Post by Gossip Girl on Jan 5, 2009 1:03:36 GMT -5
I'm really running out of ideas here.
Regular Season
I finished off the regular season 60-22, which was good for the 1st seed in the Western Conference, poor as it may be. I went undefeated for the 1st 8 games of the regular season and had a separate 10 game winning streak. The highlight of my regular season was 33 games into the season and was 27-6. Of course, this far exceeded my expectations, but it was nonetheless nice to see my team doing so well. I truly think it was a combination of relatively easy schedule, good players at every positions and solid depth. I would however fall back down to earth the remainder of the season and play my last 49 games at 33-16, which is still solid. I had some solid victories over some of the better Eastern Conference teams that brought me some confidence as I headed into the playoffs full of doubt.
Playoffs
In the first round I swept the Spurs without much fanfare and even the Nuggest as well, who I thought would at least pull out one win with Dwight Howard dominating. However, Ty Walker abused Howard on two seperate occasions with games of 10 and 11 blocks. After a sweep of the Nuggets I had high hopes going into the Conference Finals against Seattle. I won the season series against them 3-1, but I was still wary of them. They were the team I wanted to see the least in a 7 game series. In the first 3 games Favors was playing extremely well despite having Walker playing him at PF. Fortunately for me, Walker has A defense at PF and C and is a very versatile player in the playoffs. My new DC was focused to stop Favors more, which ended up backfiring because Fisher just tore apart Roe. You'd think that when a player has 6 blocks and 6 steals in one game, that they should shut down the player they are defending wouldn't you? Nope.
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My biggest weakness other than Fisher proving he is amazing was the lack of a go to offensive option. It seems unusual to me that a team would make the Conference Finals with their highest scorer only putting in 21 per game. While Brand and Roe are both good scorers they are far from elite.
The Future
So here I am, with a roster full of good but not great players and a bunch of young guys I won't be able to resign. Recent TC's have been nice, but not stand out to me. With so many players on rookie contracts expect a few to be on the move eventually for a player who is a true number 1 option. The one thing I have shown I am capable of doing is sitting on my talent and not doing anything extravagant, something I told myself I would never do. I really think it's a matter of executing that one trade that gets me jump started to building a championship contender.
We'll see.
Regular Season
I finished off the regular season 60-22, which was good for the 1st seed in the Western Conference, poor as it may be. I went undefeated for the 1st 8 games of the regular season and had a separate 10 game winning streak. The highlight of my regular season was 33 games into the season and was 27-6. Of course, this far exceeded my expectations, but it was nonetheless nice to see my team doing so well. I truly think it was a combination of relatively easy schedule, good players at every positions and solid depth. I would however fall back down to earth the remainder of the season and play my last 49 games at 33-16, which is still solid. I had some solid victories over some of the better Eastern Conference teams that brought me some confidence as I headed into the playoffs full of doubt.
Playoffs
In the first round I swept the Spurs without much fanfare and even the Nuggest as well, who I thought would at least pull out one win with Dwight Howard dominating. However, Ty Walker abused Howard on two seperate occasions with games of 10 and 11 blocks. After a sweep of the Nuggets I had high hopes going into the Conference Finals against Seattle. I won the season series against them 3-1, but I was still wary of them. They were the team I wanted to see the least in a 7 game series. In the first 3 games Favors was playing extremely well despite having Walker playing him at PF. Fortunately for me, Walker has A defense at PF and C and is a very versatile player in the playoffs. My new DC was focused to stop Favors more, which ended up backfiring because Fisher just tore apart Roe. You'd think that when a player has 6 blocks and 6 steals in one game, that they should shut down the player they are defending wouldn't you? Nope.
sdogbbs.com/BBS2000/boxes/148-1.html
My biggest weakness other than Fisher proving he is amazing was the lack of a go to offensive option. It seems unusual to me that a team would make the Conference Finals with their highest scorer only putting in 21 per game. While Brand and Roe are both good scorers they are far from elite.
The Future
So here I am, with a roster full of good but not great players and a bunch of young guys I won't be able to resign. Recent TC's have been nice, but not stand out to me. With so many players on rookie contracts expect a few to be on the move eventually for a player who is a true number 1 option. The one thing I have shown I am capable of doing is sitting on my talent and not doing anything extravagant, something I told myself I would never do. I really think it's a matter of executing that one trade that gets me jump started to building a championship contender.
We'll see.
