DET and OKC/CHI

[WTFchris]

That doesn't really look like that good of a lineup to me.

Who has a better top 9 than:

Bosh
Gordon
Stuckey
Lee
Kapono
Ariza
Anderson
Dice
Bynum

[Pharaoh]

I still doubt the numbers make it work.

No offense, but your way isn't legit.

If you start with $18 mil and trade #15 then you have $20 mil to spend.

Spend it how you see fit.

That's how it works.

[WTFchris]

Bosh 15.8 mil
Gordon 10
Stuckey 1.8
Lee 9
Kapono 6.2
Ariza 5.8
Anderson 5.8
Dice
Bynum 0.8
AA 1
Sharpe 0.7

That's 57 mil before Dice. So I don't see how the numbers don't work. Obviously Kapono is out with his trade. Maybe we do RIP/Tay for Bosh/Banks without #15 now and use #15 for a wing? Banks only makes 4 mil, so you have extra money for #15.

I think it's a bad idea to use these cap numbers out there when you don't know how they arrived at them. Some say 18 mil, some say 20 mil, some count Brown, some don't. It's much better to add up the salaries on your own to see.

[Pharaoh]

Is the cap gonna be $57 mil?

Like you said it really doesn't matter now, though - Kapono is out of Toronto.

[Fool]

Who has a better top 9 than:

Bosh
Gordon
Stuckey
Lee
Kapono
Ariza
Anderson
Dice
Bynum

I don't know, you've got essentially 7-8 really good backups and Bosh here. A lot of teams have better than that. Also, "top nine"? That's an odd set.

[WTFchris]

I don't know, you've got essentially 7-8 really good backups and Bosh here. A lot of teams have better than that. Also, "top nine"? That's an odd set.

I consider Gordon a solid #2 guy. Stuckey is a solid #3 guy. Lee is a great #4 guy. I'm a little concerned about bench scoring (the rest are mostly role players), but I don't see 7-8 backups. I see good 1-4 options and 5-9 are backups.

What team has 5 legit options anyway? The Lakers are probably the deepest team, and Ariza is their #5 option to start as well.

[Fool]

You have Gordon coming off the bench behind Kapono.

PG Stuckey/Bynum
SG Kapono/Gordon
SF Ariza/Kapono
PF Bosh/Dice
C Lee/Anderson

That starting core get's destroyed defensively. Anderson helps down low but the bench get's killed at the arc. You've spent all the money and I have a hard time seeing how this isn't the Detroit version of the Raptors (better, playoffs for sure, but nowhere near a championship team).

[Pharaoh]

Fool, can you poke holes in my team (Research/Question thread)?

It's similar (Chris copied my ideas) but I believe it's significantly different.

[Glenn]

I wanna talk about Zekyl.

[Zekyl]

I haven't had time lately, give me a chance to go back and look at things and I'll finish up my idea later today.

Wouldn't Rip, Tay, Max, #15 for Bosh, Kapono not work (not that it matters now)? The Raps don't have cap space and the incoming salaries would have been a solid 5 million higher than outgoing for them.