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Sacramento Kings




Offseason Summary
We went into this offseason embracing the identity of a rebuilding team. We had a lot of young talent on the squad, but needed to infuse the team with even more talent and future assets. Entering the draft, we had a ton of cap space but we knew that we wouldn't be chasing free agents. Taking on salary via trade became the goal of the offseason, but with the incoming salary, we would demand assets. We had an early decision to make with Anthony Tolliver and we guaranteed his contract for the year. We value his leadership. We also renounced the rights to Tyreke Evans as we did not see a future with him.

The draft came along and lasted a VERY lengthy time (71 pages; started May 18 and ended May 26). The Kings started the draft with picks 5, 10, and 34. The fifth pick (De'Aaron Fox) was a very easy pick, as he was exactly who we were targeting. This was the perfect 5th pick in our eyes.

The tenth pick was a lot harder. After a long period of deliberation and trade discussions, we decided against drafting Lauri Markkanen and OG Anunoby and traded down. We had our eyes on Anunoby, hoping that he would drop to 14, but he was ultimately selected at 13. When we dropped four spots, we picked up the 28th pick, as well as, Jordan Clarkson and a future 2nd rounder. We also had to take on the salary of Josh McRoberts in the trade. We had to renounce the cap hold on Rudy Gay at this moment to allow for the trade. We felt like this was a fantastic deal for our franchise and needed to take it. With the 14th pick, we selected Justin Jackson (North Carolina) whom we thought was a fantastic addition. Not only is he NBA ready, but he filled a slot that we needed to fill. We think he has the potential to be our SF of the future, but we are also being realistic in knowing that it is a gamble.

While time went by in the draft, the Brooklyn Nets contacted us about trading up. They needed to clear some cap space for the summer and we discussed a trade. We took on the expiring contract of Trevor Booker in order to move up seven spots from #34 to #27. This hurt a bit of our flexibility for the offseason, but ultimately, it gave us the opportunity to get the guy we really wanted. Armed we two more first round picks, we selected Rodions Kurucs at #27 and Jordan Bell at #28. This made the team ecstatic, as we got 2 more of our top 10 targets. We didn't think either player would be available at #34, so we were extremely excited to move up to get both of them! We tried to make a few more moves during the 2nd round, but ultimately found that we were better off standing pat. We waived Arron Afflalo by the end of the night in a salary cap move (guaranteeing him only $1.5 million).

Free Agency rolled around and we had some decisions to make. We discussed trades during free agency and tried to take on more salary for future assets. None of the trades materialized and we were left with a decision of whether or not to sign Darren Collison. We valued him a lot and wanted to bring him back, but we wanted to wait for more trade proposals. Unfortunately, he received a decent offer from the Knicks and we had to act fast. We ended up offering him a 2-year $24million contract with the second year being a player option. We really liked his fit with the team and his leadership qualities with the young guys. This signing dried up a lot of our cap space, so we decided it was time to sign Bogdan Bogdanovic. We offered him a 4-year $30million contract and he accepted. We were so excited to finally bring him over to be a big future piece to our rebuild.

In order to free up roster space for our four rookies, we had to make a few decisions. We asked Rodions Kurucs to stay in Barcelona to keep developing and he agreed to do so. Then we waived Josh McRoberts and Langston Galloway. We then set out to fill our 2-way roster spots and we signed Isaiah Cousins (2016 #60 pick) and Chris Boucher to 2-year contracts. We thought we were done with free agency, but saw that one our only targets hadn't even received an offer. We wanted Shabazz Muhammad greatly at the start of free agency, but thought he would be far out of our price range. We were baffled at this and decided to reach out on the last day of free agency. We asked Shabazz to sign with us for our remaining cap space ($1,290,363) with a player option in the second year. He accepted and we had a party! In order to make room for him, we waived Trevor Booker.

This offseason was a tremendous success for our front office. Not only did we achieve our goals of infusing our roster with youth, but we also preserved future flexibility in a huge way. We should have a ton of cap space next season along with a high pick in the draft. Our team may be ready to compete by 2019 and will have a ton of flexibility in the meantime.


Depth Chart at Start of the Season
italicized = new addition
() = two-way contract

PG: Darren Collison --- De'Aaron Fox --- Jordan Clarkson --- (Isaiah Cousins)
SG: Buddy Hield --- Bogdan Bogdanovic --- Malachi Richardson
SF: Garrett Temple --- Shabazz Muhammad --- Justin Jackson
PF: Skal Labissiere --- Anthony Tolliver --- Jordan Bell --- (Chris Boucher)
C: Willie Cauley-Stein --- Kosta Koufos --- Georgios Papagiannis


Transaction Activity:

TRADES (2)
1. 3-team trade: MIA-OKC-SAC (July 1st)
MIA out: #14, Tyler Johnson, and Josh McRoberts July 1
MIA in: #10

OKC out: 2019 Miami 2nd, Jordan Clarkson, and #28
OKC in: Tyler Johnson

SAC out: #10
SAC in: #14, #28, Clarkson, 2019 Miami 2nd, and Josh McRoberts

2. BKN-SAC (July 1st)
SAC in: Trevor Booker and #27
BKN in: #34

SIGNINGS and OTHER TRANSACTIONS
Waived Arron Afflalo
Waived Josh McRoberts
Agreed to have Rodions Kurucs stay in Barcelona
Waived Langston Galloway
Signed Bogdan Bogdanovic to a 4-year base pay $30 million deal
Signed Darren Collison to a 2-year base pay $24 million deal (2nd year PO)
Signed Isaiah Cousins to a 2-year two-way contract
Signed Chris Boucher to a 2-year two-way contract
Waived Trevor Booker
Signed Shabazz Muhammad to a 2-year ~$2.6 Million contract (2nd year PO)


Draft Results:

Pick 5: De'Aaron Fox (PG - University of Kentucky)
Pick 14: Justin Jackson (SF - University of North Carolina)
Pick 27: Rodions Kurucs (SF - Barcelona 2) (STASHED)
Pick 28: Jordan Bell (PF - University of Oregon)


Future Draft Picks:
2018: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd [More favorable of SAC and POR then other to DEN (via SAC swap for POR)]
2019: MIA 2nd (via CHA and OKC); SAC or MIL 2nd [Less favorable of SAC and MIL then other to PHL (via PHL swap of MIL for SAC (via BRK))]
2020: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd; DET 2nd (via PHX)
2021: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd
2022: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd
2023: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd
2024: SAC 1st; SAC 2nd

Player Rights Held:
Rodions Kurucs (Stashed)
Luka Mitrovic
Arturas Gudaitis
Dejan Bodiroga
Alex Oriakhi


Team Salary (17-18)

Salary Summary
Current Player Salary after all approved trades = $77,688,143
Dead Cap = $24,730,937
Cap Number = $102,419,080
SALARY CAP = $101,000,000
Current Available Cap Space = ($1,419,080)

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are proud to present their 2017-18 roster. Our goals were to reduce our long term commitments, find a starting caliber forward who can start while Jabari rehabs (and worst case scenario remain the starter if Parker cannot regain his old form after returning) and revamping our second unit to provide more scoring options and balanced all while remaining a defensive minded team. We feel with the additions of Marvin Williams, Bismack Biyombo, JJ Barea and Jerami Grant provide Jason Kidd and his staff with lots of roster versatility and the resigning of Tony Snell, Michael Beasley and Jason Terry were all necessary since they were such great fits with our core players last season.

We have also added some talented young players to our new G League affiliate and hold the rights to Mathias Lessort who we are extremely high on and plan on bringing over next season. We feel quite confident our current NBA roster has put us in a position to contend for home court in the playoffs this season while still having the ability to take significant steps down the line which will make us a championship contender for years to come. That said, we will continue looking to add more depth for our new G League team but feel we have taken huge steps forward this offseason to "own the future" right now.

Current Depth Chart[/b]

PG - Brogdon, Barea, Terry
SG - Middleton, Snell, Vaughn
SF - Parker, Williams, Singler
PF - Giannis, Beasley, Grant
C - Maker, Biyombo, Hamilton

2 Developmental Contracts - Tyler Dorsey and V.J. Beachem

G League Roster Signings - Peter Jok, Michael Ojo, Billy Garrett Jr, and Eric Mika

Draft and Stash Players - Mathias Lessort


Team Salary

Giannis - $22,471,911
Biyombo - $17,000,000
Middleton - $14,100,000
Williams - $13,168,750
Snell - $10,000,000 (Bird Rights)
Parker - $6,782,392
Singler $4,666,500
Beasley - $4,000,000 (Partial MLE)
Barea - $3,903,900
Hamilton - $3,000,000
Maker - $2,684,160
Vaughn - $1,889,040
Terry - $1,605,967 (Vet Minimum)
Grant - $1,524,305
Brogdon - $1,312,611
Lessort - Draft and Stash
Dorsey - Two Way Developmental Deal (2 years)
Beachem - Two Way Developmental Deal (2 years)

Dead Cap: Sanders - $1,865,547

Current Salary = $109,975,083


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CHICAGO BULLS

Final Roster

Player
Butler, Jimmy $18,696,918
Felício, Cristiano $4,100,000
Grant, Jerian $1,713,840
Martin, Jarell $1,471,382
Lopez, Robin $13,788,500
Mirotić, Nikola $12,500,000
Mills, Patty $8,406,000
Scott, Mike $1,014,746
Green, Gerald $1,014,746
Henson, John $11,422,536
Payne, Cameron $2,203,440
Rondo, Rajon $13,397,000
Valentine, Denzel $2,186,400
Beal, Bradley $23,775,506
Zipser, Paul $1,312,611

TOTAL SALARIES $117,003,625




Depth Chart

PG: Rondo, Mills, Payne
SG: Beal, Valentine, Grant
SF: Butler, Zipser, Green
PF: Mirotic, Scott, Martin, Hayes
C: Lopez, Henson, Felicio


Comment

Bulls upgraded their roster this offseason, with the headline change being Beal replacing Wade. Beal is an upgrade on both ends of the floor and a player still improving, whereas we were anticipating further decline from DWade. We expect Beal to become an All Star this upcoming season. He also provides more spacing around Butler and Rondo, and some potential relief for Butler on defense (which was a top priority entering the offseason). Mills will also provide more spacing and that spark plug off the bench we were missing at times last season. With Henson, we bring that extra toughness we have lost since Taj was traded.
While we lost Portis and our picks in the process, this roster still has a significant amount of upside especially in the back court, where Grant, Valentine, and Zipser will given opportunities to shine.
To be successful in 2018, the Bulls will need Butler and Beal to step up their game further, which we have no doubt will occur given their respective careers and work ethic. We also wanted to give Niko Mirotic another opportunity to become the solid starter we envisioned he would become, with more spacing for him to operate, and the perspective of stability as he'll begin the season as a starter.

Denver Nuggets






Free Agent signings:
JaMychal Green (4y/$60; 4th year on to)
PJ Tucker (3y/$33; 3rd year on to)
Mike Dunleavy (1y/minimum contract)

Re-signings:
Mason Plumlee (4y/$40; 3rd and 4th year on to)
Roy Hibbert (1y/minimum contract)

Aquired players via trade:
Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight (from Phoenix)

Departing players:
Will Barton, Darrell Arthur (to Phoenix)
Emmanuel Mudiay (to Atlanta)
Kenneth Faried (to Portland)
Danilo Gallinari (to Oklahoma City)
Mike Miller (waived)

Draft:
#13 OG Anunoby
#41 Cam Oliver (traded to Phoenix)

Personal review:
The #1 priority for the Denver Nuggets´ upcoming season is to reach the playoffs. We had lacks on defense and needed a well-fitting complement next to Nikola Jokic. Our offseason was almost entirely centered on the NBA free agency, with cap space as much as $50M. We renounced the cap hold of Danilo Gallinari and traded Kenneth Faried to make a splash on the FA market to sign the players we really need. Our #1 FA was Paul Millsap but the Hawks made it clear they´ll offer him the max (what they do) so we were going for our #1b option on the PF in JaMychal Green. We see him as a very important player on both ends of the floor and we´re looking forward to his partnership with Nikola Jokic.

Our defense in 2016/17 was one of the worst, so we needed to address that lack in multiple ways. We acquired OG Anunoby via draft and signed PJ Tucker, one of the best wing-defenders in the league. We have high hopes in Anunoby and really hope he can realize his unbelievable talent on both ends.

Jamal Murray and Garry Harris are two cornerstones of our future, but we concluded to upgrade the guard spot and go for a proven star. We acquired Eric Bledsoe, an all-star in the making after long negotiations from Phoenix (and another deal with Atlanta). We might overpaid for him and taking on Knight´s contract was hard but we still think that going all-in for Eric Bledsoe was it worth.

Overall we lost offensive ability in Gallinari and Barton, but we´re sure Eric Bledsoe and especially Jamal Murray will fill that role, that´s why we free´d up minutes for them (we can´t wait to see our Bledsoe-Harris-Murray rotation).

With optimizing our lacks we are sure we can reach the postseason next year. Another positive fact: Even with Brandon Knight´s contract, we kept our salary flexibility for re-signing Gary Harris (he agreed a 5/75 contract) and for the upcoming offseasons.

Things are coming together in Denver and fans will have something to cheer about sooner rather than later, starting next season.

What do you think about it? I hope we can talk about it in detail on the "Mock-offseason grades: Denver Nuggets"-thread


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Toronto Raptors

Trades:

Trade 1 (with Orlando Magic): Jonas Valanciunas for Kent Bazemore/#33/#35/2018 LAL 2nd

Trade 2 (with Philadelphia 76ers): #23/#35 for #21/#49/#51

Trade 3 (with New Orleans Pelicans): Corey Joseph for Quincy Pondexter/Axel Toupane/Quinn Cook/#40/2018 NOP 2nd

Trade 4 (with Milwaukee Bucks): Quincy Pondexter for TPE

Trade 5 (with Milwaukee Bucks): #51/2019 TOR 2nd for #47

Roster Action:

Waived Axel Toupane, Quinn Cook and Fred VanVleet (all NG).

Draft:

#21: Ike Anigbogu (Signed to 120% of the rookie scale)
#33: Frank Jackson (3 year minimum)
#40: Jonah Bolden (3 year minimum)
#47: Sindarius Thornwell (3 year minimum)
#49: Arnoldas Kulboka (stays at Brose Baskets Bamberg)

Free Agency:

Resigned Kyle Lowry to a 3+1 (PO) 120m contract.
Resigned Serge Ibaka to a 4+1 (PO) 117.3m contract.

Depth Chart:

PG: Lowry, Wright, Jackson
SG: DeRozan, Powell, Thornwell
SF: Bazemore, Carroll, Caboclo
PF: Ibaka, Siakam, Bolden
C: Poeltl, Nogueira, Anigbogu

Salaries:

Kyle Lowry $30,000,000 $30,000,000 $30,000,000 $30,000,000 (PO)
DeMare DeRozan $27,739,975 $27,739,975 $27,739,975 $27,739,975 (PO)
Serge Ibaka $20,000,000 $21,600,000 $23,328,000 $25,194,240 $27,209,779 (PO)
Kent Bazemore $16,910,113 $18,089,887 $19,269,662 (PO)
DeMarre Carroll $14,800,000 $15,400,000
Lucas Nogueira $2,947,305
Jakob Poeltl $2,825,640 $2,947,320 (TO) $3,754,886 (TO)
Bruno Caboclo $2,451,225
Ike Anigbogu $1,785,000 $2,118,840 $2,475,840 (TO) $3,944,013 (TO)
Delon Wright $1,645,200 $2,536,898 (TO)
Norman Powell $1,471,382
Pascal Siakam $1,249,920 $1,303,680 (TO) $2,351,839 (TO)
Frank Jackson $815,615 $1,378,242 $1,618,520
Jonah Bolden $815,615 $1,378,242 $1,618,520
Sindarius Thornwell $815,615 $1,378,242 $1,618,520

Total Salary:

$126,272,605

UTAH JAZZ



Goals and flow of the off-season: The Jazz came into the off-season with ultimate goal of keeping Gordon Hayward. Any secondary and tertiary goals were subject to that ultimate goal. We felt like we would be alright as long as we have the two cornerstones for our franchise - Rudy Gobert on defense and Hayward on offense. Secondary goal was providing Gordon with a good enough vet starting point guard to stabilize the lineup. The Jazz were in love with what George Hill provided the team last season(when healthy), we felt like he's the perfect complement to the rest of our roster with his ability to play both on and off ball, but were worried that he will get massively overpaid by some team on the free agency market and we had to do our due diligence in order to try to procure a PG before we had to go to Hayward in FA. This lead to serious interest toward Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragic and Jeremy Lin(as a contingency plan), but we couldn't strike a deal with the respective GMs. Another goal in case we keep our players was to balance the roster and avoid getting in luxury tax hell. Trading Alec Burks essentially for cap relief was a no-brainer here. The trade I'm most ambivalent towards was trading Derrick Favors to the Spurs for Danny Green and future assets(1 first and 1 pick swap). I hated giving up Favors. I think if he gets healthy he's worth much more than that, but once I striked the deals with Hayward, Hill and Ingles it became clear we will have hard time keeping Favors past this current year, so I decided to extract some value for him now, while crawling under the luxury tax. Having secured Patrick Patterson for a long term cost-controlled contract(4 years at MLE) helped with this decision as well.

Major signings/acquisitions:
+Gordon Hayward to 5(4+1PO) years max deal.
+George Hill to 4 years 78M deal
+Joe Ingles to 4 years 35M deal
+Patrick Patterson to 4 years deal at 8M per year(MLE)
+Danny Green at 10M contract for 2 more years(second year PO)
+Rodney Hood(extension) 4 years(3+1PO) 65M deal
+Dante Exum(extension) 4 years(3+1PO) 40M deal

Minor Signings/Acquisitions:
+Donatas Motiejūnas to 2 years(1+1) at vet minimum
+Sterling Brown to 2 years 2-way contract
+Isaiah Briscoe to 2 years 2-way contract

Key and minor losses:
-Derrick Favors
-Boris Diaw
-Alec Burks
-Shelvin Mack
-Jeff Withey
-Joel Bolomboy

Draft capital added:
+SAS 2019 1st round pick swap rights
+SAS 2020 1st round pick(top 3 protected)
+DAL 2019 2nd round pick(55-60 protected)

Draft capital lost:
-2022 SAS 2nd round pick

Draft:
24. Edrice Adebayo
30. Hamidou Diallo(stashed)
42. Kyle Kuzma
55. Anžejs Pasečņiks(stashed)

Depth Charts
PG: George Hill, Dante Exum, Raul Neto*
SG: Danny Green, Rodney Hood, Sterling Brown
SF: Gordon Hayward, Joe Johnson, Joe Ingles
PF: Patrick Patterson, Trey Lyles, Kyle Kuzma
C: Rudy Gobert, Bam Adebayo, Donatas Motiejunas

Salaries with capholds: 121,000,000
Cap Space: (-20,000,000)
Luxury tax: 0

Vision for the following season and the future: The Jazz enter the 2017-2018 season with a stacked roster with series of high quality wings, something most teams in the league can only dream about - Danny Green, Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Joe Johnson, Joe Ingles. Quin Snyder's propensity to play multiple(sometimes 4) wings at the same time informed my decision to seek multiple high end wings for the Jazz. All of those could probably start on most teams in the league. The last 3 can also flow into the small lineups as PFs. The sheer number of different options and permutation this roster allows Quin Snyder is very exciting to Jazz fans. The Jazz are determined to keep and enhance their defensive identity and adding one of the best wing defenders in the last 5 years in Danny Green is in line with this goal. Hill-Green-Hayward-Patterson-Gobert features 5 players who are + defenders and have great blend of offensive playmaking and shooting that the Jazz can use with a rolling to the rim Rudy Gobert. If the Jazz want some offensive punch, they can play around with more offensively talented players like Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson in place of Green and/or Patterson. Having said all that, this depth chart is not set in stone. It's very possible some of the subs outplay the listed starters and demand playing time ahead of them. We expect a comeback year from Trey Lyles and he will have opportunity to seize time at the 4 spot. We expect to see development from Dante Exum and he can expect regular backup minutes at the point guard spot.

In general, we feel like we can field one of the best rosters in the league with great quality and versatility in the starting lineup as well as very good depth that will help in case of injuries. We also have some nice youth that presents opportunity for growth of this roster in the future. With Rudy Gobert anchoring the D, we expect this roster to be a top 3 defensive team in the league for the foreseeable future. We also expect this roster to be a very good shooting team, something that seems prerequisite in the modern NBA. The Jazz were one of the teams that created the most corner 3 shots in the league last season and we expect this to continue and give us clear advantage offensively with the series of great 3p shooters we can put on the floor. We expect Gordon Hayward to keep improving his play and establish himself as a perennial all-star/all-NBA type of player. He showed he has yet another gear during this year's playoffs and we couldn't be happier to keep him on the team long-term.

The Jazz finished the off-season by striking extension deals with Rodney Hood(4/65M) and Dante Exum(4/40).

So what do you think guys? How many wins do you give this Jazz team?

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS





Coaching:
Fired Alvin Gentry, signed Ettore Messina

Free Agent signings / re-signings:
Jrue Holiday (5y/$100)
Rudy Gay (2y/$24; 2nd year on PO)
Jeff Green (1y/room exception)
Arron Afflalo (1y/bi-annual exception)
Malcolm Delaney (1y/minimum)
Dorell Wright (2y/minimum (non-guaranteed))

Aquired players via trade:
Corey Joseph (from Toronto)* (*aquired by former Mock-GM)
Wes Matthews (from Dallas)

Departing players:
Solomon Hill, E´Twaun Moore (to Dallas)
Corey Joseph (to Phoenix)
Quinn Cook, Quincy Pondexter, Axel Toupane (to Toronto)* (*traded by former Mock-GM)
Donatas Motiejunas

Draft:
No picks in 2017

Personal review:
The first and one of the most important transactions was the sacking coach Alvin Gentry and aquiring former Spurs assistant Ettore Messina. He is the best coach the Pelicans´could´ve signed and getting off Gentry gives us at least a "B" for this years´offseason.

Regarding the roster, the biggest goal in this years´ offseason was retaining PG Jrue Holiday. He´s the perfect fit for our two most important players (AD and Cousins), so him signing an extension was our #1 goal. We had to clear cap and correct the big mistakes made by Dell Demps (signing Hill, Moore and Asik) to offer him a good contract. So we were very happy with our trade with Dallas because we got off Hill and Moore, aquired an expensive but productive SG in Matthews and cleared a few $. Dumping newly aquired Corey Joseph (the Pelicans´Mock-GM was replaced right before the free agency) was the 2nd move needed to offer Holiday a 5/100 extension, the contract he signed on day 2.

Having Davis, Holiday and hopefully Cousins on longterm deals is the #1 priority for the Pelicans´ future and with our current lineup and contracts we will be able to offer DeMarcus a max-contract next year.

Another steal was the signing of Rudy Gay on a 2/24 contract with the 2nd year on PO. Rudy lost a lot of money by opting out but we offered him the right place to show the world he´s back and we´re really hopeful he will be a well-fitting complement next to our two frontcourt superstars.

We really tried to add shooting but we had no luck on the free agency market. We were really shocking with JJ Redick signing a contract in Detroit (we still can´t understand it btw) and missed out on Patrick Patterson as well. The Pelicans bench´ needs one or two more upgrades on bench but we are really happy with the additions of Jeff Green, Arron Afflalo, Malcolm Delaney and veteran Dorell Wright on shortterm deals.

Overall the Pelicans had a very solid offseason. We were able to re-sign Jrue Holiday and kept enough flexibilty to keep Cousins. Adding a player like JJ Redick would´ve been the icing on the cake but you can´t have everything... We can´t wait to see our team on court next season and the western conference should be scared, the Pelicans will be a force

Head Coach


Becky Hammon (Pop's protégé & Summer League Champ)






Depth Chart


Dennis Smith Jr | DJ Augustin | Beno Udrih
Terrence Ross | Ian Clark | Monta Ellis
Josh Jackson | Thabo Sefolosha
Aaron Gordon | James Johnson
Jonas Valanciunas | Willy Hernangomez | Al Jefferson

IR: Joakim Noah




Team Salary






Draft Selections & Future Picks

2017: #3 Josh Jackson, #8 Dennis Smith Jr.
2018: Magic 1st (Philly has right to swap) & Magic 2nd
2019: Magic 1st (Knicks have right to swap) & Greater of Cavs/Rockets/Blazers 2nd




Free Agency Signings

-James Johnson
-Thabo Sefolosha
-Ian Clark
-Beno Udrih




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WriteUp


I traded 5 original Magic players (Payton, Vucevic, Mario, Biyombo, Fournier) which isn't much for an entire offseason considering Orlando's current state (being stuck in the same place for years & firing their gm). Looking at new gm's who came in to shake things up, I looked at my Knick's history, and someone like Isiah Thomas who traded 7 players in 1 month when he first came in mid-season. Then traded 4 more players in the summer. Or Donnie Walsh who's first order of business was to hire a new coach in D'Antoni, and also traded 5 players from the offseason through 1 month into the season.

I hired Becky Hammon who according to Pop himself believes she will be the next successful coach that tutored under him the way Budenholzer and Kerr did. Frank Vogel did pretty bad as the Magic head coach his first year playing guys out of position (Gordon) and starting the likes of Augustin over Payton and Biyombo over Vucevic. With the rebuild, Vogel's ideology doesn't mesh well here.

After researching the Magic Board, and seeing what fans want, I felt I made the right decisions by the fanbase & franchise. I trimmed a lot of salary, signed quality vets/defensive role players to cap friendly contracts, and acquired top notch young talent.

Looking at the glut at center, Joakim Noah is going to miss a lot of time this season, and the goal is to seek some type of buyout with him in the near future. Al Jefferson will be waived after the season and only has a guaranteed 4 million for next season once he's gone. Jonas Valanciunas plays just 25 mpg and Willy G played 18 mpg last year... he'll get a 5 mpg bump and he and Jonas will be a very solid duo at the 5.

This team has a nice blend of young and vet talent which will be a playoff contender for years to come, and could reach that point as soon as this season.

The Grizzlies entered the offseason full of tangled webs. The decision to keep the Grit-N-Grind core in tact in-spite of age and loyalty or to finally let the guys seek another team to play in the following season. The Grizzlies if you look to the roster are a team that's made up of half veterans and half rookies and upcoming players. The route this GM decided to take was to do away with the elder core of Tony Allen(The Grindfather) and Vince Carter(The Ageless Wonder) whom both seek the Warriors as their next team for the upcoming season. Marc Gasol was traded due to the consequences of the contract of Chandler Parsons and the less room it afforded the Grizzlies to sign key free agents. Not a trade I was open to, but felt necessary to fulfill the purpose to get back young players who are entering their prime. In doing so, Marc was traded to the Magic for the upcoming player in Nikola Vucevic and two first round picks(#19 & #25) via Atlanta and Toronto. The Grizzlies drafted center Justin Patton from Creighton with the 19th pick. The Grizzlies in the draft traded Jerell Martin and the #25th pick to the Bulls for the #38th pick and two second round picks in 2020 and 2021 unprotected. The Grizzlies drafted SG Josh Hart from Villanova. The guy the Grizzlies were targeting in the second round. The Grizzlies scored well in the 2017 NBA Draft gaining their future and look to develop their rookies. The Grizzlies made other trades such as the three way trade between the Celtics and Pacers that help the Grizzlies trade Wade Baldwin IV for PG Demetrius Jackson and traded C Brandan Wright to the Thunder for Spencer Hawes as the Grizzlies needed to gain offensive production and sacrificed athleticism and average defense in Wright.

The Grizzlies turned their focus to free agency and when after the four players we felt were the best guys to maintain their competitive edge in the West. Zach Randolph was the only player the Grizzlies had returned to the Grizzlies fold. He is too well loved and respected to up and let go to another team. His play from off the bench proved to be a success for the Grizzlies. We would like our business relationship to continue as such. Developing young talent and showing their young new prime players how to win and what it takes to get it done will be the task coach David Fizdale and the coaching staff will undertake. This new set of players will be part of the foundation to help the Grizzlies pave the road to a better future.

In conclusion, the Grizzlies will look to develop our future the right way and continue to better our brand of basketball not just to entertain the fans, but to one day bring a championship home to the city of Memphis.

Special thx goes to Tony Allen, Vince Carter, JaMychal Green, and Marc Gasol for their great services to the Memphis Grizzlies on and off the floor. All of you treated the game with respect and treated the City of Memphis as your own. You all will be greatly missed. We wish you all well in your future endeavors!




PF Zach Randolph: 2yrs worth 22.3 million with P/O in the second year.

The Grizzlies will love for Zach to return to the city of Grit-N-Grind. This city help Zach revitalized his career and image all around. Zbo already loves the city of Memphis and Memphis loves him back in return. He's an active player and member of the Memphis community. His presence on the bench in terms of offense and rebounding will prove vital as the Grizzlies will continue to be competitive in the Western Conference.

PF Terrence Jones: Bi-Annual Exception 3 yrs starting at 3.29 million P/O in the third year

The Grizzlies would like to reach out to the agent of Jones. Jones will be looking at an opportunity to start and be effective for the Grizzlies frontcourt via his abilities to be versatile on offense(inside and out), rebounding and shot blocking on defense. Being that this Grizzlies team is looking to improve the offensive ranking, having someone of Jones caliber would be a good asset to acquire.

SG/SF K.J. McDaniels: Mid-Level Exception 3yrs starting at 8.46 million

The Grizzlies would like to get younger and aggressive at the SG spot. We feel that KJM will be the player the Grizzlies can acquire for that purpose to replace Tony Allen. Like the Grindfather, KJM will provide aggressive defense and will be assigned to defend opposition's best players. KJM's effectiveness in transition offense, dunks, improving perimeter offense, and abilities to play multiple positions when suited will be essential to the Grizzlies core to gain winning results.

SF/SG James Young: 2 yr deal worth 3.2 million

The Grizzlies will be taking a flyer on Young in this case. Young's time in Boston was inconsistent at best. With the Grizzlies, he will have the opportunity to work with Coach Fizdale to develop his skills set and become a better player with the team. With Parsons and his history of injuries, it's possible that Young will find minutes to play from off the bench.






Memphis Grizzlies




2017-18 Team Roster

PG: M.Conley, A.Harrison, D.Jackson
SG: K.J. McDaniels, T.Daniels, J.Hart
C: N.Vucevic, S.Hawes, J. Patton
PF: T.Jones, Z.Randolph, D.Davis
SF: J. Ennis, C.Parsons, J.Young

Head Coach: David Fizdale



Transactions

Trade #1


Memphis Grizzlies traded M. Gasol

TO

Orlando Magic for N. Vucevic, 2017 First Round Picks #19 and #25



Trade #2

Memphis Grizzlies trade Jarell Martin and the #25th Pick

TO

Chicago Bulls for #38, 2020 and 2021 second round picks w/o restrictions


Trade #3


Memphis Grizzlies trade Wade Baldwin IV
Grizzlies receive Demetrius Jackson

Indiana Pacers trade Joe Young and 2020 second round pick
Pacers receive Wade Baldwin IV and Jordan Mickey

Boston Celtics trade Demetrius Jackson and Jordan Mickey
Celtics receive Joe Young and 2020 second round pick



Trade #4

Grizzlies traded Brandan Wright

TO

Thunder for Spencer Hawes






Draft Picks

#19 Jason Patton C from University of Creighton

#38 Josh Hart SG from University of Villanova

*** Grizzlies have traded 25th pick and will receive #38 in the second round***



Free Agent Signings


Zach Randolph- 2yrs worth 22.3 million with P/O in the second year.
K.J. McDaniels- Mid-Level Exception 3yrs starting at 8.46 million
Terrence Jones- Bi-Annual Exception 3 yrs starting at 3.29 million P/O in the third year
James Young- 2 yr deal worth 3.2 million
Justin Patton- rookie scale deal
Josh Hart- minimum rookie scale deal


Key Losses

Marc Gasol-Magic in Vucevic trade. Later to Knicks in separate deal
Tony Allen-Warriors
Vince Carter-Warriors
JaMychal Green-Nuggets
Brandan Wright-Thunder
Wade Baldwin IV-Pacers
Jerell Martin-Bulls






Team Salary 2017-18

Conley $28,530,608

Randolph $11,150,000

Parsons $23,112,004

McDaniels $8,460,000

Vucevic $12,250,000

Hawes $6,201,175

Jones $3,290,000

Daniels $3,408,520

Ennis $3,028,410

Patton $1,627,320 (used Malik Beasley salary as he was drafted 19th in 2016 Draft)

Jackson $ 1,450,000

Davis $1,312,611

Harrison $1,312,611

Hart $543,471(used Patrick McCaw as he was drafted 38th in 2016 NBA Draft)

Young $1,600,000

Franklin(stretched) $163,296






Cap Holds: $0
Current 2017-18 Team Salary: $105,882,165
NBA Salary Cap: $101,000,000
Grizzlies Available Cap Space: -$4,882,165


Dead Cap:

Jamaal Franklin $326,592

Clippers Offseason Review


After the former Clippers GM took a leave of absence, I volunteered to take his place in the game. It was in the late part of the draft where this Clippers GM picked up the slack. Keep in mind the Clippers had no picks in this draft. I made several attempts to trade into the late second round of the draft to no avail. That left me with free agency and trades as my remaining options. The Clippers were dealing with multiple issues upfront. The issue of being well over the cap and becoming luxury tax repeaters. The Clippers also had to deal with contractual decisions to retain Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to remain with the Clippers as cornerstones of the franchise. Other free agents like JJ Redick and Marresse Speights and etc were up on the free agency block as well. My first mission was to get both CP3 and BG retain as Clippers. Blake Griffin was retained by Day 2 of free agency. The battle for Chris Paul was fought between the Clippers and Spurs. In spite of efforts to retain Chris Paul services, the Spurs won the battle thru maneuvering pieces and lures of winning a championship. The news wasn't great to hear as this team lost one of their best superstars in recent memory. The thoughts of rebuilding the team did cross this GM's mind. However, in fairness and respect to the fans, a return to the basement would be a wrong decision to make. Instead, this GM chose to add more around Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. With Chris Paul's departure came multiples of opportunities to sign quality players that best fit the squad both chemistry and personality wise imaginable. We after scorer Tim Hardaway Jr. who continues to improve him game all around and will be a perfect replacement for JJ Redick. The Clippers also will be taking a risk on PG Ty Lawson. Lawson can command the tempo to go either fast or slow and is exceptionable at getting his teammates in position to get their points. Plus gauging on his stats from this past season with the Kings, this GM thinks Lawson is due for a resurgence and the opportunity to start for a NBA team once again. The Clippers used the remaining cap to fill in positions based on fit and chemistry to keep the team competitive and strong enough to contend for playoff runs as necessary.












Major and Minor Losses

Chris Paul-Spurs
JJ Redick-Pistons
Luc Richard-Mbah-A-Moute-Spurs
Paul Pierce-Retirement
Ray Felton-UFA
Alan Anderson-UFA
Brandon Bass-UFA







Major and Minor Gains

Ty Lawson- 4yrs worth 17.28M
Tim Hardaway Jr. 4yrs worth 22M
Marresse Speights 3yrs worth 10.5M
Amir Johnson 3yrs worth 9M
Mario Chalmers 2yrs worth 4M
Pat Connaughton-team guaranteed his 2017-18 contract
Reggie Bullock- 1yr veteran minimum





Clippers Trades

Trade #1

Clippers trade 2018 2nd round pick to the Blazers for Pat Connaughton




Clippers Draft


N/A






Team Salary

B.Griffin $28,000,000

D.Jordan $22,642,350

J.Crawford $14,246,988

A.Rivers $11,825,000

T.Lawson $4,320,000

T.Hardaway Jr. $5,500,000

A.Johnson $3,000,000

M.Speights $3,500.,000

M. Chalmers $2,000,000

P.Connaughton $1,471,382

W.Johnson $5,881,260

R.Bullock $1,178,992

B. Johnson $1,331,160

D.Stone $1,312,611

C.Delfino(stretched) $650,000

J.Farmar(stretched) $510,921

M.Raduljica(stretched) $252,043





Los Angeles Clippers



2017-18 Clippers Roster

PG:T.Lawson, A.Rivers, M.Chalmers
SG: T.Hardaway, J.Crawford, A.Rivers
C: D.Jordan, M.Speights, Stone,
PF: B.Griffin, A. Johnson, B. Johnson
SF: P. Connaughton, W. Johnson, R. Bullock

HC: Doc Rivers




Current 2017-18 Salary: $107,622,707
NBA Salary Cap: $101,000,000
Clippers Available Cap Space: -$6,622,707



Dead Cap

Carlos Delfino $650,000
Jordan Farmar $510,921
Miroslav Raduljica $252,043

The Minnesota TimberWolves

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C-Karl Anthony Towns, Cole Aldrich
PF-Georgi Dieng, Kyle O'Quinn, Jonas Jerebko, Nemanja Bjelica
SF-Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Korver, Luke Babbitt
PG-Ricky Rubio, TJ McConnell, Jose Calderon
SG-Victor Oladipo, Jodie Meeks

D-league-Johnathan Issac, Larry Sanders

Transactions:

Minnesota Timberwolves get: Jahlil Okafor and T.J. McConnell
Philadelphia 76ers get: Kris Dunn

Minnesota Timberwolves get: Kyle O'Quinn
NY Knicks get: Jahill Okafor

Minnesota Timberwolves get: Victor Oladipo
Oklahoma City Thunder get: Tyus Jones, Zach LaVine and 2019 Miami Heat Second Round Draft Pick

Drafted: Johnathan Issac with the #7 pick in the 2017 draft

Signed Kyle Korver to a two year deal.

Signed Luke Babbitt, Jodie Meeks, Jose Calderon and Jonas Jerebko to one year deals for the vet minimum.

Signed Larry Sanders to a one year deal for the floor MLE.



Team Needs: When studying the Twolves I saw three major problems that they had to deal with. They needed a lot of help defensively and they needed better outside shooting. They also needed to maintain some financial flexibility to resign their young talent to extentions in the near future. Some additional veteran depth would also be helpful to make sure everyone is healthy and has the stamina to go the full 82 game season and the playoffs (since we anticipated being playoff contenders). Ideally we could some of that help at point guard. Rubio is a very good defender and very good floor general. But offensively...he sucks. The lack of threat he provides allows the opposing teams defenses to collapse more on Wiggins and Towns.

Plan of attack: The primary goal was to try and acquire a 3-D wing player to boost our shooting and defense in one fell swoop. Acquire steady veterans for depth and add in shooters via free agency. We decided that with his major injury concerns Zach Lavine would be the preferred piece to move. He's still young enough, and would return soon enough, that the team that acquires him would be able to appreciate his upside first hand before making him the qualifying offer. Unfortunately it was very hard to find a good match. Some guys cost too much (Kent Bazemore), some GMs went missing (Boston with Jae Crowder) while we just couldn't get the deal right to acquire others (Terrence Ross). I would hopefully be able to move Rubio for some veteran depth while figuring that between free agency and the draft I'd be able to find a more offensively dynamic replacement.


Execution:

Overall, I think I did a good job. I didn't hit all the marks I had wanted (trading Rubio, acquiring Paul George or Jimmy Butler, drafting Fox). But I think my roster is solid enough that it should be a playoff contender. The foundation of the team was our two young franchise players Andrew Wiggins and Karl Anthony Towns. Georgi Dieng and Cole Aldrich provided defense and size up front and Ricky Rubio is an able defender and excellent floor general. To that nucleus we added Victor Oladipo. We feel he's already an excellent defender but can become even better offensively now that he's not obligated to be more of an offensive force than he may or may not be capable of becoming. We're fine if he's just a 3-D wing. If he becomes more then so be it. For greater front court depth we added Kyle O'Quinn, Jonas Jerebko and Larry Saunders. O'Quinn is a solid big man who has developed a pretty good shot. Jerebko is a good energy guy off the bench and Sanders is a gamble. If his head is on straight all he needs to do to get back to where he was is get himself in game shape. We'll start him off in the development league for that. Hopefully, he'll provide a boost a quarter of the way into the season. If not, well he didn't cost much. We also added Kyle Korver, Jodie Meeks and Luke Babbit to our bench for much needed long range shooting. Little did we know that JJ Redick could have been had at a lower starting point than Korver (he was our dream target but we thought he'd be out of our price range. Whoops). We also acquired TJ McConnell from Philly and Jose Calderon via free agency. Obstensibly they are going to compete to be Rubio's backup but I think McConnell's defense will give him the edge over Calderon. Calderon is mainly insurance and another shooter at the end of the bench. At first glance my depth at the wings might seem problematic but I think we'll be ok. Wiggins and Oladipo can play heavy minutes and we'll be feeding Korver in off the bench at both spots to make sure our best shooter gets adequate minutes. Meanwhile anything we get from Meeks and Babbit would be icing on the cake. The big question mark and potential game changer is Johnathan Issac. He's a perfect fit for the team but I am a little worried that he's too passive offensively. While I appreciate that he doesn't need the ball to be effective for him to be worthy of the lotto pick we used on him he needs to be more assertive offensively while not diminishing his effectiveness in a signficiant manner. Hopefully, some time in the D-league as the main attraction on a small team would give him the opportunity to develop that part of his game. We'll bring him up once we're confident he's getting there. Finding minutes for him will be a nice problem to have and we'd be more than happy to make the moves necessary to do so.

Things still to do: At some point I am going to want a point guard upgrade. Rubio is just not enough of an offensive threat for the team. Opposing defenses don't really need to pay much attention to him. That's a big problem to have with the direction point guard play is going. Hopefully, we can make something happen.

Spurs Final Roster:

Player Year 1

Chris Paul $35,185,573.00
Kawhi Leonard $18,868,625.00
Tobias Harris $16,000,000.00
Derrick Favors $12,000,000.00
Jonathan Simmons $10,500,000.00
Ish Smith $6,000,000.00
Luc Mbah a Moute $4,328,000.00
David Lee $2,328,652.00
Andrew Bogut $2,328,652.00
Kyle Anderson $2,151,704.00
Dejounte Murray $1,312,611.00
Davis Bertans $1,312,611.00
PJ Dozier $1,221,360.00
Jeff Withey $915,852.00

Tony Parker $5,151,042.00
Totals $119,608,682.00

Draft Picks:

Own
2018 1st, 2018 2nd
2019 2nd
2021 1st, 2021 2nd
2022 1st, 2022 2nd

Traded
2019 1st (Pick swap Utah)
2020 1st (Utah)

Goals for the Off-season:

Compete with the Warriors
The addition of Chris Paul was obviously key. The improved perimeter defense and athleticism is big for us. He is one of the best point guards in history at controlling pace and game flow and will allow us to better influence the number of possessions in a given game.

Our roster is now as versatile as any in the NBA. Our perimeter defense is able to guard and switch across multiple positions in many different lineup combinations with the additions of Harris and Moute. We are ready to rely on Simmons, Anderson, and Murray for heavy guard minutes and like their length and shooting ability. We also have a rotation of four bigs in Favors, Bogut, Lee, and Withey that can all provide rebounding and (outside of Lee) rim protection.

Get young talent to run with Kawhi
Chris Paul is 32 and was our main focus of free agency. However, it was important to get players between 23 and 27 years old to be long term partners for Leonard here in San Antonio.

Tobias Harris has huge upside as he enters his prime. His size, shooting ability, defensive versatility, and rebounding ability are desired attributes in the new NBA. Pop will be able to put him in positions to maximize his his potential over the coming years.

Derrick Favors is a talented big coming off of injury. We feel like if healthy he can replace a lot of what we lost with the departure of LaMarcus Aldridge. He is able to defend the rim and is more willing to play the center position than Aldridge was. At 26 we feel like with Pops tutelage, some health and improved conditioning he can turn into a 20/10/2 caliber player.

Looking Forward

The Spurs are in a good position to compete with the Warriors. However, we feel like a lack of scoring punch could be a problem if Simmons, Anderson, and Murray fail to develop the way we hope. We have the assets to make another trade to improve the 2 if need be. It will take time to nail down our rotations and maximize this group's potential. This roster has less size and more versatility than past Spurs rosters but we feel like Pop and his staff will continue to innovate and teach at the highest level in the NBA.

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GS warrior

We have a contender with a core of All Stars beginning or about to enter their prime. We have won two championships so didn't want to tinker too much with a good thing.

Goal keep as much of the core stay out of the luxury tax in order to put off paying the repeater tax .
We thank KD salary sacrifice in order to keep valuable teammates Andre Iguadalla and Shaun Livingston.

Through Steph Curry salary sacrifices we were able to sign veteran minimums like Vince Carter and Tony Allen instead of undated rookie free agents for the end of our bench.

Key additions Vince Carter Tony Allen and Boris Diaw. We add veteran offense veteran defense and veteran versatility

Depth Chart
PF D Green / B Diaw/K Looney
SF K Durant / A Iguadalla /
C D Jones/ Jevale Mg Gee / D West
SG K Thompson /Vince Carter/P Mc Caw
PG Steph Curry / S Livingston / T Allen

Salaries

Steph Curry 33,000,000
Kevin Durant 31,200,000
Klay Thompson 17,826,150
Draymond Green 16,400,000
A Iguadalla 6,000,000
S Livingston 3,5000,00
Kevon Looney 1,233,840
D Jones. 1,312,611
P Mc Caw. 1,312,611
Jevale Mg Gee 1,700,000
David West 1,700,000
Vince Carter 1,700,000
Boris Diaw 1,700,000
Tony Allen 1,700,000
121,826,622

stitches wrote:Yet another shout out to stitches 'cuz I'm stealing a bunch of his formatting AGAIN!

DETROIT PISTONS

Goals and flow of the off-season: The Pistons came into the off-season with one simple goal above all others — modernize our offense. We do not believe that Andre Drummond was the problem to our disappointing season (although make no mistake, he was disappointing in 2016/17); rather, we believe the team around him was ill-equipped to make the most of his talents and played the wrong style in the current NBA (i.e. we ran W-A-Y too many isolation plays and shot W-A-Y too many midrange, long two pointers). That's why our first move was to aggressively pursue Alvin Gentry as our Associate Coach the second he was fired by the Pelicans, as we feel he can install a 21st-Century offense and get the most of our talent.

Beyond that, we began the offseason with modest expectations. Since we were moving away from an offensive system that played to his strengths, we traded Marcus Morris for the #16 pick. We were open to trading Reggie Jackson and explored a few scenarios, but we weren't hell bent upon it. In keeping with realistic expectations, we planned to match any RFA offer for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Basically, we thought we'd add two picks from a deep draft, re-sign KCP, and try to continue to accumulate young assets that could either grow together or could be packaged if a superstar suddenly became available ('cuz let's face it, Detroit will never be a big free agency destination).

And then, half way through the draft, one did. So we pivoted, scrapped our entire plan, and pushed all in towards contention.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised when the Celtics put Isaiah Thomas on the market. I'd also be lying if I said I thought we had anything they'd consider in a trade for him, but I did my due diligence and offered a deal centered around Tobias Harris. When the Celtics countered that they just wanted the draft rights to our 12th and 16th picks, no matter how much it broke my plans and sent me scrambling in a different direction, I felt I had to say yes.

Literally simultaneously, the Spurs had reached out to us and asked if we had any interest in LaMarcus Aldridge. Prior to acquiring Thomas, trading for Aldridge didn't make much sense; after acquiring Thomas, it made perfect sense (especially since Aldridge had experience playing next to another big). So Tobias Harris and Ish Smith were out, Aldridge was in, and suddenly, the Pistons had legit #1 and #2 scoring options to put next to Andre Drummond, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Stanley Johnson (who will now have no pressure to score put upon him and will be asked to be a defensive specialist).

I pretty much spent the rest of the offseason trying to find a trade that would drop me under the luxury tax for this year (and more on that later), but I simply wasn't willing to pay the asking price of teams with cap space to burn. Plus, I was honestly now hesitant to move Reggie Jackson because IT has flourished in two-PG-sets where he gets to play off the ball, and I wanted to incorporate that into our new offense (more on that later as well). We traded back into the 2nd round to take Williams-Goss ('cuz we like his intangibles and 'cuz we were bored during the draft!), took a veteran's minimum flyer on Jared Sullinger, and looked for some cheap backup wings to round out our bench.

Then, right about the time I resigned myself to paying the luxury tax (for now), Chris Paul left L.A. and the Clippers decided to let J.J. Redick walk. And the fit, with his former coach and good friend SVG in charge, was just too good to pass up. So we figured, "Into the tax for a penny, into the tax for a pound!" and signed Redick to an MLE deal and Tyreke Evans to a BAE deal. Their shooting makes our depth, and Evans' versatility as a primary ball-handler gives us another option when Thomas plays off the ball.

And oh yeah, I almost forgot — we also signed Morris Wagner of the U. of Michigan to a two-way contract and sent him to the D-League. 'Cuz he's tall, he can pass, he can shoot the three, and he really never should've declared for the draft.

Offseason Transaction Activity (trades/draft/free agent signings):

Trade 1:
DET trades Marcus Morris
DET receives CHI's 2016 1st round draft pick (#16)

Draft (1st Round, #12):
DET selects Harry Giles (PF/C, Duke)

Draft (1st Round, #16):
DET selects Luke Kennard (SG, Duke)

Trade 2:
DET trades draft rights to Harry Giles (#12) & draft rights to Luke Kennard (#16)
DET receives Isaiah Thomas

Trade 3:
DET trades Tobias Harris & Ish Smith
DET receives LaMarcus Aldridge

Trade 4:
DET trades their 2018 2nd round pick (protected #31 – #40) and $1.5M in cash
DET receives 2017 pick #56 (from LAC via BOS)

Draft (2nd Round, #56):
DET selects Nigel Williams-Goss (PG, Gonzaga)

Free Agency (Day 2):
DET signs Jared Sullinger (PF/C)

Free Agency (Day 2):
DET signs Moritz Wagner (C, UDFA from U. of Michigan)

Free Agency (Day 5):
DET signs J.J. Redick (SG)

Free Agency (Day 5):
DET signs Tyreke Evans (SG/SF)

Free Agency (Day 5):
DET guarantees the contract of Darrun Hilliard (SG)

Free Agency (Day 5):
DET guarantees the contract of Michael Gbinije (SF)

Post-Free Agency):
DET assigns Moritz Wagner (C) to the Grand Rapids Drive of the D-League

Opening Night Depth Chart (Italics = New Acquisition):

PG: Isaiah Thomas, Reggie Jackson, Nigel Williams-Goss
SG: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, J.J. Redick, Darrun HIlliard
SF: Stanley Johnson, Tyreke Evans, Michael Gbinije
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge, Jon Leuer, Henry Ellenson
C: Andre Drummond, Boban Marjanovic, Jared Sullinger

Head Coach: Stan Van Gundy
Associate Coach: Alvin Gentry

Team Salary:

Andre Drummond — $23,775,506
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope — $22,500,000
LaMarcus Aldridge — $21,461,010
Reggie Jackson — $16,000,000
Jon Leuer — $10,497,319
J.J. Redick — $8,406,000
Boban Marjanovic — $7,000,000
Isaiah Thomas — $6,261,395
Josh Smith — $5,331,729 (Stretched)
Tyreke Evans — $3,290,000
Stanley Johnson — $3,097,800
Henry Ellenson — $1,780,800
Darrun Hilliard — $1,471,382
Michael Gbinije — $1,312,611
Jared Sullinger — $1.178,992
Nigel Williams-Goss — $562,493
Moritz Wagner — $0 (Two-Way Contract Assigned to the D-League)

Total Team Salary: $133,927,037
Cap Space: (-$32,927,037)
Luxury tax: $12,927,037

Vision for the following season and the future: Basically, and unexpectedly, we're going for it.

The Pistons are moving into our new downtown arena, and our exceedingly wealthy owner (who has been patient thus far) has to want to his crown jewel acquisition to be a relevant, powerhouse franchise in the NBA. As such, we are fully planning to back up the Brink's Truck and extend Isaiah Thomas after this season. (And by the way, can you all imagine just HOW PISSED Thomas will be that he was traded AGAIN, especially considering the MVP-caliber season he just had, and just how much larger the chip on his shoulder will grow? And how that'll effect his production?)

Other than that, there are actually a lot of possibly-moving parts on our roster that we could deal to lessen our tax bill. If Evans shines as a backup point-forward, we could look to deal Jackson. If Redick flourishes and agrees to extend with us (with a handshake agreement on a "make good" raise at the end of his career), KCP could be moved. If Henry Ellenson blossoms, Jon Leuer could become expendable. Most likely of all, the presence of Aldridge and Leuer (both of whom can play small ball C) makes Boban's contract an unnecessary luxury and he'll be moved. In short, there are options to make the roster more cost-effective by the deadline.

But all of that said? Without seeing all of the other rosters, we honestly expect to contend in the Eastern Conference this season and would not be surprised if we finished behind only the Cavs. The first offer we received at the beginning of this offseason was from Boston, who wanted to add Andre Drummond to their squad (and for good reasons!); rather than going that way, we basically wound up recreating a roster similar to Boston's around Drummond for ourselves instead. That starts with IT, who will finally provide the Pistons with a legit #1 scorer and shooting that can stretch a D. Then enter Aldridge, who will give us his customary 17 & 8 and effectively play the "Al Horford" role. KCP plays the Avery Bradley "designated backcourt defender and solid offensive contributor" role. We see if Stanley Johnson can blossom as a designated wing-stopper when surrounded by teammates who can be counted upon to score the ball. And our bench of Jackson, Redick, Evans, Leuer, Ellenson, Boban, and (maybe even) Sullinger provides crazy depth, outside shooting, and multiple players who can facilitate the offense, which I have felt is an absolute MUST in the NBA today for a long, long time.

As long as Gores will foot the bill — and he's never given any indication that he won't — we expect an exciting season in Motown.

Summary:
The Portland Trail Blazers went into this off-season with a couple of goals. The first goal was to use the assets available to the team and fix some of financial mistakes that the previous GM made giving out contracts to players who were poor fits. The second was to simply put a better and more consistent team on the floor. Portland was able to accomplish this in a number of ways. During the draft Portland was able to convert picks 20 & 26 into long term cap relief by trading Evan Turner, Meyers Leonard, and Ed Davis while getting back a much improved PF option in Kennith Faried, 2nd round picks, and significant cap relief. Portland looked to the future by drafting another big-man project in Allen, a solid draft-and-stash candidate PF in Hartenstein, and a super athletic wing in Jackson who should develop into a 3-D player. Portland at this point was over-the-cap but under the tax, however free agency lent Portland good opportunities to absorb strong players without hurting it's long-term balance sheet. Portland facilitated San Antonio's acquisition of CP3 by taking on Pau Gasol into our large TPE from the Evan Turner trade, giving Portland a veteran big-man who can give a solid 20 minutes a night on a expiring contract who can mentor Nurkic & Allen and was happy to come to Portland and embrace his role. Portland's final opportunistic move was to trade Pat Connaughton for a unprotected 2018 2nd round pick from the Clippers, which may be a good pick with the loss of CP3. This line-up should enable Portland to compete for a top-4 spot in the West next season while improving financial flexibility in the future.

Depth Chart:
PG: Lillard (30), Napier(4), Quarterman (0)
SG: McCollum (30), Crabbe (24)
SF: Aminu (28), Harkless (24), Layman (4), Jackson (0)
PF: Vonleh (24), Faried (24)
C: Nurkic (28), Pau Gasol (20), Allen (0)

Total Salary Committed 2017-2018: $130,169,230

Salaries 2017-2018:


Trades:


Draft:


Unrenounced Cap Holds:

Charlotte retained coaching staff
Charlotte traded Marvin Williams to Milwaukee for DeAndre Bembry and 2018 lottery protected first(would revert to 2019 lottery protected then to 2019 and 2020 seconds)
Charlotte selected Frank Ntilikina with the 11th pick
Charlotte trade the 41st pick to Denver for Ed Davis (absorbed with trade exception from Marvin trade) and 2018 Sacramento 2nd
Charlotte exercised options on Briante Weber and Johnny O'Bryant, and released the options on Ramon Sessions and Treveon Graham

PG: Kemba Walker, Briante Weber, Frank Ntilikina
SG: Nicolas Batum, Jeremy Lamb, Marco Belineli
SF: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, DeAndre Bembry
PF: Frank Kaminsky, Ed Davis, Johnny O’Bryant
C: Cody Zeller, Miles Plumlee

Charlotte keeps their core together to fight for a playoff spot while shedding long term salary

I think we can unsticky all of these threads. Only about half the teams participating made any kind of effort to do write ups so its clear people don't care about the game anymore.

Knickfan1982 wrote:I think we can unsticky all of these threads. Only about half the teams participating made any kind of effort to do write ups so its clear people don't care about the game anymore.

That sucks. I was looking forward to seeing the results of the simulated season.

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