by cyrisnyte » Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:09 am
January rolls around and Rudy Tomjanovich and I are invited to dinner with Mr. Adelson to talk about the state of the team and our goals for the rest of the season.
"I was thinking back Jeff to last year at this time" Mr. Adelson begins. "It seems I was very concerned at that time. We were 10-20 and you had won a contest to be the GM for the Aces. Now, only a year later we sit atop the Northwest Division with a 24-7 record. With the shrewd acquisitions you have made, we are a contender in only our second year of existence."
"Well sir, I do thank you but without coach Tomjanovich's input with the drafts as well as amazing luck with minor injuries we would not be where we are." I replied.
"Coach Tomjanovich, how would you evaluate the team?" Mr. Adelson asked.
"To be honest sir, we have a good core right now. I believe we are one of the best defensive teams in the league. We are third in the league in points allowed at 94.5 as well as third in opponents field goal percent allowed at 0.424%" Coach Tomjanovich replied.
"Jeff, you are happy with the current moves in the off-season and where the roster sits?" Mr. Adelson asked.
"Well sir, to be honest I will be exploring a few moves when the time comes. I believe that while Jeremy Lin does contribute on the court, his off court run ins with the staff are something to be watched. I think we have a great core but we cannot just sit back and watch other teams improve. If the right move is there, I will make it." I said honestly.
"Well Jeff, you have proven to the ownership group that you know what you are doing so we will leave that to you. Gentlemen, thank you for your commitment to the Ace's organization and we look forward to the rest of the season and for the winning to continue!"
Love how you don't have pressure directly placed on you, just indirectly!
1/2/13 - Las Vegas (24-7) @ Atlanta (14-16) - Las Vegas 113 - Atlanta 95. The backcourt of Rose and Boswell dominate this game. Derrick Rose earns player of the game honors with 28 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds. Meanwhile, teammate Mitchell Boswell has 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Enes Kanter has 11 points and 13 rebounds. Joe Johnson takes it to rookie Boswell with a 27 point outburst but other than him, the Hawks are flat. PG Carlos Arroyo struggles with foul trouble all game only playing 12 minutes and drawing 5 fouls while guarding Derrick Rose.
1/3/13 - Columbus (12-15) @ Las Vegas (25-7) - Columbus 107 - Las Vegas 97. The Cats pull the upset, coming into Las Vegas and beating the Aces. Raymond Felton leads the way missing a triple double by 2 rebounds. He is your player of the game with 21 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds. Brendan Haywood has a great night at the center position scoring 18 points and pulling down 19 rebounds. Mitchell Boswell leads the way for the Aces with 15 points and 2 steals while Enes Kanter scores 14 with 12 rebounds. This game looked to be a blowout with the Cats up by 33 in the 2nd but the Aces fought hard, just not hard enough.
1/5/13 - Philadelphia (19-7) @ Las Vegas (25-8) - Las Vegas 101 - Philadelphia 85. The Aces hold the 76ers to 39.5% shooting in the game. Rookie guard Mitchell Boswell does a great job on Evan Turner causing him to go 4 for 20 from the field. Your player of the game is Derrick Rose with 24 points, 11 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Enes Kanter has a solid game with 19 points and 15 rebounds. For the 76ers, Al Horford has a nice game with 15 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks.
1/6/13 - Las Vegas (26-8) @ Utah (19-14) - Las Vegas 104 - Utah 99. Derrick Rose scores 34 points and adds 8 assists to be named player of the game. Enes Kanter adds 26 points and 15 rebounds not to mention 4 steals to help with the win. Al Jefferson leads the way for Utah with 21 points and 7 rebounds. The Jazz have a deep bench, the Aces were lucky to go into Salt Lake City and steal this win.
Should have known this wouldn't last. Even though Jeremy Lin said he was going to chill out...here he is crying again over the staff. This guy needs to grow some thicker skin. How much longer till I can put him on the block?
1/8/13 - Las Vegas (27-8) @ Detroit (15-22) - Las Vegas 95 - Detroit 85. Great game by Enes Kanter with 15 points, 21 rebounds and 6 blocks to earn player of the game honors. Derrick Rose had 23 points and 8 assists but did turn the ball over 7 times. Second year forward Jan Vesley leads the Pistons with 15 points. How Detroit has won 15 games with their roster is amazing.
1/9/13 - Las Vegas (28-8) @ Sacramento (20-11) - Sacramento 101 - Las Vegas 91. Tyreke Evans has a great game scoring 30 points, grabbing 8 rebounds and snagging 3 steals to be named player of the game. Eric Gordon off the bench has 17 points. Enes Kanter has 13 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks for your Aces. Boswell adds 16 points and 2 steals while Rose has 17 points and 7 assists. Sacramento has owned us this year. We need to make some moves to be competitive with the top end teams.
1/10/13 - Atlanta (15-18) @ Las Vegas (28-9) - Las Vegas 116 - Atlanta 101. Derrick Rose leads the way with 25 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds to be your player of the game. Boswell adds 16 points and 4 steals. Joe Johnson pours in 39 points and Jordan Crawford adds 19 off the bench but it is not enough for the Hawks to take home a victory.
1/14/13 - Las Vegas (29-9) @ Chicago (28-12) - Chicago 93 - Las Vegas 86. Carlos Boozer leads the way with 22 points and 6 rebounds, earning player of the game honors for the Bulls. Wesley Johnson adds 14 points and Taj Gibson has 11 off the bench. KG and Rose both have 18 points while Enes Kanter has 15 points and 15 rebounds to pace the Aces. The bench for the Aces scores a total of 14 points in the game with 8 of those going to Paulo Prestes.
1/15/13 - Toronto (11-26) @ Las Vegas (29-10) - Las Vegas 104 - Toronto 85. Derrick Rose has 33 points and 8 assists to earn the player of the game award. Enes Kanter has 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. Mitchell Boswell adds 12 points, 7 assists and 2 steals. Andrea Bargnani has 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors. John Wall plays only 26 minutes after getting into foul trouble early on and never gets his game going.
More spam email, well Jeremy Lin email that is. I have already told this guy I am moving him the minute I can. Now he is just annoying me. Adding his email address to the spam filter.
1/17/13 - Las Vegas (30-10) @ San Antonio (22-15) - Las Vegas 123 - San Antonio 80. The Aces dominate the Spurs in the paint 60 to 30 as well as fast break points 33 to 15. Derrick Rose earns the player of the game award with 26 points, 8 assists and 3 steals. Boswell kicks in 22 points and 4 steals. Paulo Prestes off the bench scores 16 points and 11 rebounds in 24 minutes of play. Manu Ginobili leads the Spurs with 13 points.
1/18/13 - Denver (16-21) @ Las Vegas (31-10) - Las Vegas 98 - Denver 94. Derrick Rose is once again your player of the game in scoring 29 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter only scores 9 but grabs 17 rebounds. Mitchell Boswell chips in with 15 points and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony scores 33 points with 8 rebounds in the loss.
1/20/13 - Memphis (11-26) @ Las Vegas (32-10) - Las Vegas 105 - Memphis 88. Enes Kanter is matched up on Zydrunus Ilgauskas so he goes off for 26 points and 9 rebounds. Mitchell Boswell scores 14 but adds 7 rebounds and an amazing 6 steals! Kemba Walker fouls out for the Grizzlies in 29 minutes but not before scoring 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. The leading scorer for Memphis is Xavier Henry off the bench with 18.
1/23/13 - Las Vegas (33-10) @ Oklahoma City (23-19) - Oklahoma City 108 - Las Vegas 87. The Thunder shoot 50.6% against us. Russell Westbrook has 19 points, 12 assists with 2 blocks and 2 steals to be your player of the game. Kevin Durant has 22 and 9 rebound to help with the victory. Mitchell Boswell has a huge night with 31 points but the only other Ace in double figures is Derrick Rose with 18.
1/25/13 - Las Vegas (33-11) @ Dallas (20-17) - Dallas 112 - Las Vegas 99. Dirk Nowitzki has 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Mavericks to victory and earn player of the game honors. Rodrigue Beaubois has 23 points to be the high man scoring for Dallas. Derrick Rose has 32 points and 10 assists, Enes Kanter scores 19 and 17 rebounds and Mitchell Boswell has 21 points in the loss.
1/27/13 - New Jersey (20-27) @ Las Vegas (33-12) - Las Vegas 99 - New Jersey 80. Derrick Rose has a triple double scoring 29 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to be the player of the game. Enes Kanter has 10 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks and Mitchell Boswell adds 16 points and 3 steals. Justin Harper is the only real threat tonight as he scores 19 points for the Nets. Derrick Favors is coming off the bench for New Jersey, perhaps I will reach out to their GM.
TRADE
Las Vegas sends Jeremy Lin to Cleveland for Jerome Randle and 2013 2nd round pick.
1/29/13 - Las Vegas (34-12) @ Milwaukee (15-27) - Las Vegas 97 - Milwaukee 87. Derrick Rose paces the way with 19 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals to be your player of the game. Mitchell Boswell drops 20 points to be the high man for the Aces. Enes Kanter has 6 points but grabs 16 rebounds. New backup PG Jerome Randle in his Ace's debut scores 11 points and has 2 assists and a steal in 6 minutes of play. Hope you freeze in Cleveland Jeremy Lin! Andrew Bogut leads the way for the Bucks with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
1/30/13 - Las Vegas (35-12) @ Toronto (17-30) - Las Vegas 114 - Toronto 97. Once again Derrick Rose has a monster game with 25 points, 15 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Mitchell Boswell adds 20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. Jerome Randle you ask? 8 points, 3 assists in 11 minutes of action. John Wall leads the way for the Raptors with 21 points, 7 assists.
1/31/13 - Indiana (25-18) @ Las Vegas (36-12) - Las Vegas 123 - Indiana 92. What a way to close out the month. Derrick Rose must have been playing NBA Jam before the game because he was on fire! He pours in 46 points and hands out 11 assists to be your player of the game. Mitchell Boswell adds 22 points with 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Enes Kanter adds 8 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. Jerome? 6 points, 2 assists and 1 steal in 7 minutes of action. Danny Granger does all he can with 32 points and 6 rebounds but the Aces are too much this night.
Western Conference Leaders
Southern - Oklahoma City - (26-19)
Northwest - Las Vegas - (37-12)
Southwest - Utah - (27-19)
Pacific - Golden State (28-11)
Eastern Conference Leaders
Northeast - Philadelphia - (29-14)
Central - Chicago - (35-13)
Southeast - New Orleans - (33-14)
Atlantic - Orlando - (32-15)
Las Vegas Leaders
PPG - Derrick Rose 24.4, Mitchell Boswell 16.9 and Kevin Garnett 14.0
RPG - Enes Kanter 11.9, Kevin Garnett 5.7 and Paulo Prestes 5.3
APG - Derrick Rose 8.3, Jerome Randle 3.3 and Mitchell Boswell 3.0
SPG - Mitchell Boswell 2.1, Kevin Garnett 1.2 and Enes Kanter 0.9
BPG - Enes Kanter 2.1, Kevin Garnett 0.9 and Mitchell Boswell 0.9
NBA League Leaders
PPG - Kobe Bryant (LAL) 27.0, Dwight Howard (ORL) 26.5 and Lebron James (MIA) 25.6
RPG - Dwight Howard (ORL) 13.7, Yao Ming (HOU) 13.3 and Enes Kanter (LVG) 11.9
APG - Chris Paul (NO) 10.8, Rajon Rondo (BOS) 10.6 and Russell Westbrook (OKC) 8.8
SPG - Monta Ellis (GS) 2.4, Mitchell Boswell (LVG) 2.1 and Stephen Jackson (CHA) 2.0
BPG - Dwight Howard (ORL) 3.9, Ekpe Udoh (GS) 3.8 and Andrew Bogut (MIL) 3.0
January Winners
NBA Player of the Month - Dwight Howard (ORL) - 26.5 ppg, 1.6 apg, 13.7 rpg, 0.8 spg and 3.9 bpg.
NBA Rookie of the Month - Mitchell Boswell (LVG) - 16.9 ppg, 3.0 apg, 4.9 rpg, 2.1 spg and 0.9 bpg.
Top 5 draft picks
1. Elan Winter - SF (4)
2. Rylan Davis - PF (3)
3. Dante Lockhart - SG (2)
4. Gale Thompson - PF (NR)
5. Chris Anderson - SF (1)