by Myles Nelson » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:51 am
That exciting moment when you realize you have a pick in the top 10. I totally forgot I had the Blazers pick this year and they ended up as the 9th worst team in the NBA. Solid.
Chris Paul was the MVP, his first time winning the award and taking it away from Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard did take home Defensive Player of the Year though, with his 3.6 BPG. Our own Tiago Splitter won 6th Man of the Year, thank god because he is one expensive as hell 6th man. Robb Bryson (PG, Atlanta Hawks, 4th pick) was Rookie of the Year, with 16.8 ppg, 5.3 apg, and 1.0 spg. Flip Saunders in Washington won Coach of the Year. Evan Turner was named All-NBA 3rd Team, and Micah Mills was all D-League 2nd Team.
Bill Adamson (the owner) was very pleased with my performance and decided to keep me around. What a nice guy. I was 15M below the salary cap and went 58-24, so it should be expected.
ALSO! Let's catch up on the young players I've traded away, yes?
Paul George - 14.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.3 spg, 39.6% FG
Ed Davis - 10.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 2.2 bpg, 49% FG
Taj Gibson - 8.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 48.9% FG
Tyler Honeycutt - 9.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 45.4% FG
Rodney Stuckey - 14.8 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.3 spg, 38.4 FG
Jordan Crawford - 12.6 ppg, 44.4% FG, 39.7% 3PT
I'm really glad I traded away Stuckey and got the value I did, though Honeycutt has turned out well for the Sixers. Gibson is a good role player, and Ed Davis has really developed well, I'm surprised. George has gotten better at creating a shot for himself but still can't finish unfortunately. His defense is great though. Crawford has become quite the gunner for the Hawks now.
Told my owner we'd take the division and would be around the cap. Probably won't need that much money, and we should do better, but its always better to set the expectations low.
Nothing big to report in the coach hiring phase.
Thank god. Looks like a really deep draft. I'll draft literally any position. I already have my young core intact but it never hurts to add another.
PG Rondo
SG Turner
SF Batum
PF Williams
C Oden
6. Splitter
7. Jerebko
A guard or a wing will be good, but a big man won't hurt either. And I'll consider trading the pick for a good veteran, but the draft class looks solid.
Torn between PG Tristan Aspe (B scoring, A passing, A handling, B stealing, C defense) and SF Robert Johnson (A scoring, B stealing, B defense). From a need perspective, Johnson makes more sense. But Aspe just looks better.
I picked Aspe. IMO, with my roster, I have the luxury to be able to just pick the best player available, who is Aspe, IMO.
Portland's pick, which used to be our pick, is 29th. Sucks to be them!
I now have 5 second round picks. 34, 36, 45, 55, 56. I'm awesome.
PF Antone Preston - North Carolina
C Waitari King - Syracuse
SF Brad Robinson - Georgia
SG Marco Kerlin - Michigan State
PF Cameron Thomas - South Carolina
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