 2 yrs), Ford (60 rank, 21 yrs old, 2.15M, 3 yrs.), Glover (60 rank, 26 yrs old, 808K, 1 yr.), Giricek (60 rank, 27 yrs old, 4.00M, 4 yrs), R.Bell (60 rank, 28 yrs old, 825K, 1 yr), and Etan Thomas (60 rank, 26 yrs old, 4.90M, 6 yrs.). As stated in prior posting, the expiring contracts will have different numbers next year, many of them being higher.
I won't do the players in the 50's, but you certainly have to think of players like Deng and Kaman when you think about good values in the 50's.
So there are some good gems if one wants to put together a competitive team and keep under the cap.
You say you are too lazy, but instead, I give you credit for patience. Your method of dealing is very patient and well-thought out. I've thought of doing that too, but when I think of the fact that I may trade for a player I want to then move and then cannot find a buyer or that I may move a center, for example, and then can't find a deal to get a new center and am now stuck with a semi-crappy center...that's tough for me, especially as I do like to play most of the games. So I could try to move Ming to then get Anthony...but what if I can't get Ming back or can't get a worthwhile substitute? That's the part that prevents me from being as risky and patient as you are with the deals. That's why when you look at the deals I throw by you, I am usually getting back a player at the position I am trading away...unless I have a surplus at that spot, of course. So that Shaq deal I was tossing about (for Odom/Jones/Kaman)...getting back Kaman was a key component. Before erasing that league, I did successfully swap Shaq and Stoudemire for Garnett and Jefferson...leaving me Bradley for a starting C. I couldn't move Jefferson for anybody, surprising as that is, and I couldn't manage to land a worthwhile center. I also couldn't get Stoudemire back. I likely didn't try enough steps, but it was the inability to get a center or to move Jefferson that makes me hesitate in taking the long and winding road to deals. Again, I give you credit for that.