if the charlotte bobcats, new orleans hornets, and washington wizards had to contract

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if these 3 teams had to contract to form 1 franchise, what would your 15 man roster be? and how many games do you think you would win?

here are the available personnel:


D.J. Augustin
Al-Farouq Aminu
Andray Blatche
Bismack Bimbo
Boris Diaw
Byron Mullens
Carl Landry
Chris Kaman
Chris Singleton
Corey Maggette
Cory Higgins
D.J. White
Derrick Brown
DeSagana Diop
Eduardo Najera
Emeka Okafor
Eric Gordon
Gerald Henderson
Greivis Vasquez
Gustavo Ayon
Jan Vesely
Jarrett Jack
Jason Smith
JaVale McGee
John Wall
Jordan Crawford
Kemba Walker
Kevin Seraphin
Lance Thomas
Marco Belinelli
Matt Carroll
Maurice Evans
Nick Young
Rashard Lewis
Reggie Williams
Roger Mason Jr.
Ronny Turiaf
Shelvin Mack
Solomon Jones
Trevor Ariza
Trevor Booker
Tyrus Thomas
Xavier Henry

 

[cranrab]

Re: if the charlotte bobcats, new orleans hornets, and washington wizards had to cont

here are my 15, but it wouldn't be fiscally sound due to the $58M salary cap:


Bismack Bimbo
Carl Landry
Corey Maggette
Emeka Okafor
Eric Gordon
Jarrett Jack
JaVale McGee
John Wall
Kemba Walker
Matt Carroll
Nick Young
Roger Mason Jr.
Trevor Ariza
Trevor Booker
Tyrus Thomas

i'd be over the cap by approximately $20.2M

 

[cranrab]

Re: if the charlotte bobcats, new orleans hornets, and washington wizards had to cont

so here is the revised 15 which would be salary cap friendly, with payroll not exceeding $59M


Al-Farouq Aminu
Bismack Bimbo
Eduardo Najera
Emeka Okafor
Eric Gordon
Jarrett Jack
Jason Smith
JaVale McGee
John Wall
Kemba Walker
Nick Young
Reggie Williams
Roger Mason Jr.
Trevor Ariza
Trevor Booker

this team would struggle to be a .500 ball club

 

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Re: if the charlotte bobcats, new orleans hornets, and washington wizards had to cont

Al-Farouq Aminu
Boris Diaw
Chris Kaman
Corey Maggette
Emeka Okafor
Eric Gordon
Gerlad Henderson
Greivis Vasquez
Gustavo Ayon
John Wall
Kemba Walker
Trevor Ariza
Nick Young
Tyrus Thomas
Javale McGee

 

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Re: if the charlotte bobcats, new orleans hornets, and washington wizards had to cont

Al-Farouq Aminu $2.8M
Boris Diaw $9M
Chris Kaman $14M
Corey Maggette $10.3M
Emeka Okafor $12.5M
Eric Gordon $3.8M
Gerlad Henderson $2.3M
Greivis Vasquez $1.1M
Gustavo Ayon
John Wall $5.5M
Kemba Walker $2.4M
Trevor Ariza $6.8M
Nick Young $3.7M
Tyrus Thomas $7.3M
Javale McGee $2.5M

thank you for contributing. you didn't say how many games you think this squad could win.

also, you are over the cap by approximately $26M

i made these threads to show a few things:

a) how talent poor so many of the nba clubs are
b) how difficult it is to assemble personnel and stay under the salary cap
c) how even non max contract players can reduce a team's flexibility in terms of cap space