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05/06 Season Preview
05/06 Season Preview - West

Pre-season power rankings (subject to change from trades)

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Team Finance & Strategy

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Western Conference Teams - no comments this time, only the pictures.

@reelworld on the Phoenix Suns (44-38, NBA Finals)
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@Dr. Dwayne on the Denver Nuggets (41-41)
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@altodevil on the Los Angeles Lakers (61-21, 2nd Round)
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@The Cat on the Minnesota Timberwolves (42-40, 1st Round)
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@oneniltothearsenal on the Seattle Supersonics (57-25, Conference Finals)
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@P-Nut and @Stobzilla on the Memphis Grizzlies (39-43)
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@Dan on the Utah Jazz (42-40, 1st Round)
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05/06 Season Preview - East


@sebsheep on the New Jersey Nets (29-53)
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@BenitoSTARR on the New York Knicks (34-48)
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@Solius and @Samid on the Orlando Magic (33-49)
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@Salt Bailly on the Washington Wizards (45-37, 1st Round)
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@weetee on the Indiana Pacers (25-56)
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@V.O. on the Cleveland Cavaliers (35-47)
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@Skizzo on the Detroit Pistons (33-49)
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@hobbers on the Charlotte Bobcats (41-41, 1st Round)
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I forgot I'm in the East now and did a double take when I showed up.
 
Looking a lot more balanced.

Shame my team is so fecking shiet
 
Drat, I can't seem to get on a team with another star player. The weight of all these poor teams is making me old fast
 
Decent core there for the Lakers, hopefully means I can coast all season.
 
where update
 
Supersonics are dead without me.
 
L10 1-9. Does that mean we were 10-6 and have fallen apart?
 
We might as well get the Trade Deadline Update out of the way too!

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Notable trades:

@Dan and the Jazz trading similarly skilled players, but the thing you have to consider is that Dan is also a PG so now they have three wait a minute
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@Skizzo and the Pistons trading a star and a Sacramento-pick for three decent players and an Orlando-pick.
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And then turning one of those players into two seemingly better players and another Sacramento pick. If there's strength in numbers, the Pistons are quite strong. They now have 12 players with 50 or higher rating. If there's strength in strength, though, the Pistons are just okay.

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@Solius must have been missing the bachelor life, because his Orlando Magic have very quickly traded @Samid to join @Stobzilla and @P-Nut at the Memphis Grizzlies. That makes Memphis Samid's 4th team (plus Orlando twice).
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And then Orlando also immediately traded away Dirk Nowitzki for a cheaper, younger and almost as good Leon Smith, as well a lot of deadwood. It sort of makes sense for Minnesota too, since @The Cat has locked down the Center position.

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We might as well get the Trade Deadline Update out of the way too!

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I'm glad to see that the respec to try and contribute better defensively is making us much harder to beat... :(
 
Lost four in a row and that terrible road record is going to screw Denver out of the playoffs. Does my contract expire this season or next?
 
Why oh why did I resign for the grizzlies. I'm hoping for some reason I manage to get out. Forgot to even post about the pittance they are spending on everything :lol:
 
Guess there is a reason Pacers have extremely modest ticket prices.
 
Maybe we can make the finals this time. East stronger though.
 
Crossing fingers that me turning half-shite is just a ploy to sign a low key deal next season so I can go to a contending team on a reasonable small paycheck.
 
Think it's another 2 decades before my horrible contract expires.
 
05/06 All Star Weekend
05/06 All Star Weekend - Part 1

Standings update:

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Dunk Contest:

@BenitoSTARR again the only Cafite participating, but he wasn't able to replicate his win from last year.

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3 Point Contest

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@Solius, @Dr. Dwayne, @Samid, @P-Nut and @BenitoSTARR will again battle it out to see who is the best Cafite at shooting the ball.

1st Round (4 advance)

Tim Thomas: 26
Voshon Leonard: 21
Kyle Korver: 27

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26 for Solius means that if any of the remaining shoot 27 or better, he's out.
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Dr. Dwayne is out, and we're having a tie-breaker between Solius and Samid. I feel like we've been here before.

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That's surprisingly poor shooting by Solius.
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Solius is out, while Samid, Dr. P-Nut and BenitoSTARR will go through along with Kyle Korver.


2nd Round (2 advance)

Kyle Korver: 28
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P-Nut and Samid need at least 28 now.
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P-Nut is out!


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Samid is out! We'll have a non-Cafite in the final round for the first time in a long time.


Final Round

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Kyle Korver has beaten the best the Caf had to offer. Disappointing!

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