A Rebuild In Progress

[mfbmike]

Rumor Mill:


A.I. confused by trade rumors
- Source: Grizzlies to take Iverson off market


Pacers talking trade
- Pistons: We're no longer pursuing T.J. Ford
- Trailblazers reportedly offering Miller


Lots of interest in Wallace
- Clippers not pursuing Wallace
- Hornets: Wallace not worth the asking price
- Trailblazers reportedly rescind offer of Nicolas Batum


Suns working to trade Hill
- Hill not bound for Portland

Transactions:

- Spurs sign Bruce Bowen to 1yr/$457k deal

Injuries:


In a game played lastnight, DeSagana Diop of the Bobcats suffered a Broken Hand. He is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks.

Other News:

- Granger's career high leads Pacers past Heat
- Kobe carries Lakers to 123-108 win
- Durant, Thunder power past Pistons 94-86

[mfbmike]

Definitely following. The Wolves are one of my top 30 favorite teams.

:confused2:

There are 30 teams in the NBA.

Haha.

[mfbmike]

Brewer Getting Out And Running (And Doing It Well)



Things were starting to click for Corey Brewer.

The game was slowing down, and he was gaining confidence. But 15 games into his second season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the sleek 6-foot-9 forward tore a knee ligament.

Brewer said he’s feeling few effects from the knee surgery, outside of a little soreness two games into the 2009-10 regular season. But he’s also feeling pretty good about the new up-tempo style of coach Kurt Rambis, taking him back to the days when he won two national championships at the University of Florida.

“We’re going up and down more, cutting to the basket,” he said. “All the stuff I did at Florida.”

Brewer has averaged 18.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first two games of the season, up from the 6.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists he averaged a season ago.

Corey has an opportunity big enough to drive a truck through. The team has no proven,starting quality SG or SF. Even though Kevin McHale is gone, the front office still wants to see Corey succeed due to spending a high pick on him. Plus he is marketing gold with his smile and humility.

“A team always needs defense,” Rambis said. “A team always need players who play hard. A team always needs players with a passion for playing. He has all three."

“We’ll continue to work on his outside shot, but I love his spirit. I love how hard he plays.”

[SuperNova854]

Lol Bowen returns to Spurs

[mfbmike]

Already rolling lol, solid start to the season. Also what kind of sliders are you using mike?

HOF Difficulty

CPU Shooting:
40 Inside Shots
42 Close Shots
45 Mid-Range Shots
45 3 Pt. Shots

User Shooting:
52 3pt shooting

Foul settings:
70 Charging Fouls
70 Blocking Fouls
70 Reach-In Fouls
70 Shooting Fouls
100 Loose Ball Fouls

All I've tweaked so far but still pleased with the results I'm getting. Barely beat the Nets. Got trashed by the Cavs. Stats look realistic. Still hard as shit to make 3's so far. But then again, I don't really have any marksmen.

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Top Plays (Week of Oct. 27 - Oct. 31)


#3 - Kevin Love cleans up the trash with a put back dunk
#2 - Jonny Flynn takes the inbound pass to the hoop for the nice and-1
#1- Ryan Hollins shows off his athleticism for the sick, wicked and nasty putback slam

[mfbmike]

Will be doing a top plays video each week and it will be posted before each of my weekly updates. I only played 2 teams this week and didn't save every nice play but you get the idea. Enjoy!

[Archer]

soooooooooo sick

[SuperNova854]

sicky dicky picky jicky nicky

[Lupe]

mikes chise up and running sick shit michael

[SuperNova854]

how much tme do you use in qs?

[Justo]

good shit mike, on a roll already.

[Woy]

Still hard as shit to make 3's so far. But then again, I don't really have any marksmen.

Play Wayne Ellington then.

[Flight24]

wow, love that screenshot of brewer. looking good here mike

[mfbmike]

soooooooooo sick

how much tme do you use in qs?

12 minutes, as posted in the 1st post.

nice start to the season mike! btw ryan hollins threw down one of the sickest put backs ive ever seen lol

Dude, Flynn shook the shit out of Devin Harris but I had the presence of mind to dish to Brewer. I was like "fuck, he just missed an open shot" and suddenly I see Hollins out of the corner of the screen rise up and throw that shit down. Sickest dunk ever. He just extended for it. It was nasty.

the layout looks sick nasty in the blackout skin.

Yeah? Dope.

Play Wayne Ellington then.

Woy speaks the truth with that statement.

He played more minutes in the 2nd game vs the Cavs and did alright.

wow, love that screenshot of brewer. looking good here mike

Thanks man. That play was actually pretty bad ass. Didn't manage to get the whole replay in though. Brewer tipped it, saved it, ball went to Flynn, Brewer took off down the floor, Flynn lobbed it too him and he took it to the rim for an easy 2.

Brewer's gonna be something special for me.

Thanks everyone who has posted in here thus far. Appreciate the support.