Comments on: From Worst to First – A Fan’s Hope For Next Season http://www.nbatoday.net/2009/12/from-worst-to-first-a-fans-hope-for-next-season/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: thegovernor http://www.nbatoday.net/2009/12/from-worst-to-first-a-fans-hope-for-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-520 thegovernor Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://www.nbatoday.net/?p=2883#comment-520 david lee would fit great with Lebron in this scenerio. He is a faster more athletic Big Z. Yes, his numbers shot up when D'Antoni came to town with the run and gun system, however they were increasing anyway. And Yes, He isn't the best post defender like Yi and Bargnani, but he can defend the pick roll when playing teams like the Suns Lakers and Magic. david lee would fit great with Lebron in this scenerio. He is a faster more athletic Big Z. Yes, his numbers shot up when D’Antoni came to town with the run and gun system, however they were increasing anyway. And Yes, He isn’t the best post defender like Yi and Bargnani, but he can defend the pick roll when playing teams like the Suns Lakers and Magic.

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]]> By: The Ref http://www.nbatoday.net/2009/12/from-worst-to-first-a-fans-hope-for-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-495 The Ref Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:13:14 +0000 http://www.nbatoday.net/?p=2883#comment-495 Basher you don't want David Lee...Trust me. I am a Knick fan. He is just like Zach Randolph: contributes solid numbers, but does not have any intangibles to be a winner. The worse defending C/PF in the league. Basher you don’t want David Lee…Trust me. I am a Knick fan. He is just like Zach Randolph: contributes solid numbers, but does not have any intangibles to be a winner. The worse defending C/PF in the league.

]]> By: Shooter http://www.nbatoday.net/2009/12/from-worst-to-first-a-fans-hope-for-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Shooter Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:35:49 +0000 http://www.nbatoday.net/?p=2883#comment-492 Looks like David Lee is gonna have to take a big paycut, or LeBron. Hmmm... I guess it's up to Lee then. And Duts, you said it best - 1-18 right now is a tough sell for any free agent. Sad and true. Looks like David Lee is gonna have to take a big paycut, or LeBron. Hmmm… I guess it’s up to Lee then.

And Duts, you said it best – 1-18 right now is a tough sell for any free agent.

Sad and true.

]]> By: Duts http://www.nbatoday.net/2009/12/from-worst-to-first-a-fans-hope-for-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Duts Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:45:23 +0000 http://www.nbatoday.net/?p=2883#comment-491 Basher - This is actually an interesting scenario. I'm going to use my numbers based on the Executive Row post and see if this is feasible on the fly... Let's say 2010 has a 53 million dollar salary cap. Max contracts will be set at ~15 million a year for the upcoming season. The payroll before any additions is looking to be around 26.5 million, if they pick up the option on CDR and they don't resign Josh Boone and Sean Williams. Let's leave those two off the books for the moment. That leaves you with about...27 million to spend. If Lebron came to the Nets, he takes up a MAX contract...you have 12 million to go get both Johnson and Lee? You can probably get Joe Johnson for 12 million, and then use exceptions to fill out the rest of your roster. Therefore, I think it is fiscally possible for both Lebron and Johnson to suit up in a Nets organization. But I can't see all three. I would hope for a healthy Yi and draft another PF in the first/second round, just in case. That being said, 1-18 right now is a tough sell for any free agent. -Duts Basher –

This is actually an interesting scenario. I’m going to use my numbers based on the Executive Row post and see if this is feasible on the fly…

Let’s say 2010 has a 53 million dollar salary cap. Max contracts will be set at ~15 million a year for the upcoming season.

The payroll before any additions is looking to be around 26.5 million, if they pick up the option on CDR and they don’t resign Josh Boone and Sean Williams. Let’s leave those two off the books for the moment.

That leaves you with about…27 million to spend. If Lebron came to the Nets, he takes up a MAX contract…you have 12 million to go get both Johnson and Lee? You can probably get Joe Johnson for 12 million, and then use exceptions to fill out the rest of your roster.

Therefore, I think it is fiscally possible for both Lebron and Johnson to suit up in a Nets organization. But I can’t see all three. I would hope for a healthy Yi and draft another PF in the first/second round, just in case.

That being said, 1-18 right now is a tough sell for any free agent.

-Duts

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