[Andrew1984Participant]

Adam Silver has said that the NBA is not currently planning an expansion team, but there are plenty of folks itching for pro hoops around the country (I see you, Seattle). It’s been 10 years since we’ve seen an expansion draft. In ’04 the Bobcats took Gerald Wallace, Premo Brezec, Brevin Knight, Jason Kapono, and some others. They draft Emeka Okafor with the No. 2 overall pick. They also traded for Kareem Rush and Keith Bogans. They were coached Bernie Bickerstaff.

All NBA teams were allowed to protect eight players who were either signed or RFAs. So here’s what I propose:

1. Let’s go through all 30 teams one post at a time, beginning with Atlanta. If you get us started, list your eight keepers and also provide the remaining names on Atlanta’s current roster so we know who will be eligible for the draft when all rosters are finalized.

2. Going alphabetically, the next person to post can take Boston, the next Brooklyn, and so on.

3. Once each team is posted, all posters are welcome to select 14 players from the unprotected list that we’ve accumulated on the thread. For the sake of standardization, let’s work off the same pool; don’t change the players that a previous poster chose to keep or leave unprotected.

You can also throw in a No. 2 overall draft pick for 2015, hire a coach, and even give a city or a team name or whatever you find fun. You can also include an argument as to why your squad would be better than the ’04-’05 Bobcats that went 18-64.

[TRC1991Participant]

Atlanta

G – Jeff Teague

G – Dennis Schroeder 

G – Kyle Korver

F – DeMarre Carroll

F – Paul Millsap

F – Al Horford

F – Adreian Payne

F – Mike Scott

 

available:

G – Kent Bazemore

C – Pero Antic

G – Shelvin Mack

F – Mike Muscala

F – Thabo Sefolosha

G – John Jenkins 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr. HookShotParticipant]

I would probably keep Antic over Carroll (premium for big men); for the rest pretty spot on

[Mr. HookShotParticipant]

I would probably keep Antic over Carroll (premium for big men); for the rest pretty spot on

[TRC1991Participant]

Atlanta

G – Jeff Teague

G – Dennis Schroeder 

G – Kyle Korver

F – DeMarre Carroll

F – Paul Millsap

F – Al Horford

F – Adreian Payne

F – Mike Scott

 

available:

G – Kent Bazemore

C – Pero Antic

G – Shelvin Mack

F – Mike Muscala

F – Thabo Sefolosha

G – John Jenkins 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TRC1991Participant]

Boston

G – Rajon Rondo

G – Marcus Smart

G – Avery Bradley

G – James Young

F – Evan Turner

F – Jeff Green

F – Jared Sullinger

F – Kelly Olynyk 

available

G – Phil Pressey

G – Keith Bogans

G – Marcus Thornton

G – Chris Babb

F – Chris Johnson

F – Gerald Wallace

F – Brandon Bass

C – Vitor Faverani 

C – Joel Anthoony 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TRC1991Participant]

Boston

G – Rajon Rondo

G – Marcus Smart

G – Avery Bradley

G – James Young

F – Evan Turner

F – Jeff Green

F – Jared Sullinger

F – Kelly Olynyk 

available

G – Phil Pressey

G – Keith Bogans

G – Marcus Thornton

G – Chris Babb

F – Chris Johnson

F – Gerald Wallace

F – Brandon Bass

C – Vitor Faverani 

C – Joel Anthoony 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kinguy11Participant]

 I’ll do Boston:

Retained:

G – Rajon Rondo

G – Marcus Smart

G – Avery Bradley

G – James Young

F – Jeff Green

F – Brandon Bass

F – Jared Sullinger

C – Kelly Olynyk

Avalible:

G – Chris Babb

G – Phil Pressey

G – Marcus Thornton

F – Chris Johnson

F – Gerald Wallace

C – Joel Anthony

C – Victor Faverani

C – Tyler Zeller

[Kinguy11Participant]

 aaaand … I’m late (by quite a long shot).  I even forgot Evan Turner, so I guess Taylor’s is the one to go with, his is pretty similar to mine anyway.  I’ll probably do another team if there are any left when I get back home.

[Kinguy11Participant]

 aaaand … I’m late (by quite a long shot).  I even forgot Evan Turner, so I guess Taylor’s is the one to go with, his is pretty similar to mine anyway.  I’ll probably do another team if there are any left when I get back home.

[Kinguy11Participant]

 I’ll do Boston:

Retained:

G – Rajon Rondo

G – Marcus Smart

G – Avery Bradley

G – James Young

F – Jeff Green

F – Brandon Bass

F – Jared Sullinger

C – Kelly Olynyk

Avalible:

G – Chris Babb

G – Phil Pressey

G – Marcus Thornton

F – Chris Johnson

F – Gerald Wallace

C – Joel Anthony

C – Victor Faverani

C – Tyler Zeller

[Forte IVParticipant]

Brooklyn

Retained:

G – Bojan Bogdanovic

G – Markel Brown

G – Jarrett Jack

G – Joe Johnson

G – Sergey Karasev

F – Kevin Garnett

F – Mason Plumlee

C – Brook Lopez

Avalible:

G – Deron Williams (only to maybe get rid of his contract which looks awful now)

G – Marquis Teague

G – Jorge Gutierrez

F – Andrei Kirilenko

F – Alan Anderson

F – Corey Jefferson

F – Mirza Teletovic

[Forte IVParticipant]

Brooklyn

Retained:

G – Bojan Bogdanovic

G – Markel Brown

G – Jarrett Jack

G – Joe Johnson

G – Sergey Karasev

F – Kevin Garnett

F – Mason Plumlee

C – Brook Lopez

Avalible:

G – Deron Williams (only to maybe get rid of his contract which looks awful now)

G – Marquis Teague

G – Jorge Gutierrez

F – Andrei Kirilenko

F – Alan Anderson

F – Corey Jefferson

F – Mirza Teletovic

[Andrew1984Participant]

Charlotte Hornets:

Protected:

G – Kemba walker
G – Lance Stephenson
G – Gerald Henderson
F – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
F – Cody Zeller
F – Noah Vonleh
F – Bismack Biyombo
C – Al Jefferson

Unprotected:

G – P.J. Hairston
G – Chris Douglas-Roberts
G – Gary Neal
G – Jannero Pargo
G – Brian Roberts
F – Jeff Taylor
F – DJ White
F – Marvin Williams

[Andrew1984Participant]

Charlotte Hornets:

Protected:

G – Kemba walker
G – Lance Stephenson
G – Gerald Henderson
F – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
F – Cody Zeller
F – Noah Vonleh
F – Bismack Biyombo
C – Al Jefferson

Unprotected:

G – P.J. Hairston
G – Chris Douglas-Roberts
G – Gary Neal
G – Jannero Pargo
G – Brian Roberts
F – Jeff Taylor
F – DJ White
F – Marvin Williams

[Forte IVParticipant]

 Since no one has done them yet, and to me this is actually fun, I’ll do Chicago. Btw I’m going off espn’s rosters so according to that Bulls only have 12 guys right now.

 

Chicago Bulls:

 

Retained:

G – Derrick Rose

G – Jimmy Butler

G – Tony Snell

F – Pau Gasol

F – Taj Gibson

F – Douc McDermott

F – Nicola Mirotic

C – Joakim Noah

 

Available:

G – Aaron Brooks

G – Kirk Hinrich

F – Mike Dunleavy

F – Cameron Bairstow

 

[Forte IVParticipant]

 Since no one has done them yet, and to me this is actually fun, I’ll do Chicago. Btw I’m going off espn’s rosters so according to that Bulls only have 12 guys right now.

 

Chicago Bulls:

 

Retained:

G – Derrick Rose

G – Jimmy Butler

G – Tony Snell

F – Pau Gasol

F – Taj Gibson

F – Douc McDermott

F – Nicola Mirotic

C – Joakim Noah

 

Available:

G – Aaron Brooks

G – Kirk Hinrich

F – Mike Dunleavy

F – Cameron Bairstow

 

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

 Knowing what we know now:

Keepers:

Lebron James

Kevin Love

Kyrie Irving

Anderson Varejao

Tristan Thompson

Dion Waiters

Mike Miller

Joe Harris

Available:

Corey Brewer?

Dellavedova

Carrick Felix

Dwight Powell

James Jones

Alex Kirk

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

 Knowing what we know now:

Keepers:

Lebron James

Kevin Love

Kyrie Irving

Anderson Varejao

Tristan Thompson

Dion Waiters

Mike Miller

Joe Harris

Available:

Corey Brewer?

Dellavedova

Carrick Felix

Dwight Powell

James Jones

Alex Kirk

[ChewyParticipant]

 

F- Chandler Parsons

G- Monta Ellis

C- Tyson Chandler

F- Jae Crowder

F- Brandan Wright

G- Ricky Ledo

F- Shawn Marion

Available:

G- Jameer Nelson

F- A.F. Aminu

G- Raymon Felton

F- Eric Griffin

G- Devin Harris

F- Bernard James

F- Richard Jefferson

F- Ivan Johnson

G- Gal Mekel

F- Greg Smith

 

[Andrew1984Participant]

That’s only seven. You can retain one more. That Dirk guy, I’m guessing?

Oh, and Shawn Marion is not on Dallas’s roster. He’s a free agent.

[ChewyParticipant]

 ya I guess I could keep that guy haha.

I tried to do Denver but it got marked as spam…

 

[TRC1991Participant]

Thank God you didn’t

[TRC1991Participant]

Thank God you didn’t

[ChewyParticipant]

 ya I guess I could keep that guy haha.

I tried to do Denver but it got marked as spam…

 

[Andrew1984Participant]

That’s only seven. You can retain one more. That Dirk guy, I’m guessing?

Oh, and Shawn Marion is not on Dallas’s roster. He’s a free agent.

[ChewyParticipant]

 

F- Chandler Parsons

G- Monta Ellis

C- Tyson Chandler

F- Jae Crowder

F- Brandan Wright

G- Ricky Ledo

F- Shawn Marion

Available:

G- Jameer Nelson

F- A.F. Aminu

G- Raymon Felton

F- Eric Griffin

G- Devin Harris

F- Bernard James

F- Richard Jefferson

F- Ivan Johnson

G- Gal Mekel

F- Greg Smith

 

[TenSecondTomParticipant]

Phoenix Suns

RETAINED 

Goran Dragic

Eric Bledsoe

Isiah Thomas

Gerald Green

T.J. Warren

Markieff Morris

Alex Len

Archie Goodwin

 

NOT RETAINED

Tyler Ennis 

Miles Plumlee

Marcus Morris 

P.J. Tucker 

Shavlik Randolph

Emeka Okafor

Leandro Barbosa

Anthony Tolliver

 

Extremely hard team to do, as I am a Suns fan and would’ve kept Ennis, Plumlee, Tucker, and Morris if I had unlimted keeps. Ultimately, I went with upside and youth, as that is Phoenix’s best asset. Ennis was expendible with Gogi, Bledsoe, and Thomas combined with Green and Goodwin who are capable of playing the 2 guard as well. I think that an expansion team would be a good chunk of Phoenix’s bench if it were to happen right now lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TenSecondTomParticipant]

Phoenix Suns

RETAINED 

Goran Dragic

Eric Bledsoe

Isiah Thomas

Gerald Green

T.J. Warren

Markieff Morris

Alex Len

Archie Goodwin

 

NOT RETAINED

Tyler Ennis 

Miles Plumlee

Marcus Morris 

P.J. Tucker 

Shavlik Randolph

Emeka Okafor

Leandro Barbosa

Anthony Tolliver

 

Extremely hard team to do, as I am a Suns fan and would’ve kept Ennis, Plumlee, Tucker, and Morris if I had unlimted keeps. Ultimately, I went with upside and youth, as that is Phoenix’s best asset. Ennis was expendible with Gogi, Bledsoe, and Thomas combined with Green and Goodwin who are capable of playing the 2 guard as well. I think that an expansion team would be a good chunk of Phoenix’s bench if it were to happen right now lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[HitsterParticipant]

 Phoenix would be one of the hardest teams to do given they have a lot of good depth but no real superstars. With expansion drafts teams can only lose one player so the damage to any roster is limited.

It would be kind of fun if they were just given a blank roster and could chase free agents take on salaries etc to see what sort of roster they could get.

Very good topic anyway, I’ll post a full team when I’ve got time, Denver, Spurs, Utah and Washington off the top of my head would seem interesting ones to do as there are a few either/ors if anyone wants to run with them.

 

 

[HitsterParticipant]

 Phoenix would be one of the hardest teams to do given they have a lot of good depth but no real superstars. With expansion drafts teams can only lose one player so the damage to any roster is limited.

It would be kind of fun if they were just given a blank roster and could chase free agents take on salaries etc to see what sort of roster they could get.

Very good topic anyway, I’ll post a full team when I’ve got time, Denver, Spurs, Utah and Washington off the top of my head would seem interesting ones to do as there are a few either/ors if anyone wants to run with them.

 

 

[benny15Participant]

 Retain:

Ty Lawson

Aaron Afflalo

Danillo Galinari

Kenneth Farried

Jusuf Nurkic

Gary Harris

Wilson Chandler

Quincy Miller

Available:

Timothey Mozgov

Javalle McGee

JJ Hickson

Darell Arthur

Randye Foye

Nate Robinson

Erick Green

Synopsis:

Lots of quality players to choose from for the expansion team. they can probably get their starting center with Mozgov or McGee. Hickson is still a starting quality bigman in the league as a 4 or undersized 5. Foye has turned himself into one of the best snipers of the league as a starting off guard for the past 2 seasons. And we all know about Nate’s heroics in the 4th and what he’s been able to do in each place he’s played at. I mostly kept denver’s young talent in the retain list over some of the more established names i mentioned

 

 

 

 

 

 

[benny15Participant]

 Retain:

Ty Lawson

Aaron Afflalo

Danillo Galinari

Kenneth Farried

Jusuf Nurkic

Gary Harris

Wilson Chandler

Quincy Miller

Available:

Timothey Mozgov

Javalle McGee

JJ Hickson

Darell Arthur

Randye Foye

Nate Robinson

Erick Green

Synopsis:

Lots of quality players to choose from for the expansion team. they can probably get their starting center with Mozgov or McGee. Hickson is still a starting quality bigman in the league as a 4 or undersized 5. Foye has turned himself into one of the best snipers of the league as a starting off guard for the past 2 seasons. And we all know about Nate’s heroics in the 4th and what he’s been able to do in each place he’s played at. I mostly kept denver’s young talent in the retain list over some of the more established names i mentioned

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Scrooge McDuckParticipant]

C Andre Drummond

PF Greg Monroe

PF Josh Smith

PG Brandon Jennings

SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

PG D.J. Augustine

SG Jodie Meeks

PG Spencer Dinwiddie

Available:

SF Caron Butler

SF Kyle Singler

PG Will Bynum

SF Gigi Datome

F Jonas Jerebko

SF Cartier Martin

PF Tony Mitchel

Not the easiest team to do. I mean, the first few players are obvious keepers. After KCP, not so much. Butler, Singler, and Bynum–a case could be made to keep them.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[teamcb3Participant]

I would think that the Pistons might not protect Smith in the hopes of getting his contract off the books.

[teamcb3Participant]

I would think that the Pistons might not protect Smith in the hopes of getting his contract off the books.

[Tedy BukasaParticipant]

 I believe the same can be said for Jennings, unless SVG can figure him out.

[Tedy BukasaParticipant]

 I believe the same can be said for Jennings, unless SVG can figure him out.

[Scrooge McDuckParticipant]

C Andre Drummond

PF Greg Monroe

PF Josh Smith

PG Brandon Jennings

SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

PG D.J. Augustine

SG Jodie Meeks

PG Spencer Dinwiddie

Available:

SF Caron Butler

SF Kyle Singler

PG Will Bynum

SF Gigi Datome

F Jonas Jerebko

SF Cartier Martin

PF Tony Mitchel

Not the easiest team to do. I mean, the first few players are obvious keepers. After KCP, not so much. Butler, Singler, and Bynum–a case could be made to keep them.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

I think we’re on Golden State

Keep:
Stephen Curry
Harrison Barnes
Klay Thompson
Andrew Bogut
Andre Iguodala
David Lee
Draymond Green
Shaun Livingston

Available:
Ognjen Kuzmic
Nemanja Nedovic
Festus Ezeli
Brandon Rush
Marreese Speights

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

I think we’re on Golden State

Keep:
Stephen Curry
Harrison Barnes
Klay Thompson
Andrew Bogut
Andre Iguodala
David Lee
Draymond Green
Shaun Livingston

Available:
Ognjen Kuzmic
Nemanja Nedovic
Festus Ezeli
Brandon Rush
Marreese Speights

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

Out of curiosity OP isn’t there be a limit on how many players can get picked from the same team? I know there is some rule that tries to prevent one team from losing a bunch of players but the details escape me

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

Expansion teams can select all the players they want, but they can’t select more than one from a single team 

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

Expansion teams can select all the players they want, but they can’t select more than one from a single team 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

Out of curiosity OP isn’t there be a limit on how many players can get picked from the same team? I know there is some rule that tries to prevent one team from losing a bunch of players but the details escape me

[benny15Participant]

 Retain:

Dwight Howard

James Harden

Trevor Ariza

Patrick Beverly

Terrence Jones

Nick Johnson

Clint Capela

Kostas Papanikalou

Available:

Donatas Matiejunas 

Alonzo Gee

Troy Daniels

Isiah Canaan

Robert Covington

Jeff Adrien

Joey Dorsey

Scotty Hopson

Synopsis:

The rockets is actually one of the teams that i expect not to loose anyone. of everyone available, maybe donatas or canaan would get a shot on another team, but given the availability of other players on other teams and limitted roster spots, id say that the rockets would keep their team intact. composing their protected list was basically listing down their starting line-up, adding their two free agent additions as well as the 2 most intriguing young talent they had on the squad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[benny15Participant]

 Retain:

Dwight Howard

James Harden

Trevor Ariza

Patrick Beverly

Terrence Jones

Nick Johnson

Clint Capela

Kostas Papanikalou

Available:

Donatas Matiejunas 

Alonzo Gee

Troy Daniels

Isiah Canaan

Robert Covington

Jeff Adrien

Joey Dorsey

Scotty Hopson

Synopsis:

The rockets is actually one of the teams that i expect not to loose anyone. of everyone available, maybe donatas or canaan would get a shot on another team, but given the availability of other players on other teams and limitted roster spots, id say that the rockets would keep their team intact. composing their protected list was basically listing down their starting line-up, adding their two free agent additions as well as the 2 most intriguing young talent they had on the squad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[barbabodomParticipant]

If I was a GM from an expansion team I would definitely pick Donatas. He´s big, can shoot and has a reasonable salary

[barbabodomParticipant]

If I was a GM from an expansion team I would definitely pick Donatas. He´s big, can shoot and has a reasonable salary

[rileymcshea3Participant]

The Mavs would probably look more like this

Retain:

C-Tyson Chandler

PF-Dirk Nowitzki

SF-Chandler Parsons

SG-Monta Ellis

PG-Jameer Nelson

PG-Devin Harris

PF-Brandon Wright

SF-Al-Farouq Aminu

Available

Raymond Felton

Ricky Ledo

Jae Crowder

Richard Jefferson

Gal Mekel

Eric Griffin

Bernard James

Ivan Johnson

Greg Smith

[rileymcshea3Participant]

The Mavs would probably look more like this

Retain:

C-Tyson Chandler

PF-Dirk Nowitzki

SF-Chandler Parsons

SG-Monta Ellis

PG-Jameer Nelson

PG-Devin Harris

PF-Brandon Wright

SF-Al-Farouq Aminu

Available

Raymond Felton

Ricky Ledo

Jae Crowder

Richard Jefferson

Gal Mekel

Eric Griffin

Bernard James

Ivan Johnson

Greg Smith

[barbabodomParticipant]

RETAIN: 

– Paul George

– Roy Hibbert

– David West

– George Hill

– Rodney Stuckey

– Damjan Rudez

– Evan Turner

– Ian Mahinmi (it was either him or CJ Miles, but I went with the big man)

AVAILABLE:

– SF Chris Copeland
– PF Lavoy Allen

– SF Rasual Butler
– SF Solomon Hill
– SG/SF CJ Miles
– PF Luis Scola
– PG Donald Sloan
– PG CJ Watson
– C Shayne Whittington

[barbabodomParticipant]

RETAIN: 

– Paul George

– Roy Hibbert

– David West

– George Hill

– Rodney Stuckey

– Damjan Rudez

– Evan Turner

– Ian Mahinmi (it was either him or CJ Miles, but I went with the big man)

AVAILABLE:

– SF Chris Copeland
– PF Lavoy Allen

– SF Rasual Butler
– SF Solomon Hill
– SG/SF CJ Miles
– PF Luis Scola
– PG Donald Sloan
– PG CJ Watson
– C Shayne Whittington

[Scrooge McDuckParticipant]

Even turned signed with Boston. They might retain scola or hill instead. –or maybe Watson?

[Scrooge McDuckParticipant]

Even turned signed with Boston. They might retain scola or hill instead. –or maybe Watson?

[HitsterParticipant]

Utah Jazz Retain:-

Enes Kanter

Dante Exum

Trey Burke

Derrick Favours

Gordon Hayward

Alec Burks

Rodney Hood

Rudy Gobert

Available:-

Steve Novak

Trevor Booker

Jeremy Evans

John Lucas

Malcolm Thomas

Ian Clark

I’ve had to sacrifice pitentially one of Novak and Booker as I wanted to protect the younger talent such as Gobert who would have likely been snapped up if he was on the available list.

 

[HitsterParticipant]

Utah Jazz Retain:-

Enes Kanter

Dante Exum

Trey Burke

Derrick Favours

Gordon Hayward

Alec Burks

Rodney Hood

Rudy Gobert

Available:-

Steve Novak

Trevor Booker

Jeremy Evans

John Lucas

Malcolm Thomas

Ian Clark

I’ve had to sacrifice pitentially one of Novak and Booker as I wanted to protect the younger talent such as Gobert who would have likely been snapped up if he was on the available list.

 

[Andrew1984Participant]

Let’s try to keep it alphabetical by city, not nickname, if possible. Next would be Los Angeles Clippers:

G – Chris Paul
G – JJ Redick
G – Jamal Crawford
G – CJ Wilcox
F – Matt Barnes
F – Blake Griffin
C – DeAndre Jordan
C – Spencer Hawes

Unprotected:
G – Jordan Farmar
G – Reggie Bullock
F – Jared Dudley
F – Hedo Turkoglu
F – Glen Davis
C – Ryan Hollins

[Andrew1984Participant]

Let’s try to keep it alphabetical by city, not nickname, if possible. Next would be Los Angeles Clippers:

G – Chris Paul
G – JJ Redick
G – Jamal Crawford
G – CJ Wilcox
F – Matt Barnes
F – Blake Griffin
C – DeAndre Jordan
C – Spencer Hawes

Unprotected:
G – Jordan Farmar
G – Reggie Bullock
F – Jared Dudley
F – Hedo Turkoglu
F – Glen Davis
C – Ryan Hollins

[BobbyqrsParticipant]

 The New England Eagles

 

Deron Williams / Tyler Ennis / Matthew Delevedouva

Pj Hairston / Kent Bazemore / Kyle Singler

Mike Dunleavy / Al Farouq Aminu / Reggie Bullock

Karl Towns / Brandon Bass / Luis Scola

Javale Mcgee / Donatas Montejunas / Festus Ezili

[BobbyqrsParticipant]

 The New England Eagles

 

Deron Williams / Tyler Ennis / Matthew Delevedouva

Pj Hairston / Kent Bazemore / Kyle Singler

Mike Dunleavy / Al Farouq Aminu / Reggie Bullock

Karl Towns / Brandon Bass / Luis Scola

Javale Mcgee / Donatas Montejunas / Festus Ezili

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

 Protected

G-Kobe

G-Jeremy Lin

G-Steve Nash

G-Nick Young

F-Julius Randle

F-Jordan Hill

F- Ed Davis

F- Carlos Boozer

Available:

Xavier Henry, Wesley Johnson, Ryan Kelly, Robert Sacre, Jordan Clarkson.

Decision came down to Clarkson, Henry or Nash for me. I guess you choose Nash if you believe that the expansion team is willing to take on his salary for the star name in its first year. If not, then I think you go Clarkson if you like his upside more than Henry’s. I don’t think they’ll leave any of their signings from the summer unprotected, because they clearly value them (boozer, hill, davis and young), even though they don’t seem valuable to us rational people. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

 Protected

G-Kobe

G-Jeremy Lin

G-Steve Nash

G-Nick Young

F-Julius Randle

F-Jordan Hill

F- Ed Davis

F- Carlos Boozer

Available:

Xavier Henry, Wesley Johnson, Ryan Kelly, Robert Sacre, Jordan Clarkson.

Decision came down to Clarkson, Henry or Nash for me. I guess you choose Nash if you believe that the expansion team is willing to take on his salary for the star name in its first year. If not, then I think you go Clarkson if you like his upside more than Henry’s. I don’t think they’ll leave any of their signings from the summer unprotected, because they clearly value them (boozer, hill, davis and young), even though they don’t seem valuable to us rational people. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

Next up is Memphis

Keep:

G-Mike Conley

G-Vince Carter

G-Jordan Adams

G-Tony Allen

G-Quincy Pondexter

F-Zach Randolph 

C-Kosta Koufus 

C-Marc Gasol

Available:

Courtney Lee, Jarnell Stokes, Nick Calathes, Jon Leuer, Jamaal Franklin, Tayshaun Prince

This was pretty tough, as the last two spots could go many directions depending on who they like. I went with Pondexter and Koufus, because Calathes seems to want out anyways and Lee’s contract is a burden. But you could easily convince me to choose one of those guys, or even Leuer as well, since they lack big-man depth. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[barbabodomParticipant]

As a Memphis supporter, no way Grizzlies protects Vince Carter and Pondexter instead of Lee and Stokes.

[barbabodomParticipant]

As a Memphis supporter, no way Grizzlies protects Vince Carter and Pondexter instead of Lee and Stokes.

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

Next up is Memphis

Keep:

G-Mike Conley

G-Vince Carter

G-Jordan Adams

G-Tony Allen

G-Quincy Pondexter

F-Zach Randolph 

C-Kosta Koufus 

C-Marc Gasol

Available:

Courtney Lee, Jarnell Stokes, Nick Calathes, Jon Leuer, Jamaal Franklin, Tayshaun Prince

This was pretty tough, as the last two spots could go many directions depending on who they like. I went with Pondexter and Koufus, because Calathes seems to want out anyways and Lee’s contract is a burden. But you could easily convince me to choose one of those guys, or even Leuer as well, since they lack big-man depth. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

Keep:

 

G-Shabazz Napier 

G- Dwayne Wade

G-Norris Cole

G-Mario Chalmers

F-Chris Bosh

F-Luol Deng

F-Josh McRoberts

F-Chris Anderson

Available

Haslme, Hamilton, Ennis, Granger.

Pretty straight forward. Only debate was which one of the three to leave unprotected: Haslem, Anderson or Chalmers. I went with Haslem becaue he is the least likely to be picked up by the expasion team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[Imoon ShoomportParticipant]

Keep:

 

G-Shabazz Napier 

G- Dwayne Wade

G-Norris Cole

G-Mario Chalmers

F-Chris Bosh

F-Luol Deng

F-Josh McRoberts

F-Chris Anderson

Available

Haslme, Hamilton, Ennis, Granger.

Pretty straight forward. Only debate was which one of the three to leave unprotected: Haslem, Anderson or Chalmers. I went with Haslem becaue he is the least likely to be picked up by the expasion team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[Andrew1984Participant]

Because the person who had the Cavs included Love, I will also assume the trade goes down. For now, I’m not assuming the Thad Young piece of the deal is included (although it may very well be).

G – Ricky Rubio
G – Kevin Martin
G – Andrew Wiggins
G – Zach LaVine
F – Shabazz Muhammad
F – Anthony Bennett
C – Giorgui Dieng
C – Nikola Pekovic

Unprotected:
G – J.J Barea
G – Alexey Shved
G – Mo Williams
F – Corey Brewer
F – Chase Budinger
F – Dante Cunningham
F – Robbie Hummel
F – Othyus Jeffers
F – Luc Mbah a Moute
C – Ronny Turiaf

[Andrew1984Participant]

Because the person who had the Cavs included Love, I will also assume the trade goes down. For now, I’m not assuming the Thad Young piece of the deal is included (although it may very well be).

G – Ricky Rubio
G – Kevin Martin
G – Andrew Wiggins
G – Zach LaVine
F – Shabazz Muhammad
F – Anthony Bennett
C – Giorgui Dieng
C – Nikola Pekovic

Unprotected:
G – J.J Barea
G – Alexey Shved
G – Mo Williams
F – Corey Brewer
F – Chase Budinger
F – Dante Cunningham
F – Robbie Hummel
F – Othyus Jeffers
F – Luc Mbah a Moute
C – Ronny Turiaf

[benny15Participant]

 I’m really enjoying this thread and would want to keep it going. will be interesting to see the total pool of players in the end.

Retain:

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Jabari Parker

John Henson

Brandan Knight

Khris Middleton

Larry Sanders

Nate Wolters

Kendall Marshall

Available:

Jerryd Bayless, OJ Mayo, Ersan Ilyasova, Zaza Pachulia, Carlos Delfino, Miroslav Radujica, Chris Wright, Johnny O’Bryant

Synopsis:

General rule i followed for a rebuilding team such as the bucks would be to keep their young talent as much as they can. i also made most of their highly paid players available except for Sanders who has good trade value being a shot blocking big man and that still being a premium in the NBA. my last pick to retain came down to Marshall, Bayless and O’Bryant. Went with marhsall due to his age and that he had a good season last year and can possibly be a long term starting point if kidd is able to develop his defensive skills. i also used the expansion draft as an opportunity to maybe rid the contracts of OJ Mayo and Ersan Ilyasova. it would come down to the expansion team if they want a team that can compete for some wins to take either of them, or would rather get some young talent then O’Bryant becomes a contender to be selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[benny15Participant]

 I’m really enjoying this thread and would want to keep it going. will be interesting to see the total pool of players in the end.

Retain:

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Jabari Parker

John Henson

Brandan Knight

Khris Middleton

Larry Sanders

Nate Wolters

Kendall Marshall

Available:

Jerryd Bayless, OJ Mayo, Ersan Ilyasova, Zaza Pachulia, Carlos Delfino, Miroslav Radujica, Chris Wright, Johnny O’Bryant

Synopsis:

General rule i followed for a rebuilding team such as the bucks would be to keep their young talent as much as they can. i also made most of their highly paid players available except for Sanders who has good trade value being a shot blocking big man and that still being a premium in the NBA. my last pick to retain came down to Marshall, Bayless and O’Bryant. Went with marhsall due to his age and that he had a good season last year and can possibly be a long term starting point if kidd is able to develop his defensive skills. i also used the expansion draft as an opportunity to maybe rid the contracts of OJ Mayo and Ersan Ilyasova. it would come down to the expansion team if they want a team that can compete for some wins to take either of them, or would rather get some young talent then O’Bryant becomes a contender to be selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[roketseoParticipant]

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[roketseoParticipant]

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[Andrew1984Participant]

G – Jrue Holiday
G – Russ Smith
G – Eric Gordon
G – Austin Rivers
G/F – Tyreke Evans
F – Anthony Davis
F – Ryan Anderson
C – Omer Asik

Unprotected:

G – Jimmer Fredette
F – Luke Babbitt
F – Omri Casspi
F – Darius Miller
F/C – Patric Young
C – Jeff Withey
C – Alex Ajinca

The toughest choice was between Russ Smith and Jimmer. I protected Russ because they lost Brian Roberts in free agency and Smith is more of a traditional backup PG.

[Andrew1984Participant]

G – Jrue Holiday
G – Russ Smith
G – Eric Gordon
G – Austin Rivers
G/F – Tyreke Evans
F – Anthony Davis
F – Ryan Anderson
C – Omer Asik

Unprotected:

G – Jimmer Fredette
F – Luke Babbitt
F – Omri Casspi
F – Darius Miller
F/C – Patric Young
C – Jeff Withey
C – Alex Ajinca

The toughest choice was between Russ Smith and Jimmer. I protected Russ because they lost Brian Roberts in free agency and Smith is more of a traditional backup PG.

[benny15Participant]

Retain:

Carmello Anthony

Tim Hardaway Jr.

Iman Shumpert

Jose Calderon

Cleanthony Early

Shane Larkin

Amare Stoudamire

Andrea Bargnani

Available:

JR Smith, Samuel Dalembert, Jason Smith, Travis Outlaw, Pablo Prigioni, Quincy Acy, Cole Aldrich

Synopsis:

i honestly had a hard time thinking who would the knicks place in their last two protected slots. eventually went with their 2 biggest expiring contracts over the enigmatic JR Smith. he’s the only player i think that has a shot of being taken, maybe Acy? in the end though, i dont think knicks offer much since the choice would be between a bunch of journey men, a time bomb type of player in JR Smith and potential undersized but athletic hustle big. something tells me that there would be a bunch of those to choose from when we see the whole pool of available players.

 

 

[benny15Participant]

Retain:

Carmello Anthony

Tim Hardaway Jr.

Iman Shumpert

Jose Calderon

Cleanthony Early

Shane Larkin

Amare Stoudamire

Andrea Bargnani

Available:

JR Smith, Samuel Dalembert, Jason Smith, Travis Outlaw, Pablo Prigioni, Quincy Acy, Cole Aldrich

Synopsis:

i honestly had a hard time thinking who would the knicks place in their last two protected slots. eventually went with their 2 biggest expiring contracts over the enigmatic JR Smith. he’s the only player i think that has a shot of being taken, maybe Acy? in the end though, i dont think knicks offer much since the choice would be between a bunch of journey men, a time bomb type of player in JR Smith and potential undersized but athletic hustle big. something tells me that there would be a bunch of those to choose from when we see the whole pool of available players.

 

 

[TRC1991Participant]

I just realized the expansion team would suck something awful 

[TRC1991Participant]

I just realized the expansion team would suck something awful 

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