Posted:
Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:20 am
by cyrisnyte
Well it's contract decision time and just as I feared John Wall wants to wait for free agency. I hope he will stay with us and I can sign him in the off season. I renounce the rights to Dennis Bennett (SG) but keep the rights to Jerome Randle (PG).
Summer League is here and I decide to send (SF) Tobias Harris, (SF) Frank Hartfield, (PF) Jack Burks and (PF) Albert Reis to see how they do.
First game has the Rockets visiting Las Vegas. Frank Hartfield gets the start at SG and scores 23 points. Burks, our 1st rounder has 9 point and 7 rebounds. Reis has 10 points and 5 boards while Harris has 9 points and 5 rebounds. Elan Winter, the number 2 pick overall for Houston has 17 points and 8 rebounds. The Rockets fall to the Aces 108 - 86.
Our second game has us on the road in LA to face the Lakers. Hartfield once again plays SG and scores 13. Burks has 10 points and 6 rebounds. Reis has 8 off the bench and Harris adds 10 points and 4 blocks. Greg Monroe leads the way for the Lakers with 21 points and 12 boards but it is not enough as the Lakers fall in La La Land, 107 - 98.
Back home for our third game and we host the Kings. Burks has a poor showing with 4 points and 4 rebounds. Harris also plays poorly with 6 points and 7 rebounds and Hartfield does not fair much better only scoring 7 points and 2 rebounds. Reis shows why I drafted him in the 2nd round putting up 22 points, going 9 for 14 from the floor. Tristian Thompson paces the Kings with 22 points and 9 rebounds. The Kings get crowned by the Aces though, falling 96-86.
We jump on the jet and head to Miami for our fourth summer league matchup. Only player worth mentioning here is Reist again, going 7 of 9 from the floor and putting up 16 points. Nolan Smith has a good game for the Heat with 20 points and 6 assists. Once again the Aces manage to win on the road, beating the Heat 90-80.
Back home we take on the Cavaliers. Guess who has 17 off the bench for the Aces? If you said Albert Reis, you are the winner! Harris plays "ok" with 12 points and 6 rebounds. Gale Thompson has 17 for the Cavs and Alec Burks drops 22. Once again though, the Aces come out on top 112-90.
5-0 in summer league doesn't equate to much. I have to admit, I am a little disappointed that my rookies as well as Harris did not wow me. Reis looked good but it was summer league.
Free agency is here. My goal is to get a good PF as I do not trust the season with Burks as my starter and Reis as my backup. Here we go!
My offers
PF - Blake Griffin - 5yrs/$66,250,000 - RFA
PG - Jerome Randle - 3yrs/$3,600,000
SG - Manu Ginobili - 1yr/$8,000,000
SF - Bernard Pearson - 1yr/$711,517
July 23rd sees the 1st round of signings
Manu signs with the Aces
Blake Griffin signs an offer sheet with us.
OKC re-signs James Harden for 2yrs/$11,156,500
Phoenix re-signs Gani Lawal for 2yrs/$10,314,500
July 24th
San Antonio signs Dwight Howard for 5yrs/$87,087,000
Orlando re-signs Jameer Nelson for 3yrs/$22,873,500
Cleveland signs Thaddeus Young for 4yrs/$28,672,000
New York signs Beno Udrih for 4yrs/$31,021,000 with a team option
July 25th
Columbus re-signs Raymond Felton for 3yrs/$24,531,000
New Orleans re-signs Chris Paul for 6yrs/$101,505,000
Philadelphia re-signs Louis Williams for 4yrs/$28,706,000
Portland re-signs Nicolas Batum for 4yrs/$29,632,000
Utah re-signs Paul Millsap for 4yrs/$32,873,000 with a team option
Sacramento re-signs Tyreke Evans for 5yrs/$69,242,250
Golden State re-signs Stephen Curry for 6yrs/$89,082,000
Boston signs Johnny Flynn to an offer sheet for 4yrs/$23,600,000
New Jersey re-signs Terrence Williams for 4yrs/$30,558,000
July 26th
Boston Celtics re-sign Kendrick Perkins to a 2-year contract worth $12,630,000
Denver Nuggets re-sign J.R. Smith to a 2-year contract worth $12,840,500
Denver Nuggets sign Stephen Jackson to a 1-year contract worth $6,097,274
Cleveland Cavaliers sign Anthony Morrow to a 2-year contract worth $7,902,204
Toronto Raptors re-sign Jarrett Jack to a 2-year contract worth $13,472,000
Los Angeles Clippers re-sign Mike Conley to a 2-year contract worth $9,051,500
Portland Trailblazers sign Ramon Sessions to a 1-year contract worth $998,398
Utah Jazz re-sign Rashard Lewis to a 2-year contract worth $10,946,000
Las Vegas Aces sign Blake Griffin to a 5-year contract worth $66,250,000
Portland Trailblazers sign Eric Maynor to a 1-year contract worth $854,957
Chicago Bulls re-sign Omer Asik to a 2-year contract worth $9,051,500
July 27th
Golden State Warriors re-sign Mo Williams to a 5-year contract with a team option worth $47,190,000
Houston Rockets sign Sonny Weems to a 1-year contract worth $926,678
Boston Celtics re-sign Corey Maggette to a 4-year contract with a player option worth $35,419,500
Toronto Raptors sign O.J. Mayo to a 5-year contract with a team option worth $42,920,000
Cleveland Cavaliers sign Mario Chalmers to a 1-year contract worth $926,678
New York Knicks re-sign Danilo Gallinari to a 4-year contract worth $35,188,000
Portland Trailblazers sign Nenad Krstic to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Oklahoma City Thunder re-sign Russell Westbrook to a 6-year contract with a team option worth $72,720,000
Dallas Mavericks sign Goran Dragic to a 1-year contract worth $926,678
Cleveland Cavaliers sign Donte Greene to a 1-year contract worth $926,678
Jrue Holiday accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Philadelphia 76ers worth $3,776,888
DeMar DeRozan accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Toronto Raptors worth $4,531,458
Ty Lawson accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Denver Nuggets worth $3,610,685
Jeff Teague accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Atlanta Hawks worth $3,469,566
Darren Collison accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Indiana Pacers worth $3,342,174
Rodrigue Beaubois accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Dallas Mavericks worth $3,271,950
Taj Gibson accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Chicago Bulls worth $3,181,975
Tony Douglas accepts a 1 year tender offer from the New York Knicks worth $3,101,820
Columbus Cats sign Marcus Thornton to a 1-year contract worth $5,900,000
Detroit Pistons re-sign Solomon Alabi to a 1-year contract worth $957,097
Jerome Jordan accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Miami Heat worth $662,108
Nick Calathes accepts a 1 year tender offer from the Phoenix Suns worth $1,946,880
Las Vegas Aces sign Bernard Pearson to a 1-year contract worth $711,517
Minnesota Timberwolves re-sign Nikola Pekovic to a 5-year contract with a team option worth $44,830,500
San Antonio Spurs re-sign Tiago Splitter to a 4-year contract worth $43,059,000
Golden State Warriors re-sign Monta Ellis to a 5-year contract worth $67,760,000
July 28th
Denver Nuggets sign Anderson Varejao to a 2-year contract worth $7,308,080
Houston Rockets sign Spencer Hawes to a 2-year contract worth $7,058,078
Boston Celtics sign Jonny Flynn to a 4-year contract with a team option worth $23,600,000
San Antonio Spurs sign Serge Ibaka to a 2-year contract worth $6,137,121
Orlando Magic sign Carlos Delfino to a 2-year contract worth $9,152,000
New York Knicks sign Earl Barron to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
July 29th
Atlanta Hawks re-sign Josh Smith to a 6-year contract with a team option worth $71,962,500
Golden State Warriors sign Richard Hamilton to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Los Angeles Lakers re-sign Andrew Bynum to a 5-year contract with a team option worth $44,649,000
Orlando Magic sign Al Jefferson to a 5-year contract worth $47,502,000
Minnesota Timberwolves re-sign Kevin Love to a 5-year contract worth $49,005,000
Chicago Bulls sign Earl Watson to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Toronto Raptors sign Travis Outlaw to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
New Orleans Hornets sign Kevin Martin to a 5-year contract with a team option worth $29,500,000
Utah Jazz re-sign Deron Williams to a 6-year contract with a team option worth $75,674,250
Oklahoma City Thunder sign Omri Casspi to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Las Vegas Aces re-sign Jerome Randle to a 3-year contract worth $3,600,000
July 30th
Los Angeles Lakers sign Marvin Williams to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Los Angeles Lakers sign Baron Davis to a 2-year contract worth $11,800,000
Indiana Pacers sign Lamar Odom to a 1-year contract worth $5,900,000
Utah Jazz sign Vince Carter to a 1-year contract worth $5,900,000
New York Knicks sign Devin Harris to a 4-year contract worth $23,600,000
San Antonio Spurs sign J.J. Redick to a 2-year contract worth $2,225,845
Houston Rockets sign Robin Lopez to a 2-year contract worth $9,776,000
Golden State Warriors sign Joel Przybilla to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Miami Heat sign Tim Duncan to a 1-year contract worth $5,900,000
Dallas Mavericks sign Ronnie Brewer to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Los Angeles Clippers sign Tyler Hansbrough to a 2-year contract worth $8,736,000
New Jersey Nets sign Armon Johnson to a 1-year contract worth $826,629
July 31st
Los Angeles Clippers sign J.J. Hickson to a 2-year contract worth $7,280,000
San Antonio Spurs sign Delonte West to a 2-year contract worth $2,386,868
Los Angeles Lakers sign Josh Howard to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Utah Jazz sign Chauncey Billups to a 1-year contract worth $3,500,000
Golden State Warriors sign Marcus Camby to a 1-year contract worth $1,262,275
Charlotte Bobcats sign Luc Richard Mbah a Moute to a 2-year contract worth $5,824,000
Sacramento Kings sign Ryan Gomes to a 1-year contract worth $1,970,000
Oklahoma City Thunder sign Tyson Chandler to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Cleveland Cavaliers sign Jerryd Bayless to a 1-year contract worth $998,398
Oklahoma City Thunder sign Antawn Jamison to a 1-year contract worth $5,900,000
Houston Rockets sign Kevin Seraphin to a 2-year contract worth $6,864,000
New Jersey Nets sign Timofey Mozgov to a 2-year contract worth $7,072,000
August 1st
Boston Celtics sign Chuck Hayes to a 2-year contract worth $2,375,023
Houston Rockets sign Ryan Anderson to a 2-year contract worth $6,864,000
Orlando Magic sign Hedo Turkoglu to a 2-year contract worth $9,786,144
Chicago Bulls sign Jose Calderon to a 2-year contract worth $2,375,023
Charlotte Bobcats sign JaVale McGee to a 2-year contract worth $8,736,000
Los Angeles Lakers sign Wesley Mathews to a 2-year contract worth $1,778,310
Detroit Pistons sign Landry Fields to a 2-year contract worth $6,336,595
Atlanta Hawks re-sign Pape Sy to a 2-year contract worth $6,946,500
August 2nd
Charlotte Bobcats sign Dennis Bennett to a 2-year contract worth $5,824,000
Chicago Bulls sign Rasual Butler to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Oklahoma City Thunder sign Francisco Garcia to a 2-year contract worth $2,375,023
Charlotte Bobcats sign Kris Humphries to a 2-year contract worth $6,864,000
Memphis Grizzlies sign C.J. Miles to a 2-year contract worth $8,320,000
August 3rd
Utah Jazz sign Ray Allen to a 1-year contract worth $3,800,000
New Orleans Hornets sign Mike Dunleavy to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Houston Rockets sign Shannon Brown to a 1-year contract worth $2,600,000
Phoenix Suns sign Craig Smith to a 1-year contract worth $2,200,000
Minnesota Timberwolves sign Darington Hobson to a 2-year contract worth $5,200,000
Washington Wizards sign Miroslav Raduljica to a 1-year contract worth $2,500,000
August 4th
Toronto Raptors sign Vernon Macklin to a 1-year contract worth $2,100,000
New York Knicks sign Dahntay Jones to a 2-year contract worth $2,625,532
Phoenix Suns sign Josh Selby to a 1-year contract worth $2,100,000
Atlanta Hawks sign Dorell Wright to a 2-year contract worth $2,386,868
Oklahoma City Thunder re-sign Tibor Pleiss to a 1-year contract worth $1,188,402
Memphis Grizzlies re-sign Willie Warren to a 1-year contract worth $957,097
Detroit Pistons re-sign Terrico White to a 1-year contract worth $1,800,000
Los Angeles Clippers re-sign JamesOn Curry to a 1-year contract worth $928,436
Phoenix Suns sign Rashad McCants to a 1-year contract worth $2,800,000
August 5th
Boston Celtics sign Kevin Garnett to a 1-year contract worth $1,262,275
We are pretty happy with our signings. Rookies options time has come and no one really stands out so we will pass at this point.
Training camp comes and we get ready for opening day. We send Frank Hartfield down to the D-League for some development.
Posted:
Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:22 am
by cyrisnyte
Well here we go!
The rankings are as follows...
Western Conference
1. Golden State
2. Sacramento
3. Oklahoma City
4. Las Vegas - Woo Hoo!
5. LA Lakers
6. San Antonio
7. Milwaukee
8. Utah
Eastern Conference
1. Miami
2. Philadelphia
3. Indiana
4. New Orleans
5. Chicago
6. New York
7. Boston
8. Memphis
Las Vegas Lineup
PG - John Wall
SG - Mitchell Boswell
SF - Luol Deng
PF - Blake Griffin
C - Enes Canter
BENCH
Manu Ginobili
Jack Burks (R)
Tobias Harris
Albert Reis (R)
Paulo Prestes
Bernard Pearson
Jerome Randle
11/3/13 - LA Lakers (3-0) @ Las Vegas (0-0) - Las Vegas 126 - LA Lakers 86. This game got ugly fast for the Lakers. At halftime, the Aces were up 62 - 49. All 5 Ace starters have double figures with John Wall leading the way with 27 points and 12 assists. Mitchell Boswell plays stellar D on Kobe, holding him to 3 of 20 shooting from the floor for 8 points. The Aces dominate the paint, outscoring the Lakers 68 - 26 for a huge opening night win.
11/5/13 - Las Vegas (1-0) @ Washington (1-1) - Las Vegas 114 - Washington 103. John Wall sticks it to his former - former team. Bet they wish they had not traded him to Toronto now. He drops 28 points, 12 assists and 3 steals on the Wizards. Enes Kanter pulls the double with 20 points and 15 rebounds. My pick for rookie of the year and the blip on my radar, Steven Cambridge has a decent night with 7 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. Not thrilled that Yi Jianlian puts up 20 points and 12 rebounds on Blake Griffin. We dominate the pain again, 50 - 30.
11/6/13 - Las Vegas (2-0) @ Milwaukee (1-3) - Las Vegas 113 - Milwaukee 93. Kanter keeps up with his big games by scoring 20 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. John Wall leads the scoring for the Aces with 27 points. Milwaukee has 6 players in double figures but just like everyone else, gets dominated in the paint by the Aces losing the battle 24 - 38. The Aces also have a huge advantage in fast break points, running on the Bucks 23 - 9.
11/7/13 - Las Vegas (3-0) @ Minnesota (1-4) - Las Vegas 108 - Minnesota 96. Enes Kanter drops 18 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks on the hapless T-Wolves. All 5 starters for the Aces score in double figures lead by 21 points from Blake Griffin. The T-Wolves have some talent building if they can hold onto them. Sadly for Minnesota, they missed the chance at having the overall number 1 pick by switching draft picks with us last year. Now at 1-5, they may be heading that way again.
11/12/13 - Las Vegas (4-0) @ Golden State (6-1) - Las Vegas 105 - Golden State 96. Kanter is the man again, 22 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks. John Wall adds 15 points and 14 assists. Manu is huge off the bench with 19 points. Stephen Curry leads the Warriors with 18 points yet fouls out in 28 minutes trying to guard John Wall. I like what I am seeing with our inside game, once again we dominate by outscoring the Warriors 52 - 28.
11/13/13 - Las Vegas (5-0) @ Sacramento (4-3) - Sacramento 99 - Las Vegas 85. Well the dominance had to end at some point. Sacramento's backcourt dominates us. Aaron Brooks has 30 points and Tyreke Evans has 29 points. I think Evans has something against us because that guy always plays lights out when we are on the court. Blake Griffin leads the Aces with 19. Kanter again has a double double with 11 points and 12 rebounds but is really impressive with 9 blocks. John Wall has a double double as well with 17 points and 12 assists.
11/15/13 - Las Vegas (5-1) @ Portland (6-0) - Portland 106 - Las Vegas 99. Brandon Roy kills us with 18 points and 13 assists. Greg Oden adds 10 points and 15 rebounds and LaMarcus Aldridge leads all Trailblazers with 20 points. Kanter has 12 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks. John Wall has 22 while Blake Griffin has 20. The game was tied 46 all at the half but Portland went on a 30-19 run in the 3rd period that put the game away.
11/16/13 - Las Vegas (5-2) @ Memphis (4-4) - Las Vegas 96 - Memphis 85. John Wall has 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 7 steals. Enes Kanter adds 22 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks. Memphis has one player worth mentioning, Rudy Gay with 19 points. Now I know, I keep saying our inside game is really good but this is not a typo. We outscore Memphis 56 to 16 in the paint! Not to mention 34 - 7 in fast break points. I may try to ship someone to Memphis for their draft pick.
11/17/13 - Las Vegas (6-2) @ Golden State (7-2) - Las Vegas 105 - Golden State 102. Blake Griffin is your leading scorer with 30 points. Wall adds 20 and 12 assists while Kanter contributes with 16 rebounds. Monta Ellis paces the Warriors with 33 points. Golden State was up 85 - 72 going into the fourth period but cough up the huge lead. We seem to be a matchup problem for the Warriors.
11/18/13 - Sacramento (6-3) @ Las Vegas (7-2) - Las Vegas 99 - Sacramento 77. Blake Griffin leads the scoring for the Aces with 19. John Wall adds 18 with 11 assists and Luol Deng has 16. Enes Kanter has 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Aces. Once again it is the backcourt for the Kings with Brooks having 16 points and Tyreke adding 21 points. This game was over early with Las Vegas leading 53 - 30 at halftime.
11/20/13 - Las Vegas (8-2) @ Utah (5-6) - Las Vegas 106 - Utah 89. It's the Wall and Kanter show again. Wall has 23 points and 11 assists while Kanter has 20 points and 14 rebounds. Manu is huge with 16 points off the bench. Gordon Hayward has 22 for the Jazz. Once again, points in the paint favor the Aces by a large margin. The Aces win the battle 46 - 18.
11/24/13 - Las Vegas (9-2) @ Cleveland (3-7) - Las Vegas 114 - Cleveland 94. Wall has 27 points and 12 rebounds to go along with Kanter's 11 points and 12 rebounds. Luol Deng adds 21 points and 8 rebounds as well. Cleveland has 16 from Ryan Jones and Mario Chalmers adds 16 off the bench. Good to see my old "friend" Jeremy Lin log 3 minutes and do nothing with the exception of pick up a foul. Hope you get frostbite in Cleveland!
11/25/13 - Las Vegas (10-2) @ Houston (5-11) - Las Vegas 117 - Houston 99. Kanter takes it to Yao Ming with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 6 blocks. His partner in crime, John Wall adds 25 points and 14 assists. Luol Deng adds 24 points as all 5 starters score in double digits as well as Ginobili with 10 off the bench. Houston gets 17 from Patrick Patterson and Yao adds 15 points and 10 rebounds.
11/27/13 - Las Vegas (11-2) @ Columbus (4-6) - Las Vegas 102 - Columbus 95. John Wall puts on a scoring clinic, putting up 42 points. Deng adds 17 while Kanter has 12 rebounds and 5 blocks. Marcus Thornton has 20 and Raymond Felton adds 18. Fast break points kill the Cats who are outran 24 to 5. The Cats have 5 total blocks while Kanter and Griffin get 5 each as the Aces total 14 of them.
Western Conference Leaders
Southern - San Antonio (11-6)
Northwest - Portland (12-1)
Southwest - Denver (14-2)
Pacific - LA Lakers (13-3)
Eastern Conference Leaders
Northeast - Philadelphia (9-3)
Central - Chicago (11-4)
Southeast - New Orleans (5-4)
Atlantic - Miami (13-2)
Las Vegas Leaders
PPG - John Wall 24.0, Blake Griffin 17.6, Enes Kanter 15.9
RPG - Enes Kanter 14.0, Blake Griffin 6.9, Luol Deng 5.6
APG - John Wall 10.3, Mitchell Boswell 2.6, Luol Deng 2.4
SPG - Mitchell Boswell 2.0, John Wall 1.9, Blake Griffin 1.4
BPG - Enes Kanter 3.9, Blake Griffin 2.1, Mitchell Boswell 1.4
NBA Leaders
PPG - Carmelo Anthony (Den) 27.4, Lebron James (MIA) 27.1, Kevin Durant 27.0
RPG - Enes Kanter (LVG) 14.0, Brooks Lopez (IND) 12.3, Yao Ming (HOU) 11.2
APG - John Wall (LVG) 10.3, Brandon Roy (POR) 10.0, Chris Paul 10.0
SPG - Chris Paul (NO) 3.1, Andre Iguodala (GS) 2.1, Monta Ellis (GS) 2.1
BPG - Enes Kanter (LVG) 3.9, Magnum Rolle (MEM) 3.5, Dwight Howard (SA) 3.4
November Award Winners
NBA Player of the Month - Kevin Durant (OKC) - 27.0 ppg, 2.6 apg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 spg and 1.3 bpg
NBA Rookie of the Month - Awvee Simmons (DET) - 9.4 ppg, 1.7 apg, 10.0 rpg, 1.4 spg and 0.9 bpg
Top 5 draft picks
1. PF - Bryan Scholl - Pepperdine - 25.9 ppg, 5.1 apg, 15.1 rpg, 3.7 bpg and 0.9 spg
2. SG - Angel Stoyanova - Bulgaria - 17.6 ppg, 5.6 apg, 7.4 rpg, 0.9 bpg and 0.9 spg
3. PF - Jamaal Ross - Florida - 16.9 ppg, 3.1 apg, 13.0 rpg, 0.9 bpg and 1.1 spg
4. PF - Henry Mason - Miami(FL) - 21.8 ppg, 2.5 apg, 21.0 rpg, 1.7 bpg and 1.6 spg
5. SF - Rudolph Remmel - Germany - 23.9 ppg, 5.3 apg, 13.4 rpg, 2.1 bpg and 2.2 spg