Drafted 10th
PG - Rose
SG - K. Martin
SF - Beasley
PF - E.Davis
C - Dalembert
Budinger
D. Jordan
T. Murphy
Morrow
D.Gibson
Meeks
Game 1 Vs Bobcats
I was lucky enough to get baptised by Kobe Bryant and the Bobcats. Golden State runs a very different offense to what i'm used to and it took a bit of getting used to. In Golden State, we don't put our Centre down in the post on offense fighting for position or looking for rebounds, we place him at the top of the 3pt line??? That's how Dalembert ended up with 5 assits. Might have to trade for a shooting C. My initiation was made even more difficult by Derrik Rose getting into foul trouble straight away and sitting off for the 1st quarter. Dropped the 1st quarter by 12 points!!! Start of the 2nd quarter ---- Foul - D.Rose, and back off he goes. Said bugger this and turned on manual subs. Clawed my way back all game long. Pulled level at the start of the 4th and then basically traded baskets for 4 minutes straight. Tied game, their ball, 30 seconds left. Kobe forced up a layup attempt but bounced off my defender and just chucked it up, did that thing where it balances on the ring then eventually drops in. 9 seconds left i inbound to Rose, all 10 players are on the near side of the court, i run towards the top of the 3pt line and realised with his speed i could easily continue to drive around and have an open layup to tie the game.....well, he got to the point where he had the open layup, again the ball sat on top of the ring, then rolled off. Foul. Free Throws. Game Over. Tough loss but confident we'll get it together. Rose - 33 points - 6 boards - 5 assists - 1 steal - 2 turnovers