These blogs are my stories from NBA 2K. I had a blast with 2K14 and using Dreece/Sapp/Blindsidz fictional drafts and league. They provided unbelievable work and kept the game relevant for so much longer than ever before in my game rotation. Now I'm looking forward to continuing the fun with 2K15 on Xbox One! So enjoy the stories at your own risk.
After recovering from the week long partying it was time to get back to work. Cuban had already kept his word and signed me to an extension for 2 more years for winning the title. So I was now signed through 2023 and felt like I found somewhere that respected my work. Cuban had also followed up on his promise to let me blow up an original pair of Air Jordans at the AA plaza. We made it a part of our parade celebration and thank you to the fans. It finally helped me put to rest the animosity and ... Read More
We had a chance to put a storybook ending on this unbelievable playoff run. We started out as a one and done team, and now we are staring a title in the face. All we have to do is get by the four-in-a-row champion Charlotte Bobcats. Who not to forget were the team I built and then turned their back on me. So I had more invested into this series than probably any other, and the team knew it.
Game 1 was a little bit of a letdown as the team was having a hard team recovering from that ... Read More
Game seven, those are words that lead to legends in the sports world. Our young Mavs team didn't have any experience with game sevens as a whole. But walking through the locker room before the game you wouldn't have been able to tell if this was game seven or game one. The locker room was as loose as it had been all playoff run. As for me personally, I was as tight ... Read More
As we rode our prior series wins into the Conference Championship, I had some discussions with Cuban and Dirk on how this run was starting to look a lot like the 2011 Title run. A hard fought first series that we weren't supposed to win. A runaway second round win against a perennial playoff winner. A Conference Finals matchup against the number one seed Thunder. We were starting to feel like this was destiny.
With the Conference Finals comes more media coverage, and as game one ... Read More
This was a year to build on towards something even greater. As it was we took the first step and made the playoffs for the first time in six years.
The first month was a foreshadow of the coming year. Even though it started with an injury in the first quarter of the first game for Jase Lavasai with a broken finger for 4-6 weeks, we finished the month 11-7. Our first winning month since I had joined the team. For the second month we saw a little step back going 5-8, but we faced probably ... Read More
The 2019 off-season was relatively quiet for us. But there was some movement on other fronts in the league.
Our first step was picking up options:
Ray Ray Francis 2.92M
Fabijan Novoselec 1.16M
Chris Sampay 892K
Luca Tomoni 892K
We declined the option on Sergio Munoz for 3.46M
We didn't have any restricted free agents to make a qualifying offer on.
This leads us to the 2019 NBA Draft where we had the 11th pick in the ... Read More
We didn't quite finish the 2018-19 season like I wanted. We ended up with a record of 37-45, which was only good for 10th in the West. We did improve our record of last year, which honestly wasn't that hard to do. Our offense showed some signs of life averaging 105ppg, but the defense needs some work at 104ppg. Hard to win games on a consistent basis when you basically give up as much as you score.
Jabari continued to flash his all-around game. Julius showed his strength and inside ... Read More
This game played out much like the first matchup. In the first we jumped out to a 8 point lead on some nice shooting by Lawson (9pts 3/4 from 3). Then Irving decided that he was going to get into the action and not let us run away with it like last time. He showed his skills with jumpshots and drives to the tune of 11pts in the quarter and brought them to within two at the end of the first, 29-27.
The second quarter while Irving was resting was where our bench started to take over, ... Read More
We were playing a little better post All-Star break with a 9-7 record going into our second game this year against the Bobcats. Sneaking into the playoffs were still a slim chance, as we were 3 games out of 8th with only 13 to play. This game was a chance for us to measure the team against the NBA elite and set ourselves up for a good finish to the year.
The season has been a little bit of a disappointment since the fantastic opening night win against the Bobcats. It has revealed that we still have some tweaking of the roster to get us where we want to be.
Ray Ray had some more bad luck with a broken finger during the game on November 7th. It was estimated to keep him out for 4-6 weeks. We started the first week with a 4-2 record but we ended up going 7-11 for the month. Our PG play was holding us back somewhat as Larkin has taken ... Read More
The locker room was abuzz in anticipation of the opening night game against the Bobcats. There were many reasons this team wanted this first win, but most importantly they wanted to show that they belonged with some of the top teams.
We jumped right out of the gate and showed that we meant to win this game and were not scared of the three-peat champions. After the first 5 minutes we ... Read More
Lo and behold the first game of the 2018-19 regular season is against the Charlotte Bobcats. The NBA was looking for a major storyline to promote the start of the season. Well they got one.
With the signing of Parker it amped up the rivalry even that much more. The guys knew how I was treated, heck the whole world knew. And they told me all week they wanted this one for me.
This offseason was going to be a very busy one as it was my first chance to really shape the team as I wanted.
First tasks were contract options and restricted agent offers.
Picked up options:
R. Francis 2.29M
D. Francis 4.43M
R. Thompson 1.97M
B. Augustin 1.92M
S. Munoz 2.72M
D. Blevins 1.77M
Restricted FA:
Declined to offer T. Thompkins 3.20M
Offered N. Houston 984K
This year wasn't a good one record wise, 26-56, as we knew it probably wouldn't be. It was a year to evaluate the talent we did have and make preparations for the off-season to come. We did have to preach patience to the fans, and I feel they understood we now had direction and plans on how to get there.
We played with most of our roster intact with some minor injuries along the way. We did decide to move Devin Harris at the trade deadline for the LA Clippers 1st round pick. It will ... Read More
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