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The Pheonix Suns

PG: D.Harris (30) / Udrih (18)
SG: Dunleavy Jr (20) / Brewer (20) / (R.Williams) (8) / Garcia / Gee
SF: P.Pierce (33) / R.Williams (15)
PF: D.West (32) / (Gortat) (6) / R.Evans (10)/ J.Smith
C: Okur (29) / Gortat (19) / Maglore / Brockman




picks
2013 N.O. 1st
2013 N.O. 2nd

TRADES
1. traded Outlaw and Diaw to Charlotte for Brewer and Okur
2. traded Blake, Gooden, Barron, and Vazquez to N.O. for Udrih, Evans, Maglore, 2013 N.O. 1st and 2013 N.O. 2nd

L.A. Clippers

PG: Collison (33) / Foye (15) / ( DomJones )
SG: Salmons (20) / Dom. Jones (20) / Selby (8)
SF: Gay (33) / (Salmons) (7) / Pondexter (8) / Moon
PF: Thompson (32) / Serpahin (16) / Humphries / Gomes
C : McGee (32) / Koufos (8) / Arthur (8)



2012 LaC 1st
2012 DEN 1st (top 10 protection)
2012 2nd

2013 LaC 1st
2013 LaC 2nd

2014 LaC 1st
2014 LaC 2nd

1. Traded Bledsoe and Whiteside to SA for DomJones and Pondexter
2. Waived the UNG contract of W.Warren

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER


jjbail10@yahoo.com
AIM: theSamBone

PG: Westbrook (33) / Hinrich (15) / Dooling / S.Collins
SG: Afflalo (23) / Harden (20) / (Hinrich) (5) / D.Jones
SF: KD (35) / AK47 (13) / ( D.Jones ) / Thompkins
PF: TyThomas (25) / (AK 47) (8) / Blair (15) / Kanter / (Al Jeff)
C: Al Jeff (30) / Aldrich (18) / (Kanter)



PICKS
2012 WASH 2nd

2013 1st
2013 2nd

2014 1st (top 20 protected, if not it goes to Utah)
2014 2nd

TRANSACTIONS
1. traded S.Ibaka and E.Maynor to Orlando (in a 3 way) for D.J.Augustin, F.Aminu, D.Jordan and Orl 2012 1st
2. traded M.Peterson and OKC 2011 2nd to Minnesota for cap space
* signed SHAQ, TMAC, S.Brown and S.Collins in free agency
3. trade D.Jordan to the lakers for 2011 PHX 1st (unprotected)
4. traded Aminu, Kristic, and the PHX 2011 1st to Orlando for G.Wallace
5. traded J.Green, D.Cook, and 2012 ORL 1st to Charlotte for Tyrus Thomas and Orl 2011 1st
*signed Matt Janning
6. traded TMac in a 5 team deal for 2011 PORT 2nd, 2012 PORT 2nd, 2012 WASH 2nd
7. traded 2012 OKC 1st and 2014 OKC 1st (top 20 protected) to Utah for 2011 UTAH 1st, 2012 ORL 2nd
* waived the UNG contract of Matt Janning
8. traded D.White and 2012 ORL 2nd in a 3 way for A.Tolliver
2012
1. traded G.Wallace, Shaq and #9 (draft rites to Knight) to Sac for Al Jefferson, X.Henry and #14 (draft rites to Kanter)
2. traded DJ Augustine, S,Brown and Graham to Wash for Hinrich
3. traded OKC 2012 2nd and PORT 2012 2nd to Indiana for pick #46
*drafted Enes Kanter (#14), Try Thompkins (#21), Jordan Hamilton (#24), Pablo Aguilar (#41), and Chris "Top Flight" Wright (#46)
4. traded X.Henry to SA for D.Blair
5. traded A.Tolliver and B.Mullins to DEN for A.Afflalo (S&T)
6. traded N.Collison (S&T) to Mil for D.Jones and K.Dooling

SUMMARY
Needless to say, I am very very happy with how this team unfolded. I took a very young up and coming team and put them over the top. I have a very reasonable payroll (the lowest of all winning teams!). I have no dead weight bad contracts and the future of this team is even brighter then the real life up and coming Thunder Squad!

Unlike others I built around the real life franchise and did not build a fantasy team. My players all “fit” together. Westbrook / Afflalo / KD / TyThomas / Al Jefferson all compliment eachother perfectly. Plus, I have a 2nd unit (Hinrich/Harden/AK47/Blair/Aldrich) that would be a playoff team in this game. This team is so good and deap that a proven 2–way role player in Dahntay Jones and a rookie that is projected to go in the top 3, Enes Kanter, can not get any minutes.

FUTURE
I kept the young STUDS that OKC already had (KD, Westbrook, Harden, Aldrich) added a stud BIG in D.Blair, signed a project backup PG in S.Collins, and drafted Kanter (projected to go 3rd), T.Thompkins (projected top 15), J.Hamilton (projected top 20), “Top Flight” Wright (projected 1st rounder) plus own the rites to half of Europe. I have no over the hill vets, and no dead weight or cap killers on my roster, plus have almost all future draft picks

Portland TrailBlazers



Lineup






C-Dwight Howard/Ben Wallace/Desegana Diop
PF-Zach Randolph/Brandon Bass/James Johnson
SF-Al Thornton/Tracy McGrady/James Johnson
SG-Kobe Bryant/Wayne Ellington/William Buford
PG-Mike Bibby/Mario Chalmers/Avery Bradley

Salaries
Kobe Bryant........$25,244,493/$27,849,149/$30,453,805
Dwight Howard....$18,091,770/$19,536,360(ETO)
Zach Randolph.....$5,800,000/$6,264,000
Mike Bibby...........$6,417,616
Desegana Diop......$6,925,400/$7,372,200
Al Thornton.........$5,000,000/$5,000,000/$5,000,000/$5,000,000
Brandon Bass........$4,000,000/$4,000,000/$4,000,000
Mario Chalmers..... $3,670,000/$3,670,000/$3,670,000
Tracy McGrady....$3,000,000(UNG)
Ben Wallace.........$2,246,400
James Johnson.....$1,833,120
Avery Bradley.......$1,524,480/$1,630,800(TO)/$2,511,432(TO)/$3,581,302(QO)
William Buford.......$1,348,800/$1,442,880(TO)/$2,373,538(TO)/$3,436,882(QO)
Wayne Ellington.....$1,154,040
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Ryan Gomes*........$1,000,000/$750,000
Jon Brockman*......$1,000,000
Armon Johnson*.....$884,293/$1,105,366

Total salaries:...$84,543,369

Players Rights:
F---Joel Freeland---2006 NBA Draft 30th pick

Draft Picks:
2011 Portland 1st
2012 Phx 2nd
2013 Portland 1st

Trades and Transactions
1.Andre Miller for Kirk Hinrich-Approved later on....
2.Fernandez, Cunningham for Daye-Approved
3.Oden, Pryzbilla, Babbitt, Right's to Claver for Duncan, 2011 SAN 2nd-Approved
4.Signed Petteri Koponen-APproved
5.Roy/Camby/Bayless/Koponen for Kobe-Approved
6.TPE for Turiaf-Approved
7.Claimed Kyle Weaver
8.Signed Mohammed Faye to Ung contract
9.Sign Francisco Elson to Vet Min
10.LMA, Duncan, Batum, 2012 1st, 2011 SAS 2nd for Howard, Radmanovic, Gray, Brockman
11.Matthews, Turiaf, Pendergraph, Radmanovic, Gray, Elson, Hinrich,2011 Portland/Denver 2nd,2012 Portland 2nd,2013 Portland 2nd for Odom, Kristic, McGrady, B.Wallace, R.Wallace, Petro, Humphries, Bradley.
12.Nenad Kristic, Kyle Weaver, Mohammed Faye for Mike Bibby, Al Thornton
13.Kurt Thomas for nothing.
14.Johan Petro for Brandon Bass.
15.Lamar Odom/Elliot Williams for Zach Randolph/Desagana Diop
16.Wallace for Chalmers, Johnson, Ellington
17.Daye for TPE, 2nd

SUMMARY:
-I loved how this team turned out, and i managed to bring together the two most dominant players at their position in Kobe, and Howard. I didn't even leave my team totally drained. I still have stuff around them. Randolph for example brings a top notch post game, and next to Dwight he should fit in great with Howard covering most of his defensive mistakes. Thornton who most people probably wouldn't view as a starter, could actually do quite will in his role. At the 3 he would mainly be needed to shoot the ball and help spread the floor for Dwight, Zbo, and Kobe. Bibby won't play as much as a people think, he's mainly there for his experience, and because he has a good jumpshot to spread the floor. Off the bench i have a good core in Chalmers who can play good defense and cover the other teams good PG's that will be his main objective in games. Not to mention we also have Tmac to come in and score for us off the bench, could also start if he's on a roll. Wayne Ellington, and William Buford are just prospects to develop at the SG position. If just one of them can develop to a good enough starter, by learning from Kobe...we'll we would have our succesor to Kobe haha....At the C position we are fairly deep with Ben Wallace, and Gana Diop. Wallace can be good spark off the bench to energize the crowd with his defensive enigma, and to back up Zbo we have my boy Bass who has a nice mid range shot, and hustles harder than anyone else on the floor.

FUTURE:
Our future is on Dwight Howard's broad shoulders...lol he will lead the way for this Portland Franchise in the future..Next to him will be Bass who should develop nicely into a more well rounded player, but unfortunately he will always be undersized. Thornton/Johnson could make a great duo at the SF position both have shown potential to merit the opportunity to be given the chance to lead this club at the SF position.At SG we have Buford, and Ellington both of whom are shooters, with some athleticism in their game and make great future mates for Dwight Howard to pass the ball to for an open 3.At the PG position we have my boy Avery Bradley who plays great position, can shoot the ball with the best of em, but just needs to develop his handling and passing skills to be a capable starter in this league, but his ability to defend, and shoot should keep him in this league for a long time.

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DALLAS MAVERICKS






Dirk Nowitzki.....$19,100,000--$20,900,000--$22,700,000
Yao Ming..........$16,000,000--$16,000,000--$16,000,000--$16,000,000--$16,000,000
Baron Davis.......$13,900,000--$14,750,000
Manu GInobili.....$12,981,038--$14,107,492
Jason Kidd........$8,610,500
Richard Jefferson.$9,282,000--$10,164,000--$11,046,000
Brendan Haywood...$7,624,500--$8,349,000--$9,073,500--$9,798,000--$10,522,500
Renaldo Balkman...$1,675,000--$1,675,000
Louis Amundsen....$1,672,000
Rodrigue Beaubois.$1,236,720--$2,227,333--$3,271,952
Ian Mahinmi.......$850,000

Total:$

Picks owned: All picks except the ones listed in debits

Picks owed: DAL 2011 1st, DAL 2011 2nd (both unprotected). Have also traded DAL 2012 1st with top 5 protection.

TPEs:

Kris Humphries ($1,200,000)
Quinton Ross ($1,033,342)
Nathan Jawai ($736,420 )

Exceptions available: MLE

Trading Block: At this point I'm looking to go with a win now approach and get some star players and solid depth to put next to Dirk Nowitzki. I'm not really interested in offers for Nowitzki unless you blow me away. I'm somewhat alright with the way my squad looks right now and think that it's super deep and would be able to compete with the best teams but obviously still looking to improve my team. One of Haywood/Yao is likely to be dealt by the end of the game.

Transaction History:

1. Traded Tyson Chandler to NOH for Erick Dampier and Quincy Pondexter.
2. Traded Erick Dampier, Quincy Pondexter and Dominique Jones to SAS for Manu Ginobili and Garrett Temple.
3. Waived Garrett Temple (unguaranteed contract).
4. Traded Shawn Marion and DeShawn Stevenson to WAS for Baron Davis.
5. Traded Jason Terry, Jose Juan Barea, Alexis Ajinca and 2011 DAL 2nd to SAS for Richard Jefferson and Joel Przybilla.
6. Signed Ime Udoka for vet min.
7. Traded TPE (Kris Humphries deal) to UTAH for Jarvis Hayes and cash considerations (equalling half of Hayes' salary).
8. Traded Caron Butler, Joel Przybilla, 2011 DAL 1st (unprotected) and 2012 DAL 1st (top 5 protected) to DEN for Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams and Yao Ming.[/quote]

SUMMARY:
Our offense will revolve around Dirk, and Yao....Jefferson will have the role of role player...I expect Beaubois to shime in this year, and have a breakthrough season. Davis is not someone i wanted at the PG position, but with Kidd off the bench i guess i won't have to roll with him too long. I prefer the Kidd/Beaubois backcourt....Kidd will defend the 2s, and Beaubois the waterbug 1s. Off the bench we are pretty deep at C incase Yao happens to get injured.Amundson and his hustle can backup Dirk fairly well.And our 6th man Manu will come in with Davis or Kidd off the bench. He'll also be one of our clutch go to guys alongside the best efficient clutch player in the game in Dirk...lol

FUTURE:
The Mavericks future relies upon the aging Dirk, and the french sensation Beaubois, as well as the other frenchie Mahinmi. Beaubois has the abiltiy to score whenever he wants, from any where on the floor. If he can develop his passing game as well as his ability to get through picks defensively he should have a great future ahead of him as the franchise player for this team.Mahinmi is a guy im very fond of because he just hustles to death after the ball. The rebound could be 20ft away but hell just snatch it out of the other guys hand;s in the air, and bring it down to deliver it to the PG. He also has a developing offensive game.

Sacramento

Toronto Raptors





Picks:
2012 - none
2013 - 2013 TOR 2nd rounder
2014 - 2014 TOR 1st rounder

Transactions:

Roster, Salaries



Depth Chart





Center: Tim Duncan [28] / Robin Lopez [20]
Power Forward: Pau Gasol [34] / Drew Gooden [14]
Small Forward: Ron Artest [34] / Andres Nocioni [14]
Shooting Guard: Mike Miller [20] / Jamal Crawford [28]
Tony Parker: Tony Parker [32] / Steve Blake [16]

Sporadic minutes (when the game is won): Earl Barron / Lavoy Allen / DaJuan Summers / Marco Belinelli / Greivis Vasquez

My Team

11 rings
Elite Defense
Elite Offense

Just some of the ways to describe my team. When I took on the Hornets job, things looked grim. Talks of CP3 being traded; no front office stability - it didn't look right. But somehow the pieces fell, Chris Paul was traded, but in came new faces, Duncan, Gasol and Parker being the new faces of the franchise.

I won't bore you with stats, I'll just say a front court duo of Duncan and Gasol will be pretty unstoppable. Elite defense, passing, plus the two most fundamentally skilled offensive bigs will make life hard for anyone. Add in arguably the best perimeter defender in Artest, the best 3 pt shooter in Miller, and the most successful scoring PG in the last decade in TP, and it's a formidable team at both ends.

On top of that, my bench is deep and full of talent. Robin Lopez is developing into a solid defensive Center, and under the guidance of Duncan will almost certainly become my C of the future. Drew Gooden is a starter IRL and will prove to be the ideal big off the bench for my team; Nocioni will come in for defensive assignments, whilst reigning 6th man of the year Crawford will hopefully do the same again - score, lots. And Blake offers the 3 point threat and starting experience to contrast nicely with Parker. I've also got some young guys (Summers, Belinelli, Allen, Vasquez) with decent upside who can contribute at a later stage.

Beating my rivals

Having just worked out my rankings, my rivals appear to be OKC and Portland in the West, and Detroit and Miami in the East. But I'm pretty sure, at least for the next couple of years, my team is capable of beating any of those in a straight playoff series. First up OKC. We've all seen what Artest did to Durant, he's the guy that can stop him. Westbrook won't outpace TP like he did to Fisher, whilst the front court of Tyrus and AlJeff will get overpowered by Pau and TD.

Next: Portland. Artest on Kobe; Pau or Duncan on Dwight, with his main two options limited I have no doubt TP will exploit Bibby and Miller will exploit Thornton at the other end. Neither of those guys should be starting on a playoff team and the lack of defensive ability both there and off the bench would make this my easiest matchup.

Next: Miami. Never have I seen so many unsuccesful players combine to make a successful team. The team certainly has talent, but also inexperience. Brook and Morrow will only have 3 years experience for the upcoming season, Curry 2, and Griffin just one. They all have limitations too, size at PF will be a problem with Smith and Blake giving up 4 inches to Pau, and with Brook not much of a defensive anchor, my superior skilled front court will overpower them. Not to mention, Ellis and Smith have choked in playoff situations. I think the team lacks the leadership required to contend for the next couple of seasons, and unfortunately I think Miami has got worse than in real life, with only one certified All Star among them. I would have been more worried had Melo still been around.

Finally, Detroit. A surprise package for me, I think T-Mac's team has taken the biggest step forward of all involved. A backcourt of Billups and Mayo is lethal from three, and the whole team is well balanced with 5 offensive options capable of 20 ppg. Odom is an ideal 6th man too. The only real weakness I can find is defensively in the front court. If (when) Bynum gets injured, a front court of Lee / Odom will struggle to pose an intimidating defensive presence, and even with a healthy front court, I think Pau / Duncan is fundamentally skilled enough to overpower them. They're the team I fear most in the East though.

austinschutz@rocketmail.com

Cleveland

Team Salaries
Ben Gordon - $11,600,000 --- $12,400,000
Corey Brewer - $6,000,000 --- $6,000,000
L.R. Mbah a Moute - $5,800,000 --- $6,264,000
Amir Johnson - $5,500,000 --- $6,000,000
Ronny Turaif - $4,360,000 --- N/A
Kyrie Irving - $2,900,100 --- $3,177,600
Ryan Hollins - $2,483,333 --- N/A
Terrence Williams - $2,369,040 --- $3,143,716
J.J. Hickson - $2,354,537 --- $3,357,569
Ryan Anderson - $2,241,601 --- $3,234,470
Christian Eyenga - $1,097,520 --- $1,174,080
Jamine Peterson - $895,700 --- $962,900
Kenneth Faried - $877,300 --- $943,100
Solomon Alabi - $770,000 --- $890,000

*Rasheed Wallace - $6,750,000 --- N/A
Total salaries: --- $55,999,131

Qualifying Offer Team Option

Turiaf 26/Anderson 10/Hollins 12
Hickson 28/Johnson 14/Anderson 6
Williams 14/Mbah a Moute 24/Faried 10
Gordon 28/Brewer 20
Irving 32/Williams 16

Draft Picks
5th - Kyrie Irving
27th - Jamine Peterson
35th - Kenneth Faried
46th - LaceDarius Dunn
2012 SAC 1st
2012 CLE 1st
2012 CLE 2nd
2013 PHX 1st
2013 MIA 1st (with protections)
2013 WAS 2nd
...(all picks 2013 and onward)

My Team
I am very happy with the rebuilding project that I was able to start in Cleveland. The core of my team is extremely young with a lot of potential. I don't have many bad contracts (Johnson's wouldn't be bad if I had more minutes) and I have four lottery picks coming in the next two years depending on how advanced my core is.

The Cavaliers as constructed are a very good defensive team with a couple of scoring options. Right now Hickson is my go-to-guy and I am hoping that he can take some attention away from Gordon and open up the offense. Last season when Hickson played 28 minutes or more (this happened 24 times) he averaged 19 points and 9 rebounds per game, so it isn't unreasonable to think that he could duplicate that over the coming seasons.

Terrence Williams is another player that I am extremely excited about. He is a fantastic passer and defender - and, if he develops his jumpshot enough, he could be a nightmare player. So far in the preseason he is averaging 14 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. I think that he can easily replicate this feat and even surpass it.

New vs. Old

Mo Williams/Daniel Gibson vs. Kyrie Irving/Terrence Williams
This is all dependant on how good Irving is. I think that he is on the same level as a prospect as Brandon Jennings/Steph Curry/Raymond Felton when they came out. Hopefully he can be a cornerstone of my franchise.
Old Wins

Anthony Parker/Christian Eyenga vs. Ben Gordon/Corey Brewer
My team is way more talented and younger than they were at the start of the game.
New Wins

Joey Grahm/Jamario Moon vs. Terrence Williams/LR Mbah a Moute/Kenneth Faried
Again, my team is way younger and more talented at this position.
New Wins

Antawn Jamison/JJ Hickson/Leon Powe vs. JJ Hickson/Amir Johnson/Ryan Anderson
Both teams have a ton of depth here. I like the potential of Anderson and Johnson better than Jamison's skill-set and I think that both have a good chance of being better.
Tie

Anderson Varejao/Samardo Samuels vs. Ronny Turiaf/Ryan Hollins/Ryan Anderson
Turiaf and Varejao are a wash (IMO) but my new backups steal the show.
New Wins

Transactions
Antawn Jamison/Dolonte West for L.R. Mbah a Moute/Michael Redd
Anderson Varejao for Brandon Bass/Ryan Anderson/Brian Butch/2011 Orlando 2nd
Mo Williams for Mike Conley/Sam Young/Marco Belinellie/Solomon Alabi
Sebastian Telfair/2011 Orlando 2nd for Cap Space
Release Brian Butch
Anthony Parker/Leon Powe for Kelenna Azubuike
2011 Cleveland 2nd for Amir Johnson
Release Michael Redd
Jamario Moon/Kelenna Azubuike for Jodie Meeks/DeShawn Stevenson/Ike Diogu/2013 PHX 1st
Brandon Bass/Sam Young for Corey Brewer
Cleveland Declines to the qualifying offer to Danny Green
Cleveland Signs Garrett Temple
Daniel Gibson for 2011 PHI 2nd
Harrison Barnes (#1 pick) for Terence Williams, Shanon Brown, Joey Graham, DJ Augustine, #5 (Kyrie Irving), #27, #35
Cap Space for Ryan Hollins
DJ Augustine/Joey Graham/Jodie Meeks for Ronnie Turiaf/2013 WAS 2nd
Shanon Brown for Ben Gordon/Rasheed Wallace/2012 SAC 1st
Released Rasheed Wallace

rocdogg05@yahoo.com AIM = same as email

SALARIES



(money owed) - Team Option - Qualifying Offer - Player Option - Unguaranteed

ROTATION

Curry(36)/Hill(12)
LeBron(4)/Ellis(36)/Hill(8)
Smith(14)/LeBron(34)
Griffin(26)/Smith(22)
Noah(38)/Griffin(10)

ASSETS

RIGHTS

Jarvis Varnado
Da'Sean Butler
Patrick Beverley
Roberto Duenas

DRAFT PICKS

OWN:

2012 1st from Memphis(only if in top 12, if not then 2013 etc)
2012 2nd from Memphis
2013 2nd
2014 1st
2014 2nd from Minnesota

OWE:

2012 1st to Cleveland(rights to swap)
2012 2nd to NJN
2013 1st(LP) to Cleveland

TRANSACTIONS
1. Chris Bosh/Mike Miller/Udonis Haslem for David Lee/Dan Gadzuric/Stephen Curry
2. Dwyane Wade for Brook Lopez/Derrik Faovors/Anthony Morrow/NJN 2011 1st
3. David Lee/Dan Gadzuric for Jason Thompson/Kenyon Martin/Memphis 2012 1st
4. Jason Thompson/Derrick Favors for Blake Griffin
5. Joel Anthony/Big Z/Mario Chalmers for Darius Songalia/Malik Hairston
6. Juwan Howard for bag of bud/1000 Jack in the Box tacos(sauce included)
7. Darius Songalia for Willie Green
8. Carlos Arroyo to LAL for nothing
9. Kenyon Martin/James Jones/NJN 2011 1st for AK47
10. Melo/Yi for Smoove/Ellis
11. Lopez/Morrow/Armstrong/Watson/Green/Williams for Noah/Hill/May/Mbenga

WIN NOW & FUTURE



This team started with the big 3 and some decent filler and now has the big 6 + 1. Our frontcourt has been upgraded dramatically with the additions of Joakim Noah, Blake Griffin, and Josh Smith. The defense and passing ability between those 3 and LeBron is crazy. We will see plenty of assists, steals, blocks from those 4 players but that doesn't stop with them. Our backourt is also quite impressive in those areas with Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, and George Hill.

This team is built to run while also playing solid defense and we have guys that are exceptional at spreading the floor. It will not be easy for opposing teams to double down as we have exceptional options at every spot. The synergy of this line up is most impressive and there will be no respite when one or 2 of our starters are taking a rest. 7 players will get the bulk of the minutes but the rest of the bench will be able to get some time during blowouts or injury down time without us missing a beat.

Passing, 3 point shooting, mid range, efficiency, steals, blocks, points, defense, depth, youth, and versatility will be our calling cards. There is no team in this league we can't match up with and we have the ability to put a starting group on the floor for any occasion. Playing against a team like Portland we move LeBron to SG and roll with Smith at SF, Griffin at PF and use Monta, Hill off the pine. We have the ability for so many looks that it will be extremely hard to game plan against us.

SamBone wrote:I have a very reasonable payroll (the lowest of all winning teams!).

My $67mil payroll says 'hello'

$67mil payroll for a team like this is quite impressive. We believe Coach Riley and his assistant Spoelstra will ride this team to multiple titles and usher in a new dynasty of epic magnitude.

This team is not just built for winning now but for many years to come. LeBron is our oldest core player and will be 27 after this 2011 season and with a title under his belt. The rest of the team is even younger and we still have future assets. Maalik Wayns was our 2nd round selection and is projected as 18th and the 3rd PG in the 2011 draft. We also have Pittman, and rights to some other nice young players as well as Memphis 2012 1st if it lands in the top 12.

Our future is bright and it is already here and is built to last.

The other top teams in Portland, NOH can not say the same as they are relying on some older players to try and get 1 title. Kobe will be 33 going on 34 at end of this 2011 season and Duncan will be 36. Kobe is still great but he will not be able to matchup as easily against LeBron and Duncan is already showing decline in his game. Now we have another year under our belts so it is time for the new guys to shine and we believe it will be very sunny in Miami for years to come.

Curry/LeBron/Smith/Griffin/Noah with Ellis/Hill is what we have now but by season's end Griffin could easily take over the starting roll. This leaves our team with tons of flexibility involving future trades.

Win now, win future, low salary, flexible lineup, great coaching staff, superstars, and a great GM.

Miami Heat - The new dynasty

We already have one Finals appearance with this young team and have added Josh Smith/Monta Ellis to that crew. Domination here we come!

:p

Manager: Bness888
Email: Cantmesswithness8@ yahoo.com
AIM: Bness8888
ROSTER:
----- PG -------- SG --------- SF --------- PF --------- Cc ----

ROTATION:
(Minutes)
PG: Paul (36) / Bayless (12) / Maynor
SG: Lee (24) / Brown (24) / CDR
SF: Batum (30) / Daye (10) / Budinger (8)
PF: Love (32) / Beasley (16) / Powe
Cc: Biendris (30) / Ibaka (18) / Powe
SALARIES:

CREDITS:
- 2012 first round draft pick from Memphis Via Toronto (Trade 24) (Top 12 Protected)
- 2012 second round draft pick from Milwaukee (Trade 7)
- 2012 second round draft pick
- 2013 first round draft pick
- 2013 second round draft pick
- 2013 second round draft pick from Memphis (top 55 proctected)
- 2014 first round draft pick
- 2014 second round draft pick
TRADED PLAYER EXCEPTIONS:
- $1,800,208 (Kobe Bryant Trade)
- $3,537,040 (Grant Hill Trade) - $2,103,840 (Gerald Henderson Trade) = $1,433,220 (Left)
- $6,883,800 (Nazr Muhommed) - $1,833,120 (James Johnson) - $1,929,600 (Austin Daye) = $3,121,080
- S6,000,000 (DeAndre Jordan S & T)
- $16,015,774 (Ben Gordon Trade)
DRAFT RIGHTS OWNED:
-Chinemelu Elonu
-Devin Ebanks
-Derrick Caracter
-Gani Lawal
-Dwayne Collins
-JaJuan Johnson
-Jeremy Tyler
-Damien Saunders
-Durrell Summers
TRANSACTIONS:
[size=85]1. With the Orlando Magic
OUT: Lamar Odom, Steve Blake, Luke Walton, 2011 LAL 2nd round draft pick
IN: Kenyon Martin, Serge Ibaka, Erice Maynor
(Pending)
2. With the New York Knicks
OUT: Kobe Bryant (yes thats right)
IN: Amare Stoudemire, Danillo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Toney Douglas
3. With the Phoenix Suns
OUT: Ron Artest, Kenyon Martin, Toney Douglas
IN: Jason Richardson, Grant Hill, Goran Dragic, Earl Clark, Rights to Gani Lawal, 2011 first round pick
4. Signed Matt Barnes and Theo Ratliff per Real Life events.
5. With the New Orleans Hornets
OUT: Pau Gasol, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Goran Dragic, 2011 first round draft pick (LAL)
IN: Chris Paul, TJ Ford, 2011 second round draft pick (NOH)
6. With the New Jersey Nets
OUT: Grant Hill, Matt Barnes
IN: Courtney Lee, Damion James
7. With the Milwaukee Bucks
OUT: Damion James
IN: Ersan Ilyasova, Absorbed with TPE (Ron Artest Trade), 2012 second round draft pick (Mil)
8. With the Detroit Pistons
OUT: Serge Ibaka, Sasha Vujacic, TJ Ford
IN: Micheal Beasley, Charlie Villanueva, Ben Wallace
9. With the Charlotte Bobcats
OUT: Charlie Villanueva, Derek Fisher
IN: Nazr Muhommed, Willie Green, Gerald Henderson
10. With the Oklahoma City Thunder
OUT: 2011 first round pick (PHX)
IN: Deandre Jordan
11. With the Phoenix Suns
OUT: Nazr Muhommed
IN: TPE, 2012 second round draft pick (PHX)
12. With the Miami Heat
OUT: Willie Green
IN: Darius Songalia, Carlos Arroyo
13. With the Utah Jazz
OUT: Ben Wallace, Theo Ratliff, 2012 First round draft pick
IN: CJ Miles
14. Signed Kyle Weaver to a one year minimum contract worth $854,389
15. With the Minnesota Timberwolves (2 deals)
OUT: Amare Stoudemire, CJ Miles, Gerald Henderson, Earl Clark
IN: Kevin Love, Ben Gordon, Wesley Johnson, Sam Young, 2011 2nd round draft pick (OKC), 2011 2nd round draft pick (TOR)
16. A three way deal with the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons
OUT: Andrew Bynum, Wesley Johnson, Sam Young
IN: Nicolas Batum, Danillo Gallinari, Jerod Bayless, Serge Ibaka, James Posey, Rights to Dwayne Collins
17. Drafted JaJuan Johnson with the 33rd overall pick.
18. Drafted Jeremy Tyler with the 45th overall pick.
19. Drafted Damien Saunders with the 54th overall pick.
20. With the Toronto Raptors
OUT: 56th overall pick.
IN: 2012 Tortonto 2nd round pick.
21. Drafted Durrell Summers with the 59th overall pick.
22. With the Sacramento Kings
OUT: James Posey, Ersan Illyasova
IN: Shaquille O'Neal, Chase Budinger, 2012 first round draft pick (Sacto)
23. With the Golden State Warriors
OUT: Danilo Gallinari, Shaquille O'Neal
IN: Andris Biendris, Mario Chalmers, Wayne Ellington
24. With the Toronto Raptors
OUT: DeAndre Jordan (S & T)
IN: 6 million dollar TPE, 2012 Memphis first round draft pick (Top 12 protected)
25. With the Toronto Raptors
OUT: 2012 Tortonto 2nd round pick (Returned)
IN: James Johnson (TPE)
26. Signed Chris Douglas Roberts (3/6) and Leon Powe (2/3)
27. With the Portland Trailblazers
OUT: James Johnson, Mario Chalmers, Wayne Ellington, 2012 second round draft pick from Phoenix
IN: Rasheed Wallace, Austin Daye
28. With the Cleveland Cavaliers
OUT: Ben Gordon, Rasheed Wallace, 2012 First round draft pick (Via Sacramento)
IN: Shannon Brown.


WRITE UP.
Why?
First of all, Obviously were not trying to "win now". We took over the best team in the league with the Lakers. They just won back to back titles and were on there way to win there third, but with that being said, this is a game. And with games, things get old. Who ever took the Lakers always finish in the top 1-3 in "win now" category, and there is no problem with that. BUT, We wanted this team to finally win the "win future" category. We like the Lakers, but went in a different direction for the sake of the game being different. Some may not like it, but i wanted a change.

We stuck to our plan through out the game, (which was very tough honestly, i hate "rebuilding, and ill never do it again!) We went on trading away the likes of Kobe, Gasol, Artest, and so on. But in the same process, we brought in very young talent, MULTIPLE draft picks, MULTIPLE draft rights, and cut over 40 MILLION dollars in salary.

We wanted to have the youngest team with the most potential while being very low on salary with tremendous depth and still being able to compete for multiple rings in the somewhat near future. We have an average age of 22.5 years old, which has to be in the top 5. A 55 million dollar salary, which is under the cap, which is something that the Lakers havent been able to say since signing Shaq. We are at least 2 deep at every position.

We feel we competed all our goals.

Overall:

We feel were are 2 players deep at every position, and even 3 deep with some. We also feel that we can play Fast effectively with Cp3 / Lee / Batum / Beas / Love or play Big effectively with CP3 / Batum / Beasley / Love / Beins. We also feel that defensively we can slow down or shut down just about any team in the league. Chris Paul is an all defensive player while Batum is a shut down wing. With 4 guys 6"11' or taller we feel we will out rebound teams also. Most of the guys we brought in a long and athletic, which will also frustrat teams. Chris Paul still maintains our star status we need being in Los Angeles, will Kevin Love is a great 2nd option. With Micheal Beasley comming of the bench we feel we have a 21 year old kid, that with his head on straight, can dominate any ones second unit with CP3 getting him the ball. We also feel that Ibaka and Batum are well on there way to being very crucial peices in our puzzle. Obviously our team runs through and with Chris Paul. He has plenty of great shooter to kick to also. Batum / Lee / Budinger / Beasley can all shoot it. We have probably one of the deepest big men rotations in the league with Love at power forward and Beindris at center, along with Beasley backing up Love and Ibaka backing up Beins. You also cant forget about Austin Daye who can play anywhere from 2 to the 4 effectively. Bayless will also give us solid minutes at both guard spots. Shannon Brown is also a guy we like with his hustle and dunks. Throughout our lineup, we know that we have very few, if any holes. This team is built strongly for the future, and with that being said, compared to most teams trying to "win future", we still have the star power that most other dont. Most teams completely blow it up, while i maintained a star and future multiple allstars.

We have a first and a second round pick in each of the upcomming drafts, as well as the rights to nine solid draft prospects. We love our future for many years to come.

Closing:
Vote for the Lakers for "Win Future"! We feel we stuck to our plan of "rebuilding" the Lakers to have a bright future. They are young, talented, deep, and hungary to prove that they have what it takes to win in the near future.

NEW YORK KNICKS

Email: Farmerbrown50@hotmail.com

Salaries
PLAYER 2011/12.. 2012/13.. 2013/14 2014/15

Al Harrington $6,226,200 / $6,687,400 / $7,148,600(UNG)

Corey Maggette $10,262,069 / $10,924,138

Mo Williams $8,500,000 / $8,500,000 / $9,000,000 / $9,000,000

Timofey Mozgov $3,240,000 $3,480,000

Marcus Camby $11,071,500

Matt Bonner $3,308,750 / $3,327,500 / $3,616,250

Will Bynum $3,500,000

Roger Mason $1,500,000

Carmelo Anthony $18,006,005 / $19,447,241 / $20,887,777

Yi Jianlian $4,000,000 / $4,300,000 / $4,600,000

Juwan Howard $854,389

Kurt Thomas $854,389

Maurice Evans $854,389

MLE
.
BAE
.
TOTAL: ..$72,177,491..$56,665,879

TOTAL (w/out options)..'' ''.." "

CAP ..+$14,133,491..-$1,378,121

Cap Holds: None

Key:
(PO) =Player Option
(TO) =Team Option
(ETO) =Early Termination Option
(QO) =Qualifying Offer
(PNG) =Partial Guarantee
(UNG) =Fully Unguaranteed


ROTATION
Marcus Camby [28]/Timofey Mozgov [12]/Kurt Thomas [8]
Al Harrington [30]/Matt Bonner [18]
Carmelo Anthony [36]/Maurice Evans [12]
Corey Maggette [30]/Roger Mason [18]
Mo Williams [32]/Will Bynum [16]

Inactive: Yi Jianlian, Juwan Howard

TRANSACTIONS
1.Traded Stoudemire , Gallinari, Chandler and Douglas for Bryant

2. Traded Bryant for Camby,Roy, Bayless and Kopponen

3. Traded Randolph and Walker for Bonner and Hill

4. Traded Ronny Turiaf for TPE.

5. Traded Azubuike for Parker and Powe

6. Signed Bogans and Diener

7. Traded Hill for Jerebko and Bynum (S&T)

8. Traded Curry for Maggette

9. Traded Fields for Utah 2012 Pick

10. Waived Rautins

11. Traded Roy and Koponen for Smith and Mayo

12. Traded Bayless and Diener for Mason and Richardson

13. Drafted Mason Plumlee

14. Signed Chris Wilcox and Rasual Butler using my MLE

15. Signed Mo Evans and Juwan Howard to vet in contracts

16. Traded O.J Mayo, Mason Plumlee and Q-Rich for Monta Ellis and Kurt Thomas

17. Traded Josh Smith and Monta Ellis for Carmelo Anthony and Yi Jianlian

18. Traded Chris Wilcox and Rasual Butler for Al Harrington


DRAFT PICKS HELD/TPE's

CREDITS

2.2012 second round draft pick from Utah
Utah’s own 2012 2nd round pick to New York. [Utah - New York, 7/28/2010]


3.2013 second round draft pick from Golden State
Golden State’s own 2013 2nd round pick to New York. [Golden State - New York, 7/9/2010]

4. 2012 second round draft pick from Golden State
Golden State's own 2012 2nd round pick to New York. [Golden State - New York , 7/9/2010]

DEBITS

1.2011 first round draft pick to Houston
Houston has the right to swap their own 2011 1st round pick with New York's own 1st round pick so long as New York's 2011 1st round pick is not the 1st overall selection in the 2011 NBA Draft. [Houston - New York - Sacramento, 2/18/2010]


2.2011 second round draft pick to L.A. Lakers
New York's own 2011 2nd round pick to the L.A. Lakers. [L.A. Lakers - New York, 6/25/2009]


3.2012 first round draft pick to Houston
New York's own 2012 1st round pick to Houston (top 5 protected in 2012, top 5 protected in 2013, top 5 protected in 2014, and top 5 protected in the 2015 Draft). If Houston does not receive a 1st round pick from New York by the 2015 Draft, then New York will convey their own 2015 2nd round pick and 2016 2nd round pick to Houston. [Houston - New York - Sacramento, 2/18/2010]


4.2012 second round draft pick to Phoenix
New York's own 2012 2nd round pick to Phoenix (top 55 protected in the 2012 Draft). If New York's own 2012 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then New York's obligations to Phoenix shall be extinguished. [New York – Phoenix, 7/8/2010]




Write-up

Offense/Defense:

Our Offense will be important to the NY system, as alot of the system actually relies on offense. I made sure we had alot of scoring options on our team, with Al, Melo , Mo Will and Mags, we have plenty of offense in the team.

On Defense we were pretty bad, but I made sure we got some better defensive players, like Camby and Kurt Thomas. I have made sure we will have a strong front court, with depth and defense.

Salary/Future:

Our Salary is only a couple of million over the tax limit, and next year we are under the cap. I feel that I did a good job keeping the salary under $75M and making sure we had cap room for the next season.

Our future is alright, we have a couple of guys in there prime ( Melo, Mo-Will )and a couple of youngs guys (Bynum, Mozgov) but our squad is mainly older.


Why im better than my real life counterpart:

Right now New York is experimenting with starting Amare Stoudemire at C, which is not very good at all. My main goal was to find that interior presence (Camby) and bring some respectibility to our defense. I also wanted to maintain a relatively good cap situatuion, while bringing in talent.I also was looking for someone to build around (Melo) and give him scoring options (Al, Mo will, Mags)
I feel I have improved New York greatly, and they are better in most areas that there RL counterparts.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Rotation:
Demarcus Cousins 30 / Tiago Splitter 18
Anthony Randolph 32 / Tiago Splitter 10 / Luke Babbitt 6
Omri Casspi 30 / Luke Babbitt 18
Xavier Henry 28 / James Anderson 20
Jrue Holliday 32 / Eric Bledsoe 16



In Europe:
Jonas Valanciunas
Victor Claver

Draft choices:
2012 - San Antonio 1st, Portland 1st, San Antonio 2nd
2013 - San Antonio 1st, 2nd

Writeup
Pretty much impossible to judge this team, because about a thousand guesses are involved:
-- I didn't see the 2010-11 Spurs as getting close to a championship, and decided to see what I could accomplish with a complete rebuild. If the real Spurs are better than I think, that was a big mistake. If not, getting value out of Duncan and Ginobili before they're too old to be worth much, and out of Parker before he becomes a free agent and heads for a team that can win, was just right.
-- All the new guys come with questionmarks. If Cousins and Holliday are All-Stars, as they well might be, this team has the core of a contender, with lots of talented young guys around and a vast amount of cap space to bring in free agents in 2012 and/or 2013. If Jonas Valanciunas is worth a number 4 pick, so much the better. If Cousins flames out and Holliday is a slightly-better-than-average point guard, and Valanciunas turns out to be Nikoloz Tskithishvili, yecch.
-- That said, I like the lineup a lot. Looking at the young guys who have a chance to become stars (excluding those who already are), I don't think there's a C I'd take ahead of Cousins, or a PG ahead of Holliday. And the rest of the lineup has strong defenders and excellent outside shooters, which is what you need around that combo.
-- Whatever the voters think, I look forward to checking back in about two years and seeing what I think of this lineup then. And thanks to everyone who helped run the game this time around - good job.

Transaction Record:
7/21 - Acquired Greg Oden, Luke Babbitt, Joel Przybilla, and the rights to Victor Claver from Portland forTim Duncan and San Antonio's 2011 2nd round pick.
7/21 - Acquired Anthony Randolph and Bill Walker from New York for George Hill and Matt Bonner.
7/22 - Acquired Demarcus Cousins and a $3.4M TPE from Sacramento for Greg Oden.
7/23 - In a 3-team trade, acquired Jrue Holliday, Omri Casspi, and Peja Stojakovic for Tony Parker, Antonio McDyess, and Malik Hairston.
7/24 - Acquired Eric Dampier, Dominique Jones, and Quincy Pondexter from Dallas for Manu Ginobili and Garrett Temple.
7/29 - Acquired Jason Terry, Juan Jose Barea, Alexis Ajinca, and 2011 Dallas 2nd from Dallas for Joel Pryzbilla and Richard Jefferson.
7/30 - Traded Alexis Ajinca to New Jersey; received a $1.5M TPE.
7/30 - Waived Eric Dampier, Alonzo Gee, and Gary Neal (unguaranteed contracts).
8/7 - Waived Curtis Jerrells (unguaranteed contract). Acquired Jason Kapono, Luther Head, Cleveland's 2011 2nd round pick, and Portland's 2012 1st round pick from Memphis for Jason Terry. Waived Luther Head. Re-signed Curtis Jerrells to a two-year contract (first year guaranteed).
8/11 - Acquired Tyson Chandler from Philadelphia for Peja Stojakovic.
9/5 - Acquired Xavier Henry from Oklahoma City for Dejuan Blair.
9/9 - Signed free agents D.J. White, Craig Smith, and Curtis Jerrells
9/24 - Acquired Eric Bledsoe and Hassan Whiteside from LAC for Dominique Jones and Quincy Pondexter.

BOSTON CELTICS



E-Mail: boozmagic@yahoo.com
AIM: t2kvslive

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Salaries....................2012/2013..............2013/2014

Kevin Garnett..........$21,247,044...........
Kendrick Perkins......$13,000,000.............$13,000,000
Richard Hamilton......$12,500,000.............$12,500,000
Caron Butler............$11,600,000.............$12,300,000
Ray Allen..................$10,000,000..............
Rajon Rondo.............$10,045,455.............$11,000,000
Shawn Marion...........$7,725,932................$8,396,364
Jermaine O'Neal........$6,226,000.............
Nate Robinson...........$4,500,000.............
Marquis Daniels..........$2,000,000
Jason Kapono............$1,500,000
Allen Iverson..............$1,500,000
TJ Ford.....................$1,500,000...............$1,500,000
Daequan Cook............$1,300,000...............$1,300,000
Shelden Williams............$854,389


Total WITH Options: TO BE UPDATED

Total WITHOUT Options: TO BE UPDATED

Waived Players:
Semih Erden....................$473,604...........$788,872...............

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DEPTH CHART





Rajon Rondo [36] -- Nate Robinson [12] -- Allen Iverson -- TJ Ford
Richard Hamilton [24] -- Ray Allen [24] -- Daequan Cook [0]
Caron Butler [34] -- Marquis Daniels [10] -- Jason Kapono [4]
Kevin Garnett [32] -- Shawn Marion [16] -- Shelden Williams [0]
Kendrick Perkins [30] -- Jermaine O'Neal [18]

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ON THE BLOCK

Very Hard:
Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett

Hard:
Caron Butler, Richard Hamilton, Ray Allen, Nate Robinson, Allen Iverson, Kendrick Perkins

Offer Up:
Jermaine O'Neal, Shawn Marion

Fair:
Tony Gaffney

Picks Owing:
None

Picks Owed:
2014 2nd via Kings
2015 2nd via Kings

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Transactions:
1. Celtics Sign Allen Iverson to a 1-year, vets minimum deal.

2. Celtics Trade Paul Pierce and Marquis Daniels to the Suns for Ron Artest and Richard Hamilton

3. Celtics Waive Semih Erden

4. Celtics Trade Avery Bradley and Rasheed Wallace to the Wizards for Shawn Marion

5. Celtics Trade Ron Artest, Glen Davis and Oliver Lafayette in a 3-way deal with the Nuggets and Pistons for Caron Butler and Renaldo Balkman

SUMMARY:

Personally, I love how I constructed this team. I hadn't traded that much (that's uncharacteristic of me since im a gm who likes to make trades daily) but I believe that Boston is still pretty sexy. It's one of the deepest teams in the game. My mindset was keeping the mentality of having a young team cause I believe that Boston would still be good for a handful of years before age bites into them. I was able to remain my frontcourt of Perk and KG intact, anchoring my intense defense. Throughout the process, I also got Rip Hamilton, to ease off pressure from Ray Allen and add his solid resume to the mix. C's also managed to pick up shooters like Jason Kapono and Daequan Cook to add to Ray. We also have Iverson, TJ Ford and Nate to back up Rajon. In the frontcourt, we have Matrix and Jermaine O'Neal to keep up the defensive intensity while KG and Perk rests. Overall, we believe that this is one of the best built depth teams in the game and we like our chances.

FUTURE:

People would think that this is where Boston struggles. We actually like the future ahead. We wanted to stay loyal to both Ray Allen, KG and all the other vets and join them altogether for one last push for a ring. The franchise relies upon Rajon Rondo in the future. We're also headlined by Kendrick Perkins, whom we believe would become a beast. We also have energy guys like Nate and got guys with potential like Daequan Cook and Shelden Williams.

WASHIGNTON WIZARDS BASKETBALL SQUADRINE!







PLAYER 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017

Elton Brand $17,059,728 $18,160,355

John Wall $5,530,080 $5,915,880 $7,459,925 $9,697,902

Derrick Favors $4,443,360 $4,753,320 $6,008,196 $7,882,754

Joey Graham $1,106,941 $2,099,621

D.J. Augustin (opt) - $3,236,470

Nick Young $5,250,000 $5,750,000 $6,250,000 $6,750,000

Aaron Grey $1,675,000

Marcus Thornton $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000

Spencer Hawes $5,500,000 $5,800,000 $6,100,000 $6,400,000 $6,700,000

Harrison Barnes $5,305,080 $5,702,880 $6,100,800 $7,693,109 $10,001,041

Danny Green $854,389

Jared Jeffreis $854,389

Sebastian Telfair $854,389

TOTAL SALARY $54,723,248 $51,682,435 $37,518,921
Total w/out options $54,723,248 $41,003,235 $17,950,000
Cap Space

early termination cap hold team opt
unguaranteed player opt





PO=PLAYER OPTION

TO+ TEAM OPTION

UNG=UNGUARENTEED





UNTOUCHABLE:
JOHN WALL
DERRICK FAVORS

ACTIVLY SHOPPING:
ELTON BRAND



LOOKING FOR:
HIGH SCORING WING PLAYERS WHO CAN DRAIN THE LONG BALL
DESPERATLY NEED A YOUNG CENTRE
ANYTHING FOR BRAND


Draft Credits:


Draft Debits:
none


DIRECTION:
BUILD A YOUNG TEAM IN THE OKC MODEL. I WONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THE 2000 RAPTORS MADE WITH THEIR SUPERSTAR IN SURROUNDING HIM WITH OVER THE HILL EXPENSIVE VETS, IM BUILIDNG YOUNG AND IN NO HURRY TO CONTEND




Hawes(32)/Gray/
Favors(34)/Brand(22)/Jeffries(7)
Barnes(32)/Graham(10)/Jeffries
Thornton(32)/Young(20)/Meeks(8)/Green
Wall(36)/Augustine(12)/Telfair




TRANSACTION LOG(HEHE LOG):

1. TRADED ARENAS TO THE MAGIC FOR WINCE CARTER

2. TRADED KIRK HINRICH TO THE BLAZERS FOR ANDRE MILLER

3. TRADED VINCE CARTER, ANDRAY BLATCHE FOR ZACH RANDOLPH, MARCUS THORNTON, AND BENO UDRIH

4. TRADED ANDRE MILLER FOR JASON KAPONO/LAL 1ST

5. TRADED ZACH RANDOLPH, KEVIN SERAPHIN, AND JAVALE MCGEE, FOR DERRICK FAVORS AND BARON DAVIS

6. TRADED BARON DAVIS FOR SHAWN MARION AND DESHAWN STEVENSON

7. TRADE DESHAWN STEVENSON AND JASON KAPONO FOR ELTON BRAND AND TERRENCE WILLIAMS

8. TRADED YI AND A 2012 SECOND FOR RONNY TURIAF

9. TRADED SHAWN MARION FOR RASHEED WALLACE(RETIRE) AND AVERY BRADELY

10. TRADED BENO UDRIH, RECIEVED JOHAN PETRO, KRIS HUMPRHIES, AND A 2012 2ND VIA HOUSTON

11. TRADED KRIS HUMPHRIES, JOHAN PETRO, SHEED WALLACE AND AVERY BRADLEY FOR KIRK HINRICH, AARON GRAY,MIKE FINLEY AND MO EVANS

12. TRADED #5,#27,#34, KIRK HINRICH, TERRENCE WILLIAMS FOR HARRISON BARNES

13. TRADED TEVOR BOOKER AND 2 SECOND ROUNDERS FOR SPENCER HAWES IN A SIGN AND TRADE

14. TRADED RONNY TURIAF AND A FUTURE 2ND FOR JODIE MEEKS, JOEY GRAHAM, AND DJ AUGUSTINE




ON THE COURT:

I FIRMLY BELIEVE IF EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM REACHES ITS FULL POTENTIAL, IT CAN BE EVEN BETTER THAN THE OKC THUNDER. JOHN WALL MAKES THIS TEAM GO WITH HIS PENETRATING AND PASSING ABILITIES. MARCUS THORNTON GETS ALOT OF WIDE OPEN 3s AS ATTENTION ON HIS WILL BE SCARCE. HARRISON BARNES BRINGS THE ABILITIES OF A DOMINANT WING PLAYER. THE WILD CARD WILL BE SPENCER HAWES. ON THIS TEAM HE HAS 2 THINGS HE NEVER HAD BEFORE. A DOMINANT PASSING POINT GUARD AND A DEFENSIVE BEAST BESIDE HIM. HE CAN FLOURISH GREATLY. THIS TEAM IS THE TEAM OF THE FUTURE AND HAD FULLY MOVED ON FROM ITS PREVIOUS PROBLEMS.



IN THE OFFICE:

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ELTON BRAND CAN HURT MY STANDING BUT I WANNA SAY WHY IT SHOULDNT. WITHOUT GETTING BRAND, I WOULD NOT HAVE HARRISON BARNES WHO IS GOING TO BE A BREAKOUT STAR IN THE LEAGUE. BRAND PROVIDES VETERAN LEADERSHIP ON THE TEAM AND EXPIRES JUST BEFORE I NEED TO DOLE OUT EXTENTIONS.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND I PAID ALOT TO GET BARNES BUT IN HINDSIGHT I DONT TAKE IT BACK. IT WAS LIKE TRADING A BMW, MERCEDES AND A BUNCH OF TOYOTA CAMRYS TO GET A ONE IN A MILLION FERRARI ENZO. THIS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF TO CONSOLIDATE AND GET A GREAT RETURN AND I TOOK IT.


IN CLOSING

I THINK I SHOULD BE RANKED HIGH IN THE REBUILDING SECTION OF THE GAME. I MADE THE CLOSEST THING I COULD TO THE MIAMI HEAT BIG 3 AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE AND REALLY? ISNT THAT ALL THAT COUNTS?

Golden State Warriors

Team Roster
Jerome Randle PG (unknown salary) (waived)
Patrick Mills Jr 1,500,000
Chris Bosh PF - $16,022,500 $17,545,000 $19,067,500 $20,590,000 $22,112,500
Charlie Bell SG $4,099,920 (waived)
Ekpe Udoh PF 23 $3,294,960, $3,524,880, $4,469,547 ,$5,962,375
Shaquille Oneal C 6,500,000
Danilo Gallinari 4,190,182
Dorrell Wright SF $3,823,200 $4,106,400
Larry Hughes PG/SG 2.5 million (waived)
Josh Boone C 1.5 million
Rodney Stuckey PG/SG 6,000,000, 6,300,000, 6,600,000, 6,900,000, 7,000,000, 7,250,000
Darko Milicic $4,779,125 $5,233,250 $5,687,375
Luke Walton $5,680,000, $6,100,000
Hamed Haddadi (waived)
Iman Shumpert
Robert Sacre
Klay Thompson
Total Salary for 2010/2011 season 57.32 million (roughly)

Minutes in ()
C-Shaquille Oneal (18), Darko Milicic (15), Ekpe Udoh (15)
PF-Chris Bosh(35) , Ekpe Udoh(13)
SF-Danillo Gallianri (35), Dorell Wright (10),Klay Thompson (3)
SG-Michael Redd (30), Alec Burks (18)
PG-Rodney Stuckey (35),Patrick Mills Jr (13)

Male Cheerleaders:Josh Boone and Luke Walton
D-league C- Robert Sacre, PG/SG-Iman Shumpert


The plan for the year: We set out for this second part of the Mock Offseason game hoping to make a dramatic leap in stature. Unfortunately, my efforts were neutered because 95% of the opposing GMs showed a frustrating inability to take my needs into account when making offers. In the few instances that I had a sensible GM to negotiate with we just couldn't come to an agreement.

With all that being said this year with be the year that Epke Udoh becomes our starting center. He'll be bulking up a bit but not enough to significantly hinder his athleticism. Udoh is a little thin for the post for now but with additional bulk and the experience of going up against Shaq during practice the hope is that he'll at least learn to hold his own. I can't think of anyone better able to prepare Udoh in that function than Shaq. Eventually Shaq's workload will diminish in proportion to Udoh's increasing workload and so he'll eventually be moved or waived so that he can help a team more ready for title contention. Darko will probably see a minor increase in minutes as well during this time so long as he proves capable of keeping Josh Boone on the bench. But Udoh will be the key to the Warriors at center. We feel with his skill set and athleticism he'll be an offensive nightmare for other centers to deal with and with his experience battling with Shaq during practice and his innate shot blocking ability we are confident he'll at least be a decent defender as well.

We kept Chris Bosh despite everyone and their mother asking for him. We feel he is a key player for our franchise and he is someone we are building around. But one of the big complaints we had in the previous mock offseason was that Rodney Stuckey wasn't really an ideal second option and that the team didn't have a good enough shooter to keep defenses from focusing on Bosh. To that end we acquired Danilo Gallinari. Gallinari is a legit second scoring option for Bosh and a future star. Furthermore, the kid has a sweet outside shot. Bringing Gallo in takes a lot of pressure off of both Chris Bosh and Rodney Stuckey. As the third scoring option, Stuckey will be better able to develop his point guard skills. To round out the rotation we brought in veteran Michael Redd. I would have preferred someone who wasn't coming off a major injury in his most recent real life season of play but the other GMs made it impossible to get one and the free agent market was bare bones. Furthermore, I decided I needed to take a chance since no one really seemed to think much of Wilson Chandler as my shooting guard from the previous mock offseason. If healthy, will be yet another wonderful offensive option for this team.

I think my teams most glaring weakness is depth especially at the one and two spots. If Rodney Stuckey and/or Michael Redd miss time due to injury I am going to have to rely upon very green and unproven players for big minutes. I would have liked to get more help here but the few worthwhile free agents were overpaid by ghastly amounts. Luckily for me Dorell Wright can play both shooting guard and small forward so if Redd goes down he can move down there. I don't think I'd have a problem with Klay Thompson or Luke Walton picking up extra minutes at the small forward spot if that happens. Because while I love Alec Burks and think he will eventually be my starting 2 I think he's still a little raw to depend upon. I would rather lose more games and have him develop more than risk hurting his growth just to win a couple extra games. I like Patrick Mills Jr and has potential but by the 2011 season we'll probably have a good idea of whether or not he's an NBA player. I am banking that he'll prove to be a solid backup point.

Over the course of the season I think my group of unproven young guys (Epke Udoh, Alec Burks, Iman Shumpbert and Klay Thompson) will develop far enough for me to feel more comfortable with my rotation but I am going to be walking on egg shells for much of the season. Barring a huge season from a healthy Michael Redd and surprisingly quick development from one of the young guys I mentioned, this will probably be a season in which we'll take a step back rather than a huge leap forward. But that's ok. I hope we'll have better luck next season with more sensible GMs to work with.


To be continued...


Picks owned:

Pickes Owed:
2012 first round draft pick to New Jersey
Golden State's own 2012 1st round pick to New Jersey (top 7 protected in the 2012 Draft, top 7 protected in 2013, and top 6 protected in the 2014 Draft). However, if New Jersey has not yet received this first round pick by the 2014 draft, then New Jersey shall instead receive: (i) Golden State's own 2014 2nd round pick and (ii) Golden State's own 2016 2nd round pick. [Golden State - New Jersey, 7/22/2008 and amended 9/21/2009]
2012 second round draft pick to New York
Golden State’s own 2012 2nd round pick to New York. [Golden State - New York, 7/9/2010]
2013 second round draft pick to New York
Golden State’s own 2013 2nd round pick to New York. [Golden State - New York, 7/9/2010]


Transactions:
1.Traded Stephen Curry, Dan Gadzuric and David Lee to Miami for Chris Bosh, Udonis Halsem and Mike Miller
2.Traded Monta Ellis and Vlad Radminovic to Detroit for Donte Cunningham,Tayshuan Prince and Rodney Stuckey
3.Signed Larry Hughes and Josh Boone.Signed Patrick Mills and Will Bynum to an offer sheet.
4. Released Charlie Bell.
5. Traded Udonis Haslem to the Denver Nuggets for Darko Milicic and their 2011 second round pick.
6. The Warriors trade Jeremy Lin and Reggie Williams to Denver for Wayne Ellington, 2011 Memphis 2nd.
7.The Warriors trade Brandan Wright to New Orleans for Wilson Chandler and Mario Chalmers
8 .The Warriors trade Mike Miller to New Orleans for a TPE worth 4.3 million.
9. The Warriors agree to a S&T with Charlotte sending Wilson Chandler to the Bobcats for Michael Redd, Luke Walton and a 2012 Orlando 1st Round Pick
10. Released Jerome Randle.
11.Released Hamed Hamadi and Larry Hughes

GM: TMACFORMVP
Email: t_mac_1123@hotmail.com

STARTING LINEUP



PG - Chauncey Billups - $14,200,000
SG - Monta Ellis - $11,000,000 ||| $11,000,000
SF - Danny Granger - $12,015,904 ||| $13,058,606 ||| $14,021,788
PF - David Lee - $11,602,500 ||| $12,705,000 ||| $13,807,500
Cc - Andrew Bynum - $16,100,000 |||

BENCH



Ramon Sessions - $4,257,974 ||| $4,551,627
Sam Young- $947,800 |||
Lamar Odom - $8,900,000 ||| $8,000,000
Elliot Williams - $1,254,720 ||| $1,348,800 ||| $1,442,880 ||| $2,373,538
Quentin Richardson - $2,446,200 ||| $2,627,400
Nazr Mohammad - $2,000,000||| $2,100,000
Eduardo Najera - $2,750,000 |||
Dante Cunningham - $1,000,000 |||



2011/2012: $79,915,615 with/without options
2012/2013: $42,538,983 with options

DEPTH CHART

[PG] - Felton - Sessions
[SG] - Mayo - Pietrus - Williams
[SF] - Granger - Young - Richardson
[PF] - Lee - Odom - Najera
[Cc] - Bynum - Mohammad - Cunningham


DRAFT PICKS/TPE's


- 1.60M TPE from Howard deal (PHX)
- Draft Rights to Renardo Sidney
- 2013 Clippers 2nd
- 2014 Detroit 2nd

TRANSACTIONS



more later.

SamBone is down sick and will have the rankings up as soon as possible.

O.K. guys, turn out was very weak! Only 8 GM's sent in rankings (12 teams)

Some did a very good job with ranking teams and sent me a complete list like I asked for, others only ranked a few team in a few categories. Some combined EAst/West, others seperated like I asked.

Here are the grades, you can make what you want out of it.
(OKC, PHX, LaC, Miami, ORL, NO, LaL, Dal, PORT, SA, CLEV, NY) are the only teams that sent in rankings, I would knock the other teams a slot, but again, I am just giving the rankings here

Note, I am seperating East/West. Some people did not seperate (I did it for you) but note that a team like Miami and Det was ranked 5th and 6th by some GM's but I gave them a 1East and a 2East. \
Also a few people voted for Boston, I deleted those votes since they were not in the running, the 2 #1 votes that were given to boston will be given to whoever was ranked #2.

WIN NOW
WEST
OKC: 1, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1
NO: 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2
PORT: 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1
Dal: 5, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3
Lake: 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
PHX: 6, 4, 6, 5, 7, 8, 4
Clipps: 8, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 7
GS: 7, 5, 7, 6, 8, 6, 6, 5 (no rankings sent)
SA: 9, 6, 9, 8, 9, 8, 6
EAST
Miami: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
DET: 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2 (no rankings sent)
NY: 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6
ORL: 6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 3, 4
WASH: 4, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 5 (no rankings sent)
TOR: 3, 5, 6, 6, 5, 3, 4, 3 (no rankings sent)
CLEV: 5, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7