Game: NBA 2k12 (PC)
Difficulty: Superstar
Roster: 97-98 Mod
Quarter Lenght: 12 Mins

G | Damon Stoudamire | 5-10, 171 lbs | Arizona | 3 (experience)
G | Vince Carter | 6-6, 215 lbs | North Carolina | R
F | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 6-9, 225 lbs | California | 2
F | Michael Smith | 6-9, 230 lbs | Providence | 4
C | Bryant Reeves | 7-0, 275 lbs | Oklahoma State | 3



G | Bobby Jackson | 6-1, 185 lbs | Minnesota | 1
F | Antawn Jamison | 6-8, 220 lbs | North Carolina | R
G | Brent Barry | 6-6, 185 lbs | Oregon State | 3
F | Tony Massenburg | 6-9, 220 lbs | Maryland | 6
F | Bruce Bowen | 6-7, 185 lbs | California State | 3
C | Oliver Miller | 6-9, 320 lbs | Arkansas | 6
F | Sam Mack | 6-7, 220 lbs | Houston | 4



G | Stephen Jackson | 6-8, 218 lbs | Butler County | 1
G | Rodrick Rhodes | 6-6, 225 lbs | Southern California | 1
G | Anthony Carter | 6-1, 190 lbs | Hawaii | R

Riis123 wrote:
I'd love to see a game between Vancouver Grizzlies and the mighty Charlotte Bobcats. Wonder which team will win.

I'll probably follow, even though i didn't follow the NBA until last year and therefor don't know any of your players. But they sound like they are at a level as an average player of the Wizards.

Before the season starts, the Grizzlies announced the first trade: guard Bobby Hurley is traded to the Houston Rockets for rookie guard Rodrick Rhodes (24 years old, Houston first pick (24th overall) in 1997's NBA draft). Rhodes isn't expected to get that much minutes within Grizzlies' rotation, but the team's hoping for him to develop well.

First post updated: Vancouver's current roster (I will update this roster whenever a trade/signing happened)

The Grizzlies face a tough season after finishing with a 14-68 record in 1996-97. There's a good chance to improve, but will they reach 17 wins? They won a total of 29 games in their first two years in the NBA, and if they fail to win 17 this year, they'll break the league record, set by the Mavericks of 1991-92, '92-93 and '93-94, for fewest wins in a three-year period. Is there any reason to hope? Well...

...they do have Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a 6'10" small forward who is coming off a terrific rookie season (18.7 points per game). Someday it may be agreed upon that he, not Allen Iverson, should have been the No. 1 pick in the 1996 draft, because Abdur-Rahim has a chance to develop into another Scottie Pippen. Seven-foot center Bryant Reeves can score (16.2 points a game last season), but he's not a prime option offensively... the Grizzlies also got rookie point guard Antonio Daniels (4th pick overall), who should have some positive effect on the struggling offense (second to last scoring - 89.2 ppg - last year).. here's the starting lineup:

November Part #1: Vancouver Grizzlies vs Toronto Raptors

Loss, 75-93

One of the Grizzlies' highlight games in November as they face the 2nd Canadian team. Vancouver has only one win so far this season (against the new built Bobcats).. the team looked good in first half, building a narrow lead. But in second half, the Grizzlies (again) began to struggle in both scoring and defense and they were 21-31 in 3rd and 16-27 in 4th quarter.. Man of the match was Raptors' Tracy McGrady (15 pts, 7 Reb), his teammates Chauncey Billups (15 pts, 6 Assists) and Gary Trent (18 Pts, 12 Reb) had good games, too. Grizzlies' Abdur-Rahim had 18 pts, 10 Reb and Antonio Daniels had 8 pts and 9 Assists, but also turned the ball over 7 times..

One of the new faces in Vancouver: Rodrick Rhodes had 7 points in 1st quarter, when the Grizzlies' had a great start.. he couldn't add some more points later..

Vancouver also added 5 time NBA All-star Brad Daugherty (Center, 32 years) to their roster. Cleveland's 1st overall pick in 1986 did retire in 1996 because of back problems, but decided to come back from retirement.. he had 7 points in 13 minutes against the Raptors and looked like a good backup for struggling starting center Bryant Reeves.

Raptors' rookie guard McGrady had a strong second half and helped the Raptors beating Vancouver by almost 20 points..

A bad start into this season for the Grizzlies.. only two wins against the Charlotte Bobcats and several blow-out-losses even against struggling teams like the Pistions (3-12). There's a lot of things to improve in Vancouver, that's for sure.

A huge loss against the strong Jazz. An impressive run in 3rd quarter (30-18) gave the Jazz the crucial lead and the Grizzlies had no chance to fight back. Karl Malone (26 pts, 11 Reb) and Jeff Hornacek (24 pts, picture) were Utah's strongest, while Abdur-Rahim had 20 pts and Bryant Reeves a double-double (11 pts/11 Reb).

The Grizzlies' worst match so far came against the Lakers: 68-100. Abdur-Rahim scored 29 pts, but the Lakers were simply too strong. Kobe Bryant (24 points), Shaq O'Neal (21 Pts, 10 Reb, 6 Assists), Eddie Jones (20 pts, picture) and Robert Horry (14 Reb) all had huge games here.

Bryant Reeves dominated the Bobcats in Vancouver's 2nd win this season: 30 points and 10 Rebounds. The Grizzlies had a comfortable lead in early 4th quarter, when they suddenly stopped scoring and went 18-28 in this final 12 minutes. But Reeves made two free throws 20 seconds before final whistle.. Abdur-Rahim added 19 pts and Sam Mack (9 pts) was 3-6 from outside.