Rise To The Top - The Memphis Grizzlies Dynasty

[StraightBaylien]

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DYNASTY

"RISE TO THE TOP"
by StraightBaylien

All 30 Team Control
Allow CPU Trades: Off [I will make trades throughout the season for the CPU, fair only of course]
Difficulty: All-Star
Draft Classes: CWSapp's Fictional Draft Classes 2012-2021
Injuries: On
Player Roles: On
Playoff Format: 7-7-7-7
Progressive Fatigue: Off
Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Roster: SiM 2 The MAXX by Perry Price/Weeks
Season Length: 82 Games
Sliders: TheBoat's NBA 2K12 Slider Set
Team Chemistry: On
Trade Override: Off


I'm going with the same idea as my last thread, except I'm just gonna go with one team. I'll try my luck with the Grizz this season, but also keeping everyone in the loop about the rest of the league in detail. Maybe I'll try a new team each season, who knows... I DO know that for the 2012-2013 season, I will focus on the Memphis Grizzlies

-I assigned the free agents to teams where they needed the depth or a solid replacement for a loss at a position. I will spend the next few days, possible just one but we'll see, on editing and creating realistic contracts for the players I signed so that someone like Brendan Haywood is not making 14M a year. YIKES.

-I will take into account the injuries that will prevent guys from playing this season [Derrick Rose] and sit them out til they can return.

-If you want to know what any squad looks like, just let me know and I'll post their depth charts...

NOTABLE TRADES

LAL gets: Dwight Howard, Earl Clark
CLE gets: Andrew Bynum, Glen Davis
ORL gets: Anderson Varejao, Tyler Zeller, Josh McRoberts, 2013 1st round pick [CLE], 2014 2nd round pick [CLE], 2013 & 2014 2nd round picks [LAL]

Note: the reason I made the trade just mentioned is for competitive purposes. Since I am in the Western Conference, I feel like I needed a super team to "BEAT THE ODDS" against, as well as it makes another solid Eastern Conference team in Cleveland.

MIL gets: Kevin Martin, 2014 1st round pick [HOU]
HOU gets: Monta Ellis

NBA TEAM RANKINGS

76ers
OFF 18th
DEF 10th
OVR 14th

Bobcats
OFF 30th
DEF 30th
OVR 30th

Bucks
OFF 24th
DEF 15th
OVR 24th

Bulls
OFF 15th
DEF 3rd
OVR 4th

Cavaliers
OFF 19th
DEF 13th
OVR 16th

Celtics
OFF 8th
DEF 4th
OVR 5th

Clippers
OFF 10th
DEF 12th
OVR 7th

Grizzlies
OFF 11th
DEF 11th
OVR 9th

Hawks
OFF 12th
DEF 16th
OVR 19th

Heat
OFF 2nd
DEF 1st
OVR 1st

Hornets
OFF 25th
DEF 17th
OVR 26th

Jazz
OFF 17th
DEF 24th
OVR 17th

Kings
OFF 28th
DEF 28th
OVR 28th

Knicks
OFF 6th
DEF 21st
OVR 11th

Lakers
OFF 7th
DEF 6th
OVR 3rd

Magic
OFF 22nd
DEF 9th
OVR 21st

Mavericks
OFF 1st
DEF 18th
OVR 13th

Nets
OFF 23rd
DEF 19th
OVR 18th

Nuggets
OFF 4th
DEF 14th
OVR 8th

Pacers
OFF 16th
DEF 5th
OVR 12th

Pistons
OFF 14th
DEF 25th
OVR 23rd

Raptors
OFF 21st
DEF 8th
OVR 20th

Rockets
OFF 29th
DEF 29th
OVR 29th

Spurs
OFF 3rd
DEF 2nd
OVR 2nd

Suns
OFF 13th
DEF 22nd
OVR 15th

Thunder
OFF 9th
DEF 7th
OVR 6th

Timberwolves
OFF 27th
DEF 27th
OVR 27th

Trail Blazers
OFF 20th
DEF 26th
OVR 22nd

Warriors
OFF 5th
DEF 20th
OVR 10th

Wizards
OFF 26th
DEF 23rd
OVR 25th

Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Michael Conley	Jerryd Bayless	Jeremy Pargo	n/a
SG	Tony Allen	Tony Wroten	Josh Selby	Wayne Ellington
SF	Rudy Gay	Mickael Pietrus	Quincy Pondexter	n/a
PF	Zach Randolph	Darrell Arthur	Furkan Aldemir	n/a
C	Marc Gasol	Marreese Speights	n/a	n/a

Matchup Preview *|* November 2, 2012
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Memphis Grizzlies (-, - Away)		Los Angeles Clippers (-, - Home)
Stats Comparison 95.0 Points Per Game 97.5 93.0 PPG Allowed 95.0 .447 Field Goal % .455 .326 3-Point % .357 42.0 Rebounds 41.6 5.2 Blocks 4.8 9.6 Steals 8.4 14.5 Turnovers 13.3 .759 Free Throw % .680 Projected Starters Michael Conley Point Guard Chris Paul Tony Allen Shooting Guard Chauncey Billups Rudy Gay Small Forward Grant Hill Zach Randolph Power Forward Blake Griffin Marc Gasol Center DeAndre Jordan Game Notes Team stats are from the 2011-12 NBA Regular Season.

Detailed Around The League report coming soon.
Stay tuned.

[jwoodson]

Looks good, I've been wanting to see a Memphis Grizzlies thread!

[ThunderBulls23]

NICE ! Love seeing a team no one does !

[StraightBaylien]

Memphis and its 'Not-So Secret Weapon'
by StraightBaylien

MEMPHIS -- The Memphis Grizzlies have been more than impressive the last two off seasons, and their depth off the bench has gotten a lot of the credit. O.J. Mayo and Gilbert Arenas are two names that come to mind when you think of key contributors off the bench just last season. With two plug and play guys no longer on the roster, we ask who is going to be there to fill the void for the Grizz? Here's a look at an expected key figure for the Memphis bench this season...

DARRELL ARTHUR - 6'9" | 225 lbs | Kansas - 9.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, .497 FG% (2010-11)



At first glance Darrell Arthur might remind some people of a Glen Davis type of player; stocky, low to the ground, passive type of player, but this is the exact opposite. Darrell Arthur is an explosive, great rebounding, physical low post player with a sweet stroke on the jumper on the side. Despite missing the entire 2011-12 season due to a torn MCL, Darrell Arthur was signed to a 3 year deal worth $10M.

"We've seen what Darrell can do, his last healthy season showed a double double kind of guy, consistent too. I can see him being my one guy that I would be swapping into the lineup on certain nights, given matchups. He's the most versatile weapon on our bench. I feel like at first this guy will fly under a lot of teams' radars, but by the middle of the year, I'm sure he'll be our not so secret weapon." said head coach Lionel Hollins when asked what role Arthur would play this season.

"I'm excited to be back. I'm really excited. I'm... uh... I don't want to say that too much, I saw what everybody did with Tebow.. [laughs] but seriously... uh, It hurt so bad to miss last season. Not just the physical pain, but the pain of not knowing what would have been if I could have played... but it felt great getting out in the preseason, really getting into a groove and picking up where I left off. It felt good to get a chance to shine after such a long recovery."

This "shining" that Darrell speaks of is his performance as a starter in the preseason games. The 6'9 forward put up nearly 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, in an average of 27 minutes, clearly contributing heavily to Memphis' 4-0 record. Its unclear whether this play will continute throughout the season or if Arthur can even stay healthy enough to play at this level, but one thing is for sure, Darrell Arthur is focused on the task at hand

"I think we can be more than just that surprise team that 'loses in the first or second rounds' I think we have the keys on this team to not only make noise in the playoffs, but shock the whole league and win it all."

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GAY, GRIZZLIES WIN OT THRILLER ON THE ROAD, DEFEAT CLIPPERS 113-12


Rudy Gay driving to the basket in Wednesday night's victory over the Clippers

LOS ANGELES -- The Grizzlies began their season on the road in Staples Center. Behind Zach Randolph's 29 points and Rudy Gay's buzzer beater in OT, the Grizz beat the Clips 113-12.

For the Clippers, Blake Griffin and Chauncey Billups looked to have themselves a big night as they came out and scored the first 13 points for Los Angeles [Griffin, 7. Billups, 6] on route to a 24-22 deficit to the balanced offensive attack that was the Grizzlies.

The Clippers came back and outscored the Grizzlies by two points in the 2nd quarter, making it 49-49 at the half.

The second half was a neck and neck affair until about three minutes left when the Grizzlies made an 8-0 run to jump out to the largest lead of the night, which was 10 points. It seems then was when the CP3 show began, Paul himself scored the next 10 points (16 on the game) for the Clippers, including the drifter at the buzzer to send the game into OT.

Overtime was much like regulation, both teams scrapping and clawing for victory. With only 11 seconds on the clock, Memphis found themselves down by two points. Darrell Arthur inbounded the ball to Mike Conley, but apparently the pass was off as it flew over Conley's head and right into the hands of Chris Paul. Paul then subsequently stepped on the baseline, giving the ball back to the Grizz with 7 seconds to go.

"I told Coach Hollins 'if you give me the ball, I'll knock it down' he looked back at me and was like 'You've made it before, Rudy. ...just like all the other ones, now...' like, don't stress, just hit a shot."

Aruthur was attempting the inbound even after the previous blunder, but he got the ball into Conley who cut, drew a double team and kicked it out to Rudy Gay for 3...


Rudy Gay shooting the game winning 3 in overtime over defender Blake Griffin

"I could hear Coach Hollins on the bench 'Rudy! Not a 3!' but when you're feelin it, you're feelin it."

The buzzer sounds, Rudy Gay nets the three pointer to send Memphis to victory 113-12. The Staples Center was silent as the Grizzlies bench exploded, charging towards Rudy Gay who just stood with his hand up, wrist flexed, with the look of an assassin. Gay, modestly, gave his team mates high fives, but never cracked a smile. The Grizz are right back on the road again for a game tomorrow, against the dynamic duo of Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson's Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

Left: Paul Millsap, Right: Al Jefferson

Memphis Grizzlies (1-0) at Los Angeles Clippers (0-1)
Nov 2, 2012 1 2 3 4 OT Final Memphis 24 25 28 26 10 113 Los Angeles 22 27 28 26 9 112 Top Performers Memphis Grizzlies Z. Randolph - 29 PTS 9 REB, 12-19 FG R. Gay - 19 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 2-2 3PT Los Angeles Clippers B. Griffin - 20 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL C. Paul - 16 PTS, 16 AST, 2 STL	Team Stats Comparison MEM LAC FG Made-Att 40-86 44-91 3PT Made-Att 4-9 8-15 FT Made-Att 29-39 16-24 Rebounds 46 49 Assists 29 30 Turnovers 14 20 Steals 10 6 Blocks 4 7

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WROTEN TO MISS 4 WEEKS DUE TO ANKLE SPRAIN, SELBY EXPECTED TO FILL VOID

Tony Wroten, selected 25th overall by Memphis in 2012

MEMPHIS -- In Memphis' win over the Clippers, rookie guard Tony Wroten Jr. leaped for a rebound and severly sprained his ankle in the 3rd quarter. Grizzlies medical staff diagnose that the injury is not serious, but Wroten could miss up to 4 weeks of playing time, pending an MRI scheduled for Thursday morning. Wroten played 11 minutes off the bench before his injury in Wednesday night's contest. Josh Selby is expected to fill in until Wroten's return.

A second-year man out of Kansas, Josh Selby averaged 2.3 points, 1.1 assists, and 8.5 minutes in 28 games played last season.

[StraightBaylien]

Matchup Preview *|* November 3, 2012
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Memphis Grizzlies (1-0, 1-0 Away)		Utah Jazz (0-1, 0-1 Home)
Stats Comparison 95.0 Points Per Game 99.7 .447 Field Goal % .456 .759 Free Throw % .754 .326 3-Point % .323 42.0 Rebounds 44.2 5.2 Blocks 5.8 9.6 Steals 8.3 14.5 Turnovers 14.2 93.0 PPG Allowed 99.0 Projected Starters Michael Conley Point Guard Mo Williams Tony Allen Shooting Guard Shannon Brown Rudy Gay Small Forward Gordon Hayward Zach Randolph Power Forward Paul Millsap Marc Gasol Center Al Jefferson Injury Report Tony Wroten Severe Ankle Sprain / 4 weeks Game Notes The previous statisticss are from the 2011-12 NBA season.