GM-a-Team: Super Sexy Edition - Writeups

[Big_Mac79]

EMAIL: ryanwmcfadden@yahoo.com
AIM: ryanwmcfadden


SALARIES:


DEPTH:
PG - Harris/Farmar/Watson
SG - Morrow/Graham/Dunn
SF - Jamison/James/Singler
PF - Smith/Humphries/Smith
C - B.Lopez/Petro/Thomas

DRAFT PICKS:
2012 own 1st round pick

2012 1st round draft pick from Golden State (top 7 protected in the 2012 Draft, top 7 protected in 2013, and top 6 protected in the 2014 Draft)

2012 1st round draft pick from Houston (top 14 protected in 2012, top 14 protected in 2013,, top 14 protected in 2014, top 14 protected in 2015 and top 14 protected in the 2016 Draft)

2012 own 2nd round pick
2012 2nd round draft pick from Miami

2013 own 1st round pick
2013 own 2nd round pick

2014 own 1st round pick
2014 own 2nd round pick


TRADED PLAYER EXCEPTIONS:
None

RIGHTS OWNED:
Christian Drejer

TRADING BLOCK:
Everyone is available, Young bigs will be difficult to acquire


TRANSACTIONS:
1. Trade #16 Vujacic and Troy Murphy for Jamaal Crawford and Jared Jeffries
2. Claimed Hilton Armstrong
3. Trade #61 Jared Jeffries and Derrick Favors for Josh Smith and Orlando's 2011 1st Rounder
4. Trade #70 Travis Outlaw, Lakers 2011 1st, Magic 2011 1st, Nets 2011 2nd for Jared Jeffries
5. Drafted Kyle Singler
6. Drafted LaceDarius Dunn
7. Re-signed Kris Humphries
8. Trade TPE for Antawn Jamison
9. Signed Earl Watson
10. Signed Joe Smith
11. Signed Etan Thomas

ROTATION:
PG – Harris(32)Farmar(10)Watson(8)
SG – Morrow(35)Farmar(13)
SF – Jamison(35)Smith(8)James(5)
PF – Smith(25)Humphries(23)
C - B.Lopez(34)Petro(13)

GOALS:
My goal was to take this team, that was floundering before the Williams trade and turn them into a competitive team. TO do this I had to give the Nets more cap flexibility while adding talent. I also wanted to build a team around the two stars in Harris and Lopez.

PG:
The point guard situation was great. I have Devin Harris and he is being backed up by one of the better backups in the league in Farmar. I added some veteran depth here by signing Watson.
SG:
I believe that Morrow is a perfect compliment to Harris he can shoot the three consistently. Farmar is also a quality shooter and should suffice as the backup. Also I drafted LaceDarius Dunn out of Baylor. While he is not ready to compete now he will be soon.
SF:
The situation was drab when I took over with Damion James starting. He is a quality prospect yet still needs some seasoning. I made a big trade and picked up Antawn Jamison who is a solid NBA player. He is also on an expiring contract. I drafted Kyle Singler who I think will quickly turn into a potent offensive player.
PF:
First off I was able to unload that horrid contract of Travis Outlaw. That deal was necessary for the progression of the Nets. At the PF position I wanted to find a player that will compliment Lopez. Josh Smith is perfect. He plays high quality defense and rebounds well. I also retained Kris Humphries and moved him to a reserve role where I believe he will flourish. I also have Joe Smith as a veteran big on the bench.
C:
Here there wasn’t much to change. Lopez is a stud and I wanted to keep him. Petro might be looked at as overpaid but he plays his role nicely and fits with this front court. Again I wanted some more veteran leadership so I added Etan Thomas.

I believe that this team is a very competitive NBA team and can compete for a playoff spot in the east which is better than their previous position of a bottom dweller.

[Mascot]

Arkavious989@hotmail.com




..Rondo......Martin....Thornton....Landry.....Okafor



...Hinrich...Barbosa...Delfino....Gray....Ratliff


..Pondexter..Scalabrine


Salaries


Roster
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Depth Chart


Draft Picks
2011 2nd Round Pick - Golden State - Tyshawn Taylor
2011 2nd Round Pick - LA Lakers - Iman Shumpert
2012 First Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2013 First Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2014 First Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2015 First Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2015 2nd Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2016 First Round Draft Pick - New Orleans
2016 2nd Round Draft Pick - New Orleans



TPE
Hornets (Stojakovic) Nov. 21 $9,656,000

Transactions
#4. Chris Paul to LA Lakers for Al Horford, Shannon Brown, 2011 ATL 1st, 2012 LAL 1st, 2011 GS 2nd, 2011 LAL 2nd
#7. David West, Trevor Ariza and 2012 LA Lakers first to Houston for Kevin Martin and Chuck Hayes
#14. Shannon Brown, Marcus Banks and Atlanta 2011 First to Washington for Kirk Hinrich
- Did not pick up David Andersens unguaranteed contract for 2011/2012
- Did not offer Jason Smith a qualifying offer
- Tendered Marcus Thornton and Marco Belinelli their qualifying offers making them RFA
#127 Part of the Peja TPE and #35 in 2011 NBA draft to Philadelphia for Chris Duhon and #43 in the 2011 NBA draft.
#131 Al Horford Chris Duhon, and Jarret Jack to Philadelphia for Rajon Rondo and Leandro Barbosa.
- Signed Carl Landry to a 5 year 31 million dollar deal.
- Re-signed RFA Marcus Thornton to a 5 year 32 million dollar deal.
?? - Augusto Cesar Lima (rites), TPE, 2013 NOH 2nd, 2015 2nd Round Draft Pick - LA Clippers (if 56-60),2016 2nd Round Draft Pick - Sacramento (if 56-60) to Dallas for Carlos Delfino


Writeup

Started with

Chris Paul/Jerret Jack
Marco Belinelli/Willie Green
Trevor Ariza/Marcus Thornton/Quincy Pondexter
Davis West/Aaron Gray/David Andersen
Emeka Okafor/Jason Smith

Ended With

Rajon Rondo/Kirk Hinrich
Kevin Martin/Leandro Barbosa
Marcus Thornton/Carlos Delfino/Quincy Pondexter
Carl Landry/Aaron Gray/Brian Scalabrine
Emeka Okafor/Theo Ratliff/

So my goal when taking this team was to trade paul for a decent player, the same way that NJ traded Deron Williams. Only thing is I did it first, before Deron was Traded. Also no matter what you guys think I believe that Rondo > Paul. Dont get me wrong but Paul has a decent team around him in NO and they are not doing well while Rondo does have HOFmers with him hes still the heart of the team, without him they are the Miami Heat, actually worse.

You can see how scared teams are now that their star players will leave. Paul is not staying in NO when he becomes a FA, we all know this. Trading him now did the team good.


My team is a bit shallow at the 4 and 5, however. I am set for quite some time at PG as well as SG. As both Rondo and Martin are relatively young in the league. Marcus Thornton is also quite young and a very serviceable SG/SF win player. Along with him I have Delfino whos a decent Wing player as well. His shooting woes wont hurt me as much as Milwaukee because he should not be shooting as much with Rondo and Martin on the floor.

Also Kirk Hinrich has always been considered a great defender. Hes there to backup Martin mostly but let Rondo get a break as well. Similarly Barbosa can come in to play the two and guard 1s while Hinrich plays the 1 and guards the twos. Barbosa is the scoring option in my second unit. And hes a legit 20ppl player off the bench if the balls is given to him.


Carl Landry is a very servicible PF in this league. NOH traded Marcus Thornton to get him because they wanted David West insurance even though they will be both FA. Its suspected West will definitley be moving on from NOH in the same fashion that Paul will.

Okafor, for whatever reason has low value in this game. Probably because of his contract. However, his contrart means nothing to winning in the NBA and he fits well with my team. Hes there to play his 34 mins a game and create havoc in the C. Making teams jumpshooters is my goal and helps this. With Rondo I can force them to drive when he gets up on them. If they do Okafor is waiting on the inside.

Overall

I think the team definitely improved. And my salary structure is much better than it was with the real NOH.

[dan_atko97]

Roster



Depth Chart
Brandon Knight, Beno Udrih, Mario Chalmers
Landry Fields, Gary Neal, Fransisco Garcia
Dorell Wright, Jonas Jerebko
Perry Jones, Jason Thompson, Ronny Turiaf
Demarcus Cousins, Andris Biedrins

Salaries
Andris Biedrins $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Beno Udrih $6,925,400 $7,372,200
Francisco Garcia $5,800,000 $6,100,000 $6,400,000
Perry Jones $4,746,480 $5,102,520 $5,458,440 $6,888,551 $8,989,559
Jonas Jerebko $4,500,000 $4,860,000 $5,220,000 $5,580,000
Ronny Turiaf $4,360,000
Dorell Wright $3,823,000 $4,106,000
DeMarcus Cousins $3,627,720 $3,880,800 $4,916,974 $6,519,907
Jason Thompson $3,001,284 $4,129,767
Mario Chalmers $2,500,000 $2,700,000 $2,900,000
Brandon Knight$2,083,320 $2,239,560 $2,395,800 $3,301,412 $4,542,742
Landry Fields $788,872 QO
Gary Neal $788,872 MIN QO

Total Salary- $51,944,948 $49,044,047 $36,291,214 $22,289,870 $13,532,301


Picks
2011 1st (DENVER)- Nikola Mirotic
2011 1st (INDIANA)- Kawhi Leonard
2011 2nd (ORLANDO)- Keith Benson
2011 2nd (OKC THUNDER)- Matthew Delevadova
2012 1st (MINNESOTA)
2012 1st (LA CLIPPERS)
2012 2nd (ORLANDO)
2012 2nd (TORONTO)
2013 1st (ORLANDO)
2013 1st (ATLANTA)
2013 1st (SACRAMENTO)
2013 2nd (SACRAMENTO)
2013 2nd (ORLANDO)
2013 2nd (NEW ORLEANS)
2014 2nd (ORLANDO)

Writeup
PG-
Brandon Knight, Beno Udrih, Mario Chalmers>Jameer Nelson, Jason Williams, Chris Duhon
IMO this is definately a slight win, we got a young pg for the future while saving some money in the position. Knight has shown some immense skill at the colegion level and we think that will travel over to the NBA.

SG-
Landry Fields, Gary Neal, Fransisco Garcia>>Jason Richardson, JJ Reddick, Gilberto Aenas
We saved around 14m in this position. Landry Fields has a massive upside and we believe he will be the perfect defensive wing for next to Wright.


SF-
Dorell Wright, Jonas Jerebko>>> Hedo Turkeyglue
Here we saved about 20m. Dorrel Wright is also just the best player of the group averaging close to 17 points on a stacked GSW team.


PF-
Perry Jones, Jason Thompson, Ronny Turiaf>>>Brandon Bass, Ryan Anderson
No question we won this one, Jones has the most upside of this coming draft class (maybe Irving), him and Cousins manning the middle will be the perfect combo for many years to come.


C-
Demarcus Cousins, Andris Biedrins<Dwight Howard
It was obvious Dwight will leave Orlando in 2012. We wanted to get the absolute best return for him. Cousins is one of the only remaining back to basket C (only young one). So in the circumstances, i do not see this as too big of a loss.


Money
We started with a absolutely terrible 90m dollar payroll. We saved 40m dollars, and upwards of $80m including lux tax. This was one of our best moves, and the Magic association has decided not to sue Otis Smith these costs thanks to my savings.


Overall
IMO Dwight is gonna leave in 2012. We have set up the perfect rebuilding situation so the franchise does not suffer in the future. We maged to save ALOT of money and get a solid team aswell. We belive they can win a championship within 5 years.