Post and analyze your roster using the format I have used for the Washington Wizards. Take the Wizards information out and input your players, and 2011 salaries. Also fill in your draft picks, etc like the others. The link is in the main blog. DO NOT USE A COPY PASTED ROSTER FROM ANY OTHER SITE AS IT MESSES WITH THE FORMAT.
Washington Wizards -
Rashard Lewis - SF - $22,152,000
James Posey - SF - 6,925,400
John Wall - PG - $5,530,080
Yi Jianlian -PF -$5,403,366
Maurice Evans - SG - $2,500,000
Paul George - SF - $2,406,240
JaVale McGee - C - $2,462,399
Kevin Seraphin - PF/C - $1,680,360
Trevor Booker - PF - $1,294,920
Jordan Crawford - SG - $1,120,440
Hamady Ndiaye - C - $650,000
Total team Salary - $52,125,205
Draft Picks -
#6 = Jan Vesely
#15 = Chris Singleton
#18 = Jimmer Fredette
#34 = Jordan Williams
Starting 5 -
PG - John Wall
SG - Jordan Crawford
SF - Paul George
PF - Trevor Booker
C - JaVale McGee
2nd Team -
PG - Jimmer Fredette
SG/SF - Chris Singleton
SF - Rashard Lewis
PF/C - Jan Vesely
C/PF - Kevin Seraphin
Reserves -
SG/SF - Maurice Evans
SF - James Posey
PF - Yi Jianlian
PF/C - Jordan Williams
C - Hamady Ndiaye
Wizards receive -
James Posey - 6,925,400
Paul George - 2,406,240
15th overall pick 2011
Total: 9,331,640
Pacers receive -
Andray Blatche - 6,442,083
Nick Young - 3,695,857
Total: 10,137,940
Starters
PG - Steve Nash
SG - Jason Richardson
SF - Quentin Richardson
PF - Ryan Anderson
C - Dwight Howard
Bench
PG - Gilbert Arenas
SG - Tracy McGrady
SF - Hedo Turkoglu
PF - Brandon Bass
C - Daniel Orton
Reserves
SG - Manny Harris
PF - Malik Allen
Trades
Orlando desperately looked for an elite teammate to pair with Dwight Howard. After engaging in early talks with the 76ersabout Andre Iguodala, things fell through so Orlando looked at shopping around their star. LA low-balled them offering an average player in Andrew Bynum and an aging Lamar Odom. Talks then swung to Oklahoma City in a package surrounding Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, and Kendrick Perkins and were close to pulling the triggar before last minute discussions with the Phoenix Suns landed the Magic Steve Nash. Nash, like Howard, only has a year left on his deal, and thus opens up about 30 million coming off the books next season as Orlando prepares for the 2013 free agency class when Arenas and Turkoglu come off the books as well, another 30 million. Orlando has set itself up for one last run with Nash at the helm, hopefully giving Howard the sense that the Magic are looking to get better and a little bit of patience will be key.
Free Agency
Most of Orlando's MLE is tied up in Quentin Richardson, but what's left of it would probably be looked at with either Glen Davis or Greg Oden. Oden's not available until January because of his knees, but that will give Orlando some time to see what Daniel Orton can do along with give Bass and Anderson some solid minutes hopefully raising their stock before the trade deadline. Because of the lack of money, if Oden doesn't come, Orlando probably sits back.
Overall:
The Magic are set up for one more year. They're going to have a deadly pick and roll game with Howard and Nash along with actually improving their perimeter shooting from a year ago. Nash is a better shooter than Nelson and his distributing skills will really help the Richardsons, especially Jason, and the young Ryan Anderson. With Nash setting him up, and the overall improvements to his game, there's no reason to believe Dwight can't average 25 points this year. Quentin replaces Turkoglu in the line-up because Nash will dominate the ball and Orlando needs some perimeter defense. On the bench, you have two former all-NBA players and Turkoglu who can all make spot starts and contribute in various ways. Orlando is hoping that Gilbert can recover and with an off-season of Magic workouts, come back in better shape. He can be the explosive 6th man they're looking for. Bass can spell both Howard and Anderson and bring some toughness and rebounding. McGrady can play either guard position and can be a facilitator off the bench who can knock down some shots. There will also be the occassional night where he's just feeling it and can get 15-20 points off the bench. Turkoglu sucks but he's another guy who can handle the ball along with spot up and hit some shots. Orlando has 3 guys capable of stepping up on any given night off the bench and although they don't mesh all that well together, they don't have to be used entirely as one unit. Manny Harris is going to be insurance in case TMAC or Gilbert gets injured again. Harris showed glimpses of Jamal Crawford like skills this year and his youth and athleticism will be huge in the future if Orlando has to rebuild without Dwight Howard.
Prediction: Orlando improved. Nash is one of those guys who makes his teammates better and with a great PNR player and Howard, and great shooters like JRICH, QRICH, Anderson, and Turkoglu, the system is perfect for Nash as well. We feel like this team is very comparable to the Suns team from two years ago except that Howard's defense is going to be a missing link. There's no reason this team can't make a strong playoff push this year.
Minnesota Timberwolves
C-Nazr Mohammed
PF-Kevin Love
SF-Derrick Williams
SG-Wesley Johnson
PG-Ricky Rubio
Second Team
C-Nikola Pekovic
PF-Markeiff Morris
SF-Martrell Webster
SG-Daquan Cook
PG-Johnny Flynn
Reserves-
C/PF Nikola Vucevic
C-Darko Milicic
PG/SG Darius Morris
PG- Patty Mills
SF-Lazar Hayward
Trades:
Portland Trail Blazers send to the Minnesota Timberwolves:
Patrick Mills 937,195
#21 pick
Jerryd Bayless Trade Exception 2,292,600
for
Anthony Randolph 2,911,231Randolph wouldnt see much playing time anyways and didnt seem like he would develop into the player we need so I traded him for Patty Mills, a Point Guard who has showed flashes and will get playing time this year to see where he is, and the 21st pick.
Timberwolves get:
Cook $2,169,857
Mohammed $6,883,800
25th
roughlt 9 mil
for
Thunder get:
Beasley$4,962,240
Tolliver $2,200,000
Ellington$1,078,800
roughly 8.2 mil
I didnt really want to trade Beasley, but he doesnt have the best defense and lacks rebounding for his true position. I get a solid defensive and rebounds center in Mohammed, who will start but probablt wont play much as I want to get the Nikolas playing time.I get another First round drat pick and I really like my pickup of Daequan Cook. He is starting to show he may turn into something and at least is a solid role player.
Draft:
2nd pick-Derrick Williams Shocker I know, he is playing a little bit out of position, he could play either the 3 or 4 but If anything he can be trade bait in to the future or turn into a solid wing player.
20th pick-Nikola Vucevic Now the Center class is pretty weak after the top two, but i feel i snagged a good prospect who has good blood lines. He has a good work ethic and back to basket skills.
21st pick- Darius Morris- I really like this kid. He is a sophmore and has a ton of potential, can be Point or SG but seems to really see the court. He wont play much, because I plan to develop him.
24th Pick- Markieff Morris- This is a pick with High reward, low risk potential. He can rebound and Play defense so he will step up right away, but if he develops an offense game, world watch out, we may have a solid player along side Love.
Overall my team is for the future, and the plan is to develop my many young players. Have the PG battle, of Rubio, Flynn, Morris, and Mills fight it out and see who can come out on top. I could also use some for trade bait later in the year. Im going for the future.
This year predicted: 32 wins. Shows signs of huge improvement late in year
Future team of:
C-Vucevic
PF-LOVE/Morris
PF-Williams/Hayward
SG-Johnson/Cook
PG-Rubio/Morris
In a few years that could be a solid playoff team, barringa few FA pickups
THE LOS ANGELES Lakers:
You can look at the Lakers 1 of 2 ways... A team that's been to the finals 3 out of the last 4 years, winning back 2 back championships in that time span. Or, a team who was just swept in the second round. In all honesty, I believe you have to respect the first part, and acknowledge the second... This team has great players, they are also older, and slower... Add the fact that a new coach is coming in, I believe a few changes are needed in order to compete successfully with all these other teams getting much stronger. There are 5 things i feel need to be addressed in order:
1. overall team speed
2. a stronger (consistent) bench
3. help at the pg
4. a 2nd closer to help Kobe
5. the future
TRADES:
With Jim Buss trying to prove he is the new king of the Lakers Bynum's time is slowly coming. He said Bynum is "untouchable" and brought in a defensive minded coach with ties to coaching Tim Duncan whom I believe Bynum is a young version of. Before you start thinking I'm crazy, age wise this would be Duncan's first year in the NBA, looking at it in that manner, you must acknowledge Bynum's play (not demeanor) is very reminiscent of Duncan at this point. At any rate we attempted the only trade that would move Bynum, Orlando. Bynum and Odom for Hedo and Howard seemed more than fair considering Hedo is not nearly the talent as Odom at a higher price I believe, and Bynum is second only to Howard at this point, and is only 23 years old. We moved on and made an offer for Stephen Jackson that fell through and Iggy that never worked out, with Gasol being the prize... It's surprising how little respect Pau gets. We finally reached a deal with Portland that moved Pau, Devin Ebanks and Steve Blake, and landed Marcus Camby and Brandon Roy.
Lakers ROSTER 2011-2012:
Ron Artest SF $6,790,640
Matt Barnes SF/SG $1,900,000
Shannon Brown PG $2,400,000
Kobe Bryant SG/SF $25,244,000
Andrew Bynum C $15,157,667
Marcus Camby C/PF $9,256,500 +
Derrick Caracter PF $788,872
Derek Fisher PG $3,400,000
Lamar Odom PF $8,900,00
Brandon Roy SG/SF $14,940,153 +
Joe Smith PF/C $1,352,181 *
Luke Walton SF/PF $5,680,000
Projected Salary = $95,810,013
Actual Salary = $94,822,877 (Ratliff, Smith, Johnson projected to be off books)
+ Players added in deal with Portland for (Gasol, Blake, Ebanks)
* Planning to re-sign
Players Released:
Theo Ratliff - $1,352,181
Trey Johnson - $76,292
PROJECTED STARTERS:
- Derek Fisher
- Kobe Bryant
- Ron Artest
- Lamar Odom
- Andrew Bynum
- Shannon Brown/Andrew Goudelock
- Brandon Roy/Shannon Brown/Matt Barnes
- Brandon Roy/Matt Barnes/Gilbert Brown
- Marcus Camby/Luke Walton/Derrick Caracter?/Lavoy Allen?/Joe Smith
- Marcus Camby/Joe Smith/Lucas Nogueira
PICKS:
#41 - Andrew Goudelock - PG - College of Charleston
#46 - Lavoy Allen - PF - Temple
#56 - Gilbert Brown - SF - Pittsburgh
#58 - Lucas Nogueira - C - Brazil
With no first round picks the Lakers looked for solid bench players. Starting with a point guard, we thought about a quick small PG like Isiah Thomas but decided to look forward at a possible replacement for Fisher than a spark plug. Andrew Goudelock fits that bill. Very similar in size and speed, Col. of Charls. all-time scoring leader won this years NCAA 3-point contest running away with over 10 seconds left to shoot. With the guidance of Fisher and Kobe I think he has great potential to be the solid PG for years to come, also his range is limitless. We then went with Lavoy Allen out of Temple. Very talented, high basketball IQ, fundementally sound on both ends... The only question is his motor, his summer league will determine if he makes the team or we keep Derrick Caracter who had an issue in New Orleans during the play-offs that we aren't happy about. Gilbert Brown and Lucas Nogueira are 2 guys we hope can surprise people. Brown could be very much like Ron Artest, and who better to learn from than the aforementioned. Lucas Nogueira is 18 and his defense and rebounding are above average... With the mentoring of Marcus Camby and Joe Smith, and having a very high motor and very good leaping ability the 7 footer could be a future defensive player of the year. All in all we feel we had a strong draft considering.
PROJECTION:
We decided to keep the core as close to the same as possible. We feel with Odom starting Bynum has more room in the post and also gives Artest more time in the post which should help them both offensively, and we also get another playmaker on the floor who can stretch the court. With the additions of Roy, Camby and Goudelock our bench should be stronger as well on the offensive side. Goudelock and Shannon Brown will be fighting for minutes which may end up moving Brown back to the back up SG. Unless that happens we have 2 three men rotations. Roy will be the back up to Kobe giving him a rest at the end of the 1st and 3rd and Artest will sit at the end of the 2nd and 4th giving the Lakers 2 great closers at those points of the game. Camby plays center when Bynum rests and can play next to him when Odom is out like Gasol did last year. Both players are question marks due to injury, but we are only looking for about 20-25 minutes a game from both of them, which should keep them fresh. We do have some young guys that will log minutes early in the season to also keep their minutes low. The difference this year will be when Bynum is out we don't suffer defensively. Camby can still lock down the paint and when he and Bynum are together we should be very strong. As a whole we are still close to the same team only we now have a stronger bench, we are more agile, we have what we believe is a strong core at the PG, Kobe and Roy as a tandom to end games is something special we feel, and our future has been addressed. Everthing we wanted to do going into this off-season.
We believe a 55-27 win season and a Championship is well within our reach. We also feel that with replacing Phil and possible injury problems well within the realm of possibility, we could end up 42-40. If that is the case, Camby, Shannon Brown, Joe Smith and Matt Barnes are off the books. Bynum and Odom are team options, Fisher and Artest are player options, and Walton is in his last year so we are in a good position to get a great player or 2 in free-agency 2012-2013. But I'm optimistic and go with the begining of the final 3-peat of Kobe's career.
Charlotte Bobcats
- Boris Diaw
- Stephen Jackson
- Joel Przybilla
- Tyrus Thomas
- Matt Carroll
- Gerald Henderson
- DJ Augustin
- Eduardo Najera
- DJ White
- Sean Marks
- Dante Cunningham
- Garrett Temple
- Shaun Livingston
Dante Cunningham
Joel Przybilla
Garrett Temple
Kwame Brown
Players that will be released:
Matt Carroll
Sean Marks
Eduardo Najera
Current Team Roster:
Boris Diaw; PF/C - 9,000,000
Stephen Jackson; SG/SF - 9,260,000
Joel Przybilla; C - 7,405,300
Tyrus Thomas; PF - 7,305,785
Gerald Henderson; SG - 2,250,600
DJ Augustin; PG - 3, 236,469
Garrett Temple; PG - 237,127
Shaun Livingston; PG - 3,500,000
DJ White; PF - 2,001,167
Dante Cunningham; PF - 762,195
Kwame Brown; C- 1,229,255
DeSagana Diop; C - 6,925,400
Draft Picks:
9th pick was Marcus Morris, small forward from Kansas
19th pick was Tyler Honeycutt, shooting guard/small forward from UCLA
39th pick was Trey Thompkins, power forward from Georgia
First Five:
DJ Augustin - PG
Gerald Henderson - SG
Stephen Jackson - SF
Boris Diaw - PF
Joel Przybilla - C
Second Rotation:
Shaun Livingston - PG
Tyler Honeycutt - SG
Marcus Morris - SF
Tyrus Thomas - PF
Kwame Brown - C
Bench:
Desagana Diop
Trey Thompkins
Garrett Temple
DJ White
Dante Cunningham
TRADE : None
Overall:
With a new head coach, who is more known as an fast pace offensive coach, than the previous coach Larry Brown. The defense must make sure to pressure the ball to increase the chances of turnovers so that more fastbreak plays can be initiated. Coming from the Golden State Warriors Stephen Jackson and hopefully a fit Boris Diaw who once also played for the Phoenix Suns are good building blocks for this type of offense. Drafting Tyler Honeycutt and Marcus Morris who is one of the top prospects in this draft can help bring in defense from Tyler Honeycutt and much needed offense in the post and three point shots from Marcus Morris who is also a good rebounder and defensive player. While Trey Thompkins can contribute immediately on being a good rebounder, shot blocker and back to the basket player who also can shoot three point shots. He is more of an insurance to what players he can substitute for when they might get injured. He will need one or two more years to fully develop as a starting power forward in the nba.As for the other part i was not an active participant in trades because, they did traded away Gerald Wallace last season, and i would presume the Bobcats would not trade any more of their players realistically. The only projection i can make is if they can still play defense that was taught by Larry Brown, and with Paul Silas ability to connect with his players and instill a run and gun game then they have a shot to at least make it to the playoffs or be contending for the last playoff spot.
