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Rules
1.You get 1 first rounder this year 6th-30th and a 2nd round pick this year
2.You may have only 2 guys under the rookie contract and no rules against it but see if you can not take the easy way out and take Durant and Curry or Evans
3.Luxary tax is around 65 million so that is the cap about.
4.Everybody is a free agent so you can pick anybody up.
5.Must have at least 12 players.

If you can try and make a team that would have chemistry and make sense

Draft with the 6th pick Greg Monroe-about 3 million
Draft with 2nd round Willie Warren about 800,000
Rookie Contract Brook Lopez-3 million I think
Rookie Contract Kevin Love-4 million or so
Josh Powell-1,000,000
Gerald Wallace-10,000,000
Kobe Bryant-Surpise i picked him i know 24 million
Rodney Carney-1,000,000
Bell-3 million
Shawn Livingston-1,000,000
Mustafa Shukor-500,000
Lamar Odom-8 million about
CDR-1.2 million
This team is actually under 65 million by a mil or so.

Coach Marc Jackson offensive coach Jeff Van Gundy defensive coach. They are really good friends so I think they would like to work together.


The team I would have it be a running team when Livingston is in, not as much as the Suns but def a running team and a Hubie Brown team were the starters play 30-32 mins instead of 38. Use all members of bench.

C.Brook Lopez-32 mins 17 points 8 boards 2 blocks
PF.Kevin Love-32 mins 16 points 10-12 boards 4 dimes (rebounding machine)
SF.Gerald Wallace-30 minutes 16 points 7 boards 2 steals 1 block
SG.Kobe Bryant-28-30 Mins to save him for playoffs. 22-24 points 5 5
PG.Shawn Livingston-32 mins 10 points 9

Bench

C.Greg Monroe-28-32 mins 14 7 and 1.5 blocks 3 dimes
PF.Odom-32 minutes cause I play him at all 5 positions
PF/SF/SG.CDR-26 minutes a game 14 points will play 4 positions
PF.Josh Powell-Total emergency player not reg rotation
SF/SG Rodney Carney 20 mins 8 points
SG/PG.Willie Warren 15 mins 7 points 2 assists
PG.Mustafa Skukur-20 mins 10 points 2 assists
SG/PG/SF.Raja Bell-20 mins at least at 3 positions D specialist 8 points


I followed the paramaters. I didn't get any superstar under rookie contracts but did get 2 arguble future allstars. Got the best player in the game plus an allstar sf and a bunch of very cheap but quality role players that would fit imo. I think Greg Monroe will be the third best player drafted (unless Cousins isn't a headcase) and Willie Warren is a steal imo. Livingston is back and doesn't need to be very fast and athletic to be a good pg with his feel for the game and incredible passing but he still seems pretty quick and explosive this year. Big risk big reward.
I believe this team would win a championship with a big 4 the clutchest player in the game and with Greg and Odom on the bench one of the best benches to.
They would be a running team and the D isn't great but 2 all nba first defenders in Gerald and Kobe plus Bell and JVG is the defensive coach and with Brook clogging the middle and when he is out Monroe is there plus Love the boarding machine the Defense should be top 10-15.

You may judge mine if you want but make sure you do your own. It's fun and it makes you think like a gm. If you need to know how much a player makes go to hoopshype.com and click on salaries

Can any of you build a championship team (if you can with players you like like i did) staying right below the salary taxand not taking Durant-Evans-Rose although I did take Lopez and Love which are close to stars.

So go ahead.

Noah - 3mil - rookie contract
Love - 3.5mil - rookie contract
Bogut - 10mil
Batum - 2 mil
Roy - 13.5 mil
Deron - 15 mil
Aminu - 6th pick - 3 mil
Willie Warren - 2nd round - 800,000
Buddinger - 800,000
Ridnour - 4mil
Ariza - 6
Chuck Hayes - 2 mil
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About 63.6 mil

Lineups
Bogut / Noah / Hayes
Love / Noah / Hayes
Batum / Aminu / Buddinger
Roy / Ariza
Williams / Ridnour

Coach Addleman

Team would be absolutely fantastic both defensively and on the boards. Williams / Roy backcourt is easily the best in the league. Deep bench that has defense / rebounding so the other team never gets a chance to breathe.

First off I figure that the 2 most positions in the NBA are the PG and the center positions, so I take who I believe are the 2 best in those positions: Dwight Howard and Deron Williams. Then I figure who would be a damn good fit next to each of them. I think Al Horford would be perfect next to Dwight. While he doesn't spread the floor to the 3 point line, he is capable of hitting the mid range jumper. He is a very good passer, good defender/rebounder, and doesn't need the ball to be effective. Plus he's a team player and a winner. We need to spread the floor for Dwight, so the other rookie contract person I get is Danilo Gallinari, who can light it up from anywhere on the court, which is important for spreading the floor for Dwight. I'd like to fill out my roster with a gritty defensive player that defends the best wing player on the opposite team and can hit an open 3's. He's also a winner.

C- Dwight Howard- 15.1 mil
PF- Al Horford(rookie contract)- 4.3 mil
SF: Danilo Gallinari(rookie contract)- 3.1 mil
SG-Shane Battier 6.8 mil
PG- Deron Williams- 13.5 mil
That is 42.8 mil on the starters plus 3.8 mil on the rookies, which means I can spend 18.5 mil on the 5 players off of the bench.

The first round rookie that I take is wingman Xavier Henry. He essentially provides the future at SF and has such a high ceiling. 3 million
The 2nd round rookie that I take is: Greivis Vasquez. He is a fiery player who makes a lot of great decisions with the ball. He can shoot, he can drive, he can pass. Big PG that can see over most other PG's. 800,000

I feel like I would need at least 1 guy that would do the bulk of the scoring off of the bench, so I choose:
Leandro Barbosa: 6.6 mil

Then it's just filling out the roster with cheap role players, so I go with:
Tony Allen: 2.5 mil
Luis Scola: 3.4 mil
Chris Andersen 3.7 mil
Travis Diener: 1.7 mil

So my lineup would look like:
C: Dwight Howard(15.1 mil), Luis Scola(3.4 mil)
PF: Al Horford(4.3 mil), Chris Andersen(3.7 mil)
SF: Danilo Galinari (3.1 mil), Xavier Henry(rookie: 3 mil)
SG: Shane Battier(6.8), Leandro Barbosa(6.6 mil), Tony Allen(2.5 mil)
PG: Deron Williams (13.5 mil), Greivis Vasquez(800,000), Travis Diener(1.7 mil)
Grand total of 64.5 million

Barbosa could play the 1 and 2, Allen/Henry could play the 2 and 3. Scola/Horford could both play the 4/5. I believe I have enough defensive minded players that could win me the championship with enough guys that could score. The addition of Travis Diener wins me the championship.

btw, CDR and Budinger are still on rookie contracts.

Second rounders (Budinger) aren't given rookie contracts the same way 1st rounders are

farzi wrote:Second rounders (Budinger) aren't given rookie contracts the same way 1st rounders are

For whatever reason I was thinking Budinger was a 1st rounder, my bad.

How about I just take the Suns roster minus Ben Wallace contract?

Amare Stoudemire $16,378,325
Ben Wallace $10,000,000
Jason Richardson $13,333,333
Steve Nash $13,125,000
Leandrinho Barbosa $6,600,000
Grant Hill $3,000,000
Channing Frye $2,000,000
Goran Dragic $1,836,000
Earl Clark $1,766,280
Robin Lopez $1,745,520
Jared Dudley $1,307,640
Aleksandar Pavlovic $1,250,000
Jarron Collins $1,181,803
Louis Amundson $855,189
Jason Hart $420,196
Dwayne Jones $127,816
Taylor Griffin
TOTALS: $74,927,102

Minus Wallace Total: $64,927,102