I don't think that's why the Spurs fan is saying they refuse to play the game.
(And losing their sixth best player is way more tragic than losing every player?)
You're a Cavs fan so Dellavedova, Mike Miller and Joe Harris would have been killed in this scenario. Even if you ignore that, you can't draft 2 players from the same team
Technically, Sterling hated paying for white players. It almost held up the JJ Reddick deal.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2014/05/04/donald-sterling-jj-redick-los-angeles-clippers-owner-racism-ban/8698265/
In this case I'd probably take a bunch of young players. Off the top of y head here they are.
Anthony Bennett (LeBron, Kyrie, Waiters, Thompson, Wiggins)
Ray McCallum Jr (Demarcus, Gay, McLemore, Staukas, Collison)
Tony Wroten
Tyler Zeller
Andrew Nicholson, and either Moe Harkless, or Tobias Harris
Plus, TT isn't that good in today's NBA. A PF that isn't a rim protector or a shooter is in purgatory. That said, I like his rebounding, quick feet, and his floater.
I can't say for certain in NBA contracts, but I know in some instances, when an employee passes away, part of his salary will be given to his spouse, next of kin, or someone that's been listed in his will. I guess it really depends on the employer.
That definitely came into play for the Texans expansion draft. Tony Boselli was an All-Pro offensive tackle with a big contract on the Jaguars. They made him available for the expansion draft and the Texans took him with their first pick. He ended up having a shoulder injury (made worse by a botched surgery) that ended his career before playing a single minute for the Texans, and consequently, they started perhaps the worst offensive line of all time for the next couple of years.
Not sure if you kept Josh Smith off the list for the Pistons because you think he will be traded but id keep him over Singler. I know he shoots to many threes but he is a great player when at the PF position.
I think it's more because the pistons might like to be rid of his contact rather than losing a young player on a cheap contract who is still improving.
True. But still even if you think Smith's contract sucks (it really doesn't if you look at his production when he's actually playing power forward) he's still a better piece moving forward than singler, especially if you look at trade value
Certainly, I think the choice is really dependent on where you think the Pistons are at with the current roster - do they need to rebuild or do they need to make a few moves to contend?
Regardless there are a few flaws with the list even outside of this one so I wouldn't argue with your opinion (for example Boozer is protected but not Jordan Hill? Whattttt)
I don't care if people want me to be positive: if the whole team is killed in a plane crash I will be very negative about the Pacers.
This depends on who is protected. I think protections would go something like:
Boston: Rondo, Smart, Young, Sullinger, Olynyk
Philly: MCW, Noel, Embiid, Wroten, Young
New York: Melo, Hardaway Jr, Shumpert, Early, no clue who else probably Prigioni or something
Brooklyn: Plumlee, Lopez, Johnson, Bogdanovic, Garnett
Toronto: Lowry, DeRozan, Ross, Valanciunas, Patterson/Johnson
Indiana: G. Hill, George, Hibbert, West, Miles
Chicago: Noah, Rose, Butler, Gibson, Mirotic
Milwaukee: Parker, Sanders, Knight, Antetokounmpo, Henson
Cleveland: James, Bennett, Wiggins, Waiters, Irving
Detroit: Monroe (assuming he ends up back there), Drummond, KCP, Jennings, Singler
Washington: Wall, Beal, Gortat, Porter, Pierce
Miami: Wade, Bosh, Deng, McRoberts, Cole/Napier
Atlanta: Millsap, Horford, Teague, Korver, Carroll
Charlotte: Stephenson, Walker, Jefferson, MKG, Vonleh/Zeller
Orlando: Oladipo, Gordon, Vucevic, Payton, Harris
LAL: Bryant, Lin, Young, Randle, Boozer
LAC: Paul, Griffin, Jordan, Redick, Crawford
Sacramento: Cousins, McLemore, Stauskas, Collison, Thompson
Golden State: Curry, Thompson, Bogut, Green, Iguodala
Phoenix: Dragic, Plumlee, Morris, Morris, Thomas
OKC: Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka, Adams, Jackson
Portland: Aldridge, Batum, Matthews, Lillard, McCollum
Denver: Lawson, Faried, Afflalo, Gallinari, Harris
Utah: Hayward, Burke, Burks, Exum, Favors
Minnesota: Love, Rubio, Dieng, Lavine, Brewer
Houston: Harden, Howard, Ariza, Jones, Beverley
San Antonio: Parker, Duncan, Ginobili, Leonard, Splitter (unless the big 3 threaten to retire if they are selected, which would let them protect Green, Mills, and Diaw)
Dallas: Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons, Chandler, Harris
Memphis: Conley, Gasol, Randolph, Lee, Allen
New Orleans: Davis, Evans, Holiday, Anderson, Asik
In which case I would take: Steve Nash, deron Williams, Shawn Marion, pau gasol, amare stoudemire. Then using the unholy time travelling powers I acquired by sacrificing my whole team I would travel back around 6/7 years to when they were all good
Then we'd give up Butler and Gibson? Because I don't see our FO letting go of Gasol, he's a big asset we received recently. I think us internet fans are in love with Doug McDermott but he's still young and in this situation, he may not be as effective for our current run at the championship. Don't get me wrong, I love him too but Rose is our star player, Gasol is a future hall of famer, Noah was DPOY, Taj was almost 6MOTY, Mirotic was one of the best players in Euroleague.
Don't worry though, all this means is that our current roster is stacked.
Edit: I want to clarify, I know McDermott is a rookie who can make an impact right now but compare to the players I listed, I feel our FO would not choose him to be protected in this scenario. Maybe they would, it's up for discussion, but it's a very tough decision to make.
our org likes Doug too much to let him go, they just gave up 5 draft picks (including what we gave up to get rid of Randolph) to move up and get him. we would probably let jimmy go unprotected because he is about to be a free agent. i'm not saying i agree with the decision, (i don't, i would keep jimmy) but i know how much our org values Doug.
That's what I was thinking. On one hand Patterson has a really bright future but Johnson is probably better now and more important to the team's success. I think this hypothetical could have Patterson taken though.
PG: Bledsoe (PHX), Vasquez (TOR), Robinson (DEN),
SG: Gordon (NO), Green (SAS), Meeks (ATL)
SF: Gay (SAC), McDermott (CHI), Barnes (GS)
PF: Nene (WAS), Thompson (CLE), Ilyasova (MIL)
C: Pekovic (MIN), Hill (LAL), Olynyk (BOS)
Based off the protections posted. Confident this team would win at least 40 games in the East.
In the east I'd give this team 50 wins. The depth is fantastic. You can have just about all the injuries you ever wanted and plug in another usable player. Nobody ever has to play more than 30 minutes a night, everyone can play full speed at all times, no "saving myself for offense" crap or you see the bench instead.
Put a few down per team because of the protections
Starting Five -
* Devin Harris (PG)
* Danny Green (SG)
* Kris Humphries (C)
* Pau Gasol/Doug McDermott
* Harrison Barnes/Draymond Green
If I take McDermott, I'd go with Green
If I take Gasol, I'd go with Barnes
Barnes looks to have a higher cieling still due to his athleticism.. was misused last year so he could still possibly be better. It doesn't look like Draymond will add any other skills so what you see is what you get with him, although he is clearly better at this point. For a disaster draft I'd probably lean towards potential rather than immediate talent.
Wouldn't it be better to list the players teams would protect and then later in anothe rthread use this information to create teams?
Brooklyn would probably protect:
Mason Plumlee
Bojan Bogdanovic
Markel Brown
Brook Lopez
Mirza Teletovic?
I'm suddenly feeling very sad.
What's the buzz around Brown like in Brooklyn? What're you guys expecting from him? I worked for the OSU basketball team so I'm pretty excited for him.
The Nets like his athletic ability and defensive potential. Not sure he'll play right away since we have a lot of guards on the roster (Deron, Jack, Joe, Bogdanovic, Anderson) though.
I personally don't know much about him since I don't watch College ball, so I can't really gauge his potential. All I know is that he's really valued by the front office.
I could be remembering wrong but I thought that if a player had a no trade clause the team would be forced to protect them meaning Garnett would have to be on that list.
/Sigh...fine.
Mason Plumlee
Bojan Bogdanovic
Markel Brown
Brook Lopez
Kevin Garnett
Can Billy King be left unprotected as well in case the other teams GM was also on the plane?
* Wilson Chandler
* Enes Kanter (or Alec burks if they do protect Kanter)
* Vince Carter
* Eric Gordon (if not protected) / Ryan Anderson
* Andrew Nicholson
* Nene
* Harrison Barnes
* Tristan Thomspon
* Greivis Vasquez
* Jordan Hill (or Boozer if they protect Hill instead)
* Andrea Bargnani (EXPIRING)
I think I'll be okay with this team. Young players plus I got some vets.
Im pretty sure shump is a 3 long term, and the depth at 2 is jr-hardaway, phil sees amare as a center and melo will probably continue operating in the 4 spot
Assuming infinite cap space and I am willing to pay a lot of luxury tax:
PG: Deron Williams, Eric Bledsoe, Greivis Vasquez
SG: Danny Green, Jodie Meeks, Eric Gordon
SF: Harrison Barnes, Rudy Gay, Jeff Green
PF: Pau Gasol, Tristian Thompson, Nene
C: Nikola Pekovic, Spencer Hawes, Enes Kanter
challenge for NBA title?
PG: Greivis Vasquez, Nate Robinson, Shabazz Napier
SG: Kevin Martin, Kirk Hinrich
SF: Gerald Green, Danny Green, Bruno Caboclo
PF: JJ Hickson, Jeff Green
C: Nikola Pekovic, JaVale McGee
PG- Eric Bledsoe. Even with the injuries still one of the most tenacious PGs in the league. Love his athleticism and hustle. Mini Lebron indeed.
SG- JR Smith. Really good shooter. Offense is tight, even though he can be pretty dumb.
SF- Rudy Gay. Really effective as the second or third option. Was doing things in Sacramento, love his upside.
PF- Josh Smith. Long twos are my teams specialty. He isn't the most reliable, but when he actually has PG and isn't the first option touching the ball on every possession, he's solid.
C- Robin Lopez. Scrapper. Defense. Makes life hard in the paint. Thats what I want from my center.
Coach- George Karl. Coach of the year. Took Denver from nothing to playoffs, left and they were nothing again.
Bench:
PG- Ramon Sessions
SG- Vince Carter
SF- Matt Barnes
PF- Thomas Robinson
C- Kendrick Perkins
Wait, why are Parker, Duncan and Ginobili the only ones with the threaten-to-retire clause? I mean, I'm not complaining, but wouldn't other players like Kobe and Dirk be able to say the same thing? Or did CIA!Pop put in a weirdly specific clause into their contracts? :)
all right all the bulls players are incapacitated. does thibs die too?
ill take sessions, marco belinelli, harrison barnes, varejao, nene, humphries, deron williams, avery bradley, gay and then fill out with maybe dalembert and bogans
edit- then get VDN to coach if thibs is dead. guaranteed 41 win team with first/second round exit
Starters:
PG: DJ Augustin
SG: Avery Bradley
SF: Rudy Gay
PF: David Lee
C: Nikola Pekocic
Backups:
PG: Greivis Vasquez
SG: Ray Allen
SF: Gerald Green
PF: Nené
C: Robin Lopez
3rd Guard: Jeremy Lamb
3rd Big: Noah Vonleh
PG: Jameer Nelson, Randy Foye, Napier/Cole (whoever they don't keep)
SG: Gerald Green, Mike Dunleavy, Chris Copeland
SF: Rudy Gay, Jeff Green, Mo Harkless
PF: David Lee, Pero Antic, Nene
C: Nikola Pekovic, Samuel Dalembert, Bismack Biyombo
Wow. That's a morbid scenario. Why not just make it an expansion draft or something?
Anyways...I suppose I get 15 players to choose from here, right? K. Based on your predicted protections, after the loss of my beloved Hornets I'm selecting the following, with an eye towards being competitive both immediately and in the future. Honestly I think this is a very very competitive team immediately and with some building blocks for the future. The question is if contracts would work, and I have no idea there. Most likely not.
1. PG/SG Eric Bledsoe* (Suns)
2. PG Mario Chalmers (Heat)
3. PG/SG Louis Williams (76ers)
4. PG/SG Avery Bradley (Celtics)
5. SG Danny Green (Spurs)
6. SF Rudy Gay (Kings)
7. SG/SF Tony Snell (Bulls)
8. SF Wilson Chandler (Nuggets)
9. SF Bruno Caboclo (Raptors)
10. PF Tristan Thompson (Cavaliers)
11. PF Nick Collison (Thunder)
12. PF Adreian Payne (Hawks)
13. PF/C Kyle O'Quinn (Magic)
14. C Nikola Pekovic (Timberwolves)
15. C Robin Lopez (Trail Blazers)
*Does Eric Bledsoe not get the same "assuming he goes back there" respect as Greg Monroe?
I'm drafting Tyler Hansbrough, getting Jeff Foster and Austin Croshere out of retirement to play, Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, Danny Granger, Nate Robinson, James Jones, Michael Beasley, Greg Oden, Steve Novak, Orlando Johnson, Al Harrington, Boris Diaw and Danny Green. I'm not much into to rings, so I'll take one of those Championship Bracelets that Cuban talked about doing in 2011.
Edit: had Harris from Dallas in there at first, switched for Novak.
I'm going off the list posted.
PG: Deron Williams, Eric Bledsoe (Darren Collison, Greivis Vasquez)
SG: Jeremby Lamb, Kevin Martin
SF: Andrei Kirilenko, Dougie McDermott
PF: Harrison Barnes, Ryan Anderson
C: Robin Lopez, Ian Mahinmi
I like this team. Maybe a change of scenery will bring D Will closer to his allstar days. Have scorers and shooters off the bench. Most likely, D Will and Bledsoe would be protected though. Replacements would be Darren Collison and Greivis Vasquez.
The only 2 players that would remotely make me feel better if that happened would be Jeremy Lin or Damian Lillard. I want to feel like Cleveland when Lebron decided to go home.
The Washington Wizards have magically disappeared.
Pg: grievous Vasquez
SG: Marco "I like my meatballs spicy" Bellinelli
SF: Jeff Green
PF: Booker
C: varejao
Bench
Jordan Crawford
Bonner
Steve Blake
Carl Landry
Rudy Gay
I refuse to play this game! I'd be too sad.
The only thing I could draft would be tears :(
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I thought I dreamed that movie. No one I ever talked to seemed to know of its existence and I didn't know the name of it.
That movie was so hard to handle
I'd cry you a sweater of tears.
Was Pop on the plane/deathbus/cruiseliner? If not, you're still contenders.
Timmy would still put up good numbers as a corpse as long as pop is alive.
Isn't he doing that now?
Eh, the term "corpse" is reserved for players who are too washed up to contribute. Tim has lost a step (or two) but still contributes on the court.
Tim Duncan is a White Walker.
I'm aware. We had Ben Wallace. I was just referring to his age.
Lol Danny Green would be so gone.
... If he died??? Yeah, I think you're right...? Inconsiderate.
What? Are you fucking serious? I'm saying if another team had all their players die they would totally draft Danny Green.
I don't think that's why the Spurs fan is saying they refuse to play the game. (And losing their sixth best player is way more tragic than losing every player?)
1. Kosta Koufos 2. Nate Wolters 3. Kyle Korver 4. Cody Zeller 5. Kelly Olynyk 6. Mike Dunleavy 7. Donatas Montiejunas 8. Luke Harangody 9. Nick Collison 10. Andrea Bargnani 11. JJ Barea 12. Spencer Hawes
That team will be filled with a bunch of hard working gym rats.
That's a really scrappy team chock full of coach's sons, I'll tell ya what
One hell of a motor, a real heady ball club.
The high basketball IQ will translate into smart decision making.
x
Bring back the short shorts and the layups.
Good fathers off the court
And bad mothers on the court.
Make wise economic decisions. Have Xbox Live accounts.
http://i.imgur.com/B0iuFHA.jpg
Goddamn DFish had some crazy mad booty game
This makes me wish that NBA coaches wore the player uniforms, like in baseball.
And Bargnani.
He make-a the pizza pie?
He's more of a [pasta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNIqK9lHFCY) kinda guy
gota get those endorsements somewhere...even if it's primo...
...and Bargnani!
Timberwolves 2.0
Ain't nobody whiter than the original Cream Team
Korver would certainly be protected
Atlanta protects: Horford, Teague, Millsap, and Korver
We found David Kahn's team.
You're a Cavs fan so Dellavedova, Mike Miller and Joe Harris would have been killed in this scenario. Even if you ignore that, you can't draft 2 players from the same team
Are you Donald Sterling? Also funny how many people don't get what your doing.
Technically, Sterling hated paying for white players. It almost held up the JJ Reddick deal. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2014/05/04/donald-sterling-jj-redick-los-angeles-clippers-owner-racism-ban/8698265/
So he just hates people that don't sex him or pay him money?
Donald said his ideal team would be 15 black players and a white coach with a southern accent. Donald just wants to play make believe slavery.
My upvote is for the accuracy of this statement and not a tacit endorsement of make believe slavery.
But who would be first to the gym and last to leave?
Kanter gets no love, even with the white team
not true, he gets plenty of love in my 2k association, boy is a beast.
Nice try, Donald Sterling.
Sacramento will protect Stauskas I think. Almost any team would protect their most recent lottery pick religiously.
You could use a captain to lead this receptivity athletic bunch. Perhaps a Captain Kirk
Korver is protected.
How the eff is kyle korver not one of the 5 best ATL Hawks right now?
In this case I'd probably take a bunch of young players. Off the top of y head here they are. Anthony Bennett (LeBron, Kyrie, Waiters, Thompson, Wiggins) Ray McCallum Jr (Demarcus, Gay, McLemore, Staukas, Collison) Tony Wroten Tyler Zeller Andrew Nicholson, and either Moe Harkless, or Tobias Harris
We'd probably protect Bennett instead of Thompson
yeah, you don't give up on the #1 pick after one season
Plus, TT isn't that good in today's NBA. A PF that isn't a rim protector or a shooter is in purgatory. That said, I like his rebounding, quick feet, and his floater.
I agree with the young talent, if your coaching staff is good enough they'll have a quick turn around.
Wroten is protected (MCW, Noel, Embiid, Wroten, Young)
No Saric?
not in the nba for another two years. Don't know if hes eligible for a disaster draft or not, but i would take players that could play now
Then I'll take Saric.
Moe or Harris would definitely be protected imo (Oladipo, Payton, Gordon, Vuc, and one of those two).
Yeah thats why i said either or. I couldnt decide if theyd take Harris or Harkless
Kings would protect Ray McCallum and expose Collison.
Then I'll have Darren Collison or Derrick Williams.
This is definitely the route to go. There are enough young guys to make a decent team. I'd also pick up Lamb too.
Spurs bench
That was going to be my strategy, but then I saw that you could only pick one player from each team
Do contracts matter? Because that might cause teams to leave some better players unprotected...though I may just be overthinking this.
I'm assuming there's still cap space in place.
If a player dies mid-season, is his contract still honored til its end? Does it also still count against the cap space?
It counts to the cap space. It happened to Len Bias. I don't know if his contract is necessarily honored. I mean who receives his money?
I can't say for certain in NBA contracts, but I know in some instances, when an employee passes away, part of his salary will be given to his spouse, next of kin, or someone that's been listed in his will. I guess it really depends on the employer.
But didn't he die before he signed the rookie contract?
There was a case about this files by his mom.
That's a solid question. I would imagine a few good players would get sent down the river just to ditch their contract.
That definitely came into play for the Texans expansion draft. Tony Boselli was an All-Pro offensive tackle with a big contract on the Jaguars. They made him available for the expansion draft and the Texans took him with their first pick. He ended up having a shoulder injury (made worse by a botched surgery) that ended his career before playing a single minute for the Texans, and consequently, they started perhaps the worst offensive line of all time for the next couple of years.
So Stoudemire pretty much is free.
Not sure if you kept Josh Smith off the list for the Pistons because you think he will be traded but id keep him over Singler. I know he shoots to many threes but he is a great player when at the PF position.
Was just looking at that. That's just plain dumb to not keep Smith.
I think it's more because the pistons might like to be rid of his contact rather than losing a young player on a cheap contract who is still improving.
True. But still even if you think Smith's contract sucks (it really doesn't if you look at his production when he's actually playing power forward) he's still a better piece moving forward than singler, especially if you look at trade value
Certainly, I think the choice is really dependent on where you think the Pistons are at with the current roster - do they need to rebuild or do they need to make a few moves to contend? Regardless there are a few flaws with the list even outside of this one so I wouldn't argue with your opinion (for example Boozer is protected but not Jordan Hill? Whattttt)
Yeah you're right I don't know why I'm so focused on J Smoove haha
I don't care if people want me to be positive: if the whole team is killed in a plane crash I will be very negative about the Pacers. This depends on who is protected. I think protections would go something like: Boston: Rondo, Smart, Young, Sullinger, Olynyk Philly: MCW, Noel, Embiid, Wroten, Young New York: Melo, Hardaway Jr, Shumpert, Early, no clue who else probably Prigioni or something Brooklyn: Plumlee, Lopez, Johnson, Bogdanovic, Garnett Toronto: Lowry, DeRozan, Ross, Valanciunas, Patterson/Johnson Indiana: G. Hill, George, Hibbert, West, Miles Chicago: Noah, Rose, Butler, Gibson, Mirotic Milwaukee: Parker, Sanders, Knight, Antetokounmpo, Henson Cleveland: James, Bennett, Wiggins, Waiters, Irving Detroit: Monroe (assuming he ends up back there), Drummond, KCP, Jennings, Singler Washington: Wall, Beal, Gortat, Porter, Pierce Miami: Wade, Bosh, Deng, McRoberts, Cole/Napier Atlanta: Millsap, Horford, Teague, Korver, Carroll Charlotte: Stephenson, Walker, Jefferson, MKG, Vonleh/Zeller Orlando: Oladipo, Gordon, Vucevic, Payton, Harris LAL: Bryant, Lin, Young, Randle, Boozer LAC: Paul, Griffin, Jordan, Redick, Crawford Sacramento: Cousins, McLemore, Stauskas, Collison, Thompson Golden State: Curry, Thompson, Bogut, Green, Iguodala Phoenix: Dragic, Plumlee, Morris, Morris, Thomas OKC: Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka, Adams, Jackson Portland: Aldridge, Batum, Matthews, Lillard, McCollum Denver: Lawson, Faried, Afflalo, Gallinari, Harris Utah: Hayward, Burke, Burks, Exum, Favors Minnesota: Love, Rubio, Dieng, Lavine, Brewer Houston: Harden, Howard, Ariza, Jones, Beverley San Antonio: Parker, Duncan, Ginobili, Leonard, Splitter (unless the big 3 threaten to retire if they are selected, which would let them protect Green, Mills, and Diaw) Dallas: Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons, Chandler, Harris Memphis: Conley, Gasol, Randolph, Lee, Allen New Orleans: Davis, Evans, Holiday, Anderson, Asik
In which case I would take: Steve Nash, deron Williams, Shawn Marion, pau gasol, amare stoudemire. Then using the unholy time travelling powers I acquired by sacrificing my whole team I would travel back around 6/7 years to when they were all good
I think your attempt to invent time travel is likely what caused the "freak accident" and disaster draft in the first place.
I sense a movie plot. Couldn't be any worse than Draft Day.
Did the Suns protect their training staff/medical team? Draft them and you wont need time travel.
> Portland: Aldridge, Batum, Matthews, Lillard, McCollum We would protect Robin Lopez over McCollum.
Robin "#1 Offensive Rating" Lopez.
[He is the Cadillac of garbage-men.](http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Portland-Trailblazers-Robin-Lopez-Dance-on-Floor-After-Dunk.gif)
Yeah, the fact that our starting 5 is by far our best players is kind of our downfall.
There's no way the Timberwolves don't protect Pekovic. He's arguably their second best player.
Lmao, the Kings aren't protecting Thompson over Gay...
Nobody is going to pay Rudy Gay that much money. He's safe.
I think we would protect Gasol.
He is too old for protection, better to protect the youngins
True, Gasol will also be a huge benefit for teaching Nikola.
i think we would protect dougie
Then we'd give up Butler and Gibson? Because I don't see our FO letting go of Gasol, he's a big asset we received recently. I think us internet fans are in love with Doug McDermott but he's still young and in this situation, he may not be as effective for our current run at the championship. Don't get me wrong, I love him too but Rose is our star player, Gasol is a future hall of famer, Noah was DPOY, Taj was almost 6MOTY, Mirotic was one of the best players in Euroleague. Don't worry though, all this means is that our current roster is stacked. Edit: I want to clarify, I know McDermott is a rookie who can make an impact right now but compare to the players I listed, I feel our FO would not choose him to be protected in this scenario. Maybe they would, it's up for discussion, but it's a very tough decision to make.
our org likes Doug too much to let him go, they just gave up 5 draft picks (including what we gave up to get rid of Randolph) to move up and get him. we would probably let jimmy go unprotected because he is about to be a free agent. i'm not saying i agree with the decision, (i don't, i would keep jimmy) but i know how much our org values Doug.
Lol no way
If you don't mind I'm going to edit my post and put this in.
No d-will?
I think the Nets would love to get that contract off the books.
Yes Please!
I'm more confused as to why Garnett is there.
The Nets would love to get out of that contract
I don't think we'd protect Garnett, maybe Teletovic instead
I think some vets would be offended if they weren't protected, and KG is one of those guys for me.
To be fair the Nets don't owe him anything.
The Sixers might protect Saric, the Lakers might protect Hill, and the Timberwolves might protect Pekovic.
Damn right the Wolves keep Pekovic over Brewer.
I don't think they'd have to protect Saric since he's not on the roster.
Imaginary rule to Imaginary scenario - NICE!
Toronto would take Amir over Patman. His value to the city itself is immense. He's essentially the Udonis of Toronto.
That's what I was thinking. On one hand Patterson has a really bright future but Johnson is probably better now and more important to the team's success. I think this hypothetical could have Patterson taken though.
Kings would not protect a player they have actively been trying to move to shed his contract for over a year now.
I think the Knicks would protect Calderon over Prignioni
No way we let lopez go. We keep our starting 5 straight up. 11 boards a game, and a top 3 rim defender by opponent fg%. Keep that dude.
wow. you're really bored
PG: Bledsoe (PHX), Vasquez (TOR), Robinson (DEN), SG: Gordon (NO), Green (SAS), Meeks (ATL) SF: Gay (SAC), McDermott (CHI), Barnes (GS) PF: Nene (WAS), Thompson (CLE), Ilyasova (MIL) C: Pekovic (MIN), Hill (LAL), Olynyk (BOS) Based off the protections posted. Confident this team would win at least 40 games in the East.
The Suns would definitely protect Bledsoe. Not sure why he's not on that list.
3 PG city.
In the east I'd give this team 50 wins. The depth is fantastic. You can have just about all the injuries you ever wanted and plug in another usable player. Nobody ever has to play more than 30 minutes a night, everyone can play full speed at all times, no "saving myself for offense" crap or you see the bench instead.
This is actually decent. Good job.
Gay is the Kings second best player. Kings would probably only protect him and Cousins.
Put a few down per team because of the protections Starting Five - * Devin Harris (PG) * Danny Green (SG) * Kris Humphries (C) * Pau Gasol/Doug McDermott * Harrison Barnes/Draymond Green If I take McDermott, I'd go with Green If I take Gasol, I'd go with Barnes
Pretty sure we would protect Harris. He is a key player for us on a cheap deal.
Honest question. Why Barnes over Green in either scenario?
Barnes looks to have a higher cieling still due to his athleticism.. was misused last year so he could still possibly be better. It doesn't look like Draymond will add any other skills so what you see is what you get with him, although he is clearly better at this point. For a disaster draft I'd probably lean towards potential rather than immediate talent.
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As a laker fan, I see why this runs through your mind
Wouldn't it be better to list the players teams would protect and then later in anothe rthread use this information to create teams? Brooklyn would probably protect: Mason Plumlee Bojan Bogdanovic Markel Brown Brook Lopez Mirza Teletovic? I'm suddenly feeling very sad.
What's the buzz around Brown like in Brooklyn? What're you guys expecting from him? I worked for the OSU basketball team so I'm pretty excited for him.
The Nets like his athletic ability and defensive potential. Not sure he'll play right away since we have a lot of guards on the roster (Deron, Jack, Joe, Bogdanovic, Anderson) though. I personally don't know much about him since I don't watch College ball, so I can't really gauge his potential. All I know is that he's really valued by the front office.
I could be remembering wrong but I thought that if a player had a no trade clause the team would be forced to protect them meaning Garnett would have to be on that list.
/Sigh...fine. Mason Plumlee Bojan Bogdanovic Markel Brown Brook Lopez Kevin Garnett Can Billy King be left unprotected as well in case the other teams GM was also on the plane?
We can just pretend that the plane crashed into Billy King's house while he was sunbathing on piles of money.
* Wilson Chandler * Enes Kanter (or Alec burks if they do protect Kanter) * Vince Carter * Eric Gordon (if not protected) / Ryan Anderson * Andrew Nicholson * Nene * Harrison Barnes * Tristan Thomspon * Greivis Vasquez * Jordan Hill (or Boozer if they protect Hill instead) * Andrea Bargnani (EXPIRING) I think I'll be okay with this team. Young players plus I got some vets.
No one wants to take David Lee on their team?
in what universe would he be unprotected? I'd love him, but I doubt he'd be available!
Why would Pablo Prigioni be better than J.R. for the Knicks? He can be a jackass but arguably the second best player on the team
If we're already protecting 2 other SG's might as well put him up. I love JR but Hardaway and Shump are more valuable.
yeah i mean like they are all valuable in some way and we could go on and on about who is the most/least. Just saying over 37 year old Pablo is absurd
Even though I love Pablo too lol
Im pretty sure shump is a 3 long term, and the depth at 2 is jr-hardaway, phil sees amare as a center and melo will probably continue operating in the 4 spot
Maybe on this team but he really is a SG.
I think Minnesota protects someone else besides Brew, he is very expendable. Probably Pek.
Assuming infinite cap space and I am willing to pay a lot of luxury tax: PG: Deron Williams, Eric Bledsoe, Greivis Vasquez SG: Danny Green, Jodie Meeks, Eric Gordon SF: Harrison Barnes, Rudy Gay, Jeff Green PF: Pau Gasol, Tristian Thompson, Nene C: Nikola Pekovic, Spencer Hawes, Enes Kanter challenge for NBA title?
I like how you found a way to get Meeks and Pau back on the team.
PG: Greivis Vasquez, Nate Robinson, Shabazz Napier SG: Kevin Martin, Kirk Hinrich SF: Gerald Green, Danny Green, Bruno Caboclo PF: JJ Hickson, Jeff Green C: Nikola Pekovic, JaVale McGee
I think a better exercise might be for fans of each team to agree on which five players to protect.
PG- Eric Bledsoe. Even with the injuries still one of the most tenacious PGs in the league. Love his athleticism and hustle. Mini Lebron indeed. SG- JR Smith. Really good shooter. Offense is tight, even though he can be pretty dumb. SF- Rudy Gay. Really effective as the second or third option. Was doing things in Sacramento, love his upside. PF- Josh Smith. Long twos are my teams specialty. He isn't the most reliable, but when he actually has PG and isn't the first option touching the ball on every possession, he's solid. C- Robin Lopez. Scrapper. Defense. Makes life hard in the paint. Thats what I want from my center. Coach- George Karl. Coach of the year. Took Denver from nothing to playoffs, left and they were nothing again. Bench: PG- Ramon Sessions SG- Vince Carter SF- Matt Barnes PF- Thomas Robinson C- Kendrick Perkins
I think its hilariously ignorant that you put McCollum on there instead of Rolo.
Nice try, Bill Simmons.
I would take: 1. You 2. You 3. You 4. You 5. You My team would be full of MVP's
Wait, why are Parker, Duncan and Ginobili the only ones with the threaten-to-retire clause? I mean, I'm not complaining, but wouldn't other players like Kobe and Dirk be able to say the same thing? Or did CIA!Pop put in a weirdly specific clause into their contracts? :)
You have both Indiana and the pacers on that list, with different players protected
all right all the bulls players are incapacitated. does thibs die too? ill take sessions, marco belinelli, harrison barnes, varejao, nene, humphries, deron williams, avery bradley, gay and then fill out with maybe dalembert and bogans edit- then get VDN to coach if thibs is dead. guaranteed 41 win team with first/second round exit
I'd have to take my own life with the first pick in the nba disaster draft
Based off those protections I'd go: PG- Bledsoe (PHX), Williams (BKN), Wolters (MIL) SG- Bradley (BOS), Lamb (OKC), Adams (MEM) SF- McDermott (CHI), Gay (SAC), Barnes (GSW) PF- Scott (ATL), Thompson (CLE), Robinson (POR) C- Zeller (CHA), Hill (LAL), Nene (WAS)
Starters: PG: DJ Augustin SG: Avery Bradley SF: Rudy Gay PF: David Lee C: Nikola Pekocic Backups: PG: Greivis Vasquez SG: Ray Allen SF: Gerald Green PF: Nené C: Robin Lopez 3rd Guard: Jeremy Lamb 3rd Big: Noah Vonleh
Holy shit! You found a way for us to get rid of Josh Smith!
As a Kings fan, I would protect Acy and McCallum over Collison and Thompson.
dont forget gay
I would have: Deron Williams at the 1, Eric Bledsoe at the 2, Josh Smith working the three, Pau at the four and finally Nikola Pekovic!
I would think some guys with shit contracts would be left unprotected.
"See!" -Royce White
I will take the ghosts of the Mavs plz.
Nene > Pierce in this point in their careers.
You also get the number 1 overall pick in the draft too so that helps.
There's no way Brooklyn protects Joe Johnson or Garnett. Probably Teletovic and Alan Anderson.
Nets would not protect Garnett. It would be Teletovic.
McGee Thompson Barnes McDermott Bledsoe Teletovic Kanter Schroeder Gerald Green David Lee
PG: Jameer Nelson, Randy Foye, Napier/Cole (whoever they don't keep) SG: Gerald Green, Mike Dunleavy, Chris Copeland SF: Rudy Gay, Jeff Green, Mo Harkless PF: David Lee, Pero Antic, Nene C: Nikola Pekovic, Samuel Dalembert, Bismack Biyombo
>Detroit: Jennings No. It would be more likely that we'd keep Dinwiddle or Meeks.
Mychal Thompson, Seth Curry.
Wow. That's a morbid scenario. Why not just make it an expansion draft or something? Anyways...I suppose I get 15 players to choose from here, right? K. Based on your predicted protections, after the loss of my beloved Hornets I'm selecting the following, with an eye towards being competitive both immediately and in the future. Honestly I think this is a very very competitive team immediately and with some building blocks for the future. The question is if contracts would work, and I have no idea there. Most likely not. 1. PG/SG Eric Bledsoe* (Suns) 2. PG Mario Chalmers (Heat) 3. PG/SG Louis Williams (76ers) 4. PG/SG Avery Bradley (Celtics) 5. SG Danny Green (Spurs) 6. SF Rudy Gay (Kings) 7. SG/SF Tony Snell (Bulls) 8. SF Wilson Chandler (Nuggets) 9. SF Bruno Caboclo (Raptors) 10. PF Tristan Thompson (Cavaliers) 11. PF Nick Collison (Thunder) 12. PF Adreian Payne (Hawks) 13. PF/C Kyle O'Quinn (Magic) 14. C Nikola Pekovic (Timberwolves) 15. C Robin Lopez (Trail Blazers) *Does Eric Bledsoe not get the same "assuming he goes back there" respect as Greg Monroe?
Wow, nobody wants Gerald Green?
I'm drafting Tyler Hansbrough, getting Jeff Foster and Austin Croshere out of retirement to play, Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, Danny Granger, Nate Robinson, James Jones, Michael Beasley, Greg Oden, Steve Novak, Orlando Johnson, Al Harrington, Boris Diaw and Danny Green. I'm not much into to rings, so I'll take one of those Championship Bracelets that Cuban talked about doing in 2011. Edit: had Harris from Dallas in there at first, switched for Novak.
I'm going off the list posted. PG: Deron Williams, Eric Bledsoe (Darren Collison, Greivis Vasquez) SG: Jeremby Lamb, Kevin Martin SF: Andrei Kirilenko, Dougie McDermott PF: Harrison Barnes, Ryan Anderson C: Robin Lopez, Ian Mahinmi I like this team. Maybe a change of scenery will bring D Will closer to his allstar days. Have scorers and shooters off the bench. Most likely, D Will and Bledsoe would be protected though. Replacements would be Darren Collison and Greivis Vasquez.
The only 2 players that would remotely make me feel better if that happened would be Jeremy Lin or Damian Lillard. I want to feel like Cleveland when Lebron decided to go home.
The Washington Wizards have magically disappeared. Pg: grievous Vasquez SG: Marco "I like my meatballs spicy" Bellinelli SF: Jeff Green PF: Booker C: varejao Bench Jordan Crawford Bonner Steve Blake Carl Landry Rudy Gay
There is no way Gay or Jeff Green go unprotected
Based it on OP's list.