Post by doncorleone on Aug 11, 2020 9:01:02 GMT -8
In a Series of interviews The Godfather, GM of the San Antonio Spurs, dives in deep and often into what makes the GM's in Topflight take flight, who they are and how they live. We start with The Clippers Lumley, enjoy.
1. Who are you?
My name is David Byron, im a bicentennial baby born in San Diego in 1976. Im a very mixed mutt. I grew up without a real father. Found out later when we left my stepdad who I thought was my real life father, when I was like 8. He tried to kill my mother so before I was 2 years old my mom ran away taking me. I never saw my father till I was 18. He disowned me later after he took out a loan for his house and deadbeat law against people who didnt pay child support caught it and made hi pay back lump sum for me and my mom. Lol since growing up with mostly my mom I tend to be more sensitive liek a girl you can say. I really have no friends that are around to spend time with or talk now. I got married in Philippines around same time I started these sim leagues. Ive always been a big time gamer and self made athlete. Sports is actually how I learned to read from sport pages almanacs and many bios. I studied mostly baseball early on and was a great pitcher. Hitting ok but nad eyesight hurt that and im ambidextrous. Was mostly left handed when young but couldnt tell teachers left from right so they made me use right hand. Various injuries to left shoulder over years weakened it. So sports I flip back and forh lol like bowling I do left and golf lol. This so long now. I have some weird conditions that enable me to have very odd hours lf sleep. I am divorced now and sadly my oldest son is living in florida with his mom who got remarried and she hates my guts and always so mean. I tend to get bad users in relationships. I now am stay at home dad to my autistic younger son whos morher abandoned us she had many issues I found out to late besides bad siezures. I was her caregiver for awhile. She lied about everything. I have a gf from past I havent been able to see much since she lives far. So 2 boys ages 5 and 15 this year. Ill tell more about me later im normally a open book and hide nothing.
2. How long have you been doing SIM Leagues and how did you get started?
I took a few years off but I started about 16 to 17 years back about. I pretty much did every type of sport. One I paid for in football where you made own players and develop them till they retire. You become fa and try to make teams lol. I had whole family of them one of the top offensive lineman and running backs in history of it. Did hockey for awhile with football snd very good in both of them. Lots of basketball sims which I excelled at retro ones as long as I started from begining. Mostly got started to have people with sports on common to talk too since wife never did talk much but to bitch. I was playing mostly vampire lycan type games which im a huge reader of the genre and huge horror fan. By the way my name lumley on games comes from one of my favorite writers Brian Lumley. He is the most famous J.P. Lovecraft writers. Also forgot I did baseball too for many years even was a admin in one league. I stopped because of ex wife issues moving and job issues. Cameback bored and my stepdad died few years back so he was last person I really talked sports with so gets lonely.
3. Your team has holes everywhere what are your plans to fix them?
I guess tweek DCs. Have had issues with rebounding turnovers and blocks with bad defence for awhile up front. I did make a trade for a older stopper up front which sp far looks great. Ill keep working on rcs and do acs which help a ton with turnovers. Trading here is very hard. I hate tanking and drafts started so great here people cumming all over picks. I feel and bet upcoming drafts will be dumbed down alot more Till retro type draft starts up. Overal trading difficult here we fluxuate with having active gms. Most seem tp use this is like last resort when nothing to do in other sims. I do have very soft heart for pure shooters who can score since that was my own game style till my knee hip foot issues.
4. Booker just signed a franchise record deal, what about him cries building block?
His deal wasnt so bad lol Lavine did better. Booker I just love he sims great and I worked on him hard and spent so much to bring him in. His profiencies are extremely high so super consistent. Im going to I think pump his handles a plus 10 to even further lower his turnovers rven more. Just wish he could start at pg. A lot of family in Arizona so a family favorite I guess.
5. Who are your top 3 teams in the East nd why?
Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards. All of them seem deep and very nice rebounding. Solid defence which seems to be rather thin in this league so far. Also all 3 gms are very active and solid DC masters. So all in all. Very versatile teams with very little in holes.
6. Who are your top 3 teams in the West and why?
Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns with Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz very close being loaded with young talented monsters. First 2 teams loaded with vet depth and seem to pound you inside. Also driven by
top star power in players that improve rest of teams players overal. Nugs and Jazz might destroy the league mext few with another good tc or 2 it might be over for the rest of us. As older stars fade away and retire.
7. Let's get a bit personal, Saturday night pre Covid what is a perfect night for the Clippers GM?
Nice food with good drinks not alcohal. Teas, diet sodas or like lite lemonade. Snacks lol. If I can enjoy some sports. Lately watching same kid learning dvds for my son or his cartoons like Spongebob. Foods I like good burgers or something like it. Great BBQ is good. Snacks lol different candies, ice cream cake, pastries. I do tend to rent a ton of movies from redbox since I get tons of freebie promos or from the thousands I have bought that I havent watched yet. My mom helps out with my son and loves horror movies or dark comedies. So I tend get something we both enjoy. Night if im super duper lucky my son eats well during the day so he can sleep earlier. We do go to a local military park or pier where he likes to walk. I wine down by doing handful gaming apps and lingering with you all on these sims throughout the day too. Takes mind off of other stuff. I think im more into the progression as always moving forward getting something done. Like a personal accomplishment.
8. Same question during Covid?
Very similar its hard going out with a young autistic son like I rarely see my on and off again gf for like a year or so at a time. She lives few hours away. We now struggle sometimes to find stuff to watch lol not many movies shows or sporting events. My sons online schooling struggle with bad internet at our place because owner of the park to dang cheap to put in new lines to update everything. He just has friends and family deals. Still go to that park and walk piers around the boats. Eat in the car driving around with AC on during hot weather. Normally my son likes to go inside like local burger joint eating very well done bacon or Carls Jr eating kids stars which only nuggets he will eat occassionly unless he on one of his kicks where he eats samething everyday. Miss taking him in places like Target and local Malls. He used to run around alot in the one close to us. Carpeted floors so not bad if he fell. Ya kinda boring lol and lots of my gaming and such lol. I have a few auto style old games I play. Hard to explain unless you played them
9. Hate to go here but what is your favorite meal and where do you go tobget it?
Not sure I have a favorite meal. I like those old style restaurants that have everything. I guess it would be something my mom made like old german pancakes. Home made family recipe I used to eat like over 30 of them with boysenberry syrup and sugar pn the thin crepes. I also like for my birthday had chicken fettucine with white cheese sauce or gnocchis. Mostly all german dishes or italian style. If I go out its charbroiled type cheeseburgers. Fast food be like taco bell, del taco. Jack n box. Chick fil a ir popeyes lol. Love sandwich shops too like togos where I get cheese sandwiches. Love BBQ if cooked correctly. Baby back ribs.
10. Trip to Vegas you can take 3 other GMs with you, who and why comes along?
Footy, Ason and Royal if he counts. Why I take them lol they all look like they would know how to party and have a great time. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. They might know the best places on town lol who knows. Hit up the casinos pick up some hot ladies. Stay in a fancy hotel. Gamble gamble on everything and anything from sports and so on. Loose big or go home trying to win it all lol most likely go broke with horrible luck like my late grandpa always said we gpt double bad luck in our family with the men. See the popular shows look around shopping malls if anything left to spend and good eats they have plenty of nice restaurants. Soon to be the home of the Raiders. Would have to fly Footy in lol Royal me and Ason few hours away lol. Not sure Footy been. Maybe his accent will help get him some lovely lady. God im tired trying to finish this too. I also havent really drinked in long ass time besides occasional beer and might be nice to let go in a place like Vegas as long as its all under control environment lol im not looking for a Hangover type situation or a fucked up friends type random marriage.
1. Who are you?
My name is David Byron, im a bicentennial baby born in San Diego in 1976. Im a very mixed mutt. I grew up without a real father. Found out later when we left my stepdad who I thought was my real life father, when I was like 8. He tried to kill my mother so before I was 2 years old my mom ran away taking me. I never saw my father till I was 18. He disowned me later after he took out a loan for his house and deadbeat law against people who didnt pay child support caught it and made hi pay back lump sum for me and my mom. Lol since growing up with mostly my mom I tend to be more sensitive liek a girl you can say. I really have no friends that are around to spend time with or talk now. I got married in Philippines around same time I started these sim leagues. Ive always been a big time gamer and self made athlete. Sports is actually how I learned to read from sport pages almanacs and many bios. I studied mostly baseball early on and was a great pitcher. Hitting ok but nad eyesight hurt that and im ambidextrous. Was mostly left handed when young but couldnt tell teachers left from right so they made me use right hand. Various injuries to left shoulder over years weakened it. So sports I flip back and forh lol like bowling I do left and golf lol. This so long now. I have some weird conditions that enable me to have very odd hours lf sleep. I am divorced now and sadly my oldest son is living in florida with his mom who got remarried and she hates my guts and always so mean. I tend to get bad users in relationships. I now am stay at home dad to my autistic younger son whos morher abandoned us she had many issues I found out to late besides bad siezures. I was her caregiver for awhile. She lied about everything. I have a gf from past I havent been able to see much since she lives far. So 2 boys ages 5 and 15 this year. Ill tell more about me later im normally a open book and hide nothing.
2. How long have you been doing SIM Leagues and how did you get started?
I took a few years off but I started about 16 to 17 years back about. I pretty much did every type of sport. One I paid for in football where you made own players and develop them till they retire. You become fa and try to make teams lol. I had whole family of them one of the top offensive lineman and running backs in history of it. Did hockey for awhile with football snd very good in both of them. Lots of basketball sims which I excelled at retro ones as long as I started from begining. Mostly got started to have people with sports on common to talk too since wife never did talk much but to bitch. I was playing mostly vampire lycan type games which im a huge reader of the genre and huge horror fan. By the way my name lumley on games comes from one of my favorite writers Brian Lumley. He is the most famous J.P. Lovecraft writers. Also forgot I did baseball too for many years even was a admin in one league. I stopped because of ex wife issues moving and job issues. Cameback bored and my stepdad died few years back so he was last person I really talked sports with so gets lonely.
3. Your team has holes everywhere what are your plans to fix them?
I guess tweek DCs. Have had issues with rebounding turnovers and blocks with bad defence for awhile up front. I did make a trade for a older stopper up front which sp far looks great. Ill keep working on rcs and do acs which help a ton with turnovers. Trading here is very hard. I hate tanking and drafts started so great here people cumming all over picks. I feel and bet upcoming drafts will be dumbed down alot more Till retro type draft starts up. Overal trading difficult here we fluxuate with having active gms. Most seem tp use this is like last resort when nothing to do in other sims. I do have very soft heart for pure shooters who can score since that was my own game style till my knee hip foot issues.
4. Booker just signed a franchise record deal, what about him cries building block?
His deal wasnt so bad lol Lavine did better. Booker I just love he sims great and I worked on him hard and spent so much to bring him in. His profiencies are extremely high so super consistent. Im going to I think pump his handles a plus 10 to even further lower his turnovers rven more. Just wish he could start at pg. A lot of family in Arizona so a family favorite I guess.
5. Who are your top 3 teams in the East nd why?
Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards. All of them seem deep and very nice rebounding. Solid defence which seems to be rather thin in this league so far. Also all 3 gms are very active and solid DC masters. So all in all. Very versatile teams with very little in holes.
6. Who are your top 3 teams in the West and why?
Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns with Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz very close being loaded with young talented monsters. First 2 teams loaded with vet depth and seem to pound you inside. Also driven by
top star power in players that improve rest of teams players overal. Nugs and Jazz might destroy the league mext few with another good tc or 2 it might be over for the rest of us. As older stars fade away and retire.
7. Let's get a bit personal, Saturday night pre Covid what is a perfect night for the Clippers GM?
Nice food with good drinks not alcohal. Teas, diet sodas or like lite lemonade. Snacks lol. If I can enjoy some sports. Lately watching same kid learning dvds for my son or his cartoons like Spongebob. Foods I like good burgers or something like it. Great BBQ is good. Snacks lol different candies, ice cream cake, pastries. I do tend to rent a ton of movies from redbox since I get tons of freebie promos or from the thousands I have bought that I havent watched yet. My mom helps out with my son and loves horror movies or dark comedies. So I tend get something we both enjoy. Night if im super duper lucky my son eats well during the day so he can sleep earlier. We do go to a local military park or pier where he likes to walk. I wine down by doing handful gaming apps and lingering with you all on these sims throughout the day too. Takes mind off of other stuff. I think im more into the progression as always moving forward getting something done. Like a personal accomplishment.
8. Same question during Covid?
Very similar its hard going out with a young autistic son like I rarely see my on and off again gf for like a year or so at a time. She lives few hours away. We now struggle sometimes to find stuff to watch lol not many movies shows or sporting events. My sons online schooling struggle with bad internet at our place because owner of the park to dang cheap to put in new lines to update everything. He just has friends and family deals. Still go to that park and walk piers around the boats. Eat in the car driving around with AC on during hot weather. Normally my son likes to go inside like local burger joint eating very well done bacon or Carls Jr eating kids stars which only nuggets he will eat occassionly unless he on one of his kicks where he eats samething everyday. Miss taking him in places like Target and local Malls. He used to run around alot in the one close to us. Carpeted floors so not bad if he fell. Ya kinda boring lol and lots of my gaming and such lol. I have a few auto style old games I play. Hard to explain unless you played them
9. Hate to go here but what is your favorite meal and where do you go tobget it?
Not sure I have a favorite meal. I like those old style restaurants that have everything. I guess it would be something my mom made like old german pancakes. Home made family recipe I used to eat like over 30 of them with boysenberry syrup and sugar pn the thin crepes. I also like for my birthday had chicken fettucine with white cheese sauce or gnocchis. Mostly all german dishes or italian style. If I go out its charbroiled type cheeseburgers. Fast food be like taco bell, del taco. Jack n box. Chick fil a ir popeyes lol. Love sandwich shops too like togos where I get cheese sandwiches. Love BBQ if cooked correctly. Baby back ribs.
10. Trip to Vegas you can take 3 other GMs with you, who and why comes along?
Footy, Ason and Royal if he counts. Why I take them lol they all look like they would know how to party and have a great time. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. They might know the best places on town lol who knows. Hit up the casinos pick up some hot ladies. Stay in a fancy hotel. Gamble gamble on everything and anything from sports and so on. Loose big or go home trying to win it all lol most likely go broke with horrible luck like my late grandpa always said we gpt double bad luck in our family with the men. See the popular shows look around shopping malls if anything left to spend and good eats they have plenty of nice restaurants. Soon to be the home of the Raiders. Would have to fly Footy in lol Royal me and Ason few hours away lol. Not sure Footy been. Maybe his accent will help get him some lovely lady. God im tired trying to finish this too. I also havent really drinked in long ass time besides occasional beer and might be nice to let go in a place like Vegas as long as its all under control environment lol im not looking for a Hangover type situation or a fucked up friends type random marriage.