Official BKN-DAL-MIN pick watch Thread 2015-16 season

[bs_and_cs]

The Nets are going to be horrible. I'm not counting out a bottom 3 finish.

Hate to be the "I told you so guy" but...

That team is going to be horrible.

[No-Man]

In case you guys are interested, this is my mock as of now, the predicted standings will slighlty variate when FA is completely over, but more or less...

Mock Draft 2016

selects... Ben Simmons SF/PF LSU
selects... Dragan Bender PF Croatia
selects... Brandon Ingram SF Duke
selects... Skal Labissiere PF/C Kentucky
selects... Jaylen Brown SG/SF California
selects... Diamond Stone PF/C Maryland
selects... Jamal Murray PG/SG Kentucky
selects... Ivan Rabb PF California
selects... Malik Newman PG/SG Mississippi St.
selects... Furkan Korkmaz SG/SF Turkey
selects... Jakob Poeltl C Utah
selects... Melo Trimble PG/SG Maryland
selects... Damian Jones PF/C Vanderbilt
selects... Stephen Zimmerman PF/C UNLV
selects... Cheick Diallo PF Kansas
selects... Kris Dunn PG Providence
selects... Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk SG/SF Kansas
selects... Demetrius Jackson PG Notre Dame
selects... Justin Jackson SG/SF North Carolina
selects... Egemen Guven PF/C Turkey
selects... Troy Williams SF Indiana
selects... Domantas Sabonis PF/C Gonzaga
selects... Devin Robinson SF/PF Florida
selects... Grayson Allen PG/SG Duke
selects... Aleksandar Vezenkov SF/PF Bulgaria
selects... Timothe Luwawu SG/SF France
selects... Tyler Ulis PG Kentucky
selects... Nigel Hayes SF/PF Wisconsin
selects... Daniel Hamilton SG/SF Connecticut
selects... Malik Pope SF San Diego St.

There are of course some guys that could be there and I have saved them for 2017, you cant just put every possible guy, you gotta guess a little bit.

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Updated Nets Roster

Spoiler:

Brooklyn roster to date:

Jarret Jack
Steve Blake
Shane Larkin
Bojan Bogdanovic
Sergey Karasev
Markell Brown
Joe Johnson
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Thaddeus Young
Thomas Robinson
Cory Jefferson
Chris McCullough
Brook Lopez
Wayne Ellington

Non guaranteed/camp invitees:

Cliff Alexander
Ryan Boatwright
Deshawn Delaney
Ben Vezzola
Josh Gasser
Kendall Gray

[165bows]

@BobbyMarks42: As @EricPincus noted. The Nets gain the Full ML back. Have 2.4m left. Don't they will use since the goal was not to be a repeater team.

Nets somewhat capped at this point it appears.

[Celtsfan1980]

In case you guys are interested, this is my mock as of now, the predicted standings will slighlty variate when FA is completely over, but more or less...

Mock Draft 2016

selects... Ben Simmons SF/PF LSU
selects... Dragan Bender PF Croatia
selects... Brandon Ingram SF Duke
selects... Skal Labissiere PF/C Kentucky
selects... Jaylen Brown SG/SF California
selects... Diamond Stone PF/C Maryland
selects... Jamal Murray PG/SG Kentucky
selects... Ivan Rabb PF California
selects... Malik Newman PG/SG Mississippi St.
selects... Furkan Korkmaz SG/SF Turkey
selects... Jakob Poeltl C Utah
selects... Melo Trimble PG/SG Maryland
selects... Damian Jones PF/C Vanderbilt
selects... Stephen Zimmerman PF/C UNLV
selects... Cheick Diallo PF Kansas
selects... Kris Dunn PG Providence
selects... Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk SG/SF Kansas
selects... Demetrius Jackson PG Notre Dame
selects... Justin Jackson SG/SF North Carolina
selects... Egemen Guven PF/C Turkey
selects... Troy Williams SF Indiana
selects... Domantas Sabonis PF/C Gonzaga
selects... Devin Robinson SF/PF Florida
selects... Grayson Allen PG/SG Duke
selects... Aleksandar Vezenkov SF/PF Bulgaria
selects... Timothe Luwawu SG/SF France
selects... Tyler Ulis PG Kentucky
selects... Nigel Hayes SF/PF Wisconsin
selects... Daniel Hamilton SG/SF Connecticut
selects... Malik Pope SF San Diego St.

There are of course some guys that could be there and I have saved them for 2017, you cant just put every possible guy, you gotta guess a little bit.

The Celtics(second best team in the East at the end of last year) with young players who "should" get better see a big drop? Teams like Atlanta, Toronto, and Washington did not look good for large portions of the end of the season, and are just as much capable of being lottery teams as Boston.

[ParticleMan]

nice mock, but not sure i understand... we pick #4 and #10, is that from NJ and dallas? or is that NJ and us? in which case you're saying dallas falls in the top 7? but i don't see their pick.

[ConstableGeneva]

nice mock, but not sure i understand... we pick #4 and #10, is that from NJ and dallas? or is that NJ and us? in which case you're saying dallas falls in the top 7? but i don't see their pick.

4, 10, 13 -- Nets, Mavs, Celtics, respectively

[ParticleMan]

duh. hello reading comprehesion.

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This is my power ranking for the eastern conference teams.

Cleveland
Chicago
Miami
Indiana
Milwaukee
Detroit
Boston
Toronto
Washington
Atlanta

Atlanta takes a step back without Carroll, he's an important part of that team last year. Washington without Pierce lacks the swagger and Porter is he ready ? Toronto, cant take them serious anymore with that pathetic series against Washington, Carroll is a nice addition but he's a product of the system in Atlanta and not sure he's going to be as good there.

Indiana might be a little overrated by the media because PG is back. Ellis will help with scoring from the SG position, Turner is really good and I think he's going to be an all star, but he's a rookie. Hill was signed there because of the hole Hibbert left. Not sure if he was their guy from the beginning. The other teams, Detroit, Miami, Milwaukee improved, the latter lost some depth (zaza,Ilyasova,Dudley) to get Monroe so I think they'll stagnate abit, finish 5-6 seed. Detroit might pass them because their roster is balanced and good. Chicago stay the same, new coach lets see how that goes but I think they'll be good. I think Boston will be better, we only lost Bass, while adding 2-3 good rookies, I think 2 makes the team, Rozier and either Hunter or Mickey. Lee and Johnson are great additions.

I think the 10 teams above will fight for the playoffs.


Charlotte
New York
Brooklyn
Orlando
Philadelphia

Charlotte is going to suck, they look like a treadmill team with their acquistions this summer. I'm not sold at all on that team. New York looks like a rag tag team tbh, Melo might not be the same again, just don't think they're making the playoffs. Orlando is Orlando. Sixers stinks and Brooklyn...please just suck, i'm rooting for you guys.

[C-West]

nice mock, but not sure i understand... we pick #4 and #10, is that from NJ and dallas? or is that NJ and us? in which case you're saying dallas falls in the top 7? but i don't see their pick.

That mock draft makes me say . . . "GO BEARS"
(class of '93)

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Western conference power rankings.

GSW
Spurs
Rockets
OKC
Clippers
Grizzlies
Pelicans
Jazz

Teams above are serious playoff contenders.


Kings, ( no mans land ) but tons of talent added. Rondo, Koufos, Belinelli, WCS, Cousins, Gay, McLemore, Butler.. Lets see


Teams below: If the Suns hadn't gutted their roster to make room for LMA I would have put them in the upper tier. Teletovic isn't enough. Mavs with Deron will be close but miss the playoffs. Lakers are like Knicks West, rag tag team.

Out of the lower tier teams I just hope the Twolves can manage to fight to win the "meaningless" games, I think the Lakers will tank hard at the end of the season when their playoff hopes are diminished.

Suns
Mavs
Lakers
Twolves
Blazers
Nuggets

[theman]

Nets buy out Deron Williams.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/238716/Deron-Williams-Nets-Agree-Upon-Buyout;-Will-Sign-With-Mavs

Using the stretch so only $5.5 million against the cap. Not sure if they have any room.

[Fencer reregistered]

Nets buy out Deron Williams.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/238716/Deron-Williams-Nets-Agree-Upon-Buyout;-Will-Sign-With-Mavs

Using the stretch so only $5.5 million against the cap. Not sure if they have any room.

The stretch slightly limits the room they'll have with which to improve in future seasons.

[chakdaddy]

I can't figure out if the cap increase makes the stretch stupid or brilliant. More likely it makes it not matter much either way.

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Nets sign Wayne Ellington.

[Chris4Vikes]

Current Vegas odds show only Philly and Charlotte as teams that are worse than Brooklyn in the Eastern Conference. See link. And these odds have not been updated since Wednesday, OR BEFORE the Nets bought-out Deron.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

Anything can happen, but this Brooklyn team has the potential to be really bad.

Offensively, they lost Deron, Plumblee, Anderson, and Teletovich. Who replaced them from a scoring perspective? Who is going to score? Lopez, JJ, Young, and Jack. Who else? Who can score on their bench? Jack is loosely included here and Young is a very inefficient scorer. JJ is old and Lopez is an injury waiting to happen. Outside of JJ, where is their 3 point shooting? Wing scoring?

Is this a good defensive team? No. Is it a good rebounding team? No.

BEST case for this team is a fringe play-off team, and that is a large stretch.

[Chris4Vikes]

If Ainge's offer to Charlotte for the 9th pick in the 2015 draft included the 2016 Brooklyn pick, MJ may regret his decision for a long time. I hope it gets publicity as the Celts pick in the top 5-7 next year.

[theman]

Current Vegas odds show only Philly and Charlotte as teams that are worse than Brooklyn in the Eastern Conference. See link. And these odds have not been updated since Wednesday, OR BEFORE the Nets bought-out Deron.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

Anything can happen, but this Brooklyn team has the potential to be really bad.

Offensively, they lost Deron, Plumblee, Anderson, and Teletovich. Who replaced them from a scoring perspective? Who is going to score? Lopez, JJ, Young, and Jack. Who else? Who can score on their bench? Jack is loosely included here and Young is a very inefficient scorer. JJ is old and Lopez is an injury waiting to happen. Outside of JJ, where is their 3 point shooting? Wing scoring?

Is this a good defensive team? No. Is it a good rebounding team? No.

BEST case for this team is a fringe play-off team, and that is a large stretch.

Bojan Bogdanovic can score. But isn't much of a defender. And I believe he is not much of a creator and I don't think Jack can get him the ball as well as Williams could.

[King Of The 4th]

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The pick keeps getting better.

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Someone please find out what Billy King's number is. We may have to retire his number into the rafters if he helps get us a few top 3 picks