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Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:48 pm
by Texas Chuck
Trades and Transactions board is going to be doing an expansion draft project where we imagine we are running a new expansion team starting play in 2015/16 and having to create our initial roster pulled from current NBA teams.

So in advance of that I'm trying to get the best possible idea of what 8 players each franchise would most likely choose to protect. And while last year we depended on our Trade board posters to provide us that list, this year we thought it would be more accurate if we consulted with the team boards.

So I would love to get your opinions itt on which 8 players you think the Lakers would protect in an expansion draft. I am attaching a link to last year's project so you can see some of the criteria we used when assembling the expansion team. Other than the cap figures the rules would be roughly the same this year.

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1348605

We'd also love to have any and all of you come participate in this project.

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:54 pm
by TyCobb
Easy.

D'Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Julius Randle
Larry Nance Jr.
Anthony Brown
Roy Hibbert
Kobe Bryant
Tarik Black

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:08 pm
by Mirjalovic
LeRandle
D'Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Robert Upshaw
Anthony Brown
Larry Nance Jr
Jabari Brown
Kobe Bryant

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:46 pm
by Sofa King
Protect

    Kobe Bryant
    Julius Randle
    D'Angelo Russell
    Jordan Clarkson
    Roy Hibbert
    Larry Nance Jr
    Robert Upshaw
    Brandon Bass
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Please take Nick Young, Ryan Kelly, Robert Sacre... :nod:

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:01 pm
by Kilroy
TyCobb wrote:Easy.

D'Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Julius Randle
Larry Nance Jr.
Anthony Brown
Roy Hibbert
Kobe Bryant
Tarik Black


This is what I have too... Just if the staff thinks Upshaw is going to be special, maybe swap him with Black. But I think that requires insight we don't have. So I agree with this.

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:05 pm
by aaron_gray
Clarkson
Russell
Randle
Brown
Brown
Kobe
Hibbert
Bass

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:07 pm
by TylersLakers
1- Russell
2- Randle
3- Clarkson
4- Hibbert
5- Bryant
6- A. Brown
7- Williams
8- Bass

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:09 pm
by dockingsched
Should leave Kobe unprotected just to see what it would do to the game they're playing on the trade game board.

Russell
Randle
Clarkson
Nance
Hibbert
Bass
Upshaw
Black


Went with upshaw over the Browns cause I doubt either of the Browns is on anyone's radar for that game

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:52 am
by miggs
Clarkson
Russell
Randle
Kobe
Black
Nance
Hibbert
Lou Williams

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:52 am
by DEEP3CL
Kobe
Russell
Randle
Clarkson
Hibbert
Upshaw
Williams
Black

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:55 pm
by KSOR24
Russell
Clarkson
Randle
Upshaw
Nance
Brown
Black
Hibbert

Re:

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:50 am
by Spens1
KSOR24 wrote:Russell
Clarkson
Randle
Upshaw
Nance
Brown
Black
Hibbert


this basically, how many teams would be willing to take on kobe, he's on an insane salary

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:14 pm
by Rafer24
Bryant
Russell
Clarkson
Randle
Hibbert
Lou Williams
Black
Upshaw

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:07 am
by Laker_Kid
my list is pretty short
kobe
dlo
jclark
randle
maybe hibbert

Re:

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:10 am
by Mirjalovic
Laker_Kid wrote:my list is pretty short
kobe
dlo
jclark
randle
maybe hibbert


no russell ? :lol:

Re: Re: Re:

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:20 am
by Laker_Kid
Mirjalovic wrote:
Laker_Kid wrote:my list is pretty short
kobe
dlo
jclark
randle
maybe hibbert


no russell ? :lol:
dlo = russell. haha.

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:03 pm
by KSOR24
Given the current state of the team, I don't understand how protecting Kobe makes sense

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:20 am
by john248
Russell
Clarkson
Randle
Nance
Brown
Upshaw
Bass
Black

I don't see a point in protecting Kobe and Hibbert. Kobe's contract is bloated, and it's just a bonus if someone takes it. Hibbert doesn't matter too much to me either since I'd value him more at half of what he's making and don't see him as a stop gap or long term.

Re: Expansion Draft Scenario -- Who would you protect?

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:22 am
by Mirjalovic
It's huge expiring.

why don't let one of Lakers GOAT to end his career properly ?

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:43 am
by KSOR24
I guess. Respect is the only reason I'd keep him but he's been a burden for the last few years.