2011 GM - A - TEAM (Write Up's)

[MadNESS]

THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS
GM: Bness888
ROSTER:

DEPTH CHART:
Chauncy Billups (28) / Jarret Jack (20)
Kobe Bryant (32) / Mike Miller (16) / Micheal Redd
Shane Battier (30) / Mike Miller (18) / Jason Kapono
Dirk Nowitzki (36) / Reggie Evans (12) / Chris Wilcox
Tim Duncan (24) / Shaquille O'Neal (24) / Chris Wilcox
SALARIES:

CREDITS:
None
DEBITS:
2012 first round draft pick to Los Angeles
2012 second round draft pick to Cleveland
2013 first round draft pick to San Antonio
2013 second round draft pick to Cleveland
2014 first round draft pick to Dallas
2014 second round draft pick to Cleveland
TRANSACTIONS:
2010-2011
1. Three Deals with the Denver Nuggets:
OUT: Mike Redd, Brandon Jennings, Carlos Delfino, Larry Sanders, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Jon Brokman, Keyon Dooling, Earl Boykins
IN: Carmelo Anthony, Chauncy Billups, Al Harrington, Melvin Ely, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter

2. With the Los Angeles Lakers:
OUT: Carmelo Anthony, Drew Gooden, Corey Maggette, Melvin Ely
IN: Ron Artest, Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, Matt Barnes, Shannon Brown

3. Three deals with the Dallas Mavericks:
OUT: Andrew Bogut, Matt Barnes, Ersan Illyasova, Al Harrington, rights to 3 previous draft picks
IN: Ian Mahimni, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Novak, Brendon Haywood

4. With the San Antonio Spurs
OUT: Andrew Bynum, John Salmons, Chris Douglas Roberts, 2011 First round draft pick, 2013 First round draft pick, 2011 2nd round draft pick from Chicago.
IN: Tim Duncan, Richard Jefferson.

5. With the Los Angeles Clippers
OUT: Shannon Brown, Ian Mahimni, 2014 first round draft pick
IN: Omri Casspi, Shaquille O'Neal

6. With the Los Angeles Lakers
OUT: Brendon Haywood, Anthony Carter, Steve Novak, 2012 first round draft pick
IN: Derek Fisher, Shawn Marion, Theo Ratliff

7. With the Chicago Bulls
OUT: Richard Jefferson
IN: Ronnie Brewer, CJ Watson, 2011 first round draft pick

8.With the Houston Rockets
OUT: Ronnie Brewer, Omri Casspi, CJ Watson, 2011 first round draft pick
IN: Kevin Martin, Jermaine Taylor

9. With the Miami Heat
OUT: Shawn Marion
IN: Mike Miller, James Jones

10. Signed Earl Boykins to a one year minimum deal.

11. A three way with the Cleveland Cavliers and the Indiana Pacers.
OUT: Kevin Martin, Derek Fisher, Jermain Taylor, Three second round draft.
IN: Joe Johnson

12. Two deals with the Chicago Bulls
OUT: Tim Duncan, Joe Johnson, Mike Miller, Theo Ratliff, Sheldon Williams, Earl Boykins
IN: Kobe Bryant, Taj Gibson, Glen Davis, BJ Mullens, Keith Bogans, Jason Collins

13. Waived Jason Collins (UNG) and signed Willie Green to a one year minimum deal.

14. With the Dallas Mavericks:
OUT: Lamar Odom, James Jones, Glen Davis
IN: David Lee, Steve Blake

15. With the Detroit Pistons
OUT: BJ Mullens
IN: Solomon Jones, Tracy McGrady

16. With the Sacramento Kings
OUT: David Lee, Taj Gibson
IN: Chris Kaman

17. With the Los Angeles Clippers
OUT: Part of TPE
IN: Craig Smith

18. With the Houston Rockets.
OUT: Willie Green
IN: Jason Williams

19. With the Minnesota Timberwolves
OUT: Steve Blake, Craig Smith, Solomon Jones
IN: Mo Williams

20. Signed Micheal Redd and Jason Kapono the league minimum for one year.

21. With the Chicago Bulls
OUT: Chris Kaman, Ron Artest, Mo Williams, Jason Kapono, Keyon Dooling
IN: Tim Duncan, Theo Ratliff, Earl Boykins, Steve Novak, Francisco Oberto

22. With the Chicago Bulls
OUT: TPE, Keith Bogans, Micheal Redd, Francisco Oberto, Theo Ratliff
IN: Mike Miller

23. With the Charlotte Bobcats
OUT: TPE of $1,850,000
IN: JJ Barea

24. With the Phoenix Suns
OUT: JJ Barea, Earl Boykins, Steve Novak, Malik Allen
IN: Jarret Jack, Gani Lawal

25. Signed Adam Morrison and Flip Murray to one year minimum contracts.

26. With the Memphis Grizzlies
OUT: Jamario Moon, Adam Morrison, Flip Murray
IN: Raja Bell

27. With the Golden State Worriors
OUT: Raja Bell
IN: Delonte West, Jarvis Hayes, Devean George.

2011-2012

28. Signed Shane Battier to a 5 year deal for 4.5 million flat per year

29. Signed Reggie Evans to a 1.3 million dollar contract with 8 percent raises for 3 years.

30. Signed Micheal Redd to a minimum salary deal.

31. Signed Jason Kapono and Chris Wilcox to one year minimum deals..

WRITE UP:
Begining:
It all started out as just making the Milwaukee Bucks as good as i could make them. With what i had to work with it would be very tough. I started with two VERY nice peices of Jennings and Bogut. I also started with 3 of the top worst 10 contracts in all the game. (Gooden, Salmons, Maggette). What i wanted to do was get the most i could for both of my good peices (Jennings and Bogut), and break all my bad peices down to start over with them. What ended up happening was, i created one of the greatest teams that GM - A - Team has ever seen.

Win Now:
This is your ULTAMITE win now team. You have a savvy, defensive minded PG who can hit the biggest shots when needed, but can still distrubute as well as anyone with MR. Chauncy Billups. You have the best player in the leauge, who can do it all, and i mean everything with former MVP Mr. Kobe Bryant. You have one of the best glue guys in all of basketball, the perfect compliment to Kobe, as well as top notch defender in Mr. Shane Battier. You also have another former MVP, one of the toughest guys to defend, and All Pro, All Star, All World dominate player, Mr. Dirk Nowitzki. And last but not least, you have the big fundamnetmal, the guy that will do everything right, and not complain, and being a 3rd option on this team, means he will kill you, Mr. Timothy Duncan. This team is MADE for winning RIGHT NOW.

Win future:
Obviously we through this out of the window. We no we have no future beyond our 2-3 year window we have to win a championship, but were okay with that. We want to bring the city of Milwaukee a championship right now.

Overall:
We feel between what we started with, and what we ended up with, we did the best job out of any GM in this league. We made this team a real winner, going from not in the playoffs, to a near lock to win it all. This team can compete with anyone on any given night, and we feel we would come out on top the majority of the time. We feel our team we created the city of Milwaukee is a lock to win "best overall" job.

Jennings / Dooling / Boykins VS. Billups / Jarret Jack.
Obviously Jennings has much more value and is alot younger with buckets of potential, but thats not what this team is about. THis team is about winning RIGHT now, and we feel that Billups provides us with a much better chance to win right now. Jarret Jack is most definatley better then Dooling and Boykins. He was a starter for a long while, and now becomes one of the better back up PG's in this leauge.
My Bucks>>>>>Original Bucks

Delfino / Maggette / CDR / Micheal Redd VS. Kobe / Shane Battier / Mike Miller / Micheal ReddClearly we won this arguement as well. Kobe is the best player in the leauge. All the guys i started with, are solid to good roll players, some over paid alot, but still solid. Between Kobe / Battier / Miller there is the most expirience, playmaking, defense, and hustle you will see from just about any team at the wing spots. Kobe is clearly the best player, while my "roll players" are better defenders as well as on better contracts then the starting guys.
My Bucks>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Original Bucks

Illyasova / Mbah a Moute / Gooden / Bogut / Sanders VS. Dirk / Duncan / Shaq / Evans / Wilcox
Again, Bogut has a lot of value and potential sure, but this team is about winning now. I feel i created the best big man rotation in all of the game. Dirk and Duncan compliment each other perfectly with the inside outside game. Shaq is playing outstanding this year with Boston and will contribute majorly to this teams big man rotation. Evans is the ultamite in your face rebounding back up that really Dirk has never had.
My Bucks>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Original Bucks

Conclusion:
This Milwaukee Bucks team is far more superior then the team that we started with. We have 2 legitamite MVP candidates, and just about the best complimentary peices you can put around them, which all happen to be in the same age group. All these guys are proven winners. They all know what it takes to win and all want to win. There are the up most professional players. They all can defend with the best of them. Not only do we think we created the best team in this particular league, but one of the best GM-A-Team has ever seen in history, and its VERY hard to argue against it.
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THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
GM: Bness888
SALARIES:

DEPTH CHART:
Knight / Augustin
Thorton / Buford
Daye / Clark / Brackins
Favors / Gibson / Patterson / Harper
Bynum / Speights

DRAFT PICKS
Credits:
- 2012 First round draft pick
- 2012 Second round draft pick
- 2013 First round draft pick (Top 20 protected)
- 2013 Second round draft pick
- 2014 First round draft pick
- 2014 Second round draft pick
DEBITS:
- 2013 First round draft pick (Top 20 protected)
TRADED PLAYER EXCEPTIONS:
None
TRANSACTIONS:
1. 11/6/2010 Philly trades Andre Iguodala and Spencer Hawes for Derrick Favors, Travis Outlaw, Kris Humphries, and GS's 2011 2nd.
2. 11/15/2010 Philly trades Lou Williams for Jason Maxiell and LAC's 2011 1st round pick.
3. 11/22/2010 Philly trades Elton Brand for Mehmet Okur and Raja Bell
4. 11/28/2010 Philly trades Travis Outlaw and Raja Bell for Rip Hamilton
5. 12/12/2010 Philly trades Darius Songalia for Darko Milicic
6. 12/12/2010 Philly trades Mehmet Okur for Leandro Barbosa and Michael Redd
7. 12/19/2010 Philly trades Rip Hamilton for James Posey, Craig Smith, and Solomon Jones
8. 01/09/2011 Philly drafts Brandon Knight with the 8th overall pick in the draft
9. 01/09/2011 Philly drafts John Henson with the 12th overall pick in the draft.
10. 01/10/2011 Philly drafts Williams Buford with the
11. 01/10/2011 Philly drafts Justin Harper with the 58th pick in the draft
12. 01/11/2011 Philly trades Darko Milicic, Jason Maxiell, Jodie Meeks for capspace. (Pending)
13. 01/11/2011 Philly trades Jrue Holiday, James Posey, Andres Nocioni, and 2013 first (top 20 protected) for DJ Augustin and Patrick Patterson
14. 01/13/2011 Philly Signs and Trades Thadeus Young for Austin Daye and Taj Gibson.
15. 01/14/2011 Philly Signs Marcus Thorton to 7 million dollar deal flat for 6 years.
16. 01/16/2011 Philly trades Leandro Barbosa for nothing.
17. 01/21/2011 Philly trades John Henson and Evan Turner for Andrew Bynum.

WRITE UP:
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THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS
GM: BNESS888
GM: Revis Island
DEPTH:
PG - Chris Paul / Derek Fisher / Jeremy Lin
SG - Richard Hamilton / Quentin Richardson / Eddie House
SF - Carmelo Anthony / Al Harrington / Renaldo Balkman
PF- Carlos Boozer / Udonis Haslem / Juwann Howard
Cc- Anderson Verajoa / Kosta Koufos / (Yao Ming) (IR)
SALARIES:

CREDITS:
None
DEBITS:
2012:
- LAL 1st (WAS)
- LAL 2nd (WAS)
2013:
- LAL 1st (WAS)
- LAL 2nd (MEM)
2013:
- LAL 1st (IND)
- LAL 2nd (MEM)
Transaction History:
1. Sasha Vujacic/Devin Ebanks for Chris Anderson
2. Pau Gasol/Derrick Caracter for Brook Lopez/Troy Murphy/Johan Petro
3. Andrew Bynum/Ron Artest/Lamar Odom/Matt Barnes/Shannon Brown for Carmelo Anthony/Corey Maggette/Drew Gooden/Melvin Ely (Waived)
4. Brook Lopez/Chris Anderson/Corey Maggette/2011 LAL 1st, NYK 2nd for Amar'e Stoudemire/Landry Feilds/Ronny Turiaf
5. Troy Murphy for Rip Hamilton/Ben Wallace/2011 TOR 2nd
6. Amar'e Stoudemire/Rip Hamilton/Ben Wallace/Ronny Turiaf/Steve Blake/2011 TOR 2nd for Jason Kidd/Andrew Bogut/DeSagana Diop/Shawn Marion/Jason Maxiel
7. Derek Fisher/Theo Ratliff/Shawn Marion for Brendan Haywood/Anthony Carter/Steve Novak (Waived)/2012 Milwaukee 1st
8. Brendan Haywood for Tyrus Thomas/Ben Wallace
9. Drew Gooden/Jason Maxiell for Baron Davis/2011 DAL 1st
10. Tyrus Thomas/Johan Petro/2011 LAL 2nd for Charlie Villanueva/Ryan Hollins
11. Carmelo Anthony/Luke Walton for Paul Pierce/Rasual Butler/DeJaun Summers/Ian Mahanmi
12. Rasual Butler/Ben Wallace/Ian Mahinmi/DaJuan Summers/2012 MIL 1st for Marvin Williams/Jason Collins
13. Baron Davis/Marvin Williams/2011 DAL 1st for Gilbert Arenas/Hilton Armstrong
14. Kobe Bryant/Jason Kidd/Anthony Carter for Derrick Rose/Luol Deng/Carlos Boozer
15. Luol Deng for Shane Battier/Acie Law/Fabricio Oberto/2011 WAS & HOU 2nd
16. Desaga Diop/2011 Mia, Hou & Was 2nd/2012 LAL 1st & 2nd/2013 LAL 1st for Yi Jianlian/Gerald Henderson
17. Andrew Bogut/Landry Fields/Jason Collins/Fabricio Oberto for Joakim Noah/Kyle Korver/Brian Scalabrinie
18. Yi Jianlian for Brad Miller
19. Derrick Rose/Kyle Korver/Shane Battier/Ryan Hollins/Acie Law for Rajon Rondo/Jason Richardson/Jason Smith/Jeff Adrian
20. Gilbert Arenas for Sean Marks/Josh Childress/Leandro Barbosa
21. Carlos Boozer/Brad Miller for Lamar Odom/Glen Davis/Raja Bell
22. Joakim Noah/Jason Richardson/Josh Childress/Gerald Henderson/Sean Marks/Brian Scalabrinie for Carmelo Anthony/Tyson Chandler/Chris Wilcox/Renaldo Balkman/Brian Cardinal/Eddy Curry/Melvin Ely
23. Charlie Villanueva/2013 Memphis 2nd for Jeff Foster
24. Chris Wilcox for Wally Sczerbiak
25. Leandro Barbosa/Raja Bell/Jeff Foster/Glen Davis/2013 LAL 2nd/2014 LAL 2nd for Luke Walton/Zach Randolph/Sam Young
26. Melvin Ely/Jason Smith/2014 LAL 1st for Derek Fisher
MUCH MORE FROM REVIS ISLAND.
BNESS888:
1. Resigned Carmelo Anthony to a maximum contract.
2. Signed Yao Ming to the full MLE with 8% maximum raises.
3. Signed Jeremy Lin and Juwann Howard to minimum contracts.

WRITE UP:

[dan_atko97]

Washington Wizards


gm- dan_atko97
email- dan_atko97@hotmail.com





Depth Chart-
PG- John Wall, Luke Ridnour, Boobie Gibson
SG- Xavier Henry, Jodie Meeks, Nick Young
SF- Wilson Chandler, Paul George, Terrence Williams
PF- Jared Sullinger, Jason Maxiell
C- Robin Lopez, Darko Millicic, Timo Mozgov


Salaries-
Player--------------- 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

Wilson Chandler $12,438,137 $13,433,187 $14,428,237 $15,423,287 $16,418,337
John Wall $5,530,080 $5,915,880 $7,459,925 $9,697,902
Jason Maxiell $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Darko Millicic $4,776,500 $5,228,000 $5,670,000
Daniel Gibson $4,403,834 $4,792,332
Luke Ridnour $3,680,000 $4,000,000 $4,320,000
Timofey Mozgov $3,343,896 $3,140,429 $3,925,536
Jared Sullinger $3,202,500 $3,442,700 $3,682,900 $4,658,869 $6,139,469
Paul George $2,406,240 $2,574,120 $3,282,003 $4,470,088
Terrence Williams$2,369,040 $3,143,716 $4,303,747
Xavier Henry $2,171,640 $2,323,200 $3,201,370 $4,405,085
Robin Lopez $2,862,602 $4,001,917
Jodie Meeks $884,293 $1,105,366
Nick Young $854,389


With Options: $49,519,317 $18,093,469 $19,661,295
Without options: $49,519,317 $9,000,000 $9,000,000

Purlple- Early Termination
Blue - Team Option
Green - Player Option
Red - Qualifying Offer
Yellow - Unguaranteed


Tradebilities
Untouchable- John Wall, Jared Sullinger, Wilson Chandler
For the right price- Xavier Henry, Robin Lopez, Paul George, Terrence Williams, Darko Millicic, Jodie Meeks
Easy to get- Everyone else

Picks
2014 Second Rounder (ORL)
2015 First Rounder (WAS)
2015 second Rounder (WAS)

Team Aim- We are looking to rebuild our franchise based around John Wall so young players, expiring and picks are the best. Anyone is available for little value so bid away.

Writup

My idea with this franchise was to build it from the bottom up, based around John Wall. I belive i did an excelent job with this.

Position by Position...
PG- John Wall, Boobie Gibson, Luke Ridnour > John Wall, Kirk Hinrich, Gilbert Arenas
In terms of salary owed and overall production this was a huge win. We saved about 20m a year for just this one position without losing any real production.

SG- Xavier Henry, Jodie Meeks, Nick Young >>> Nick Young, Alanzo Gee
We obviosly improved this position, getting 3 young players, all with VERY high ceilings is a massive improvement.

SF- Wilson Chandler, Paul George, Terrence Williams >>> Josh Howard, Al Thorton, Cartier Martin
This position is another obvious win, Chandler is averaging career highs, Paul George has a great ceiling, while my previous SF position had no direction or good players.

PF- Jared Sullinger, Jason Maxiell > Andray Blatche, Yi Jianlian, Trevor Booker, Kevin Seraphin
This is definately an improvement. Jared Sullinger so far this year has been the best colledge player in the US. We lost a bit of depth, but Chandler can back up PF easily aswell. This position is only a small win IMO.

C- Darko Millicic, Robin Lopez, Timo Mozgv >> Javale Mcgee, Hilton Armstrong, Hmady N'dey
Darko is finally starting to break out of his skin as a player. He is better than Mcgee by quite a significant amount. Robin Lopez was great for Phoenix last year in their playoff run. We definately won this position.

Overall, obviously this team is much, much better than the starting team with no direction and many bad contracts. I have given the Wiards fans hope, earned the organization money and overall just put the city of Washington back on the basketball map!

[willbsn13]

Dallas Mavericks

E-Mail: Farmerbrown51@hotmail.co.nz

Salaries

PLAYER: 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Troy Murphy...$5,800,000...$6,264,000...$6,728,000

Jermaine O'Neal...$6,226,000

Linas Kleiza...$4,800,000...$4,600,000...$4,400,000

Sam Young...$947,800...$1,184,750(QO)

Iman Shumpert...$474,000

Shawne Williams...$854,389

Andris Biedrins...$9,000,000...$9,000,000...$9,000,000(PO)

Jason Williams...$854,389

Aaron Brooks...$11,000,000...$11,000,000...$11,000,000

Matt Barnes...$1,906,200

Chris Duhon....$3,780,000...$4,060,000....$4,340,000

Lamar Odom...$8,900,000...$8,200,000

Carlos Delfino...$3,500,000(PNG)

Jared Dudley...$3,750,000...$4,100,000...$4,500,000

Jason Smith...$854,389

TOTALS: ...$65,332,352...$48,408,750...$39,968,000

Transactions

1. Traded Stevenson for Maxiell
2. Traded (In three deals) Nowitzki, Haywood, Novak and Mahinmi for Bogut, Harrington, Ilyasova and Barnes
3. Traded Chandler, Ajinca, Illyasova, Barea and 2011 DAL 1st for Thomas, Jackson and Diop
4. Traded Bogut, Diop, Kidd, Marion and Maxiell for Amare, Hamilton, Wallace, Blake, Turiaf and 2011 TOR 2nd
5. Traded Butler, Jones, Beaubois and 2013 DAL 1st for Parker and Bonner
6. Traded Thomas and Wallace for Haywood.
7. Traded Stoudemire and Gee for Lee, Redick, 2011 BOS 1st and Duhon
8. Traded Hamilton for Outlaw and Bell
9. Traded Turiaf for Hayward
10. Traded Buckner and Hayward for Admundson
11. Traded Lee and Blake for Davis, Odom and Jones
12. Traded (In two deals) Outlaw, Redick, 2012 DAL 1st, 2011 BOS 1st, 2012 MIN 2nd, 2013 TOR 2nd, 2014 DAL 2nd for TPE, Thornton and Illyasova
13. Traded Odom,Davis and Bell for Boozer and Miller
14. Traded Thornton, 2011 TOR 2nd and Illyasova for Smith
15. Traded Admundson and Smith for O'Neal and Hill
16. Traded Jackson,Miller and Wright for J.Evans, R.Evans, Elson, Price and Delfino.
16. Traded Bonner for Andersen and a 2013 PHO 2nd
17. Traded Boozer,Harrington,Terry,R.Evans and Haywood for Odom,Young,Sczerbiak,Chandler and Randolph.
18. Traded Parker, Chandler, Sczerbiak And Evans for Biedrins, Brooks,Dudley, Kleiza and Hayes
19. Resigned Aaron Brooks.
20. Signed Troy Murphy to Full MLE with 8% maximum raises
21. Signed Jason Williams, Shawne Williams, and Jason Smith to minimum contracts.


Depth Chart

PG - Aaron Brooks / Chris Duhon / Jason Williams
SG - Carlos Delfino / Jared Dudley / Sam Young
SF - Matt Barnes / Linus Kleiza / Shawne Williams
PF - Lamar Odom / Troy Murphy / Jason Smith
C - Andris Beindris / Jermiane O'Neal


Looking For...

-To dump Harrington
-To cut some long term salary.
-To get a better center

Draft Picks and TPE's

Credits

2013 second round draft pick from Phoenix
[Dallas-Atlanta]


Debits

2013 first round draft pick from Dallas to San Antonio
[Dallas-San Antonio]

2012 first round pick from Dallas to Houston
[Dallas-Houston]

2014 second round pick from Dallas to Houston
[Dallas-Houston]

New Orleans

[lukekarts]

Current rotation





Rotation

Dwight Howard [38] / Hilton Armstrong [10] OR Kurt Thomas [12]
David West [36] / Brandan Wright [12] OR Shelden Williams [12]
Grant Hill [30] / James Jones [18] / Rasual Butler [0]
Ray Allen [30] / Courtney Lee [18] / Keyon Dooling [0]
Jameer Nelson [30]/ Gary Neal [18] / Patrick Mills [0]



Analysis

Goals

Orlando's cap situation was horrible. With no second star next to Dwight, no real trade assets, a $94m salary with a $27m luxury tax bill on top of that, no cap space until 2013... and realistically no chance of a championship, and short of assets to trade for anyone good. My goal was simple - to cut as much cost as possible, making the team financially flexible going into the new CBA, whilst still being a deep playoff team. Mission accomplished - as it stands right now I think I can make the ECF at least, and have a realistic shot at luring Deron Williams from the salty lake next summer.

Starters

Collectively, it could be argued my starting lineup is the most efficient in the league. Four shot above 50% (!) in their most recent season. From behind the arc, I have arguably the best shooter ever in Allen, and one of the best 3pt shooting PG's in Nelson - paired with Dwight, it's a great fit. Meanwhile West's solid mid-range game and improving efficiency are the perfect compliment to Dwight, and Hill's late-career rejuvination as an efficient point forward and hard working defender mean this team is exceptionally well balanced, and smart. Defensively, I'll be the best in the NBA.

Add to that,the continuous improvement of Dwight's offensive game, and I'll be exploiting my rivals all day long with a lovely inside-out game. In the East, I don't expect Dwight to have trouble with a 36 year old immobile Tim Duncan, whilst Dalembert and Haywood are of no real concern. And with only one ring between them, these guys will be hungry for success - no complacency here.

What's also clear is that these guys are much improved on the real life Magic. West >>> Bass; Allen >>> J-Rich and Hill >>> Turkoglu. In terms of 2nd/3rd/4th options, these guys are well balanced, and display toughness rarely seen in Orlando.

Dwight Howard - age: 25 - 22.4 points (57.2%), 13.4 rebounds, 2.2 blocks in 36 mpg

David West - age: 30 - 19.1 points (51.6%), 7.3 rebounds, 1 block in 35 mpg

Grant Hill - age: 38 - 14.4 points (51.7%), 4.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists in 30 mpg

Ray Allen - age: 36 - 17.5 points (51.2% / 47.3%), 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists in 36 mpg

Jameer Nelson - age: 29 - 13.1 points (45% / 41.4%), 6.5 assists, 0.8 steals in 29.7 mpg

Key Bench

My bench is designed purely to exploit the space provided by Dwight - shooters. Jones, Lee and Neal are all over 40% from 3, and Orlando's system is a perfect fit. With 5 players capable of scoring double-digits from beyond the arc I'm the best 3pt shooting team in the league, bar none. Meanwhile guys like Thomas, Armstrong, Wright and Williams will rotate in the front court, each offering something different, be it rebounding, scoring, athleticism or defense.

James Jones - age: 30 - 6.7 points (42.5% / 42%), 2.3 rebounds in 21 mpg

Courtney Lee - age: 25 - 7.3 points (43.2% / 41%), 2.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists in 19 mpg

Gary Neal - age: 25 - 8.7 points (42.6% / 39.6%), 2.7 rebounds, 1 assist in 19 mpg

The Future

My franchise is perfectly positioned to add another max level free agent in 2012. No. 1 aim: Deron Williams. With Dirk/Kobe, Rose/LeBron, Wade/Amar'e, CP3/Melo, Westbrook/Durant already teamed up, Deron and Dwight will be hungry to beat them in 2012, and Orlando is attractive enough to make that happen. Deron/Lee/Hill/West/Dwight - just a pipe dream?

[lukekarts]

Rotation:

C: DeMarcus Cousins [32] / Chris Anderson [16]
PF: Larry Sanders [18] / Carl Landry [30]
SF: Nicolas Batum [32] / CJ Miles [16]
SG: Wesley Matthews [32] / George Hill [16]
PG: Jrue Holiday [32]/ George Hill [16]

Inactive list: Jon Brockman, Andres Nocioni, James Posey, Charlie Bell, Randy Foye, Ben Uzoh



Analysis

Goals

This is my first attempt at a 'win future' team, and I only took them because nobody else wanted to. I guess that should give you an idea about the task of doing something interesting in Charlotte!

Anyway, simply put, I feel in the space of two season's I've rebuilt this franchise for the future, got myself a 'star' talent to build around, and cleared out the bad contracts. With the continued development of my core, I don't think a push at the playoffs is out of the question for the upcoming season. And IF my young core develops as hoped, I've also got the cap space in 2012 and 2013 to add 1 or 2 key free agents and take this franchise to the next level.

Given where I started, I think I've put the Bobcats back on the map as a respectable franchise, which is as much as I could have achieved given the situation I started in.

Starters

The key things with my starting 5 is that they’re all young, and with the exception of Cousins, all great defensive players. That mentality means they can develop into an excellent defensive unit, and focus on closing out games with that attitude. Ultimately I think peak potential of this team could be similar to that of the Pistons team of the 00’s.

In terms of individual talent, I believe Cousins can become the perennial All-Star who leads the team - we've seen recent games vs the Lakers and Hornets, where he averaged 26 points (53.6%), 11 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 block in 33 minutes. If that doesn't scream superstar potential....

Meanwhile, I hope Sanders, Batum and Matthews will become similar to Ben Wallace, Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamilton respectively, both in terms of impact and role. Holiday meanwhile possesses the potential to become a solid, top 10 point guard and is remarkably young (just 21) for a player starting his 3rd season.

C - DeMarcus Cousins - 20 - 15.5 points (45%), 7.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 blocks in 27 mpg as starter

PF - Larry Sanders - 22 - 5.7 points, 4 rebounds, 2.3 blocks in 21 mpg as starter

SF - Nicolas Batum - 22 - 13 points (47.5%), 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1 steal in 32 mpg as starter

SG - Wesley Matthews - 25 – 18.5 points (44% / 38%), 3.4 rebouds, 2.2 assists, and 1.5 steals in 36 mpg as starter

PG – Jrue Holiday - 21 – 14.7 points (45%), 6.6 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.3 steals in 35 mpg as starter

Key Bench

My bench players all have defined roles on this team – Birdman the defensive enforcer at C, Landry the scorer @ PF to compliment Sanders, Miles the offence-first SF to compliment Batum, Hill the 6th man with playoff experience, who can cover both guard spots adequatly and become a great spark off the bench.

Whilst my starters offer more potential, my bench is more experienced and is arguably amongst the best benches in the league - one thing is for sure, if my starters aren't performing I've got an excellent pool of talent to rely on.

C – Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen – 5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.1 block in 19.5 mpg

PF – Carl Landry – 12.4 points (49%), 5 rebounds in 27 mpg

SF – CJ Miles – 12.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 steal in 23 mpg

G – George Hill – 11.3 points (46% / 38%), 2.2 assists, 1 steals in 28 mpg


As a side note to this, I also have a select few veterans, such as Posey, Nocioni, Bell, etc. Whilst they won't help my team much on the court, they do have a wealth of experience they can share with my younger players, which I think sets my team aside from many of the other rebuilding teams. Whilst many may count holding these contracts against me, I think the veteran locker-room presence is actually an asset to this team.

Better than before?

Unquestionably so. The team has a future, and despite the inevitable future pick swap (arranged before this game, tweaked during) with Chicago, I've got more assets in place than before, and I've turned a team whose only lucrative trade asset was Gerald Wallace, into a team full of talented young players, with $28m cap space coming up this summer. Is it perfect? No. But it's significantly better than the team I started with.

[bryant08]

GM: bryant08
E-mail/MSN: rahim.jaffer07@gmail.com
AIM: rahim jaffer

Lineup:






Salaries:



Credits:

2012 first round draft pick from Miami
Cleveland has the right to swap their own 2012 1st round pick with Miami's own 1st round pick. [Cleveland - Miami, 7/9/2010]

2013 first round draft pick from Miami
Miami's own 2013 1st round draft pick to Cleveland (top-10 protected in the 2013 Draft, top-10 protected in 2014, and unprotected in the 2015 Draft.) [Cleveland - Miami, 7/9/2010]

2013 second round draft pick from Minnesota
Minnesota's own 2013 2nd round pick to Cleveland. [Cleveland - Minnesota, 7/26/2010]

2015 first round draft pick from Miami
Miami's own 1st round draft pick to Cleveland in the “First Allowable Draft” (top 10 protected until the 2017 draft at which it will be unprotected in the 2017 draft). The First Allowable draft shall be the draft that occurs two years following the year in which Miami satisfies its first obligation to convey a future first round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers. [Cleveland - Miami, 7/9/2010]

Trading Block:
Everyone is available, looking at rebuilding this squad from the ground up.

Transactions:
1. Waived Jawad Williams and Manny Harris
2. Traded Samardo Samuels for nothing
3. Traded Anderson Varejao, Joey Graham and Antawn Jamison for Jerryd Bayless, Jermaine O'Neal, Ryan Anderson, Marcus Thornton, Jonas Jerebko and Charlie Villanueva
4. Traded Charlie Villanueva, Daniel Gibson, Christian Eyenga, Ryan Hollins for Johan Petro, Jeff Teague, Mo Evans, Tyrus Thomas and 2011 LAL 2nd unprotected
5. Traded Mo Evans, Jamario Moon, Leon Powe for CJ Watson and Ryan Gomes
6. Traded Jermaine O'Neal, Jeff Teague and Johan Petro for a Trade Exception
7. Traded Trade Exception for Solomon Alabi, 2011 LAL 1st unprotected
8. Traded Anthony Parker for Nick Young
9. Traded JJ Hickson, Mo Williams for Kevin Martin, 2012 LAL 2nd, 2013 LAL 2nd, 2014 LAL 2nd
10. Traded Ramon Sessions, Marcus Thornton for Greg Buckner, Lazar Hayward and Terrence Williams
11. Traded Lazar Hayward, Tyrus Thomas, 2011 LAL 1st for Boris Diaw, Corey Maggette, Kyle Lowry, 2011 TOR 1st, 2011 NJ 1st, 2011 HOU 2nd
12. Traded Boris Diaw, Corey Maggette, Jerryd Bayless, 2011 NJ 1st for Samuel Dalembert, Nazr Mohammed
13. Traded TPE, Greg Buckner, Ryan Anderson for Shane Battier, Kyle Korver, Kendrick Perkins
14. Traded Nick Young for Glen Davis
15. Traded Nazr Mohammed, Solomon Alabi, Jermaine Taylor, HOU 2nd, CLE 2nd for Ty Lawson, Luke Walton, Darnell Jackson
16. Traded Luke Walton, Darnell Jackson, 2011 LAL 2nd, 2011 OKC 2nd for JJ Redick
17. Traded Samuel Dalembert, Shane Battier for 2011 OKC 1st unprotected and Reggie Williams
18. Traded JJ Redick, Ryan Gomes for Troy Murphy and DJ Mbenga
19. Traded Ty Lawson, Jonas Jerebko, 2011 OKC 1st for Brandon Jennings and Andy Rautins
20. Traded Brandon Jennings, 10th overall, CJ Watson for Danny Granger, 32nd overall
21. Traded 4th overall and Terrence Williams for 2nd overall
22. Drafted Kyrie Irving 2nd overall
23. Drafted Tristan Thompson 32nd overall
24. Re-signed Kendrick Perkins/Glen Davis
25. Signed randoms to min contracts
26. Traded Kevin Martin for Andrea Bargnani, Shannon Brown
27. Traded Shannon Brown, Kyle Korver, 2012 NOH 2nd for Stephen Jackson

______________________________________________________________________________________________

Why I'm Better

I started off with a roster featuring guys like Antawn Jamison, Mo Williams, Anderson Varejao and JJ Hickson who I honestly didn't see as future building blocks for the franchise moving forward. By trading up to draft Kyrie Irving I showed my commitment to the future and gave Cavs fans something to get excited about. For the upcoming season, I feel Danny Granger is really going to be the centre piece of my squad. My key strengths moving forward would be the depth of the squad, range from the 1-4 positions and a solid defensive anchor in Perkins with decent wing defenders in Granger/SJax. I feel I managed to get better for the future while also making a very competitive squad for this season.

a little more to come

[Miller4ever]

Pacers.

[babyjax13]

austinschutz@rocketmail.com




PAYROLL
Elton Brand --- $17,059,728 -- $18,160,355 -- N/A
Deron Williams --- $16,359,805 -- $17,779,458 (ETO) -- N/A
Al Jefferson --- $14,000,000 -- $15,000,000 -- N/A
Paul Millsap --- $8,103,435 -- $8,603,633 -- N/A
Andrei Kirilenko --- $7,000,000 -- $7,000,000 -- $7,000,000 (PO)
Louis Williams --- $5,176,000 -- $5,351,500
Kyle Korver --- $5,000,000 -- $5,000,000 -- N/A
Chuck Hayes --- $3,000,000 --- $3,000,000 --- $3,000,000 (PO)
Gordon Hayward --- $2,532,960 -- $2,709,720 -- $3,452,183
Shannon Brown -- $2,374,866 -- N/A -- N/A
Bill Walker --- $916,100 -- N/A -- N/A
Earl Watson --- $854,389 -- N/A -- N/A
Francisco Elson --- $854,389 -- N/A -- N/A
Ronnie Price --- $854,389 -- $854,389 -- N/A

Total salaries --- $84,086,061 -- Coming -- $13,452,183
Total w/o options --- N/A
Trade Exception: $1,881,634 (Stephan Jackson)

DEPTH CHART
D Williams 34/L Williams 10/Watson 4
Brown 24/L Williams 10/Korver 14
Kirilenko 26/Hayward 22
Millsap 28/Brand 20
Jefferson 30/Hayes 14/Brand 4

Timeline
Key players, 2010-2011 - Deron Williams, Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson, Andrei Kirilenko, CJ Miles, Mehmet Okur
A team without direction: At the beginning of the game I had three goals in mind for the Jazz. (1) Improve the bench, (2) improve the shooting guard position, (3) position Utah as a championship contender. I made these goals because of a particular set of flaws that the Jazz have, one being that they are a poor rebounding team, another being that the bench play is extremely inconsistent, and the other that outside of Deron Williams the back-court produced nothing.

Key Players, 2010-11 all-star break - Deron Williams, Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson, Stephan Jackson, Andrei Kirilenko, Elton Brand, Brad Miller
Championship contender: The Jazz were now championship contenders with a potent offense and an improved defense. The loss of CJ Miles and Mehmet Okur would be felt, but the addition of Stephan Jackson in the starting lineup more than made up for the loss. With things sured up in the back-court and a significantly improved bench the Jazz looked poised to make a run to the NBA finals.

Key Players, 2011-12 off-season - Deron Williams, Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson, Stephan Jackson, Andrei Kirilenko, Elton Brand, Brad Miller, Chuck Hayes
Improving the bench: The Jazz were in need of an improvement to their bench and another defender to help Jefferson, Brand and Millsap in the middle. Enter Chuck Hayes, one of the NBA's best post defenders. A teammate once said of Hayes "3/4 of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Chuck Hayes." Utah hoped they finally had that "ace-in-the-hole" type player and entered the season with high hopes that Hayes would vault them above the Milwaukee Bucks in the race for the championship.

Key Players, 2011-12 all-star break - Deron Williams, Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson, Andrei Kirilenko, Elton Brand, Louis Williams, Chuck Hayes, Shannon Brown
Re-tool: The Jazz ultimately decided midway through the season that it was time to move on from the Stephan Jackson experiment. He was 33 years old and well past his prime which meant that it was time to trade him for some players that would improve the bench while still keeping the starting lineup intact. With a bench that now had Kyle Korver and Louis Williams the Jazz looked at a bright future and to put up a fight against the league's best teams with their depth and more potent offense. Fitting Shannon Brown in the starting five helped to space the floor for Jefferson and Millsap and resulted in a large increase in fast break production.

New vs. Old
Deron = Deron
Kirilenko = Kirilenko
Millsap = Millsap
Jefferson = Jefferson
Brand > Okur
Brown > Miles
Korver > Bell
Hayes > Fesenko
Hayward = Hayward
Elson = Elson
Watson = Watson
Price = Price
Williams > Evans
Walker > No one

DRAFT PICKS
2012: 1st, 2nd, NO 2nd
2013+: UT 1st, UT 2nd

TRANSACTIONS
CJ Miles for Carlos Delfino
Mehmet Okur/Raja Bell for Elton Brand
Kyrylo Fesenko for Bill Walker
Sign Reggie Evans to a one year minimum contract
Sign Cartier Martin to a one year minimum contract
TPE (Matt Harpring) for Brad Miller
Evans/Evans/Elson/Delfino/Price/2011 2nd for Stephan Jackson/Antoine Wright
Jazz sign Dominic McGuire
Jazz sign Andrei Kirilenko, Francisco Elson, Ronnie Price, Earl Watson, Chuck Hayes
Stephan Jackson for Shannon Brown, Kyle Korver, 2012 NO 2nd
Brad Miller for Louis Williams

[Karmaloop]

Depth Chart
PG: O.J. Mayo / Rodrigue Beaubois / Armon Johnson
SG: Morris Peterson / Evan Turner / Domonique Jones
SF: Peja Stojakovic / Terrence Jones / Devin Ebanks
PF: DeJuan Blair / Tiago Splitter / John Hensen
C: Jason Thompson / Kwame Brown

Salaries
Beaubois, Rodrigue: $1,236,720 / $2,227,333
Blair, DeJuan: $986,000 / $1,054,000
Brown, Kwame: $2,500,000 / $3,500,000
Ebanks, Devin: $2,000,000 / $1,000,000
Hensen, John: $2,020,200 / $2,171,640 / $2,323,200 / $3,201,370
Johnson, Armon: $788,872
Jones, Domonique: $1,193,280 / $1,276,560 / $2,299,085
Jones, Terrence: $2,798,040 / $3,007,920 / $3,217,680 / $4,086,454
Mayo, O.J.: $5,632,637
Peterson, Morris: $3,000,000
Splitter, Tiago: $3,650,000 / $3,900,000
Stojakovic: $6,000,000
Turner, Evan: $4,947,840 / $5,293,080 / $6,679,867
Thompson, Jason: $3,001,284
Total Salary: $39,754,873


RED = Player Option
BLUE = Team Option
GREEN = Early Termination Option
ORANGE = Unguaranteed Contract

Draft Picks

Credits
2013 1st Round Pick (via Milwaukee)

2016 second round draft pick from Charlotte
Charlotte's own 2016 2nd round pick to San Antonio (top 55 protected in the 2016 Draft). If Charlotte's own 2016 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then Charlotte's obligations to San Antonio shall be extinguished. [Charlotte – San Antonio, 2/18/2010]


Debits
2011 2nd Round Pick (via Chicago) to Indiana
2012 1st Round Pick to Boston
2013 1st Round Pick (Worst between my and Milwaukee's) to Detroit
2014 2nd Round Pick (via LAC) to Detroit


Traded Player Exceptions


Draft Rights
Rights to PG Tyshawn Taylor
Rights to PG Nando De Colo
Rights to SF Viktor Sanikidze
Rights to PF Ryan Richards
Rights to C Robertas Javtokas
Rights to C Sergei Karaulov




Transactions
Completed:
1.) SF Richard Jefferson and PF Tim Duncan for SG Chris Douglas-Roberts, SF John Salmons, C Andrew Bynum, 2011 1st Round Pick, 2013 1st Round Pick, and 2011 2nd Round Pick (via Chicago).
2.) SG Manu Ginobili, SG James Anderson, and 2011 1st Round Pick (via Milwaukee) for SG James Harden and SF Jared Jeffries.
3.) SF Gary Neal, SF Caron Butler, PF Antonio McDyess for PG Armon Johnson, SG DeShawn Stevenson, SG Willie Green, SG/SF Morris Peterson, 2012 2nd Round Pick and 2013 2nd Round Pick.
4.) PG/SG George Hill and SG/SF John Salmons for PG/SG Luther Head, PF Jason Thompson, and C Joel Pryzbilla.
5.) SG DeShawn Stevenson, SG Willie Green, 2011 2nd Round Pick (via Chicago) for PG T.J. Ford.
6.) PG Garrett Temple, SG Luther Head, SG Chris Douglas-Roberts and 2013 1st Round Pick (Lottery protected) for SF Al Thornton.
7.) SG James Harden and 2012 1st Round Pick (Lottery Protected) for SG O.J. Mayo.
8.) (3-Way) T.J. Ford and '14 2nd Round Pick (via LAC) for PG Marcus Banks and PF Chris Wilcox.
9.) C Andrew Bynum for SG Evan Turner and PF John Hensen.


Minutes
PG: O.J. Mayo [24] / Rodrigue Beaubois [20] / Armon Johnson [4]
SG: Morris Peterson [12] / Evan Turner [28] / O.J. Mayo [8]
SF: Peja Stojakovic [16] / Terrence Jones [24] / Morris Peterson [4] / Evan Turner [4]
PF: DeJuan Blair [28] / Tiago Splitter [14] / John Hensen [4] / Jason Thompson [2]
C: Jason Thompson [32] / / Kwame Brown [10] / Tiago Splitter [6]
DNP: SG Domonique Jones, SF Devin Ebanks



Direction
When I took over the Spurs, I saw a team that had a year maybe two left with Tim Duncan where the Spurs would be competitive. Given the level of talent in the West, I figured that the Spurs would have a tough time escaping the West and then having to deal with the East's best, so I decided a rebuild was in order. The Spurs lacked any long term players that were under contract for cheap, so it was imperative I got players still on their rookie contracts. Evan Turner and Terrence Jones are my future cornerstone pieces, and we believe they'll work together extremely well on the wing. We like our big man depth as well as our guard rotation. We've got a nice mix of a veterans and youth that will actually allows us to compete for a roster spot.

[Gremz]

HOUSTON ROCKETS


General Manager: Gremz
Email: thegremz@gmail.com
AIM: elfgremlin2

Depth Chart

Starting Line Up
....PG.........SG........SF..........PF.........C.....

...Walker...Hamilton.Williams...Kanter....Valenciunas
Second String

..Fredette.Thompson.Leslie..Thompkins...Benson
Pine Patrol

...Smith.......Lee.....Dunn........Singler.....Tyler

Assets

Frederic Weis (15th pick, 1999)
Venson Hamilton (50th pick, 1999)
Kyle Hill (44th pick, 2001)
Sergei Lishouk (49th pick, 2004)
Axel Hervelle (52nd pick, 2005)
Lior Eliyahu (44th pick, 2006)
Brad Newley (54th pick, 2007)
Maarty Leunen (54th pick, 2008)
Xavi Rabaseda (47th pick, 2011)
Nikola Mirotic (51st pick, 2011)
Kalin Lucas (52nd pick (2011)
Pablo Aguilar (53rd pick, 2011)
Milan Macvan (56th pick, 2011)
DJ Kennedy (57th pick, 2011)
Durrell Summers (59th pick, 2011)
Jon Leuer (60th pick, 2011)

Salaries

Jonas Valanciunas- $2,900,100, $3,117,600, $3,335,100, $4,225,572, $5,603,108
Enes Kanter- $2,634,000, $2,831,600, $3,029,100, $3,840,899, $4,763,759
Kemba Walker- $1,923,600, $2,067,900, $2,212,200, $2,820,555, $3,841,596
Jordan Hamilton- $1,566,900, $1,684,400, $1,801,900 $2,668,614, $3,712,042
Derrick Williams- $1,218,700, $1,310,100, $1,401,500, $2,158,310, $3,077,750
Trey Thompkins- $1,123,100, $1,207,400, $1,291,600, $2,057,519, $2,964,885
CJ Leslie- $1,078,200, $1,159,100, $1,240,000, $2,039,800, $2,953,630
Kyle Singler- $993,700, $1,068,200, $1,142,800, $1,998,757, $2,922,183
Nolan Smith- $895,700, $962,900, $1,030,100, $1,858,300, $2,755,859
Klay Thompson- $457,588, $816,483, QO
Keith Benson- $457,588, $816,483, QO
Malcolm Lee- $457,588, $816,483, QO
Jeremy Tyler- $457,588, $816,483, QO
Jimmer Fredette- $457,588, $816,483, QO
LaceDarius Dunn- $457,588, $816,483, QO

Salaries Not on Roster

Hedo Turkoglu- $11,015,850, $11,815,850
Travis Outlaw- $7,000,000, $7,000,000, $7,000,000, $7,000,000
DeSagana Diop- $6,925,400, $7,372,200
Mike Bibby- $6,417,616
Drew Gooden- $6,226,200, $6,687,400, $6,687,400, $6,687,400
Luke Walton- $5,680,000, $5,800,000
Hakim Warrick- $4,250,000, $4,250,000
Hamed Haddadi- $2,000,000
Byron Mullens- $1,288,200

Blue- Team Option
Red- Qualifying Offer
Orange- Unguaranteed
Green- Player Option
Purple- Early Termination


Total Salaries

2011/12- $67,882,794
2012/13- Guaranteed: $58,334,450 Total: $63,233,348
2013/14- Guaranteed: $13,687,400 Total: $30,171,700
2014/15- Guaranteed: $13,687,400 Total: $37,355,726
2015/16- Guaranteed: $0 Total: $32,594,812

Draft Picks

2012 HOU 1st
2012 DEN 1st
2012 NYK 1st (top 5 protected in 2012, top 5 protected in 2013, top 5 protected in 2014, and top 5 protected in the 2015 Draft)
2012 WAS 1st
2012 LAL 1st
2012 DAL 1st
2012 DEN 2nd
2012 TOR 2nd
2012 LAC 2nd
2012 MIN 2nd
2012 WAS 2nd
2012 TOR 2nd
2012 HOU 2nd
2012 IND 2nd
2012 LAL 2nd
2012 SAC 2nd

2013 HOU 1st
2013 SAC 1st
2013 ORL 1st
2013 WAS 1st
2013 LAL 1st
2013 BOS 1st
2013 SAS 1st (lotto protected)
2013 SAC 2nd
2013 PHX 2nd
2013 TOR 2nd
2013 CHA 2nd
2013 WAS 2nd
2013 DET 2nd
2013 LAC 2nd (Top 55 protected)

2014 HOU 1st
2014 ORL 1st
2014 WAS 1st
2014 DEN 1st
2014 SAC 2nd
2014 WAS 2nd
2014 HOU 2nd
2014 DET 2nd
2014 DAL 2nd

2015 HOU 1st
2015 HOU 2nd
2015 LAC 2nd (Only if in range of picks 51-55, otherwise extinguished)


Transactions

1. Houston trades Jordan Hill, Chase Budinger and Jared Jeffries to OKC for Jeff Green, Morris Peterson and Royal Ivey.
2. Houston trade Chuck Hayes to Indiana for Solomon Jones and a 2012 2nd Round Pick.
3. Houston trades the rights to Sergio Llull to Toronto for a 2012 2nd Round Pick.
4. Houston trades Morris Peterson and Courtney Lee for Ryan Gomes, Rudy Fernandez, 2011 ORL 1st, 2011 MIN 2nd and an $8m TPE.
5. Houston trades Jeff Green and Royal Ivey for Andray Blatche and a 2011 WAS 2nd.
6. Houston trades Kevin Martin and Jermaine Taylor for Ronnie Brewe, CJ Watson, Omri Casspi and 2011 CHI 1st.
7. Houston trades Luis Scola and Shane Battier for Tayshaun Prince, Daequan Cook, 2011 MIL 1st, 2012 DET 1st, 2012 HOU 2nd and 2013 CHA 2nd.
8. Houston trades Solomon Jones, 2011 WAS 2nd and 2012 HOU 2nd (with right to swap with LAC) for Greivis Vasquez.
9. Houston trades Aaron Brooks for Kevin Seraphin, 2011 WAS 1st (top 3 protected) and a 2013 WAS 2nd.
10. Houston trades Rudy Fernandez and 2012 TOR 2nd for Donte Greene and 2013 SAC 1st.
11. Houston trades Tayshaun Prince, Ronnie Brewer and Daequan Cook for Rashard Lewis, Carl Landry, 2013 ORL 1st and 2014 ORL 1st.
12. Houston trades Yao Ming and waives Ishmael Smith to trade for Paul George, Eddy Curry and 2011 IND 1st.
13. Houston trades Andray Blatche for Ekpe Udoh, Rasual Butler and 2011 ATL 2nd.
14. Houston trades WAS 2011 1st for 2012 WAS 1st, 2012 WAS 2nd and 2013 WAS 1st.
15. Houston waives Eddy Curry and trades Ryan Gomes and CJ Watson for Jamario Moon, Mo Evans and Leon Powe.
16. Houston trades Paul George, Carl Landry, Brad Miller and Kyle Lowry for 2011 DAL 1st, Terrence Williams, JR Smith, Antonio McDyess and Al Thornton.
17. Houston trades Rashard Lewis, Ekpe Udoh, Terrence Williams and Maurice Evans for Yi Jianlian, Baron Davis, DeSagana Diop, 2011 WAS 1st, 2011 WAS 2nd, 2012 LAL 1st, 2012 LAL 2nd.
18. Houston trades Patrick Patterson and Antonio McDyess for Jeff Teague and Ersan Ilyasova.
19. Houston trades Omri Casspi for Antoine Wright, Antoine Walker, 2011 SAC 2nd, 2011 CHI 2nd (MIL can swap) and 2012 SAC 2nd.
20. Houston trades JR Smith and Jamari Moon for Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Williams, 2011 DEN 1st, 2013 DET 2nd, 2013 LAC 2nd (top 55 protected) and 2014 DET 2nd.
21. Houston trades Donte Greene, 2011 MIN 2nd and 2011 ATL 2nd for Luke Babbit and 2011 NOH 1st Round Pick.
22. Houston trades Yi Jianlian and Rasual Butler for Beno Udrih, 2012 TOR 2nd, 2012 LAC 2nd and 2014 SAC 2nd.
23. Houston trade a 7m TPE, Al Thornton, Ersan Ilyasova and Antoine Wright for JJ Reddick, Travis Outlaw, 2011 BOS 1st, 2012 DAL 1st, 2012 MIN 2nd, 2013 TOR 2nd and 2014 DAL 2nd.
24. Houston trades 2011 WAS 1st for 2011 POR 1st, 2013 SAC 2nd and 2013 PHX 2nd.
25. Houston trades Kevin Seraphin for BJ Mullens and 2011 ORL 2nd.
26. Houston trades a TPE and 2011 CHI 2nd for Martell Webster, 2011 DEN 2nd, 2011 DET 2nd and 2011 LAC 2nd.
27. Houston trades Jayson WIlliams for Willie Green.
28. Houston trades Luke Babbit and Jeff Teague for James Johnson, 2011 MIA 2nd, 2012 DEN 2nd, 2013 LAL 1st and 2014 DEN 1st.
29. Houston trades JJ Redick for Darnell Jackson, Luke Walton, 2011 LAL 2nd and 2011 OKC 2nd
*Heaps of Draft Day Trades*
30. Houston trade Baron Davis and Martell Webster for Jamal Crawford, Drew Gooden, Allen Iverson, Dan Gadzuric and 2013 BOS 1st.
31. Houston trade Jamal Crawford and Beno Udrih for Mike Bibby and Hakim Warrick.
32. Houston trades Grievis Vasquez and James Johnson for Hamid Haddadi and Jermaine Taylor.

WRITEUP

Pretty simple, get 1000 assets through the draft as the team as it was weren't nevah gonna win a title.

Now we have moar first than everyone in history evah!

Pretty obvious that I win every category.

[BlackIce]

Minnesota Timberwolves:


Depth Chart

PG: Tyreke Evans/Steve Blake/Anthony Carter
SG: Kevin Martin/Ronnie Brewer/Dahntay Jones
SF: Paul Pierce/John Salmons/Jared Jeffries
PF: Al Horford/Channing Frye/Brian Cook
Cc: Joel Pyzbilla/Zaza Pachulia/Etan Thomas









Salaries

Player 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Total
Paul Pierce - 15,333,334
Kevin Martin - $11,519,840/$12,439,675
John Salmons - $8,500,000/$8,083,000/$7,583,000/$7,000,000
Joel Pyzbilla - $5,8000,000/$6,264,000/$6,728,000/$7,192,000/$7,656,000
Channing Frye - $5,600,000/$6,000,000/$6,400,000/$6,800,000
Al Horford - $12,000,000/$11,300,000/$11,100,000/$12,200,000/$13,400,000
Zaza Pachulia - $4,750,000/$5,248,750
Ronnie Brewer - $4,710,000/$4,370,000
Tyreke Evans - $4,151,640/$5,251,825/$6,927,157
Steve Blake - $4,000,000/$4,000,000/$4,000,000
Dahntay Jones - $2,700,000/$2,900,000
Anthony Carter - $854,389
Jared Jeffries - $854,389
Brian Cook - $854,389
Etan Thomas - $854,389


Total Salary:

2011/2012 - $79,093,334

Credits: None
Debits: • Los Angeles Clippers receive Minnesota's first round pick (top-10 protected through 2011, unprotected 2012) as part of the Sam Cassell/Marko Jaric trade.
• Philadelphia will receive a 2010 second-round pick--top-55 protected--from the Timberwolves (Rodney Carney trade)
• OKC receives Minnesota's 2010 second round pick (plus least favorable of their other three picks), as part of Etan Thomas trade. This pick was moved to Miami as part of the Daequan Cook+#18 pick salary dump trade.

Writeup
We decided to cash in on the young assets we had (Love, Rubio, Johnson) and build a contender.

PG - Evans: Last years ROY, he is the heart of this team. His ability to drive and dish to our shooters will be key to our offense and his length and size on both ends will gives opposing PG's hell.

SG - Martin: One of the best off the ball players in the league, he will play the Ray Allen role in our offense. A deadly 3-pointer shooter who can score with the best of them.

SF - Pierce: One of the best closers in the league, his all around game is still very good and his efficient scoring and good defense will come handy in closing out games. He will share playmaking duties with Evans on the offensive end, something he has proven he can do.

PF - Horford: Defensive anchor and efficient post scorer with a nice mid-range game, he will be featured a lot in our offense. In his natural position of PF beside a true C he should thrive.

Cc - Pryzbilla: 7-1, another defensive anchor, a good rebounder and shot blocker who doesn't need touches on the other end, he rounds out the team nicely.

Bench

Blake/Brewer/Salmons/Frye/Zaza

One of the better benches in the game, everyone has a role and can play at a high level.

-We took a weak defensive team with no real identity outside of Love, and turned it into a contender with young pieces to build around (Evans/Martin/Horford) and vets (Pierce/Pryzbilla) to help in the win now cause.

[SamBone]

SACTOWN QUEENS
jjbail10@yahoo.com
AIM: theSamBone



ROTATION
PG: T.Parker (32) / Hinrich (16) / Vasquez
SG: JRich (32) / C.Butler (12) / (Hinrich) (4)
SF: Deng (32) / (C.Butler) (16) / J.Johnson
PF: D.Lee (16) / TyThomas (20) / Humphries (6) / R.Anderson (6)
C: B.Lopez (32) / (Lee) (16) / Foster

*TyThomas' defense, Humphries' rebounding and Anderson's shooting will be swaped depending on matchups, so the 32 minutes will be changed nightly at the reserve PF spot



DRAFT PICKS

2012 SAC 1st

2013 DEN 1st

2014 SAC 1st

TRANSACTIONS
2011 salary
1. Traded C.Landry and Casspi to Clippers for Kaman and LaC 2012 2nd
2. traded Dalembert and 2011 1st to TOR for Bargnani and Przybilla
3. traded Whiteside to MEM for Vasquesz
4. traded J.Thompson, Przybilla, and Head to SA for Salmons and George Hill
5. traded Vasquesz to HOU for S.Jones, 2011 Wash 2nd and 2011 HOU 2nd(rite swap w/ LAC)
6. traded Greene, S.Jones, and 2013 Sac 1st in a 3 way for Battier and TOR 2012 2nd
7. traded Battier, Law, Oberto, 2011 Wash 2nd, and 2011 Hou 2nd to Lakers for Deng
8. traded Cousins and G.Hill to Charlotte for Jennings and Wilcox
9. traded A.Wright, A.Walker, 2011 Sac and CHI 2nd's, 2012 Sac 2nd to Houston for Casspi
10. traded Kaman to Milwaukee for D.Lee and T.Gibson
11. traded Udrih, 2012 Tor and LaC 2nds, 2014 Sac 2nd to Houston for Yi and Butler
12. traded Butler and D.Jackson to Washington for Bass
13. traded Garcia, T.Gibson and Wilcox to LaC for Hinrich, Harangody, Moore
14. traded Salmons, Yi and Casspi to TOR for Maggette, Zaza and 2011 NJ 1st
15. traded Redd, Shakur, and Alexander to Wash for Raja Bell - PENDING APPROVAL
16. traded Jennings and D.Lee to Denver for B.Lopez, TyThomas, Brewer, Hayward, and 2013 Den 1st
17. traded Bell and Bass to Memphis for Afflalo and Gadzurich
18. traded Mikki Morre top LAC for future considerations
19. traded Jeter, Williams, Cook to Wash for Daniels, Taylor, and Samulels
20. traded R.Brewer to Minni for C.Brewer and Barron
21. traded TPE for Shannon Brown
22. traded Afflalo, Gadzuric and Daniels to LAC for JRich
23. traded Maggette, Hayward, 2011 NJ 1st to Portland for C.Butler
2012 salary
1. traded Bargnani, T.Evans, S.Brown and Zaza to MIN for Tony Parker and David Lee
2. traded C.Brewer to Memphis for R.Anderson and Haddadi
3. traded Haddadi and J.Taylor to Houston for Vasquez and J.Johnson

GOAL

Turn a team with no real direction into a CONTENDER, not only for this season, but for the next few seasons. Unlike others I still have draft picks and can still insert talent as seasons go on

Original team vs My team
PG
Beno <<< T.Parker
Jeter <<< Hinrich
Head <<< Vasquez

SG
Tyreke < J.Rich
F.Garcia <<< C.Butler

SF
D.Greene <<< Deng
Casspi >> J.Johnson

PF
Thompson <<< D.Lee
Landry < TyThomas
D.Jackson <<< K.Humphries
Whiteside <<< R.Anderson

C
Cousins << B.Lopez
Dalembert = Foster

[SamBone]

DETROIT PISTONS


jjbail10@yahoo.com
AIM: theSamBone

GOAL

When I took over Detroit, my goals were to
1. dump the bad contracts of RIP, Charlie V, Gordon, Maxiel, and W.Bynum
2. do to the financial crisis in Detroit, lower the payroll alot!
3. get/keep young talent
4. turn this team with no identity into a team the fans from DETROIT could follow and be proud of
5. Give Piston fans hope

how I did?
1. All gone and able to keep picks in the future
2. 2011 Detroit Pistons payroll ($65 mil) , 2012 cap space for current Pistons ($13 mil)
My 2011 Detroit Pistons payroll ($52 mil), My 2012 cap space ($26 mil)
3. drafted #1 pick Perry Jones, drafted Alex Burks (#7 on NBA Draft Net's mock), drafted Kris Joseph (#22 on NBA Draft Net's mock), kept Monroe (currently #5 rookie on NBA.com rookie ratings), acquire rites for international sensation Ricky Rubio and Victor Claver, trade for Detroit native JaVale McGee, superstar Brandon Jennings, prospects Rudy Fernandez and Darell Arthur
4. Done
5. Done

DEPTH CHART
PG: Jennings (20) / Rubio (28) / Sessions / Watson
SG: Burks (25) / (Jennings) (10) / Fernandez (13) / Carroll
SF: J.Green (25) / Claver (13) / (Fernandez) (10)
PF: P.Jones II (30) / (J.Green) (8) / Monroe (10) / Arthur / Illysova
C: McGee (30) / (Monroe) (18) / (Arthur)

D League: Seriphan

SALARIES



DRAFT PICKS

2012 Det 1st

2013 DET 1st (owed to PORT, lotto protected in 2013, unprotected in 2014)

*2014 DET 1st
2014 LaC 2nd

TRANSACTIONS
1. traded Rip, Big Ben, and 2011 Tor 2nd to Lakers for T.Murphy (creating a TPE)
2. traded Maxiel to dallas for Stevenson
3. traded Stevenson and White to Orlando for Foye, R.Anderson and ORL 2011 2nd
4. traded Villenuava, Bynum, Jerebko, R.Anderson in 3 way for Peja, Graham, Samuels
5. traded Wilcox and Graham to Charlotte for M.Carroll, 2011 Dallas 1st, 2013 CHAR 2nd, and K.Brown
6. traded Stuckey, Daye, Summers, 2011 Dallas 1st, 2011 Den 2nd to LaClipps for R.Rubio (rites) and a TPE ($5,333,041)
7. traded Murphy and 2012 Det 2nd to OKC for Kristic, D.Cook and 2011 MIL 1st (TPE created)
8. traded 2013 Det 1st (lotto protected, unprotected in 2014) to Portland for V.Claver (rites)
9. traded Foye and Kwame to Memphis for Thabeet and A.Law
10. traded T.Prince, D.Cook, 2011 MIL 1st, 2012 DET 1st, 2012 HOUS 2nd, 2013 CHAR 2nd to Houston for Scola and Battier
11. traded Battier in a 3 way for R.Fernandez and S.Jones (TPE created)
12. traded Kristic to Den for L.Walton and Den 2011 1st
13. traded Peja, Walton, Stackhouse, 2013 Sac 2nd to Wash for McGee, Turkoglu and Sessions
14. traded Turkoglu, JWill, 2011 Den 1st, 2013 Det and LAC 2nd's, 2014 Det 2nd to Houston for JR Smith and J.Moon
15. traded S.Jones and Tmac to MIL for Mullins
16. traded Ben Gordon to Denver for TPE, 2011 LaL 1st and 2012 DEN 1st
17. traded JR Smith to Dallas for Thorton, Illysova, 2011 TOR 2nd
18. traded Samuels and cap space to Wash for Vujacic
19. traded Wall-E and cap space to LaLakers for Wilcox
20. traded Mullins and ORL 2011 2nd to Houston for Seriphan
21. traded A.Thorton to San Antonio for CDR, Head, Temple, and SA 2013 1st (lotto protected, unprotected in 2014)
22. traded Scola and Thabeet to Memphis for Gay, Foster, and Arthur
23. traded Wilcox and Sasha to SA for Ford and 2014 LAC 2nd
2012 salaries
1. traded picks # 5, #27, 2012 Den 1st, 2013 SA 1st (lotto protected, unprotected in 2014) to HOU for pick #1
2. traded pick R.Gay in a 3 way for B.Jennings, CJ Watson, and pick #10
3. traded pick #10 to HOU for picks #17, #30, and the returned 2012 Det 1st

[sterncohen]

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
sterncohen@comcast.net

Depth chart:
Tyson Chandler 34 / Serge Ibaka 4 / Omar Asik 10
Serge Ibaka 28 / Donatas Montejaunas 20
Kevin Durant 38 / Chase Budinger 10
Manu Ginobili 30 / Thabo Sefolosha 18
Russell Westbrook 38 / Eric Maynor 10

Spot minutes: Joey Dorsey, Delonte West
D-League: James Anderson
Street clothes: D.J. White, Joe Alexander



Goals:
Get better now without sacrificing the long-term potential of a very young and very talented, but deeply flawed team. (The talent is obvious. Flaws, for those who don't watch the Thunder regularly: can't defend the paint; can't shoot the 3; poor defensive rotations and inconsistent effort; poor shot selection late in games.)

Get better now
Did it.

Durant, Westbrook, and Maynor have the same roles on my team as on the real Thunder; Ibaka plays a few more minutes, Sefolosha about ten minutes less per game. Here are the big changes:

C - Tyson Chandler replaces Nenad Krstic. Chandler is the defensive stopper OKC needs, and is given primary credit for Dallas's remarkable defensive turnaround this year. Krstic is as soft as they come. By the numbers, Chandler is putting up .233 win shares / 48 (all data from basketball-reference.com), Krstic .085; at 32-34 minutes per game for Chandler, somewhat less for Krstic, that translates to something on the order of eight additional wins per year.

SG - Manu Ginobili replaces James Harden. Manu is #13 in the entire NBA in PER. James Harden will be a fine player, but he's inconsistent, can't get his own shot, and is not yet a strong defender. By the numbers again, Manu is at .223 win shares / 48, Harden .128; add in that Manu takes minutes from Sefolosha, a fine defender who can't score to save his life, and we pick up about five additional wins here.

Back-up big men: Omer Asik and Joey Dorsey replace Nick Collison. I made a mistake not going after Collison as a free-agent; it doesn't show in the numbers, but he's an important part of OKC's success. That said, Asik, who is useless on offense, is already an excellent defensive center; remarkably enough, the Bulls defend as well with Asik on the court as with Noah. Win shares / 48 has him ahead of Collison (.122 vs. 100), and Dorsey (.089) a bit behind. Given age, I'll call this one a draw.

Which brings us to...

Jeff Green. His minutes are taken by Donatas Montejaunas at PF and Chase Budinger backing up Durant at SF. Which might look like a downgrade, unless you pay attention. Jeff Green seems like a hell of a good guy, but he simply is not a winning basketball player. He currently ranks 56th in PER among NBA power forwards, just a bit below such luminaries as Brian Cook and Reggie Evans. And PER doesn't fully account for just how poorly Green defends stronger PF's - not entirely his fault, since he's essentially playing out of position, but it hurts the Thunder very badly.

So - Chase Budinger is a better scorer than Jeff Green. Donatas Montejaunas shows every indication of being a better player than Jeff Green, though he may not be that in his first year in the NBA. Getting Green out of the lineup is going to be a plus for my team, not a minus.

Put all that together, and we've added a dozen or more wins to a team that's already going to win something like 52-54. And we've addressed the big weaknesses: Chandler, Ginobili and Asik make this a dramatically better defensive team, and Ginobili makes for an almost unstoppable big 3 on offense with Durant and Westbrook. The real Thunder are a good team; this team is a championship contender.

Win later
Let's assume that Ginobili is only good for the two years remaining on his contract. We've then subtracted a future starting SG (Harden), and also given up Aldrich, who has potential (but was widely dismissed as a bust by the large majority of owners in this game during trade talks).

That's the downside. The upside:

Chandler is only 28, and there's no reason to think he declines over the next couple of years. Chandler and Asik should be substantially better at C for the foreseeable future than Aldrich and ... Mullens?

We've added Montejaunas at PF, and the real Thunder will never come close to a player of this caliber in the draft.

We've added Budinger and James Anderson on the wings, either of whom could turn out to be Harden's equal.

I'd call that a net positive - not a huge one, but a plus. This team will continue to be a contender for years.

Draft picks:
2012 OKC 1st and 2nd, LAC 1st (top-10 protected, declining protection through 2015), DET 2nd
2013 OKC 1st and 2nd
2014 OKC 1st and 2nd

Rights to:
Tibor Pleiss (31st pick, 2010)
Latavious Williams (48th pick, 2010)
Ryan Reid (57th pick, 2010)
plus some guys drafted years ago who don't matter

Transactions:
-- Acquired Omer Asik from Chicago for B.J. Mullens
-- Acquired Jordan Hill, Chase Budinger, and Jared Jeffries from Houston for Jeff Green, Morris Peterson, and Royal Ivey
-- Acquired Manu Ginobili, James Anderson, 2011 Milwaukee 1st from San Antonio for James Harden and Jared Jeffries
-- Acquired Troy Muprhy and 2012 Detroit 2nd from Detroit for Nenad Krstic, Daequan Cook, and 2011 Milwaukee 1st
-- (Vetoed) Acquired Blake Griffin, Rodney Stuckey, and Tyson Chandler from LAC for Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, and Troy Murphy
-- Acquired Mehmet Okur and the right to exchange OKC's 2011 1st for the worse of the Washington or Charlotte 2011 1st's from Washington for Troy Murphy. (If the pick coming to OKC is in the top 7, Washington also gets OKC's 2012 1st.)
-- Acquired Tyson Chandler from Minnesota in a three-way trade, sending Cole Aldrich and Mehmet Okur to Denver
-- Re-signed Tyson Chandler to a 5 year contract ($12M / $11M / $12M / $12M / $11M) with a team option for a sixth year at $10M and a $4M buyout if that option is not exercised
-- Signed Joey Dorsey to a 3 year contract at $2M/year
-- Signed Delonte West to a 1-year, $1.4M contract

[Crispy]

Roster
Kevin Garnett - $21,247,044
Pau Gasol - $18,714,150 / $19,000,000 / $19,285,850
Steve Nash - $11,689,062
Gerald Wallace - $10,500,000 / $10,500,000
Beno Udrih - $6,925,400 / $7,372,200
Jamal Crawford - $6,000,000 / $6,521,739 / $7,088,847 / $7,705,268 / $8,375,292
Mickael Pietrus - $5,300,000
Dorell Wright - $3,823,000 / $4,106,000
Nazr Mohammed - $3,500,000 / $3,750,000
Raja Bell - $3,240,000 / $3,480,000
Ryan Hollins - $2,483,333
Kenyon Martin - $2,000,000 / $2,250,000
Al Thornton - $854,389
Willie Warren - $788,872 / $828,872

Early Termination Option
Partial Guarantee
Player Option
Qualifying Offer
Team Option

2011/2012 Total Salary With Options: $97,065,250
2011/2012 Total Salary Without Options: $96,276,378


Trade Exceptions
(N/A)


Draft Picks
Warriors 2012 1st Round Pick (Owed to Nets - Receives Golden State's 2012 first round pick (top-7 protected in 2012 and 2013, top-6 protected in 2014, else 2014 and 2016 second-round picks))
Warriors 2013 1st Round Pick
Warriors 2013 2nd Round Pick


Depth Chart
C - Pau Gasol / Nazr Mohammed / Ryan Hollins
PF - Kevin Garnett / Kenyon Martin
SF - Gerald Wallace / Dorell Wright / Al Thornton
SG - Mickael Pietrus / Jamal Crawford / Raja Bell
PG - Steve Nash / Beno Udrih / Willie Warren


Rotation
C - Pau Gasol (36) / Nazr Mohammed (12)
PF - Kevin Garnett (30) / Kenyon Martin (18)
SF - Gerald Wallace (36) / Dorell Wright (12)
SG - Mickael Pietrus (20) / Jamal Crawford (20) / Dorell Wright (8)
PG - Steve Nash (31) / Beno Udrih (17)

Going into this game, I felt as if I had good enough pieces to at least improve the team and make the team competitive. This is my team when the game started.

C - Andris Biedrins / Dan Gazduric
PF - David Lee / Ekpe Udoh / Lou Amundson / Brandan Wright / Jeff Adrien
SF - Dorell Wright / Rodney Carney / Vladimir Radmanovic
SG - Monta Ellis / Reggie Williams / Charlie Bell
PG - Stephen Curry / Jeremy Lin

This team had nice players, but a bad team constructed defensively. No one in the starting 5 is even an above average defender. I didn't think rebuilding would be a good option because I felt like there was enough value and talent on this team to where I could make them a contender. Also doesn't help that over half the league was trying to rebuild as well. The idea was to maybe take advantage of the rebuilding teams giving up their good, but old players. This is my lineup now.

C - Pau Gasol / Nazr Mohammed / Ryan Hollins
PF - Kevin Garnett / Kenyon Martin
SF - Gerald Wallace / Dorell Wright / Al Thornton
SG - Mickael Pietrus / Jamal Crawford / Raja Bell
PG - Steve Nash / Beno Udrih / Willie Warren

WIN NOW
This was the ultimate goal; to build a team that can legitimately contend for a title for the next few seasons. We definitely think we accomplished this goal. The starting five has tons of talent on both sides of the ball, all of the players' skill sets fit in well with each other, the team has tons of playoff/championship experience, and the bench has at least 4 legit starting caliber players.

Starting 5
C - Pau Gasol
Projected Stats: 21ppg, 10rpg, 3apg, 1spg, 2bpg, 36mpg

Gasol is the most key player to our team. Some might ask, "Can you build a team around Gasol?" When you have Garnett, Wallace, Nash, Crawford, Wright, Martin, Pietrus, and Udrih surrounding him, you most definitely can. Gasol is the most versatile big man in the NBA, able to score in the post, hit the 15 footer, pass, rebound, and block shots. Playing next to Garnett, Gasol will have plenty of room to operate in the post, as Garnett has the ability to knock down jumpers. Nash is also the best passer Gasol has ever played with, so combine that with the fact that Gasol is our go to guy on offense, there is no reason he shouldn't be able to average around 21ppg for the season.

PF - Kevin Garnett
Projected Stats: 14ppg, 9rpg, 2apg, 1spg, 0.5bpg, 30mpg

Garnett is our best post defender. He will have the duty of guarding the opposing team's best post player (PF or C). He is still a top 5 post defender in the league, and can make a whole team's defense better, as he showed when he arrived to Boston. Most of his offense will come from jumpers, whether it come from pick and pop with Nash, or a kickout from Gasol. His main job on offense is to spread the floor for Gasol and Nash. Of course he will get some post opportunities, but many of those will go to Gasol.

SF - Gerald Wallace
Projected Stats: 14ppg, 8rpg, 2apg, 2spg, 1bpg, 36mpg

Wallace is our slasher and our best perimeter defender. Every team needs a glue guy and hustle guy, and Wallace will fulfill this role for us. In Charlotte, he's forced to take a lot of shots and exert a lot of energy on offense. Here, he is technically the 4th option, and can put 90% of his energy towards rebounding and defense, where we'll need him most. He will always guard the opposing team's best perimeter player. He is one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, and will guard the Carmelo's, Kobe's, and LeBron's in the playoffs. His offense will mainly come from attacking the basket, running the break with Nash, and offensive putbacks. His offensive production should increase and also be more efficient with Nash (best PG he's ever played with). His skillset perfectly compliments the other members of the starting 5.

SG - Mickael Pietrus
Projected Stats: 6ppg, 2rpg, 1apg, 1spg, 20mpg

Some may consider this our weak link in our starting 5, but he actually rounds out our starting 5 well for us. All we need him to do is hit the 3 and play good defense, two things Pietrus can do very well. He also won't really need any touches, which fits in well with ball dominant players like Nash and Gasol. As a shooter, Pietrus does well in spot up situations and does well when he plays with a good big man. When he played with Dwight Howard for 2 seasons, he shot 36 and 38% from 3, which is above average. Playing with Garnett, Gasol, and Nash, he will have more open looks than ever, and should definitely be able to shoot around 38-39%. Defensively, he's asked to stick with his man and not give up anything easy. Pietrus can definitely do this, as he is one of the better perimeter defenders in the league, when motivated. He was good in Orlando, no reason he shouldn't be good with this team. He will also probably guard PGs in spurts.

PG - Steve Nash
Projected Stats: 16ppg, 11apg, 3rpg, 1spg, 31mpg

Nash is the catalyst of our offense. Even at his age, he is still the best passer in the league. His job is to get the team easy opportunities on offense. Nash is one of those players that automatically makes the team's offense potent, no matter the personnel. Teams that Nash are on always have a top 5 offense. It's not only his assist numbers, it's his ability to direct the offense and put players in a position where they can get the ball, make a move, and score, and his ability to predict a play before it unfolds, making the pass to the assist. It also doesn't hurt that he's a career 49% FG shooter, which is unreal for a guard. His defense will be a problem, but we can always put Pietrus on PGs for some possessions. Most guards in today's NBA are too quick to guard well anyways, so it will be up to the bigs to protect the paint when they penetrate. There's definitely enough defensive talent on the roster to cover up for Nash's lack of defense.


WIN FUTURE
Not really any future in this team to be honest, but I do have Dorell Wright who's 25 and having a great season, also my 2013 1st round pick just in case I'm rebuilding by then. Also no real long term contracts except for Crawford.

[BIRDMAN BIRDMAN]

MIAMI HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

THE PAST:

PG: Chalmers / House / Arroyo
SG: Wade / Miller
SF: James / Jones
PF: Bosh / Haslem / Juwan
C: Ilgauskas / Anthony / Magloire / Pittman

THE PRESENT

MIAMI HEAAAT



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

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YES. WE. DID.



Salaries..............2011/2012.............2012/2013
LeBron James......$16,022,500.........$17,545,000
Chris Bosh...........$16,022,500.........$17,545,000
Jason Terry..........$10,658,000..........
Shawn Marion........$7,725,932..............$8,396,364
Brendan Haywood....$7,624,500.............$8,349,000
Derrick Rose..........$6,993,708..........$9,091,820
James Harden.........$4,604,760.............$5,820,417
Tracy McGrady.......$4,000,000............$4,000,000
Nenad Krstic..........$1,800,000............$1,800,000
Zydrunas Ilgauskas....$1,399,507...........
DeShawn Stevenson.............$854,389........
Erick Dampier.............$854,389........
Nenad Krstic.............$854,389........
Carlos Arroyo.............$854,389........
Dexter Pittman...........$788,872............

TOTAL: (Updated)

$73,785,768
Other Contracts:

James Jones...........$1,544,172.........$1,650,667...........$1,757,161
Patrick Beverley *.........$473,604......$788,872
Da'Sean Butler * ..........$300,000
Shavlik Randolph *........$250,000
Kenny Hasbrouck *......$250,000

Picks:

Credits
- 2012 2nd via Memphis
- 2014 2nd via Minny

Debits
- 2011 1st to Toronto
- 2011 2nd to Lakers
- 2012 1st to Cleveland
- 2012 2nd to New Jersey
- 2013 1st to Cleveland
- 2015 1st to Cleveland

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Rotation



PG: Derrick Rose / Jason Terry / Carlos Arroyo
SG: Tracy McGrady / James Harden / Deshawn Stevenson
SF: LeBron James / Tracy McGrady
PF: Chris Bosh / Shawn Marion
C: Brendan Haywood / Nenad Krstic / Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Erick Dampier / Dexter Pittman

Projected PT:

PG: Derrick Rose [36] / Jason Terry [12] / Carlos Arroyo [0]
SG: James Harden [26] / Jason Terry [18] / Deshawn Stevenson [4]
SF: LeBron James [38] / Shawn Marion [10]
PF: Chris Bosh [36] / Shawn Marion [12]
C: Brendan Haywood [34] / Nenad Krstic [14]

IL (depending on match-ups) -- Ilguaskas, Dampier, Pittman


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Trading Block:

Untouchable:
LeBron James (dont even ask)

Very Hard:
Derrick Rose
Chris Bosh
James Harden
Tracy McGrady

Hard:
Shawn Marion

On the block:
Everyone else


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TRANSACTIONS

1. Heat trades Stackhouse, Howard, Magloire and 2011 MIN 2nd to the Magic for Quentin Richardson and Terrico White

2. Heat trades Mike Miller and James Jones to Milwaukee for Shawn Marion

3. Heat trades Varnado for R. Williams

4. Heat trades Wade, Anthony, Chalmers and Williams to Boston for Harden, Rose, Varejao, and CDR

5. Heat trades Haslem, Varejao, House, Q.Richardson to the Lakers for Terry and Haywood

6. Heat re-sign Carlos Arroyo to Minimum

7. Heat sign Dampier to Minimum

8. Heat Sign McGrady to 2 yr, 8M deal

9. Heat sign Krstic to 2 yr, 3.6M deal

10. Heat sign Stevenson to minimum (waive McDyess and Smith)


TEAM COMPARISON:

Before

PG: Chalmers / House / Arroyo
SG: Wade / Miller
SF: James / Jones
PF: Bosh / Haslem / Juwan
C: Ilgauskas / Anthony / Magloire / Pittman

After

PG: Derrick Rose / Jason Terry / Carlos Arroyo
SG: Tracy McGrady / James Harden / Deshawn Stevenson
SF: LeBron James / Tracy McGrady
PF: Chris Bosh / Shawn Marion
C: Brendan Haywood / Nenad Krstic / Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Erick Dampier / Dexter Pittman

I ended up trading the aging Wade for a young and uprising superstar talent in Derrick Rose while still being able to get another great young talent in James Harden to build around LeBron. It was tough at first -- but in the end, I felt that I made the right choice by electing to build around Bron instead of D-Wade even if it was a sin to any real life Heat fan because LeBron is younger, and basically.....better. I also managed to keep Chris Bosh since I believe he's a great fit next to Rose and Bron.

OUTLOOK NOW:

Rose >/= Wade
Tmac > Chalmers
LeBron = LeBron
Bosh = Bosh
Haywood > Juwan
Jet Terry > Miller
Harden > Jones
Tmac > House
Marion > Haslem
Arroyo = Arroyo
Krstic >/= J.Anthony
Pittman = Pittman
Ilgauskas = Ilgauskas
Dampier > Magloire
Stevenson > no one

The Miami Heat believes we were a major contender before, NOW, and in the future. Why? Let's start things off with the present.

We have Derrick Rose, who's on his way in rising to one of the game's top players. Some already consider him a superstar at this point. He could only get way better in the future. He would provide a huge boost in forming a star trio with LeBron and Bosh. As the Bulls commentators say, he's too fast. Too strong. Too good.

We also have James Harden. Kid's a special talent looking at him atm and he still has long ways to go but we already feel that he's a great player. He has a nice offensive game, is versatile, can provide spark on the team with his electrifying dunks, has solid defense and is a great character. We feel that he's a very solid player that is already key to our success now and would be too in the future.

We have LeBron James. The best player in the league for the past few years. Enough said.

Chris Bosh also comes into the picture. Solid big who fits well and has nice chemistry with LeBron. He's already established himself as a bigtime star, and will continue in doing so in the team's quest of getting rings.

Brendan Haywood also comes in as a major upgrade in our 5 spot. He fits with Chris Bosh PERFECTLY. He's a tough and very physical player who never backs down from anyone. Just imagine him feasting over putbacks and wide open looks by just starting alongside the big 3.

Tracy McGrady is a nice piece to our championship puzzle as well. We basically see him as an old version of LeBron. Even if he isn't that explosive compared before, he has a very high basketball IQ. He can still be a very solid elite-like playmaker that can get his teammates involved. He can also still provide some offensive spark. His veteran presence would be huge to our team's desired success.

Jet Terry is another solid veteran presence. He's already widely known for his clutch moments. That would be pivotal for us not only in the regular season, but in the playoffs and Finals as well. He's a great component in the locker room and can mentor our youngins. He can also be a good playmaker.

Shawn Marion. A very nice scrappy player who could defend very well and could play both forward positions. His rebounding is also very welcomed to the team as he's proven that he could be a very major contributor from that department. He would also have a luxury of finishing alley-oops from the likes of D-Rose, TMac, Bron, etc.

Ilgauskas, Arroyo, Stevenson, Dampier and Krstic. All great veteran role players. Big Z can stretch the floor nicely. He has excellent chemistry with LeBron. Arroyo can come and provide his shooting and playmaking abilities when needed. Deshawn could provide a huge boost from the outside with his long range shots. Dampier can still be a solid big who could provide his bulky beef down in the lane to defend the other team's big man. Krstic can also do the same.

Finally, we are very high on Dexter Pittman. We received a lot of offers involving him mainly as a "throw-in" and we said hell no to every one of them. He has A LOT OF POTENTIAL. He's basically the 2nd coming of Kendrick Perkins, an even better one if things go right. I won't be surprised if he becomes our starting center in the future since he possess solid work ethic, smooth post skills and nice defense.


LOOKING AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE:

Derrick Rose would be a more well established superstar. LeBron would continue being a top 2 NBA talent and will settle to do less now that he has PLENTY of help he's had ever before. Harden will blossom more and more with the help of LeBron. Chris Bosh would still be in the premier PF group. Tmac will also provide a nice spark and would be a crucial piece in being a responsible veteran for our championship run. Jet Terry can also help the youngins and other vets win it all with his clutch play, and he may also serve as a great mentor to Harden.

Shawn Marion would also be our glue guy in the frontcourt and will provide a solid veteran presence alongside my young group. Finally, we have Dexter Pittman, which is considered as Kendrick Perkins 2.0 once he develops, polishes, and gets in to proper game shape. We are very happy of our future and we feel that it is bright. Let's not kid ourselves. There's really a nice crop of competition from other teams, specifically in the East, but they're aging and we feel that in our honest opinion, we are the best youngest elite team now and in the future as long as our core of Rose-LeBron-Bosh is intact.

[Mascot]

Arkavious989 @ hotmail.com

Starters

...Bayless...DeRozan...Williams.....Davis......Oden

.....22...........21..........26..........21...........22

........................................


Bench

..Bledsoe....Belinelli....Weems.....Johnson.....Hawes

.....21...........24.........24...........23............22

.......................................


..Parker.....Amundson...Diaw....Cunningham...Orton


.....35..........28...........28..........23..........20

........................................

Minutes

Jerryd Bayless(30)/Eric Bledsoe(18)
DeMar DeRozan(30)/Marco Belinelli(18)
Marvin Williams(24)/Sonny Weems(24)
Ed Davis(32)//Amir Johnson(16)
Greg Oden (30)/Spencer Hawes(16)


Louis Amundson - DND
Boris Diaw - DND
Daniel Orton - DNPCD
Anthony Parker - DNPCD
Dante Cunningham - DND

Salaries


Roster
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Depth Chart




Draft Picks

2012 First Round Pick (Toronto)
2013 First Round Pick (Toronto)
2014 First Round Draft Pick (Toronto)



Draft Rights
Giorgos Pritenzis
Sergio Llull


Transactions

1. Jose Calderon, Amir Johnson, Reggie Evans Toronto 2011 First, Miami 2011 First to Denver for Kenyon Martin, JR Smith, Jon Brockman and Renaldo Balkman.
2. Leandro Barbosa to Portland for Joel Pryzbilla
3. 2012 Tornoto 2nd to Houston for the draft rights to Sergio Llull
4. Andrea Bargnani, Joel Pryzbilla to Sacramento for Samuel Dalambert and 2011 Sacramento First Unprotected.
5. Joey Dorsey and 2013 Toronto 2nd if in top 40 and Toronto's 2014 2nd round pick to New York for Andy Rautins.
6. Marcus Banks to New York for Zaza Pachulia and LA Lakers 2011 First Round Pick
7. J.R. Smith and David Andersen to Washington for Kirk Hinrich
8. Solomon Alabi and 2011 Lakers first to Cleveland for Jermaine O'Neal, Johan Petro and Jeff Teague.
9. Kirk Hinrich, Johan Petro, and Renaldo Balkman to LA Clippers for Eric Bledsoe, Luke Walton and Darko Milicic
10. Jarrett Jack, Linas Kleiza, Jermaine O'Neal and Sacramento 2011 First to Phoenix for Jason Richardson and Matt Janning
11. Jeff Teague, Kenyon Martin and and Luke Walton to Denver for Michael Redd and Amir Johnson.
12. Renounced rights to DeAndre Hulet
13. Jason Richardson and Matt Janning to Boston for Vince Carter and Daniel Orton.
14. Vince Carter and Jon Brockman to Charlotte for Marco Belinelli, Brandan Wright, Marvin Williams, and Nazr Mohammed
15. Waived Michael Redd
16. Samuel Dalembert and Nazr Mohammed to Cleveland for Jerryd Bayless, Corey Maggette, Boris Diaw and 2011 NJ Unprotected First Round Draft Pick
17. Waived Andy Rautins
18. Corey Maggette, Zaza Pachulia and New Jersey Unprotected First Round Pick to Sacramento for John Salmons, Yi Jianlian and Omri Casspi
19. Darko Milicic to Philadelphia for Darius Songalia
20. Omri Casspi and John Salmons to Phoenix for J.R Smith and Louis Amundson
21. Signed Greg Oden to a 5 year deal
22. Signed Spencer Hawes to a 3 year deal
23. Re-signed Marco Belinelli to a 6 year deal
24. Re-signed Sonny Weems to a 3 year deal
25. Signed Dante Cunnigham to a 3 year deal.

Write Up


Lineup When the game began
Jose Calderon/Jerrett Jack/Marcus Banks
DeMar DeRozan/Leandro Barbosa
Linas Kleiza/Sonny Weems/Julian Wright
Reggie Evans/Amir Johnson/Ed Davis
Andrea Bargnani/Joey Dorsey/Solomon Alabi


NOW
Jerryd Bayless/Eric Bledsoe
DeMar DeRozan/Marco Belinelli/Anthony Parker
Marvin Williams/Sonny Weems/Boris Diaw
Ed Davis/Amir Johnson/Dante Cunningham/Louis Amundson
Greg Oden/Spencer Hawes/Daniel Orton


As obviously proved this year in the NBA the starting lineup was going no where fast.

My Goal was to keep all of the young talent which I did and improve that salary structure which I have also done.

The team has a much better future than it did when I originally took control of it. While the talent level right now is no where near competing for a championship level. My mindframe was to build the team similar to the Atlanta Hawks. Keep the guys together no matter how bad they were doing. Look at Atlanta now they are a top 4 team and while they are still not going to win against the powerhouses in the east they are built for long term entry into the playoffs.

As a GM the goal is to put a good product on the table for the fans and to compete every night that the team plays. However, you have to do this while making the owner money. I feel that the addtions I have made give the team a strong future of making the playoffs year in and year out. Maybe a few years from now the addition of that one star player to the team will out it over the top to win a championship.

Over the next 2 or three years the team can probably expect a couple of high draft picks. Since all of the team is locked up for a few years, that gives me more room to build through the draft.

My goal through the draft over the next couple of years would be to
A) Draft that star PG I need
B) Draft a ball handling SF, so all I need are two top 5 picks in the next two drafts.

Four years from now I see this team being very competitive.
PG/Bayless/Bledsoe
DeRozan/Belinelli
SF/Marvin Williams/Sonny Weems
Ed Davis/Amir Johnson
Greg Oden/Spencer Hawes/Daniel Orton

is where I am heading.
2012 Draft will be a PG
2013 Draft will be the SF, right now Marvin Williams is a respectable started and is getting starter money, but he is not in my future plans. Weems is ok but hes not a starter by and stretch.

Basically this is how I feel about my team.

PG: Bayless/Bledsoe > Calderon/Jack/Banks
Much better future with the youth of those two than the others. Jack is now useless in NO and while Calderon puts up good numbers his pylonesque defense is the main problem with the Toronto Raptors current team.


SG: DeRozan/Belinelli = DeRozan/Barbosa
Obviously DeRozan is the same, Belinelli is the same chucker that Barbosa is but hes a lot younger.


SF: Marvin Williams/Sonny Weems/Boris Diaw > Linas Kleiza/Sonny Weems/Julian Wright
This one is arguably close, but I would take Marvin Williams over Linas Kleiza any day of the week, and if Diaw was in my plans hes definitely better than Julian Wright.


PF: Ed Davis/Amir Johnson/Dante Cunningham > Reggie Evans/Amir Johnson/Ed Davis
Basically an addition by subtraction. Reggie fits good next to Bargnani but Bargnani should have been playing PF and not C. Ed Davis should be starting over Amir as well imho but Triano dosent think so thats why he got fired when I took over the team.


C: Greg Oden/Spencer Hawes/Daniel Orton > Andrea Bargnani/Joey Dorsey/Solomon Alabi
No matter how you look at Greg Oden hes still a better C than Bargnani. Injuries have plagued him but going foreward having a SOFT big man in Bargnani was not going to get this team to the next level. Theres an obious upgrade at backup C here with Hawes and Orton cleraly being better than Dorsey and Alabi.



I feel the team is in a much better position than it was when I took them over. Hope the rankings reflect the work I have put into this team.

[bringbackhoffa]

Memphis Grizzles

Conley(34)/Telfair(14)
Dunleavy(31)/Howard(17)
Galinari(31)/Brewer(17)
Scola(27)/Bass(17)/Vesely(4)
Gasol(34)/Thabeet(7)/Scola (7)
Inactive: Harangody, Whitehead

Louis Scola----------- 8,591,793/9,408,207/10,224,622
Hasheem Thabeet- 5,127,720/6,471,183/8,444,893
Corey Brewer-------4,000,000/4,000,000
Danilo Galinari ----- 4,190,182/5,589,703
Brandon Bass- ------4,000,000/4,000,000
Luke Harangody----788,872
Mike Conley---------6,100,000
Marc Gasol----------15,000,000/
Hassan Whitehead-788,872/847,307/905,742
Jan Vesely----------1,649,300/1,773,000/1,896,600
Mike dunleavy------7,000,000/7,560,000/8,170,000/8,820,000/9,520,000TO
Sebastian Telfair--1,500,000
Josh Howard-------1,500,000

Total:-----------------60,596,739/39,649,397

2014 Orlando 2nd
2013 LA Lakers 2nd
2014 LA Lakers 2nd

2016 Toronto 2nd
2011 Miami 1st

Plan:

Taking over for another gm part way through the game really didnt affect me as there had been no major moves done before i took over. When seeing this team I knew i wanted to build around Gasol as he is probably a top 5 center in the league and it is hard to find a true center in the league these days.

So right away i traded away Mayo, and Gay as i wanted to get rid of the losing culture and I brought in Scola, and Galanari and much more affordable contracts. Next we wanted to solidify our bench so we brought in players like Brewer, Howard, Bass and Telfair through minor trades and free aency and believe they will be an effectrive second unit.

We believe the core of this team of Gasol/Gallo/Scola all locked up longterm on reasonable contracts we feel we can build a championship contender.
Also we realize this is Memphis we will never probably have a payroll of over 85Million so we got to be smart whenever we do hand out longterm contracts, as well many top tier free agents tend to bypass Memphis as an option unless we severely overpay them, so just looking at my team I belive they could be a top team in the Western Conference and bring in playoff revenue which we could perhaps utilize in the future in terms of signing a big name free agent.
In terms of style I see them as all sharing the ball equally with probably all the starters averaging around 15-22ppg and the bench scoring around 35-45points per game. Defensivley we like Scola and Gasol in the front court there are not many front courts in the league that can scare people off by looking differently.
More to come..

[poopdamoop]

New Jersey Nets

dudeguyboy@hotmail.com

Devin Harris: $9,319,000 / $8,500,000
Thaddeus Young: $8,200,000 / $8,200,000 / $8,200,000 / $8,200,000
DeAndre Jordan: $7,000,000 / $7,800,000 / $8,424,000 / $9,097,290
Josh Childress: $6,000,000 / $6,500,000 / $7,182,500 / $7,317,500(PO)
Fransisco Garcia: $5,800,000 / $6,100,000 / $6,400,000(TO)
Kevin Love: $4,609,701 / $6,112,463(QO)
Brad Miller: $4,752,000 / $5,104,000(UNG)
Shawn Livingston: $3,500,000 / $3,500,000(UNG)
Eric Gordon: $3,831,184 / $5,137,617(QO)
Anthony Tolliver: $2,050,000
Damion James: $1,243,080 / $1,329,720(TO) / $2,325,680(TO)
Stephen Graham: $1,106,941(UNG)
Derrick Caracter: $788,872(UNG)

TOTAL SALARY: $49,996,612

Draft Picks:

2012 1st, 2012 2nd, 2012 Golden State 1st (top 7 protected in '12 and '13, top 6 protected in '14, if not received NJ gets GS 2014 2nd and 2016 2nd), 2012 Chicago 2nd, and 2012 Miami 2nd
2013 1st, 2013 2nd
2014 1st, 2014 2nd

DEPTH CHART:

Harris(32)/Livingston(16)
Gordon(34)/Garcia(14)
Young(16)/Childress(22)/Garcia(10)
Love(34)/Young(14)
Jordan(26)/Miller(14)/Tolliver(8)

TRANSACTIONS:

Traded Brook Lopez, Troy Murphy, and Johan Petro for Pau Gasol and Derrick Caracter

Traded Derrick Favors, Travis Outlaw, Kris Humphries, and GS 2011 2nd for Andre Iguodala and Spencer Hawes

Traded Terrence Williams and my 2011 lotto protected 1st for Aaron Brooks

Traded Pau Gasol and Ben Uzoh for Al Horford, Michael Beasley, Shawn Livingston, and Larry Hughes

Traded Al Horford, Aaron Brooks, Andre Iguodala, Joe Smith, and Larry Hughes for Kevin Love, Eric Gordon, Anthony Tolliver, Josh Childress, and Lou Williams

Traded Michael Beasley, Anthony Morrow, and Jordan Farmar for Thaddeus Young, DeAndre Jordan, and Fransisco Garcia

Traded Louis Williams for Brad Miller


COMPARISON:

I started off building a win now team, but changed my gameplan halfway through the season. I think I've built the premier young team in this game. 4 of my starters are 22 years old, and all of them are proven starters in this league. My bench has some long term contracts, but all of them play vital roles, and none of them are dead weight. My plan is to compete in a couple years, even though I believe this team can still make the playoffs with the quality of our youth.

PG-wise, not much has changed. Livingston is now the backup, instead of Farmar, but that is mostly irrelevant. Harris will still be the starter, and I'm counting on him to be a stable veteran presence, putting up about 16/8 and helping the young guys grow.

Eric Gordon is arguably the best young SG in the league, a clear upgrade over Anthony Morrow. Gordon will be my 1st option for the next 10 years, potentially putting up 25/5/4 for a long time. Francisco Garcia, another solid veteran, will get minutes behind him, a solid all around SG.

Thad Young is one of my favorite players, and he'll get more chances here than he would in Philly. He's locked into a fair long-term contract, is still extremely young, and has been putting up great numbers in limited minutes. I expect 14/7 out of him, if not more, as his scoring instinct develops. Garcia will also get minutes here, and Josh Childress can take up the remainder. He hasn't played well in Phoenix, but is a proven solid defender and role player, which is all that's needed of him here. Compared to the old Nets, Young is on a similar contract to Travis Outlaw, but performs much better.

At PF, Kevin Love is one of the two best young PF's in the game, along with Blake Griffin. The best rebounder in the league, he'll hopefully maintain his 20/15 average for the next 10 years, maybe with a few less points on better efficiency. Thad Young will get the rest of the backup minutes. Favors was a good young player, but Love is much better and is young enough to keep improving as well.

DeAndre Jordan will be our defensive anchor. He's on a great value, long term contract, he's proven effective alongside a premier PF, and Love will provide much more spacing than Griffin does. I don't need him to score to be effective, but 10/10 with a couple blocks and great defense. Brad Miller will provide a veteran presence of the bench, coaching my young bigs and acting like an extra assistant. Lopez was great,

Overall, this team is set up amazingly for the future. Even once Gordon and Love require extentions, we'll still be well under the luxury tax, with all our starting 5 on great contracts. With Gordon and Love leading the way, Harris providing a solid veteran 3rd option, and Young and Jordan filling their roles perfectly, this team will compete for titles for many years to come.

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

Portland Trail Blazers



GM: LeQuitterNotMVP
Email: adamextra@sbcglobal.net

Roster with Salaries:



Depth Chart:

..................PG.........SG.........SF........PF.........C
1st string:
................Miller.......Roy.....Johnson....Aldridge...Camby

2nd string:
.................Dragic..Maggette....Moute.....Udoh......Turiaf

3rd string:
................Collins...Hayward..Honeycutt..Greene...Leonard

Draft Picks:

2012

Credits: None
Debits: None

2013

Credits: MIN’s 1st round pick and DET's 2013 1st round pick (if not in lotto)
Debits: None

2014--->

No credits or debits

Transactions:

1. Traded Joel Pryzbilla to TOR for Leandro Barbosa

2. Traded Rudy Fernandez, Armon Johnson, Patrick Mills, and Fabricio Oberto to ORL for Brandon Bass and Jamaal Magloire

3. Traded the rights to Victor Clavor to DET for DET's 2013 1st round pick (lotto protected, unprotected in 2014)

4. Traded Nicholas Batum, Jamaal Magloire, Wesley Matthews, and Elliot Williams to CHA, ORL, and WSH for Caron Butler, Sherron Collins, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute

5. Traded Luke Babbitt, Brandon Bass, NOH’s 2011 1st round pick, and POR’s 2011 1st round pick to HOU and WSH for Donte Greene, Jerry Stackhouse, Ekpe Udoh, ATL’s 2011 2nd round pick, and MIN’s 2011 2nd round pick

6. Traded Leandro Barbosa and Greg Oden to MIN for Goran Dragic, Wesley Johnson, Ronny Turiaf, and MIN’s 2013 1st round pick

7. Traded Caron Butler to SAC for Lazar Hayward, Corey Maggette, and NJN’s 2011 1st round pick

8. Drafted Tyler Honeycutt with the 16th pick in the 2011 draft

9. Drafted Kawhi Leonard with the 35th pick in the 2011 draft

10. Drafted E’Twaun Moore with the 41st pick in the 2011 draft

11. Matched a 4-year contract offer to Luc Richard Mbah a Moute

12. Released E’Twaun Moore