Webber is still signed long-term. They should try to plug in holes and/or acquiring another elite player while they have him.
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5 minutes ago it was if u can't fill your team with all starts u need to rebuild, but he needs to plug. You need to pick a stance.
Getting another elite player isnt as easy as one would think. So just throwing that in there obsurely doesnt work IMO sir.
The middle class is fading. It already started with teams stacking rosters with All-Stars. The Shaq trade was the deathblow. That trade changed everything. Teams that were playoff contenders (1st and 2nd round ceiling) were put out of commission with that trade. Honestly, that trade rocked the elite teams as well since the Lakers have beaten most of them since the Shaq trade. A smart middle class team is a dead one right now until the salary cap structure changes.
That is true. My team was capped out and was the worst team in the league with older players. I could have kept Sheed, but I wouldn't have had any cap room to improve. Maybe Boston is in the same spot, but he has Webber signed for 3 more years. I think he has to try at least one season to find another elite player.
I'd say, for every 10 mill over the cap you need to pay 2 pts? that's fair ?
That is true, but the Shaq trade made the middle class teams irrelevant for good. That trade was a wake-up call. Honestly, that trade was a big reason why I shipped Rasheed. Plus, the Lakers won at Dallas since both trades. They won at Cleveland. They're dominating elite teams. They're destroying middle class teams. The game has changed now. Either you're elite like LA, Dallas, SA, or Cleveland or your roadkill.
I beat SA recently!!!:D
I think bad game-planning by Rudy T for sure. Didn't understand the roster too well. Plus, lost defensive players in Cato, Lynch, and Funderburke. Also the depth worsened by trading Cato and Brent Barry and moving Brad Miller and Mobley to the starting lineup. But in the end, Rudy T took too long figuring out the gameplan.
I agree that trade changed everything. But the randomness of Training Camps will decide what happens year to year IMO. Gradewise I upgraded at the PG position, and backup PF/C in Kwame, training camp happend my team decreased everywhere and have gone from 2nd seed in East 4th or 5th best record in NBA to 8th seed in east barely breaking .500.
The Spurs are a very good team, a well-oiled machine, and Beelos has done an outstanding job with that roster, but unfortunately, they don't have the ceiling of Dallas or the Lakers. They will give both teams a battle. Still, the Mavs and Lakers will be an epic WCF assuming no major injuries occur.
I was something like 32-30 before Jones got hurt. So while injuries very well could keep me out of the playoffs my team struggled when healthy. And it could be everyone else improving their team, but literally every single player of mine got worse through training camp especially in key categories (ie REB for Webber, Inside for Z, etc...)
Wasn't Marshall hurt also?
He got hurt 15 mins into my first playoff game last year against the Wizards. He has played in every game this year. Jones has missed the last 12 Kwame the last 7 or so...And I meant other teams got better through draft, FA, trades...not through their training camps.
Lol I'm good, once you get inside 4 weeks I wanted to break it up so people have more chances to set their dc's for the home stretch.
I just forgot to do it last year.
Finally got my 8man rotation. It feels good to put "same" on the depth chart thread
Wally is my number one scoring option right now and he's been solid overall mixing in a few 20+ point games. He gets a few assists as well and has been shooting well beyond the arc.
Thomas has been a double-double guy for me right now and is making his FTs as well. He has gotten in foul trouble a couple of times.
Someone's gotta score, someone's gotta grab loose rebounds :)
In my opinion, that would be a WEAK tax penalty. Points aren't really a deterrent in this league. Having or not having points doesn't really effect the outcome of the league. So a team $10-$30 mill over the cap doesn't care if they lose 2-6 points. Because more than likely they have one or more players getting them that many points per sim. The teams over the cap are the teams getting the most points bc they have better players. So 2 points per $10 mill may seem like a lot to a team that doesn't have great players and are under the cap, but majority of teams over the cap have players that rake in points easily. I personally think the tax penalty should be pretty harsh on teams. To even the playing field a little more and make it more of a challenge to build a contending team.
Wait, how is the playing field not level? We all started in the same place. We all can spend what we want. It's not like you have a restrictive owner telling you not to spend. Some teams decided to build, some decided to win. The field has always been even. Some people or better / worse than others or have different plans.
Yeah, would love to hear your follow-up on this.
no one is gonna start Charles Oakley over Kenyon Martin, especially a rebuilding team. And Rip is my future and has been really efficient, no way Im going to bench him. I just tried Mo Pete the last 2 sims and he shot like 30%.
If you wanna talk about tanking look at the Nets lol
Yeah, I thought people would take a little more pride at not tanking and the commish shouldn't have to monitor this because let's be real this isn't even close to the first only attempt; but there should be a stiff punsihment for this since it deceives the process.
I have trouble keeping up with who's tanking and who's not because not everyone posts DC's.
As far as the Nets, I figured I couldn't tell people who to make their scoring options. I will say this though, I've never seen it proven as fact, but the game has a way of not rewarding people for tanking, if you know what I mean.
The 1st time I did it was to see how Holocomb plays with the B inside, honestly I really didnt care for tanking, because most of the people I messaged was about trading away my picks for next year picks. So you can say "I was tanking," which I sorta was, but I honestly didnt care for it. But since some are *****ing, I would stop my experiment and do what will make YOU happy.
And its not like my star players wasnt starting! My SF, PF, and SG are all close to the same ratings. And as for the scoring option, it doesnt matter because if I can set BD or JO to the last options they are going to average the same thing in every category.
What's done is done. Doesn't really matter much now with the last sim lol. I'm starting my best players and have gone like 1-16 or something like that.
The thing about DC's are confusing too, I still can't find Beelos original DC anywhere. It just always says same, but I never saw where he posted one. It really doesn't matter I just wanted to check his out since he was having success. I like looking at other peoples DC's to see what everyone is doing and how they experiment with their roster.
The point is it wasn't just Holocomb I wanted to see. And what I mean when I said "sorta was," is that it may seem like that. As i said, the First time I did it was to see what Holocomb can do, now I wanted to see what the others can do, while they are on the final year of they contracts, so I can know who to try and retain or let go, and ty to trade etc. Since its so much whining as usual I'll set my depth chart to what yall want
It doesnt mattter what it looks like to you, as long as I know what I'm doing, and setting up to tank dont only have to do with you DC or options, you may have traded for those pplayers knowing you would be pretty bad and still have a high chance of a pick. But of course no one else knows what you was initiallly trying taht is saved in your head. Not anyone elses