[STATnMeloParticipant]

Construct a team of 12 guys you will take into a 1 game situation. Win and the title is yours. Now be realistic no teams like CP3-Kobe-LeBron-Amar’e-Dwight……A real NBA team of players who fit a certain system and can fit financially. You get 60mil in cap room to give to the 12 players. Now take this serious I wanna see who can construct the best team

[JJeff6Participant]

can we make it a 10 man team instead? or increase the cap just a little.

[STATnMeloParticipant]

Ok 12 men at 65mil thats it and another thing this is players now like if you pick KG its the KG now not in his MVP years

[JJeff6Participant]

okay gracias

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

are we going off the salaries they make this 2010-2011 season?

[STATnMeloParticipant]

You are the GM you build the team choose a coach too just be fair with the salaries remember rookies dont make that much and some vets are worth less. Just keep them 2 -3 mil within their salary.

[JJeff6Participant]

Coach: Alvin Gentry

Starters:

pg: Derrick Rose

sg: Dwayne Wade

sf: Kevin Durant

pf: Blake Griffin

c: Al Horford

2nd Unit:

pg: Eric Gordon

sg: Tyreke Evans

sf: Grant Hill

pf: Kevin Love

C: Channing Frye

Last 2:

1: Paul Milsap

2: Aaron Brooks

All for $62,678,331

 

[STATnMeloParticipant]

Not really what I was lookin for I mean not so realistic but great team nonetheless

[JJeff6Participant]

you said make it the best team you can within the 65 mil salary cap and system and have 12 guys, and that I did.  I can change if you want?

[STATnMeloParticipant]

But after I said be realistic I mean get a shooter, a defensive stopper, instant offense, a go to guy, a sidekick and then put their salaries how much YOU would give them.

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

PG- D. Rose – $5.5 mil

SG- R. Allen – $10 mil

SF- K. Durant – $6 mil

PF- K. Love – $3.6 mil

C- T. Duncan- $18.8 mil

6th- L. Odom- $8.2 mil

7th- George Hill- $854 k

8th- Grant Hill- $3.2 mil

9th- S. O’Neal- $1.35 mil

10th- E. Gordon- $3 mil

11th- A. Afflalo- $1.9 mil

12th- B. Wallace- $2 mil

 

total salary: 64.4 mil

[JJeff6Participant]

OH okay i took it literally and i actually went ona website and got their salaries.  My goal was for a run and gun offense with a few bigger guys who can rebound.  I’ll redo it

[JJeff6Participant]

Oak Hill:

i dont know if you are doing it or not, but try not to give yourself points, let other people do it, cuz its easy to tell when you do.

[The Splash DocParticipant]

Coach Tom Thibodeau

PG- Derrick Rose- 9mil

SG- Rip Hamilton- 10mil

SF- Andre Igoudala-11mil

PF- Rasheed Wallace- 2mil

C- Joakim Noah- 5mil

6th Man- Ben Gordon- 10mil

7th Def. Stopper- Matt Barnes- 5mil

8th Combo Guard- Kirk Hinrich- 6mil

9th Man Rebounder- Ben Wallace- 1mil

10th Man Shooter- Jodie Meeks- 2mil

11th Man 3rd PG- Jannero Pargo- 1mil

12th Man Banger- Reggie Evans- 3mil

Total Salary- 65mil

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

Well I went off their actual salaries because some people value certain players higher than others…so I think that’s the most fair way to do it.

I have Durant as my feature guy offensively with Rose as my sidekick. Duncan as my guy who I dump it down to in the post if/when I need a bucket. Ray Ray as my shooter. & Love as my dirty work guy to dominate the boards and set good screens for Ray and Durant to get open looks.

Off the bench…I went with Lamar as my do-it-all 6th man. George Hill to take over the PG duties when I want to pick up the pressure defensively, but not lose a lot on the offensive end. Grant Hill as my key veteran guy who can make an impact on the game in multiple ways. Shaq to do the same job as Duncan when he needs a rest, while also getting guys in foul trouble and drawing double-teams. Eric Gordon as another shooter/scorer off the bench who I trust at any time to come in and put points on the board while also picking up the pace and intensity. Arron Afflalo as my defensive guy who isn’t afraid of any challenge and can also shoot the rock. Lastly, Big Ben Wallace…Another veteran leader who has championship pedigree and can still defend the paint and rebound.

[STATnMeloParticipant]

Great team J_Smoove and Doc and @PHX ok on the points thing I didnt do it for all my post just ones I felt i deserve a point good lookin out though

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

And I’d have Greg Poppovic as my coach. He knows how to handle vets who are close to the end of their careers as well as young guys and can play fast break or half court offensively.

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

The salary is next to the name, I sort of guestimated the values for some young players due for new contracts and I rounded for the rest of the players, so it may be way off. I’m not sure if Gasol and Mayo are worth a lot more than 8 and 7 million respectively?

PG: OJ Mayo(7 mill), Mario Chalmers(2 mill)

SG: Martell Webster(4 mill), Rudy Fernandez(2 mill)

SF: Lebron James(15 mill), Matt Barnes(2 mill)

PF: Amare Stoudemire(16 mill), Josh McRoberts(2 mill)

C: Marc Gasol(8 mill), Deandre Jordan (2 mill)

Wow, I rounded or estimated 2 million for all of my bench players, I didn’t realize that when I was making it. So this is probably not all that accurate salary wise, but I feel like this team could be really good if the salaries would match up.

 

 

 

 

[Charlie SheenParticipant]

G- Stephen Curry- 4mil

G- Tyreke Evans- 5mil

C- Andrew Bogut- 12mil

F- Danny Granger- 12mil

F- Luis Scola- 6mil

6th Man- Dorrell Wright- 5mil

Defensive Stopper- Jared Dudley- 4mil

Back Up PG- Shannon Brown- 4mil

Shooter- Jason Kapono- 4mil

Banger- Samuel Dalembert- 3mil

Instant Offense- Nick Young- 3mil

3rd PG- Jeremy Lin- 1mil

65 Million in salary

Coach- Larry Brown

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

Yea, on second thought, I think my bench players deserve more money, but oh well.

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

I’ll just go over the starters for my team. Assuming the salaries work, I think they would mesh very well. 

Amare would be a great number 2 option for Lebron. OJ Mayo would be a great number 3 and he could play the 1 because Lebron would do most of the ball handling and playmaking anyway and he is a very good shooter. Webster is also a knockdown shooter and he plays very solid defense. Gasol could do the dirty work in the paint and rebound and play defense.

[STATnMeloParticipant]

PG- John Wall(4mil)

SG- Joe Johnson(12mil)

SF- Carmelo Anthony(15mil)

PF- Al Horford(6mil)

C- Joakim Noah(5mil)

Back Up PG- Delonte West(3mil)

Instant Offense- JR Smith(5mil)

Defensive Stopper- Dahntay Jones(2mil)

3rd Big Man- Paul Millsap(5mil)

4th Big Man- Earl Barron(1mil)

3rd PG- TJ Ford(2mil)

Energy Guy- Mickael Pietrus(5mil)

[STATnMeloParticipant]

My coach would be Jeff Van Gundy and his assistant would be Marc Jackson

[The Splash DocParticipant]

I Tried to create the Bostob Celtic type of team balanced scoring great team defense and depth

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

I’m a little confused because I see like Eric Gordon as a 10th man and Paul Milsap as a 8th man. Are we just picking any players? You want to be realistic, here’s mine.

Starting 5

Rajon Rondo-O.J. Mayo-Danny Granger-Al Horford-Joakim Noah

Bench ( in order)

Paul Milsap-Shannon Brown-James Harden-Taj Gibson-Jason Smith-Von Wafer-D.J. White

 

 

[STATnMeloParticipant]

idk about EG but Millsap isnt my 8th man he is my 3rd BIG I just put him right there. Just choose a team of players that fit well and have the right price tag

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

Oh, Alright…I understand now. In that case, I like my team

Starters

Rondo: Best defensive PG, top 3 passer and gives my team someone who can create shots

Mayo: Underrated defender (top 5 defensive SG in the NBA), good shooter and gets a boost from Rondo

Granger: 24-32 points easy, solid rebounder

Horford: Top 5 rebounder in the NBA, moves to PF, Banger

Noah: Rebounds, can get me 15 rebounds and 6 blocks while getting cheap baskets

Bench

Milsap: Matchup Nightmare

Brown: Combo, plays well at SG and a solid shooter/defender

Harden: Young gun who’s selfless, could create

Gibson: Hustle Big

Smith: Solid big, 4 points, tough on D

Wafer- Showed he can play but TOO inconsitant

White- 6 fouls at its best

 

Assistant Coaches: Mark Jackson, Herb Williams, Lawerance Frank

Head Coach: Phil Jackson

[NYCrealdealParticipant]

kid kyrie our teams wud be really similar lol
pg -rondo
sg -mayo
sf-durant
pf-milsap(hes a starter guys)
c-perkins
bench
manu
kerilenko
ibaka
nate
haywood
dahntey jones
ronnie price

[STATnMeloParticipant]

I like the Horford/Noah combo I chose it too but Millsap and Gibson kind of play the same and neither can go 5 like Noah or Horford I would replace Millsap or Gibson with a true Center to ass some size Sap is 6’8 and TG is 6’9 maybe adding a 7 footer would help in case of foul trouble….good job though that team is scary and they all are team players no egos and Rondo is a great leader and OJ and Danny can create their own shots as well as be spot up guys…………..Great team

[NYCrealdealParticipant]

doc rivers

[dmo21Participant]

this was a lil harder than i thought, but here i go. My team is a run and gun team when it can, but in the half court, they go to the big man and surround him by shooters. Dual head coaches of Van Gundy and Don Nelson, which would be absolutley funny to see haha.. So here they are:

Pg- Rondo- 9m

Sg- Curry- 6m

Sf- Beasley- 6m

Pf- Blatche- 5m

C- Howard- 16m

6- Instant Offense- J.R. Smith- 5m

7- Defender- Batum- 2m

8- Big Man- Hawes- 2m

9- Shooter- Morrow- 4m

10- Backup Point Guard- S.Brown- 3m

11- 3^rd PG- Dragic- 2m

12- Do Everything- Kirilenko- 5m

Everyone on this team can run, and everyone can shoot from outside (except Howard). Probably wouldn’t win to many games but would be fun as hell to watch. Lots of head cases with Beasly, Blatche, and Smith, with Nelson would be a bad idea, but there is a fine line between a massacre and a miracle lol.

[dmo21Participant]

this was a lil harder than i thought, but here i go. My team is a run and gun team when it can, but in the half court, they go to the big man and surround him by shooters. Dual head coaches of Van Gundy and Don Nelson, which would be absolutley funny to see haha.. So here they are:

Pg- Rondo- 9m

Sg- Curry- 6m

Sf- Beasley- 6m

Pf- Blatche- 5m

C- Howard- 16m

6- Instant Offense- J.R. Smith- 5m

7- Defender- Batum- 2m

8- Big Man- Hawes- 2m

9- Shooter- Morrow- 4m

10- Backup Point Guard- S.Brown- 3m

11- 3^rd PG- Dragic- 2m

12- Do Everything- Kirilenko- 5m

Everyone on this team can run, and everyone can shoot from outside (except Howard). Probably wouldn’t win to many games but would be fun as hell to watch. Lots of head cases with Beasly, Blatche, and Smith, with Nelson would be a bad idea, but there is a fine line between a massacre and a miracle lol.

[akhan786Participant]

 Coach:Doc Rivers

Starters:

Pg- Rajon Rondo (9 mil)- Can facilitate the offense the best in the league and will make sure everyone gets their points

Sg- Jason Richardson (13 mil)- athletic and big time shot maker

Sf- Andre Igoudala ( 10 mil)- highlight reel every game and defensive stopper

Pf- Josh Smith (11 mil)- One of the best shot blockers in the league

C- Brook Lopez (2 mil)- cheap presence down low

Bench:

Pg- Aaron Brooks (2 mil)- high energy point guard

Sg- Shannon Brown (2 mil)- supreme athlete (get the crowd involved)

Sf- Shane Battier ( 7 mil)- veteran defensive leadership

Pf- Glen Davis (3 mil)- instant offense

C- Kendrick Perkins (4 mil)- instant defense

Back up guard: Rudy Fernandez (1 mil)- shoots the lights out

Back up big man: Taj Gibson (1 mil)- another post presence  

 

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

 ^I think Aaron Brooks is worth a lot more than 2 million dollars. He’s a 19 and 5 guy.

[The Splash DocParticipant]

He isnt a back up type either he’s a starter for sure…………you can pay them whatever you want it depends on what you feel they are worth not their current salaries

[JJeff6Participant]

KD is also a steal for this thread, at 6 mil a year.

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

Oh, I see what he did, he used how much Aaron Brooks is making right now. I was tempted to do that with all the players, but that would allow you to have way too many super talented players still on their rookie contracts. That team could never stay together once you would have to pay them.

[Charlie SheenParticipant]

PG- Mike Bibby(Fisher)

SG- Joe Johnson(Kobe)

SF- Andrie Kirilenko(Artest)

PF- Dirk Nowitski(Gasol)

C- Al Horford(Bynum)

6th Man- Jeff Green(Odom)

7th Man- Luke Ridnour(Blake)

8th Man- Jerryd Bayless(Brown)

9th Man- Shane Battier(Barnes)

10th Man- Marco Belinelli(Vujacic)

11th Man- Paul George(Ebanks)

12th Man- Kurt Thomas(Ratliff)

I call this team Lakers East I would put this team in Atlanta and have Pat Riley coach them to go head to head with LAL I have a decent counter part for each LA player too

[JJeff6Participant]

I like that a lot. Really good comparisons.

[RicoParticipant]

If you want to be realistic you should make two new rules.

1. Limit the number of players on rookie contracts for the team.  How many guys on rookie contracts do the Lakers, Celtics, Magic, or Heat have on their team?

2. The bench players should not be real starters in the NBA, they should be bench players.  It is laughable to see Eric Gordon coming off the bench.

[STATnMeloParticipant]

Well since rookie contracts last 4 years lets go with 3 guys in their rookie deals that only counts for 1st rounders…also some starters could be considered bench players like guys out of position such as Jeff Green who could be a bench player, also guys like Millsap who starts now but is the 3rd big for Utah

[JJeff6Participant]

Also even Wall has come off the bench this year.There are exceptions.

[dragons12Participant]

pg. chris paul 16 mil (playmaker)

sg. curry 6 million (stretches the d)

sf. Batum 2 million (defense and potential)

pf. josh smith 11 million (ecitement great d plus the alley oops with paul wow)

c. Joakim noah 5 million (defense and energy plus rebounding

6th man kevin love 5 million ( imagine the energy off the bench)

7th rodney stuckey 5 million

8th Reggie williams 2 million (most underrated player in the nba)

9th. Reggie evans 3 million (boards boards and boards)

10th. Landry fields 2 million (energy defense and rebounds)

11th. ibaka 2 million (big man)

12th. Jodie meeks 2 million (other shooter)

[dragons12Participant]

coach would be d’antoni

[dmo21Participant]

This is the mega defensive team that is coached by Skiles. Just try to score, I dare you.

Pg- Rondo- 9m

Sg- DeRozan- 4m

Sf- G.Wallace- 9m

Pf- J.Smith- 11m

C- Howard- 16m

Pg2- Holiday- 3m

Sg2- Sefalosha- 3m

Sf2- Batum- 3m

Pf2- Ibaka- 2m

C2- McGee- 2m

Wing- Wilkins- 1m

Big- B.Wallace- 2m

[STATnMeloParticipant]

that was a ric flair woooooooo right there……….they’d allow like 75 points a game and score 100 because that team can run too they’d def win a championship probably even 70 games the thing is they dont have an iso player on the wing who can get their own shot matter fact they dont have much shooters but they’d run so much they’d be on defense 75% of the game and that team and coach wouldnt mind

[NYCrealdealParticipant]

people r just picking the low slary stars

i rhink the person who made the thread should make the rules like this

there should be like tiers of players

like great players ex.kobe lebron wade durant

ggood players monte ellis dlee rudy gay

role players

and bench

who ever made the thread can make the tiers

then u can only pick a certain # of pleyrs from each

ex.one great player 2 good players 3 role 7 bench

i think that would make it more realistic

stole this idea from a post a while ago

[STATnMeloParticipant]

I’ll create a new system with the tiers. And Start a new thread tomorrow just watch out for it then will have a specific time to post a team then the users can vot by adding a point to a team they feel is good. See you guys tomorrow

[Charlie SheenParticipant]

I so agree and I have a great idea like concerning salaries. each level gets a specific amount of money like top 15 next 9 next 5 next 3 last 1 then maxes go like 2 top guys 2 next 3 next 3 nex 3 last

[omphalosParticipant]

This got very complicated very quickly haha. Biggest revelation of this thread was that you could actually give yourself points, I never tried cause it didn’t seem like something that should be allowed/done. Some of the posts that receive points make a lot more sense now!

As far as my team is concerned, the concept of rating players based on money is a strange one, but this is what I came up with…

Starters – $44 mil

PG – Chris Paul – $15 mil

SG –  JR Smith – $4 mil

SF – Mickael Pietrus (sp?) – $5 mil

PF – Serge Ibaka – $5 mil

C – Dwight Howard – $15 mil

Bench – $21 mil

PG – Rodrigue Beaubois (sp?) – $4 mil

SG – Avery Bradley – $1 mil

SF – Da’Sean Butler – $4 mil

PF – Nick Collison – $7 mil

C – DeAndre Jordan – $3 mil

11th – Sasha Vujacic – $1 mil

12th – Brian Scalabrine – $1 mil

Coach: Doc Rivers

Okay, so basically for the starters the tandem of Howard and Paul would be devastating, Pietrus is a great defender and three point shooter on the wing, JR Smith under Rivers’ and Paul’s influence would thrive and be that isolation threat at the end of a shot clock. Howard and Ibaka would form the Block Brothers, and arguably the best interior D in the League. I’m a firm believer that D wins championships and all these starters can defend their position well.

As far as the bench goes you have a veteran presence in Collison, young athletic guards to defend and score off the bench, a defensive C in Jordan who would be a good backup for Howard and a sixth man in Butler who knows how to be a leader for the second unit.

Sasha will ride the team to a ring and could play spot minutes in case of an injury, and Scalabrine is a big red-headed good luck charm.

I really think this team could win it all against any current team in the L, including Miami, Lakers, Celtics because the players all compliment each other, they are young, defend well and have plenty of offensive firepower.

[Ghost01Participant]

Under the Cap, here we go:

Coach: Phil Jackson

PG: Derrick Rose (5.5 Million)

SG: Ray Allen (10 Million)

SF: Lebron James (14.5 Million)

PF: Blake Griffin (5.3 Million)

C: Joakim Noah (3.1 Million)

Bench:

G: Goran Dragic (1.9 Million)

G: Shannon Brown (2.1 Million)

F: Dorell Wright (3.5 Million)

F: Anderson Varejo (7.2 Millon)

C: Shaq (1.3 Million)

F/C: Joey Dorsey (854 K)

C: Matt Bonner (3 Million)

Cap: 58.254 Million

[Ghost01Participant]

Heres alittle breakdown of my team:

The athletic combination of James, Rose, and Griffin would be unrivaled. They are essencially the big 3 lite, except, Rose, unlike Wade would be much more understanding of the "facilitate, get Lebron the ball, and then out of no where remind everybody how good you are" role. Griffin would be much better at making an impact on the boards and defensively without having to get 25 touches on offense, unlike Bosh. He also in my opinion would be much more efficient. Noah, is perfect for any of these "realistic dream teams", because hes the 1 boarderline all star who NEVER NEEDS TO TOUCH THE BALL. He could get 0 touches in the offense and come up with a double double. And Allen, easily the best 3 shooter of our generaion, just sits back at the 3 line and stretches the hell out of the defense.

The bench is just kind of a random assortment of guys who i like. I picked Gragic over a Fisher type, because I dont need a veteran who is going to be clutch, he isnt going to be seeing the floor in crunch time. I need someone to capitilize on all the backup minutes. Ditto for Brown, and his 3 shooting has been great this year. Dorell Wright is having a nice year but i dont see him playing much. Varejo is Noah lite, and Shaq takes up fouls. The last 2 guys are just bench warmers who i wouldnt mind having around.

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

I mean yes your team is great, but that’s only because Noah, Rose and Griffin haven’t signed big contracts yet. Your team is under the cap for now, but as soon as they signed…

[Ghost01Participant]

And when Rose and Griffin extend, i wont be need to be under the cap.

[SteroidParticipant]

Here is my team. I tried to keep it as realistic as possible. Salary Cap is 65 mil, and the coach is Stan Van Gundy.

Dwight Howard 15 mil

Channing Frye 5 mil

Danny Granger- 11 mil

Arron Afflalo 3 mil

Chris Paul 15 mil

C.J. Miles 3.7 mil

Serge Ibaka 1 mil

Raja Bell- 3 mil

Nate Robinson- 4 mil

JaVale McGee- 1.6

Jared Dudley 2 mil

Jordan Crawford 1 mil

[SteroidParticipant]

Damn.. i built a team for the season, not a 1 game team. haha

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

It doesn’t matter. The post said to pick a team to win 1 game right now. Not giving players extensions down the line.

Plus with Bird rights it really wouldn’t matter.

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