Your Team's Depth Chart: post-draft edition

Post #1 » by **loserX** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:56 pm

These threads have been very helpful in the past, so thought I'd start one for stickying. Will help other fans see your needs in free agency and trades as the offseason progresses (so please update as necessary!)

Post #2 » by **loserX** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:03 pm

Utah Jazz

Depth chart
Kessler/Olynyk/Yurtseven
Collins/Hendricks
Markkanen/Fontecchio
Clarkson/Agbaji/George/Sensabaugh
Sexton/Horton-Tucker/Dunn

Free agents
Udoka Azuibuike
Juan Toscano-Anderson

Capspace
Believed to be none after Yurtseven signing. Team still has Room exception available.

Needs
A real "floor general" type at PG. Possibly a cheap defensive wing depending on how all our kids develop.

Post #3 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:34 pm

Dallas Mavericks:

Holmes/McGee/Lively
Maxi/Oliveir-Maxence Prosper
THJ/Bullock
Green/Hardy
Luka

Free Agents:
Kyrie Irving
Christian Wood
Dwight Powell
Theo Pinson
Frank Ntilikina
Markief Morris
Justin Holiday
McKinley Wright IV (QO)

Cap space:
None
33M if Kyrie Bird rights waived

Needs:
Forward (high priority)
Point guard (critical in case Kyrie bolts, nice to have in case he's retained)
Center consolidation (Medium priority)

shrink · Post #4 » by **shrink** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:41 pm

Minnesota Timberwolves. EDITED: After Free Agency

Mike Conley / Shake Milton / Jordan MacLaughlin
Anthony Edwards / Nickeal Alexander-Walker / Wendell Moore Jr. / Jaylen Clark (r - inj)
Jaden McDaniels / Troy Brown Jr / Josh Minott
Karl-Anthony Towns / Kyle Anderson / Leonard Miller (r)
Rudy Gobert / Naz Reid / (Luka Garza 2-way)

Summary: The Timberwolves chose to mostly roll it back after an injury-plagued season, signing UFA Naz Reid and RFA Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and replacing Taurean Prince and Jaylen Nowell with Shake Milton and Troy Brown Jr.

Bringing back the beloved Naz Reid will likely have a trickle down effect on minutes throughout the club. Naz has yet to show he can play PF, and was one of few players who had bad two-man numbers playing alongside Gobert, but with his work ethic and strong end to the season even when KAT was back, confidence is high they can play him in both big slots. Kyle Anderson has been best at PF as well, and critical to team success, so you may see him getting minutes as the de facto PG when Mike Conley needs a breather. Both SloMo and Anderson had no trouble feeding Gobert, unlike DLo, and there is hope Edwards will improve in that area. Ant is the team’s future and re-signed for the Max, and a lucrative offer for Jaden McDaniels is expected soon, so the starting SG and SF positions are locked up for a long time. In fact, the Wolves have a strong, big, Top 7, and the real competition for minutes will come at the back up guard spots.

It is unlikely the team is considering a Karl-Anthony Towns trade in the off-season, because they aren’t rebuilding without the picks they traded Utah, and to win-now, they would be unlikely to find a player that better maximizes Ant offensively. Defensively, even if KAT struggles, he plays between great defenders in McDaniels and Gobert. The team’s looming problem though is that they will get very expensive next year when the extensions for Towns, Edwards and McDaniels all kick in, so we may see a major trade at the deadline if the current combination of players isn’t a top 6 team. If they are, it will be difficult for new owners ARod and Lore to start cutting salary in deals that make the team worse, particularly since they will likely be about to ask taxpayers for a stadium deal.

ChettheJet · Post #5 » by **ChettheJet** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:50 pm

Breaking News,, OK just two new guys and some resigned

Chicago Bulls

Williams T Craig
DeRozan Terry
Vucevic Drummond
White J Carter INJ L Ball
Lavine Caruso

TO
Simonovic
C Jones

Two way
Adama Sanogo
Onuralp Bitim

Drafted
Julian Philips

RFA
Dosunmu
J Lewis
T Taylor

UFA
Beverely
J Green

They approach free agency in a hot air balloon, a few things up in the air

Post #6 » by **gswhoops** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:53 pm

Golden State Warriors

Kevon Looney ($7.5M) / Trayce Jackson-Davis ($1.1M)
Draymond Green ($22.3M) / Dario Saric ($2.0M)* / Gui Santos ($1.1M)
Andrew Wiggins ($24.3M) / Jonathan Kuminga ($6.0M) / Moses Moody ($3.9M)
Klay Thompson ($43.2M) / Brandin Podziemski ($3.3M) / Gary Payton II ($8.7M)
Stephen Curry ($51.9M) / Chris Paul ($30.8M) / Lester Quinones ($1.1M)

Two-way: Pat Spencer, Usman Garuba, Jerome Robinson

*veteran minimum

Total roster cap: $207.4M

Offseason Moves:

Spoiler:

In-season Moves:

-11/7/23: Signed Gui Santos (3 years, $4.9 million)
-2/9/24: Traded Cory Joseph, Charlotte's 2025 2nd round pick, and cash considerations to the Indiana Pacers for a 2024 2nd round pick
-2/21/24: Converted Lester Quinones' two-way into a standard contract; signed Pat Spencer (two-way contract)

a_sensei · Post #7 » by **a_sensei** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:25 pm

Portland Trail Blazers

Jusuf Nurkic
Kris Murray
Nassir Little
Anfernee Simons/ Shaedon Sharpe/ Keon Johnson
Damian Lillard/ Scoot Henderson

Non Guaranteed: Trenton Watford, Jabari Walker, Kevin Knox
RFA: Mattisse Thybulle
UFA: Jerami Grant, Cam Reddish, Justise Winslow, Drew Eubanks

Needs (if they keep Dame)
1. Re-sign Jerami Grant
2. Starting forward next to Grant
3. 2nd big to split time with Nurkic (or upgrade to replace Nurkic but you still need a second big as well)
3. Vet depth (wing, big, "break glass if necessary" PG-- any position other than small shooting guard)

Avenues to acquire pieces:
1. MLE
2. Trade Simons
3. 8.3m trade exception
4. Trade Nurkic, Little, Johnson (Knox if they guarantee him)
5. Lots of 2nd round picks, need to deal with CHI to retain or remove protections from '24 pick in order to unlock future first

Syko_boB · Post #8 » by **Syko_boB** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:14 am

LAKERS

Under contract ~ $100m
-
C/F - Anthony Davis
F/C/G - LeBron James
F - Jared Vanderbilt
G/F - Max Christie
G - Jalen Hood-Schifino - rookie
F/G - Max Lewis - rookie

F/G - Cole Swider - 2way
G - D'Moi Hodge - 2way - rookie
C - Colin Castleton - 2way - rookie

Free Agents
-
Austin Reaves - RFA
Rui Hachimura - RFA

D'Angelo Russell - UFA
Dennis Schröder - UFA
Lonnie Walker - UFA
Wenyen Gabriel - UFA
Troy Brown Jr - UFA
Tristan Thompson - UFA

Team-Options / Non-Guaranteed Contracts
-
Malik Beasley - TO declined - UFA
Mo Bamba - NGC waived - UFA
Shaq Harrison - NGC waived - UFA

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Needs

- Match any offers for Rui & Austin
- Deal Beasley/Bamba by 06/29 or waive them & free up MLE & BAE
- Find AD a sidekick/backup big
- Add shooters

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Transactions

- Signed Taurean Prince (BAE), Gabe Vincent (MLE), Cam Reddish (Vet Min), Jaxson Hayes (Vet Min) & Christian Wood (Vet Min)
- Re-signed Rui Hachimura, D'Angelo Russell & Austin Reaves
- Dennis Schroder to Toronto
- Troy Brown Jr to Minnesota
- Lonnie Walker to Brooklyn
- Malik Beasley to Milwaukee
- Mo Bamba to Philadelphia
- Tristan Thompson to Cleveland
- Wenyen Gabriel to Boston
- Waived Cole Swider
- Signed Alex Fudge to 2way contract

Projected lineup

Davis / Wood / Hayes / (Castleton)
James / Hachimura / Reddish
Vanderbilt / Prince / (Fudge)
Reaves / Christie / Lewis / (Hodge)
Russell / Vincent / Hood-Schifino

JimmyPlopper · Post #9 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:58 pm

Tyrese Maxey / Jaden Springer / Patrick Beverley
De'Anthony Melton / Furkan Korkmaz
James Harden / Danuel House
Tobias Harris / Paul Reed / P. J Tucker
Joel Embiid / Montrezl Harrell / Mo Bamba

Wizop · Post #10 » by **Wizop** » Mon Jul 3, 2023 6:56 pm

Pacers with announced trades. cap room is supposed to be around 7m still. lots of questions remain regarding who starts.

Haliburton, McConnell
Nembhard, Hield, Sheppard
Mathurin, BBrown, Nesmith
Walker, Toppin, Nwora
Turner, Smith, Jackson, Theis

two ways: KBrown, Wong, OscarT

Post #11 » by **jazzfan1971** » Mon Jul 3, 2023 9:18 pm

loserX wrote:Utah Jazz

Depth chart
Kessler/Olynyk
Collins/Hendricks
Markkanen/Fontecchio
Clarkson/Agbaji/George/Sensabaugh
Sexton/Horton-Tucker/Dunn

Free agents
Udoka Azuibuike
Juan Toscano-Anderson

Capspace
Believed to be none after Clarkson extension. Team still has Room exception available.

Needs
A real "floor general" type at PG. Possibly a cheap defensive wing depending on how all our kids develop.

I don't know anything... But if I had to guess id put George as the starter. Even if it's only 18 min to sextons 30 off the bench. I'm just not seeing the Jazz wanting Sexton starting.

Post #12 » by **Trader_Joe** » Wed Jul 5, 2023 3:40 pm

Brooklyn Nets
Ben Simmons / Cam Thomas / Dennis Smith Jr.
Spencer Dinwiddie / Lonny Walker / Dariq Whitehead / Armoni Brooks(2)
Miles Bridges / Royce O'Neale / Jalen Wilson(2)
Cameron Johnson / Dorian Finney-Smith / Trenton Watford / Noah Clowney
Nicolas Claxton / Day'Ron Sharpe / Harry Giles

Trades:
Joe Harris + 2nds to Detroit for TE
Patty Mills + 2nd to OKC for TE

Draft:
Dariq Whitehead
Noah Clowney
Jalen Wilson

Signings:
Cam Johnson (RFA) - 4/108
Lonny Walker Jr. - 1 year min
Dennis Smith Jr. - 1 year min
Trenton Watford - ung
Harry Giles - ung
Jalen Wilson - 2 way

Losses:
Seth Curry - Dallas
Yuta Watanabe - Phoenix

jayu70 · Post #13 » by **jayu70** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 10:17 pm

Devilanche · Post #14 » by **Devilanche** » Fri Jul 7, 2023 5:12 pm

OKC

Roster (as of today -15 & 3 two way)
PG : Giddey 6-8, Cason Wallace 6-4 , Tre Mann 6-3,
SG : SGA 6-6, Micic 6-5, Isaiah Joe 6-3,
SF :, Dort 6-4, Kenrich Williams 6-6, Aaron Wiggins 6-5,
PF : Jalen Williams 6-5 , Poku 7-0, Ous Dieng 6-9, Davis Bertans 6-10
C : Chet Holgrem 7-1, Jaylin Williams 6-9

Bold - confirmed starter (4)
Underlined - potential rotational players (7)
Players I want get minutes but unable to fit as underlined (wiggins, after a consolidation trade) , Dieng (after he proof himself in the gleague)

Two way -
Keyontae Johnson 6-6(G/F),
Lindy Waters 6-6(G/F),
Oliver Sarr 7-0(C).

Pending incoming -Patty Mills 6-0
Waived
Rudy Gay -6.5m
Tyty Washington -2.3m
Usman Garuba -2.6m
KPJ - 15.8m (traded Oladipo/JRE to reduce roster spot before opening day)
Jack white

Needs -
1. get down to 15 man roster . With Mills incoming and Jack White on a guaranteed contract we are now 19 roster. Oladipo is 1 given he’s injured. JRE/Mann/White might be the next 3 with a chance that Mills get a buyout and we keep 1 of them instead.
2. Fill up the two way . 2 more spot
3. Playable size . Get a PF/C by decluttering some of our guards minutes but hey maybe this season Poku take a leap. Update, Dieng preseason shows something promising (ie can get some backup minutes)

Trade assets
1. picks . Within reasons we will trade them.
2. Expiring andpseudo expiring (Mills 6.8m and Bertans 17m)
3. Cheap depth . Playeribility depends on your own team roster needs. Includes Isiah Joe (2m, 2 years) , Aaron Wiggin (2m, 2 years) , JRE (2m , 2 years) Tre Mann (3m,4m)

K_chile22 · Post #15 » by **K_chile22** » Sat Jul 8, 2023 1:07 am

Rockets

FVV/Amen/A. Holiday
Jalen Green/KPJ
Brooks/Tari/Whitmore
Jabari/Tate/Green
Sengun/Landale

Could easily see Tari nabbing that starting job from Jabari. Will probably carry 15 so two roster spots to fill.

Need shooting 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Still have the room exception

ejftw · Post #16 » by **ejftw** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:57 pm

Clippers

PG: Russ - Bones - Preston?
SG: PG - Norm - BJ
SF: Kawhi - Mann - Brown - Coffey - Miller?
PF: Nico - KJ - Mook
CE: Zu - Plumlee - Moussa?

Preston's non guaranteed, pushed back past SL. Moussa is a RFA with a two way QO, and Miller was the second rounder.

I'm assuming Moussa and Miller sign two way deals, not sure on Jay.

Meaning Clippers would be at 15 players signed with two two-ways. Unless they decline Preston.

Think the third two-way goes to Xavier Moon, who they really seem to like, and the final spot is left open until ten days are available (unless the buy out restrictions start next season, in which case, the final spot is for the buy out market)

Updated with T

Richard4444 · Post #17 » by **Richard4444** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:27 am

ejftw wrote:Clippers

PG: Russ - Bones - Preston?
SG: PG - Norm - BJ
SF: Kawhi - Brown - Coffey - Miller?
PF: Nico - KJ - Mook
CE: Zu - Plumlee - Moussa?

Preston's non guaranteed, pushed back past SL. Moussa is a RFA with a two way QO, and Miller was the second rounder.

I'm assuming Moussa and Miller sign two way deals, not sure on Jay, but going to assume they do right by him and pick up his option.

Meaning Clippers would be at 14 players signed with two two-ways.

Think the third two-way goes to Xavier Moon, who they really seem to like, and the final spot is left open until ten days are available (unless the buy out restrictions start next season, in which case, the final spot is for the buy out market)

Where is Mann?

ejftw · Post #18 » by **ejftw** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:59 am

Richard4444 wrote:
ejftw wrote:Clippers

PG: Russ - Bones - Preston?
SG: PG - Norm - BJ
SF: Kawhi - Brown - Coffey - Miller?
PF: Nico - KJ - Mook
CE: Zu - Plumlee - Moussa?

Preston's non guaranteed, pushed back past SL. Moussa is a RFA with a two way QO, and Miller was the second rounder.

I'm assuming Moussa and Miller sign two way deals, not sure on Jay, but going to assume they do right by him and pick up his option.

Meaning Clippers would be at 14 players signed with two two-ways.

Think the third two-way goes to Xavier Moon, who they really seem to like, and the final spot is left open until ten days are available (unless the buy out restrictions start next season, in which case, the final spot is for the buy out market)

Where is Mann?

Smh, why do I keep forgetting T like I'm Ty Lue. Third time I've done this

I'll edit when I get off work.

Post #19 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:55 pm

shrink wrote:Summary: The Timberwolves chose to mostly roll it back after an injury-plagued season, signing UFA Naz Reid and RFA Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and replacing Taurean Prince and Jaylen Nowell with Shake Milton and Troy Brown Jr.

Bringing back the beloved Naz Reid will likely have a trickle down effect on minutes throughout the club. Naz has yet to show he can play PF, and was one of few players who had bad two-man numbers playing alongside Gobert, but with his work ethic and strong end to the season even when KAT was back, confidence is high they can play him in both big slots. Kyle Anderson has been best at PF as well, and critical to team success, so you may see him getting minutes as the de facto PG when Mike Conley needs a breather. Both SloMo and Anderson had no trouble feeding Gobert, unlike DLo, and there is hope Edwards will improve in that area. Any is the team’s future and re-signed for the Max, and a lucrative offer for Jaden McDaniels is expected soon, so the starting SG and SF positions are locked up for a long time. In fact, the Wolves have a strong, big, Top 7, and the real competition for minutes will come at the back up guard spots.

It is unlikely the team is considering a Karl-Anthony Towns trade in the off-season, because they aren’t rebuilding without the picks they traded Utah, and to win-now, they would be unlikely to find a player that better maximizes Ant offensively, and defensively, even if he struggles, plays between McDaniels and Gobert. However, the team will get very expensive next year when the extensions for Towns, Edwards and McDaniels kick in, so they’ll likely review their record at the trade deadline before making any major trades.

I think this is a reasonable summary for the Timberwolves' situation.

The focus for casual fans is on the big guys, but I think it's actually just a fraction of the purpose of the overall roster construction. Size is important, but I think the ultimate importance is when that size has versatility. That versatility can allow the team to put out some unique lineups that opponents may struggle to match up against.

The most critical player to the team's identity might actually be Kyle Anderson, because he takes that idea of size with versatility to the next level. As such, he was the very first move Tim Connelly made after taking over last summer. Naz Reid is also very important to this identity, and Finch has even alluded to the possibility of all three "centers" sharing the court in some situations. I say all that to say I don't think the team will be in a rush to clear any "logjam" at center. All three of them will play an important role this season, as will rookie Leonard Miller in future seasons. I'm not even ruling out them adding more size in the future as long as it fits the versatility piece.

They will continue to tinker with the backcourt depth going forward. Finding a PG of the future is important, but I don't think they will have to overpay to find one. I don't think a top-end facilitator is important to them, so someone in the mold of a Ron Harper, Derek Fisher or Avery Johnson will do. An aging Mike Conley fits this role perfectly in the time being, but can be moved if the right deal for a younger option comes along. The free agent signings this summer display the types of values they are looking for in depth pieces. I think they like the idea of adding these bigger guards with playmaking ability, similar to the moves Denver made a summer ago.

Important for this thread's purpose too, another thing management has focused on is getting in a year early on some guys, especially in the draft. If they need a year of seasoning in the G League, they're not afraid to still take a chance and let them develop. Finding little pieces of extra value is how they are working around the salary constrictions, such as trading the expiring Russell for a year of extra salary in Mike Conley and getting a young prospect in Nickeil Alexander-Walker who has bounced around early in his career and has shown flashes despite inconsistency. I thought they might do something similar with Taurean Prince, but I think their goal before ultimately waiving him was to get back as little salary as possible, which just wasn't on the table at the time.

HornetJail · Post #20 » by **HornetJail** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 5:43 am