Expansion Draft (Hypothetical, OT)

babyjax13 · Post #1 » by **babyjax13** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 8:55 pm

This is pretty simple, and hopefully it will be a fun discussion during the lockout. If there were to be an expansion draft, what 8 players from your roster would you protect?

The rules:
1. Unrestricted free agents are not available to an expansion team to draft.
2. Unsigned draft picks are not available for the expansion team to draft.
3. Restricted free agents are available.
4. Each team must have at least one player unprotected, so if team x had 8 players under contract and 4 that were UFAs, it could only protect 7 players.
5. The expansion team can only draft one player from each roster and must have at least 14 players.

jeff1624 · Post #2 » by **jeff1624** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 9:35 pm

When you say unsigned rookies, do you mean every single player drafted last week that haven't been signed because of the lockout.. or those players that are staying overseas for a year or so?

Brook Lopez
Deron Williams
Damion James
Anthony Morrow
Sundiata Gaines
Stephen Graham (I'm dead serious)
-MarShon Brook (only if allowed)
-Jordan Williams (only if allowed)

Jersey Generals · Post #3 » by **Jersey Generals** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:08 pm

Lopez
Williams
James
Morrow
Gaines
Brooks
Williams

...this team sucks.

JoseRizal · Post #4 » by **JoseRizal** » Tue Jul 5, 2011 6:36 am

DWill
Lopez
James
Morrow
Gaines
Brooks
Williams

It seems that the list will be the same...

babyjax13 · Post #5 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 1:19 am

jeff1624 wrote:When you say unsigned rookies, do you mean every single player drafted last week that haven't been signed because of the lockout.. or those players that are staying overseas for a year or so?

Brook Lopez
Deron Williams
Damion James
Anthony Morrow
Sundiata Gaines
Stephen Graham (I'm dead serious)
-MarShon Brook (only if allowed)
-Jordan Williams (only if allowed)

All players drafted. This is the same rules as used for the Bobcats when they came into the league.

jeff1624 · Post #6 » by **jeff1624** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 1:36 am

Well, in this case it wouldn't be the same because there wasn't a lockout in 2004 and teams were allowed to sign there draft picks right away.

BOONE SQUAD · Post #7 » by **BOONE SQUAD** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 4:20 am

With the Bobcats the expansion draft occurred before the actual draft (remember the Bobcats drafted Okafor) so I think that's what the OP was getting about. If there were an expansion draft it would have taken place before the draft so all players in this past draft wouldn't have been eligible for the hypothetical expansion team to select.

jeff1624 · Post #8 » by **jeff1624** » Wed Jul 6, 2011 5:26 am

^^Well if that's the case

Brook Lopez
Deron Williams
Damion James
Anthony Morrow
Sundiata Gaines
Ben Uzoh
Stephen Graham
_________

And in that last spot you could choose one of farmar, Outlaw and Petro.