One interesting thought I had to judge talent and depth is to evenly divide a top team into two teams. (The remaining 6 active slots per team would then be filled with replacement or average players relative to their depth chart ranking to complete the 12-man roster.) If we did this with Cavaliers, Celtics, Rockets, Warriors, etc., what kind of teams could you form? And how would the half teams fare theoretically?
My first team would be Paul Harden Ariza Anderson Capela Gordon, and the other team would be whoever is left over