Post by smirt211 on Aug 21, 2015 2:42:41 GMT
Well, isn't that something?!!?! We're ranked 3rd overall in the league's historical victories with 300 total behind the behemoth 3-time title winning San Antonio Spurs [347 wins] and the perennial title contending Seattle Supersonics whom boast the most victories ever in league play. [352 wins] Honestly, we've done it quietly. Just consistently winning each season, never missing the playoffs but our expiration date in the all-important "Second Season" would consistently represent a short shelf life. Pockmarked with 1st and 2nd Round departures while also dovetailing with the disappointment of Jason Kidd. Yes, he holds the season record for APG with 10.6 but he also has suffered from turnover-itis from the league's inception. [1701 total turnovers] That has been a downfall for us because it's part to blame on the player and a lot of the failure can be designated on my GM'ing in terms of not putting Kidd in the proper successful climate. There's been seasons where we slowed down the pace to a crawl and lets be blunt - homie don't play that. Jason Kidd is a Porsche with an impeccable engine revved up for lightning blazing fast speed, high octane bliss. Any ways, fast forward through our franchise player's declines and strategy helter-skelter planning and now finally in our 7th season together, Player and GM, the ingredients and blueprint are converging together to form the perfect storm of a title contender. I believe we're constructed for success. Now for the rotational breakdown to hopefully accentuate and prove my theory!
Point Guard: Jason Kidd
Ratings: C+ B- A A C C
* As illustrated above, Jason Kidd has been a 'legacy' Knick baller meaning he has been with our organization throughout his entire career. Jason Kidd has averaged 14.2 PPG, 9.8 APG, 6.5 RPG, 2.4 SPG and 3.6 TPG over the course of 7 years in the World's Most Famous Arena and on its biggest stage in the Big Apple itself! While in the past I may have needed to rely on his offense, a scorer's punch from the 1 position, he'll strictly be serving as a facilitator in our offense. Kidd is no 'kid', any more, literally and we finally have the offensive cache in place to launch via a full-on assault on the competition. Kicking it straight, there'll be no more of this 9.0 APG nonsense as my aim will be to restore Jason Kidd to his halcyon passing glory days of 10.3 and 10.6 APG. His rating composition is magnificent for what we need. Dual As in dishing and defending combined with top flight boarding at the lead guard position. If Jason Kidd was 'The Show' we'd be doomed to another short lived playoff appearance, however, he's a 3rd or 4th peg slotted in to ensure dominance. This is the last year of his contract and my intentions is for him to ride out into the sunset in a Blaze of Glory, Doc Scurlock and Billy the Kid Style! Mount up, Regulators!
Shooting Guard: Kirk Snyder
Ratings: A- C C+ A C+ C
* I had to make a "Sophie's Choice", well maybe not that drastic but it came down to either Kirk Snyder or Maurice Evans. One of them had to go and with Maurice Evans out on the free market and the sensationally gifting Swingman Paul Pierce having just been brought onboard, it made the decision pretty easy. ME, Maurice Evans, our very own 'main event' and at one time thought to be the man whom would lead us to the 'Promised Land' will be missed. I'd like you all to say a moment of silence as he has moved on to another team and honestly I didn't even really note where he landed because once you're out of the Blue and Orange, you're out of sight and of course, out of mind. Maurice Evans - out.
Kirk Snyder in and I can unequivocally inform you that this is the new face of the franchise and I've already commenced in grooming him as such. First season he didn't play so we'll remove it from analysis. Last season, his sophomore campaign, Kirk Snyder figured himself to be on par with Star Trek's very own most famous of captains and thus decided to go space invader crazy with an incredible stat line of 20.6 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 4.5 APG and 1.3 SPG. This individual has game-take over, position re-defining potential with his other worldly A and C+ defensive and rebounding ratings. 8.4 RPG from the off-guard position = are you fucking kidding me!?!? That's just outrageous! You're going to bear witness to a 25 PPG season from him this season with the lone flaw in his game, fly in the ointment being a broken 3 point shot. [45 of 144, 31.3%] I think I accept that when the total package is one that goes kaboom to the potency of 1 million Jokey Smurf 'gifts'. He's my gift to you all, the rest of my competitive foes. Good luck, you're going to need it!
Small Forward: Paul Pierce
Ratings: A- A- C A C+ C
* "The Truth" is out there if you just believe! Remember that tag line and some would believe this to be X-File-esque weird on how Paul "The Truth" Pierce fell into my lap. I was just cold chilling on the NBN website one day when a private message hit my inbox which required me merely to toss a 1st rounder for his services. It took me about 2 seconds, after engaging in endless Icky Wood Shuffles and Ewok Dances, to accept the offer; thus adding a major basketball nuclear weapon to our arsenal! In fact, the acquisition of Paul Pierce changed my free agency strategem drastically as we no longer mandated the return of Maurice Evans as a necessity and I was able to focus my bids on improving other avenues/areas of the depth chart. Any ways, back to Mr. Clutch, Ice Water in his Veins, Paul Pierce. What high end pedigree does he being to the Small Forward position???
He's an unbelievable do-it-all basketball talent with career averages of 19.2 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.9 APG and 1.5 SPG on a shooting percentage slash line of 44.8%77.9%/42.2%. Freshly minted as our premium scoring option and with Jason Kidd slinging him the rock, I have no doubt that Paul Pierce will shatter his previous scoring high of 21.8 PPG in 2001 and 2004 NBN seasons. We're going to be operating a Flash reminiscent offensive game plan with a skew on balancing out the attack between inside and outside; the best of both worlds. This is where Paul Pierce's offensive skill set teeters and lives upon, that knife edge of slicing you into a million pieces with his unprecedented fire, grit and competitiveness. We've never possessed a scorer of his pedigree, one in which the burgeoning Kirk Snyder will intersect with as both players blow the fuck up while running on all cylinders.
Power Forward: Vin Baker
Ratings: B- C C A-A- D
* I just pulled up the Vin Man's player profiled and I'm shocked to see that after acquiring him from the Miami Heat this will signify Baker's 4th season with the ball club. He has been a front court mainstay of explosive blunt impact force having logged seasons of 16.7 PPG/11.8 RPG, 14.7 PPG/12.3 RPG and 13.4 PPG/11.9 RPG while with my precious New York Knickerbockers. Not the most critically important of aspects but a definite boost in a balanced offensive assault, Vin Baker does possess a sleek, smooth-looking J. One, in which, paralyzes opposing lumbering and slumbering Big Men as if their feet were petrified in stone! His scoring is trending downward but with lead sled dogs in Pierce and Snyder, Baker is a definitely double-double scoring/boarding machine whom will serve his purpose down low in the paint. Vin Baker's role is to provide lockdown post defense while cleaning up the glass and putting back our scorers' missed trash as an all-out, motor never ceases Tazmanian Devil of sorts! Vin Baker isn't the creme de la creme in any particular trait or category but as our 4th or 5th best starter, he would be much higher on another team's pecking order and thus supplies us with a tremendous competitive advantage as we construct a team which is poised to bring it on an epic scale both offensively and defensively.
Center: Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Ratings: B C- D+ A+ A- B
* We were dealt a devastating blow when Marcus Camby left us at the beginning of last season, with a huge void to fill. Think the grandest of black abysses and imagine it the size of the Grand Canyon and that was the unenviable spot we were left in. It looked hopeless for our heroes and moi but somehow, someway we landed a very close facsimile to "Camby Land" in our free agency acquisition of "The Big Z!" Seriously, it could have been franchise debilitating and out-right crippling to the point of returning us to the "Stone Age" had we not garnered a legit franchise, cornerstone player like we did with Zydrunas Ilgauskas! I hype him up to the Nth degree but is he worth the lavish celebration and endless praises of poetic prose??? After posting a season of 16.4 PPG, 11.2 RPG and 3.6 BPG in a snail pace's offense with limited ability to extract earth shattering statistics.....YOU DAMN RIGHT HE IS!!!
"The Big Z's" modus operandi will be to prevent defenses from converging on our perimeter scoring threats [i.e. Pierce and Snyder] thus converging on them and suffocating their scoring opportunities like a Boa Constrictor wrapped around our collective necks. Ilgauskas will throw his ultra imposing 7'3", 260 lb. hulking frame around the paint, clearing lanes and directing traffic flow, facilitating Jason Kidd's mission of keeping us flowing and rolling in perfect symmetry and cohesion! Defensively, with career averages of 13.4 RPG and 3.3 BPG, "The Big Z" gives us a menacing figure in the interior whom will make the opposition think twice before driving the lane or thrice when challenging him in any capacity. Our supremely rated defender, it all begins and ends with him defensively as we strive for excellence.
6th Man: Kerry Kittles
Ratings: C+ A B- A- D C
* To think we brought Kerry Kittles on for his impeccable outside scoring prowess [580 of 1443 treys connected on in his career, 40.2%], only to find out in a Commish mandated forum post that last season he rated as a "Top Ten, League Best Perimeter Defender!" Now, granted, his overall defense has reduced from an A to an A- but you have to believe the basic structure of dominating, lockdown defender is still intact. Now add in the fact that Kerry Kittles is a career 12 PPG scorer whom we have the luxury of bringing off the bench in a sublime 6th man role and you see our recipe of success brewing. Flat out the man can be a top scoring option and he'll never turn the ball over as seasons of logged 0.6 and 0.8 TPG with a career average of 1.1 TPG overall attests. You take that component and consider it along with his dynamic scoring and defensive abilities, there's almost no justification for his being a 6th man. However, we have an embarrassment of riches and Kittles is the least rich of them all monetarily so a super-sub, 6th Man of the Year Candidate he shall be!
7th Man: Keith Closs
Ratings: C+ C- D A- B- D
* I'll clean your clock if you don't like the 'Closs-Ness Monster!' Closs-ie as the New York Knicks fans will come to affectionately call him, possesses legendary, near myth-like length in his 7'3" lithe 212 lb. soaking wet body frame. This is a lark move on my behalf and the hope that his limited play thus far in his career along with the belief that he'll play above his ratings due to the skyscraping 7'3" height advantage - it'll result in a knock-out power play. I could have went with Brendan Haywood in this spot and the man did produce 8.2 PPG and 5.9 RPG in 21.0 MPG but that's a bit ho-hum for me. I'm looking for panache! I'm looking for that next level maneuver that'll wow the spectators and put my name up in lights as GM of fuck the Year but the Century circuit wise! Closs has been untested for a few years and with that cross matrix rating components of A- Defense and B- Rebounding I think he can be a 9 RPG, 1.5 BPG contributor from off the bench. I foresee this has an upside play versus the milquetoast Brendan Haywood whom is a dime a dozen, you know what you're getting type. To be a trend setter, barrier breaker you must take chances even if it means believing in mythical creatures like Nessie...err Clossie!
Jason Kidd's Caddy: Scoonie Penn
Ratings: C B- B+ B+ C- C
* No over analysis needed here unless you want me to dissect and evaluate Scoonie I mean Sean Penn's movies from Shawshank Redemption to Mystic River. No worries, I won't go all cinema-rama on you as 'penning' this one is quite simple. My man SP is a warm body with rating ready vitals that could slide in at the floor general spot if Jason Kidd becomes maligned with injury. Apt passer with above average defense and an adequate outside touch. Our team wouldn't fold like an accordion or crumple like a house of cards with Scoonie Penn at the helm. Honestly, if we weren't required to slot a PG designated player in the #2 reserve spot in the depth chart, Scoonie Penn wouldn't even sniff our rotation or see the light of day. But here we are, scooby-doo-doo'ing with our man Scoonie Penn! All I have to say is Yikes, Scoonie, lets hope we never have to start you!
Point Guard: Jason Kidd
Ratings: C+ B- A A C C
* As illustrated above, Jason Kidd has been a 'legacy' Knick baller meaning he has been with our organization throughout his entire career. Jason Kidd has averaged 14.2 PPG, 9.8 APG, 6.5 RPG, 2.4 SPG and 3.6 TPG over the course of 7 years in the World's Most Famous Arena and on its biggest stage in the Big Apple itself! While in the past I may have needed to rely on his offense, a scorer's punch from the 1 position, he'll strictly be serving as a facilitator in our offense. Kidd is no 'kid', any more, literally and we finally have the offensive cache in place to launch via a full-on assault on the competition. Kicking it straight, there'll be no more of this 9.0 APG nonsense as my aim will be to restore Jason Kidd to his halcyon passing glory days of 10.3 and 10.6 APG. His rating composition is magnificent for what we need. Dual As in dishing and defending combined with top flight boarding at the lead guard position. If Jason Kidd was 'The Show' we'd be doomed to another short lived playoff appearance, however, he's a 3rd or 4th peg slotted in to ensure dominance. This is the last year of his contract and my intentions is for him to ride out into the sunset in a Blaze of Glory, Doc Scurlock and Billy the Kid Style! Mount up, Regulators!
Shooting Guard: Kirk Snyder
Ratings: A- C C+ A C+ C
* I had to make a "Sophie's Choice", well maybe not that drastic but it came down to either Kirk Snyder or Maurice Evans. One of them had to go and with Maurice Evans out on the free market and the sensationally gifting Swingman Paul Pierce having just been brought onboard, it made the decision pretty easy. ME, Maurice Evans, our very own 'main event' and at one time thought to be the man whom would lead us to the 'Promised Land' will be missed. I'd like you all to say a moment of silence as he has moved on to another team and honestly I didn't even really note where he landed because once you're out of the Blue and Orange, you're out of sight and of course, out of mind. Maurice Evans - out.
Kirk Snyder in and I can unequivocally inform you that this is the new face of the franchise and I've already commenced in grooming him as such. First season he didn't play so we'll remove it from analysis. Last season, his sophomore campaign, Kirk Snyder figured himself to be on par with Star Trek's very own most famous of captains and thus decided to go space invader crazy with an incredible stat line of 20.6 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 4.5 APG and 1.3 SPG. This individual has game-take over, position re-defining potential with his other worldly A and C+ defensive and rebounding ratings. 8.4 RPG from the off-guard position = are you fucking kidding me!?!? That's just outrageous! You're going to bear witness to a 25 PPG season from him this season with the lone flaw in his game, fly in the ointment being a broken 3 point shot. [45 of 144, 31.3%] I think I accept that when the total package is one that goes kaboom to the potency of 1 million Jokey Smurf 'gifts'. He's my gift to you all, the rest of my competitive foes. Good luck, you're going to need it!
Small Forward: Paul Pierce
Ratings: A- A- C A C+ C
* "The Truth" is out there if you just believe! Remember that tag line and some would believe this to be X-File-esque weird on how Paul "The Truth" Pierce fell into my lap. I was just cold chilling on the NBN website one day when a private message hit my inbox which required me merely to toss a 1st rounder for his services. It took me about 2 seconds, after engaging in endless Icky Wood Shuffles and Ewok Dances, to accept the offer; thus adding a major basketball nuclear weapon to our arsenal! In fact, the acquisition of Paul Pierce changed my free agency strategem drastically as we no longer mandated the return of Maurice Evans as a necessity and I was able to focus my bids on improving other avenues/areas of the depth chart. Any ways, back to Mr. Clutch, Ice Water in his Veins, Paul Pierce. What high end pedigree does he being to the Small Forward position???
He's an unbelievable do-it-all basketball talent with career averages of 19.2 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.9 APG and 1.5 SPG on a shooting percentage slash line of 44.8%77.9%/42.2%. Freshly minted as our premium scoring option and with Jason Kidd slinging him the rock, I have no doubt that Paul Pierce will shatter his previous scoring high of 21.8 PPG in 2001 and 2004 NBN seasons. We're going to be operating a Flash reminiscent offensive game plan with a skew on balancing out the attack between inside and outside; the best of both worlds. This is where Paul Pierce's offensive skill set teeters and lives upon, that knife edge of slicing you into a million pieces with his unprecedented fire, grit and competitiveness. We've never possessed a scorer of his pedigree, one in which the burgeoning Kirk Snyder will intersect with as both players blow the fuck up while running on all cylinders.
Power Forward: Vin Baker
Ratings: B- C C A-A- D
* I just pulled up the Vin Man's player profiled and I'm shocked to see that after acquiring him from the Miami Heat this will signify Baker's 4th season with the ball club. He has been a front court mainstay of explosive blunt impact force having logged seasons of 16.7 PPG/11.8 RPG, 14.7 PPG/12.3 RPG and 13.4 PPG/11.9 RPG while with my precious New York Knickerbockers. Not the most critically important of aspects but a definite boost in a balanced offensive assault, Vin Baker does possess a sleek, smooth-looking J. One, in which, paralyzes opposing lumbering and slumbering Big Men as if their feet were petrified in stone! His scoring is trending downward but with lead sled dogs in Pierce and Snyder, Baker is a definitely double-double scoring/boarding machine whom will serve his purpose down low in the paint. Vin Baker's role is to provide lockdown post defense while cleaning up the glass and putting back our scorers' missed trash as an all-out, motor never ceases Tazmanian Devil of sorts! Vin Baker isn't the creme de la creme in any particular trait or category but as our 4th or 5th best starter, he would be much higher on another team's pecking order and thus supplies us with a tremendous competitive advantage as we construct a team which is poised to bring it on an epic scale both offensively and defensively.
Center: Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Ratings: B C- D+ A+ A- B
* We were dealt a devastating blow when Marcus Camby left us at the beginning of last season, with a huge void to fill. Think the grandest of black abysses and imagine it the size of the Grand Canyon and that was the unenviable spot we were left in. It looked hopeless for our heroes and moi but somehow, someway we landed a very close facsimile to "Camby Land" in our free agency acquisition of "The Big Z!" Seriously, it could have been franchise debilitating and out-right crippling to the point of returning us to the "Stone Age" had we not garnered a legit franchise, cornerstone player like we did with Zydrunas Ilgauskas! I hype him up to the Nth degree but is he worth the lavish celebration and endless praises of poetic prose??? After posting a season of 16.4 PPG, 11.2 RPG and 3.6 BPG in a snail pace's offense with limited ability to extract earth shattering statistics.....YOU DAMN RIGHT HE IS!!!
"The Big Z's" modus operandi will be to prevent defenses from converging on our perimeter scoring threats [i.e. Pierce and Snyder] thus converging on them and suffocating their scoring opportunities like a Boa Constrictor wrapped around our collective necks. Ilgauskas will throw his ultra imposing 7'3", 260 lb. hulking frame around the paint, clearing lanes and directing traffic flow, facilitating Jason Kidd's mission of keeping us flowing and rolling in perfect symmetry and cohesion! Defensively, with career averages of 13.4 RPG and 3.3 BPG, "The Big Z" gives us a menacing figure in the interior whom will make the opposition think twice before driving the lane or thrice when challenging him in any capacity. Our supremely rated defender, it all begins and ends with him defensively as we strive for excellence.
6th Man: Kerry Kittles
Ratings: C+ A B- A- D C
* To think we brought Kerry Kittles on for his impeccable outside scoring prowess [580 of 1443 treys connected on in his career, 40.2%], only to find out in a Commish mandated forum post that last season he rated as a "Top Ten, League Best Perimeter Defender!" Now, granted, his overall defense has reduced from an A to an A- but you have to believe the basic structure of dominating, lockdown defender is still intact. Now add in the fact that Kerry Kittles is a career 12 PPG scorer whom we have the luxury of bringing off the bench in a sublime 6th man role and you see our recipe of success brewing. Flat out the man can be a top scoring option and he'll never turn the ball over as seasons of logged 0.6 and 0.8 TPG with a career average of 1.1 TPG overall attests. You take that component and consider it along with his dynamic scoring and defensive abilities, there's almost no justification for his being a 6th man. However, we have an embarrassment of riches and Kittles is the least rich of them all monetarily so a super-sub, 6th Man of the Year Candidate he shall be!
7th Man: Keith Closs
Ratings: C+ C- D A- B- D
* I'll clean your clock if you don't like the 'Closs-Ness Monster!' Closs-ie as the New York Knicks fans will come to affectionately call him, possesses legendary, near myth-like length in his 7'3" lithe 212 lb. soaking wet body frame. This is a lark move on my behalf and the hope that his limited play thus far in his career along with the belief that he'll play above his ratings due to the skyscraping 7'3" height advantage - it'll result in a knock-out power play. I could have went with Brendan Haywood in this spot and the man did produce 8.2 PPG and 5.9 RPG in 21.0 MPG but that's a bit ho-hum for me. I'm looking for panache! I'm looking for that next level maneuver that'll wow the spectators and put my name up in lights as GM of fuck the Year but the Century circuit wise! Closs has been untested for a few years and with that cross matrix rating components of A- Defense and B- Rebounding I think he can be a 9 RPG, 1.5 BPG contributor from off the bench. I foresee this has an upside play versus the milquetoast Brendan Haywood whom is a dime a dozen, you know what you're getting type. To be a trend setter, barrier breaker you must take chances even if it means believing in mythical creatures like Nessie...err Clossie!
Jason Kidd's Caddy: Scoonie Penn
Ratings: C B- B+ B+ C- C
* No over analysis needed here unless you want me to dissect and evaluate Scoonie I mean Sean Penn's movies from Shawshank Redemption to Mystic River. No worries, I won't go all cinema-rama on you as 'penning' this one is quite simple. My man SP is a warm body with rating ready vitals that could slide in at the floor general spot if Jason Kidd becomes maligned with injury. Apt passer with above average defense and an adequate outside touch. Our team wouldn't fold like an accordion or crumple like a house of cards with Scoonie Penn at the helm. Honestly, if we weren't required to slot a PG designated player in the #2 reserve spot in the depth chart, Scoonie Penn wouldn't even sniff our rotation or see the light of day. But here we are, scooby-doo-doo'ing with our man Scoonie Penn! All I have to say is Yikes, Scoonie, lets hope we never have to start you!
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