NATIONAL BALLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS 5/20/13

The Philadelphia 76ers are the 2012-13 World Champions! Game Seven came down to the very end in a back and forth matchup in OKC but the 76ers seized control of the game late by keeping the Thunder bigmen in foul trouble. Tracy McGrady was the MVP despite his struggles thru out Game Seven shooting the ball. He did make a huge shot late in the 4th quarter to seal it and was awarded the trophy. This was the 76ers second championship in National Ballers Associations third year of existence. Sorry for the delay in Game Seven. We both wanted to make sure we got together to watch it and it tooks a few weeks to get our schedules together so we could.

I would like to thank all of you for a successful third season and hope that you will all come back for NBA 2k13. If you are not able to commit to another season please let me know as soon as possible so a replacement can be found. Right now we are at 15 members which is perfect and we don’t want to go over that amount or lower than that.

This off season I hope to keep you all informed of everything going on in the creation of next season’s league so you can be well informed for this year’s upcoming draft. For the first three seasons of the league either the Thunder or 76ers have won the title and I want to give you all a better chance of creating a team that can be a title contender by keeping you informed. I think the new way players will be created and having a draft while we all get together is the start to doing that. It is your responsibility though to make sure you keep up with everything going on for reference when it’s draft time. If you don’t you will find yourself behind the 8 ball trying to catch up and believe that never works.

Speaking of the draft it is time to reveal the order of the teams drafting. There will be a total of 12 rounds in the draft and this year will be a snake type draft with the CPU teams always drafting in the latter part of each round.

Rounds One, Three, Five, Seven, Nine & Eleven
1.OKC Thunder
2.Philadelphia 76ers
3.LA Clippers
4.Boston Celtics
5.Phoenix Suns
6.Atlanta Hawks
7.Denver Nuggets
8.Indiana Pacers
9.Los Angeles Lakers
10.Washington Wizards
11.Orlando Magic
12.Brooklyn Nets
13.New York Knicks
14.San Antonio Spurs
15.Sacramento Kings
16.Dallas Mavericks
17.Portland Trailblazers
18.Houston Rockers
19.Golden State Warriors
20.Utah Jazz
21.Chicago Bulls
22.Detroit Pistons
23.Minnesota Timberwolves
24.Milwaukee Bucks
25.Cleveland Cavaliers
26.Toronto Raptors
27.New Orleans Hornets
28.Memphis Grizzlies
29.Miami Heat
30.Charlotte Bobcats

Rounds Two, Four, Six, Eight, Ten & Twelve
1.Sacramento Kings
2.San Antonio Spurs
3.New York Knicks
4.Brooklyn Nets
5.Orlando Magic
6.Washington Wizards
7.Los Angeles Lakers
8.Indiana Pacers
9.Denver Nuggets
10.Atlanta Hawks
11.Phoenix Suns
12.Boston Celtics
13.LA Clippers
14.Philadelphia 76ers
15.OKC Thunder
16.Dallas Mavericks
17.Portland Trailblazers
18.Houston Rockets
19.Golden State Warriors
20.Utah Jazz
21.Chicago Bulls
22.Detroit Pistons
23.Minnesota Timberwolves
24.Milwaukee Bucks
25.Cleveland Cavaliers
26.Toronto Raptors
27.New Orleans Hornets
28.Memphis Grizzlies
29.Miami Heat
30.Charlotte Bobcats

The Draft will be held on Friday, September 6th at a location that has yet to be determined (Preferably somewhere with some food and adult beverages). For those who are not able to attend you will have to do so by skype, email, text message or just give me your picks. Of course there will be more info on this to come. Also loads of more information over the next few weeks and months about the how the players will be rated this year the Summer League and much more.