Up and coming NBA players

[lil_o]

Nate Robinson, Hakim Warrick, Eddie Basden, Sean May, Dwight Howard, Raymond Felton, Ike Diogu, Andris Biedrins, Chris Paul, Andrew Bogut, Travis Outlaw, Kevin Martin, Chris Wilcox all had good summer leagues.

[Clarkmeister]

bump for start of season.

[IndieMatty]

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bump for start of season.

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Is Zaza Pachulia (sp) picked up?

[SomethingClever]

Bynum.



Not.

[Hornacek]

How the hell did you get KG, Brand, and Arenas in a 16-team league? How many years ago did these league start?

[morello]

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How the hell did you get KG, Brand, and Arenas in a 16-team league? How many years ago did these league start?

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Pff, I'm in a 20 team, 5 keepers league going into its 5th season. My keepers are KG, Duncan, Ben Wallace, Vince Carter and Paul Pierce.

Clearly I could do a better job in real life than Rob Babcock!

[Pudge714]

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Clearly I could do a better job in real life than Rob Babcock!

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And you are proud of this why?

[SCfuji]

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Sebastian Telfair

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saw him play in the vegas summer league game one day. awesome- the guy is lightning quick.

[Clarkmeister]

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How the hell did you get KG, Brand, and Arenas in a 16-team league? How many years ago did these league start?

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This is our 3rd year. 16 teams with 19 man rosters (16 regular spots and 3 developmental spots. Start 12 each week. 4G, 4F, 2C and 2 flex.

Essentially, I assembled the team this way:

I got lucky in the draft as the Kobe rape case was underway. Also, some players weren't yet aware of how important across-the-board production was. So drafting at #15 and #18, I got Kobe at #15, and Ben Wallace at #18. I turned Kobe into Brand and Hinrich, and I turned Ben Wallace and a package of other players into KG once Ben became center eligible in our league.

As for Gilbert, he has a large salary in our league and we have a cap. I am WAY over the cap, and picked him up for an assortment of cheap players and draft picks, most notably Primoz Brezec who was at the minimum contract and a center, thus with high value.

This offseason I packaged Prince, Dampier and Ben Gordon (all with cheap contracts) for Gasol and Ilgauskas (also with high contracts).

The upshot is that in a league with a $65 million cap, my team is at $104 million, $15 million more than the next highest team.

The current roster after offseason moves (trades, draft and free agency) is as follows:

Starting Lineup (Pos - Name - Salary)
G - Gilbert Arenas (9.5)
G - Sam Cassell (6.7)
G - Chauncey Billups (5.4)
G - Rick Brunson (1.1)

F - Kevin Garnett (14.0)
F - Elton Brand (14.0)
F - Pau Gasol (14.0)
F - Rashard Lewis (10.0)
F - Gerald Wallace (4.3)

C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8.0)
C - Tyson Chandler (4.8)
C - Lorenzen Wright (3.0)

Bench
G - Derek Fisher (1.1)
G - Jason Hart (1.1)
F - James Jones (1.1)
C - Adonal Foyle (4.3)

Developmental
G - Monta Ellis (0.6)
Open
Open

[LBJ]

What happens if you go over the cap? You're more than $40 million over, but what are the consequences?