This is my guess for the first eight players taken by the new Charlotte franchise. (I predict each team protects eight, and once Charlotte picks a player from a team, that team has the option to protect more. They get a maximum of eight players through this way.) C ------- Potapenko(SEA), E.Johnson(MIL) PF ------ Fortson(GS), Croshere (IND) SF ------ Fizer(CHI), Haston(NO) SG ------ G.Wallace(SAC) PG------- Ward(NY)
I live in Sactown, and it is overwhelmingly likely the Kings will protect these players: Chris Webber Mike Bibby Predrag Stojakovic Hidayet Turkoglu Doug Christie Bobby Jackson Keon Clark Gerald Wallace The Kings WILL NOT PROTECT VLADE. He is an old man with a huge salary, and has said publicly that if he were ever traded, he would immediately retire. However, this does mean that Charlotte would get Scot Pollard, who is a very underrated center.
Yeah, I figured they would protect him, and actually had Pollard pegged as well. The Kings just have a lot of good players.
Well, we just traded one power forward, so if we lost another to expansion, we wouldn't have enough of them left. Of course, this is assuming our -- and everyone's -- roster remains unchanged for the next 3 years. Won't Divac be retired in 3 years anyway?
