Writing History (Phoenix Edition)

[Eurostar]

This is my first dynasty here. Im using default rosters from DDS2. Decided to go with Phoenix because thats where i live! :P

PG - #10 Leandro Barbosa, 27 years old, 6'3" 2.5/2.5
PG - #2 Goran Dragic, 24 years old, 6'4" 2.0/2.5
PG - #13 Steve Nash, 36 years old, 6'3" 3.5/3.5

SG - #23 Jason Richardson, 29 years old, 6'6" 2.5/2.5

SF - #3 Jared Dudley, 24 years old, 6'7" 2.0/2.0
SF - #33 Grant Hill, 37 years old, 6'8" 2.5/2.5
SF - #55 Earl Clark, 22 years old, 6'9" 1.0/1.0
SF - #32 Taylor Griffin, 24 years old, 6'7" 1.0/1.0

C - #15 Robin Lopez, 22 years old, 7'0" 2.0/2.0

Amare Stoudamire is testing free agency and i have 6 contracts that will expire after next season. I have decided to extend 3 of them. Jason Richardson is asking for considerably less money, roughly 5 million per season. For the sake of being fair i will not sign him so low, so i offered him a 53 million 5 year contract. Jared Dudley accepted a 13.6 million 5 year contract as well. Robin Lopez final Rookie Option was picked up, thought i'd see how he do before i decide on extending his contract or not.

On the coaching staff, i decided to part ways with Alvin Gentry. Rudy Tamjanovic seems like a better fit in our system. With a 56% career win percentage, and a faster offensive pace than Gentry, along with equal defensive mentality, i went ahead and signed Rudy for 4 season at 4 million per season.

Next up is the rookie draft. I will cover this in a little bit.

[Eurostar]

I managed to trade Taylor Griffin and my #26 pick, along with a 2012 2nd round pick, for the #19 pick. With that pick Eric Bledsoe was available, he was mocked at #10 so i was excited. My first choice was sharpshooter Luke Babbitt, but maybe i can trade for him later. In the middle of the 2nd round i decided to shop my #56 pick for an earlier pick, surprisingly Miami accepted to trade me the #48 pick for my #56. I was looking at picking sharpshooting playmaker Jerome Randle, but unfortunately he was picked at #42 by the Grizzlies.

Shortly after this incident, I offered Memphis Earl Clark and my #48 for Jerome Randle and Haddadi. Memphis agreed and i was a happy GM! Randle seems pretty promising and he would make a good backup to Nash for a few years. I have no interest in keeping Haddadi really.

In other news, John Wall got #1 overall by Washington. Turner #2 to Philly, Cousins to NJ at #3 and Wesley Johnson to Minny at #4. I guess we will find out who got the steals and who didnt later on in the season!

[Eurostar]

Eric Bledsoe averaged 17.2ppg and 41% 3pt shooting and 2.6spg during preseason while Jerome Randle had 11.4ppg 5apg and 50% 3pt shooting. Looks like we got 2 new 3pt specialists!

Both will still improve even futher, but it all depends how they play with the big boys.