My 8 man rotation with $700,000 to spare. Chauncey Billups @ 10.0 mil Lindsey Hunter @ 2.3 mil Tracy McGrady @ 18.0 mil Kelenna Azuibuike @ 687k Bruce Bowen @ 4.1 mil Udonis Haslem @ 6.1 mil Brian Skinner @ 1.1 mil Yao Ming @ 14.0 mil Can't do much better than adding 3 championship starters and one championship backup.
Taking Steve Nash is cheating because he would never be available. But the Rockets had every opportunity to draft prince and Mcdyess was given away for salary space as well as Blake. Artest was the only starter attainable. And with your team Yao has to play 48 minutes or Hayes will have to play center. Still considering you followed his rules I do like that starting lineup. I never checked Nash because I thought he was a max player earning 15+ mil.
Some rather important ones (Warrick, Gibson). Besides, I think my team at the top of this page would pretty much own. They've got championship experience, leadership, scoring, 3 point shooting, defense, and a dash of athleticism (McGrady, 'Buike, Haslem). The starting line up has 3 legit scorers and 2 great role players, and the bench features a great backup PG, an athletic scorer, and a big serviceable PF/C. Now I'm going to look at the Rockets real roster and cry myself to sleep.
This is what I would hope for in the next off season PG Brooks Alston SG Redd, Wells SmF Yi, Landry PF Scola, Chuck C Yao, Okur TRADE T Mac and Battier to the Bucks for Redd and Yi James and Head trade and draft pick[12th)to the Jazz for Okur.
PG: Jose Calderon (2.47 Mill) SG: Raja Bell (4.75 Mill) SF/SG: Tracy McGrady (19.01 Mill) PFSF: Gerald Wallace (7.40 Mill) CN: Yao Ming (13.76 Mill) 6: PG/SG - Steve Francis (2.43 Mill) 7: PF/CN - Robert Horry (3.63 Mill) 8: PG/SG - Eddie House (1.50 Mill) 9: CN/PF - Melvin Ely (0.89 Mill) 10: SF/SG - Ime Udoka (1.00 Mill) Total: $56.949 Mill Aaron Brooks in D-League Carl Landry in D-League
Another one: Starters PG: Beno Udrih 561,544 SG: Dwayne Wade 13,041,250 SF: Tracy McGrady 18,257,750 PF: Chuck Hayes 1,750,000 C: Yao Ming 13,762,775 Bench Brandon Bass 770,610 Travis Outlaw 4,000,000 Juan Dixon 2,550,000 Grant Hill_____________________1,830,000_________________________ Grand total: 56,523,929
Make it harder........ do 12 players under 60 million. If you do 8 players at 57 million, one injury to a key player really hurts. Code: C Yao Ming 14 PF Chuck Hayes 1.75 SF James Posey 3.2 SG Tracy McGrady 18 PG Anthony Carter 1.1 C Brian Skinner 1.1 PF Carlos Boozer 11.6 SF Grant Hill 1.83 SG Bonzi Wells 2.3 PG Beno Udrih 0.76 F/C Melvin Ely 0.9 G/F Kelenna Azubuike 0.69 Total 57.23 C Yao Ming 14 PF Chuck Hayes 1.75 SF Tayshaun Prince 8.7 SG Tracy McGrady 18 PG Chris Duhon 3.24 C Brian Skinner 1.1 PF Brandon Bass 0.77 SF Gerald Wallace 7.5 SG Bonzi Wells 2.3 PG Anthony Carter 1.1 G Beno Udrih 0.76 G/F Kelenna Azubuike 0.69 Total 59.91 C Yao Ming 14 PF Chuck Hayes 1.75 SF James Posey 3.2 SG Tracy McGrady 18 PG Chris Duhon 3.24 C Brian Skinner 1.1 PF Carlos Boozer 11.6 SF Grant Hill 1.83 SG Bonzi Wells 2.3 PG Beno Udrih 0.76 F/C Melvin Ely 0.9 G/F Kelenna Azubuike 0.69 Total 59.37 It was fun for a while to do the above, then it became depressing after seeing players that have either passed through the Rockets organization or could have been drafted by the Rockets.
OK, now try doing the same thing with all Euro players (minus McGrady I guess, and Yao is ok). Enjoy.
Yao Ming - $13.8MM Tracy McGrady - $19.0MM Kirk Hinrich - $11.0MM Chuck Hayes - $1.8MM Zaza Pachulia - $4.0MM Matt Barnes - $3.0MM Michael Finley - $3.1MM Beno Udrih - $0.8MM Total - $56.5MM
WE gotta by strict about this. 1. Have to fully cost out the contracts, no "rounding down" 2. No rookie contracts even 2nd round picks like Kelenna Azuibuike. 3. Have to have the minimum 12 roster spots fully filled. The salary cap this year is actually $55,630,000 Yao and tracy make $32,776,962 combined, that actually leaves $22,853,038 for only 10 players, so each player on average can only be paid $2,853,038. I dare anyone to beat my roster following the rules. C Yao Ming $13,762,775 PF Chris Wilcox 6,500,000 SF Grant Hill $1,830,000 SG Tracy Mcgrady $19,014,187 PG Jose Calderon 2,471,604 C Frabricio Oberto 3,600,000 PF Brandon Bass $770,610 SF Bonzi Wells 2,284,200 SG Eddie House 1,500,000 PG Beno Udrih $761,544 B Brian skinner 1,103,225 B Ime Udoka 1,000,000 $54,598,145
On NBA, i started a new franchise and started with a team i made on my own. C - Al Jefferson (2.4) PF - D Howard (6.06) SF - Rudy Gay (2.4) SG - Joe Johnson (13.4) PG - Chris Paul (3.6) BENCH C - LeMarcus Aldridge (4.3) PF - Al Horford (3.7) SF - David West (10.6) SG - Brandon Roy (2.8) PG - Mike Conley Jr (3.3) I started with 'the future' of the NBA so to speak... All young players who've showed exceptional talent. I chose Johnson as a 'go to' guy as there really wasn't a stand out on the roster. Simulating a season i finished 43-39 and the 8th spot in the West (i randomly selected the Hornets as my franchise) It was surprising to see Chris Paul was second in scoring to Johnson at 22.7 ppg with Howard only averaging 13. I simulated the first 3 games against the Spurs and quickly went down 3-0 but played and won the remaining 4 (with a 54, 21 rebound effort from Howard). That trend continued to the Finals (losing first 3 - winning in 7) until i played the Pistons where i won the first 2 than lost next 3 than won remaining 2 on my own. Simulated the second season with this team - and finished with the 2nd best record in the West with a 64-18 record. Needless to say - i think New Orleans will hold the next - 8 or so championships I don't really know why i even wrote this but it is entertaining to mix up and try different things with franchises and play with people you're not used to playing with.. So my team is worth $52.56 million... I know i cheated... But it was worth the dynasty and numerous championships it created
