2010 Opening day roster prediction game

Kirk Hinrich
Brandon Roy
Hedo Turkoglu
LaMarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden

Jerryd Bayless
Rudy Fernandez
Martell Webster
Nicolas Batum
Joel Przybilla

DeJuan Blair
Jeff Pendergraph

 

how do we get Kirk and still have enough cap space to sign Hedo and enough spare parts to get Blair?

 

Why 2010?

 

Sorry, 2009-2010

 

Trading Blake and Travis for Hinrich is really close to a wash salary wise for next year.
Trading Sergio to NY for a TPE clears his salary, and renouncing Frye, Koponen and Freeland could free up enough to get Hedo. (right about 10 mil) It also might leave enough to buy up in the first round and get Blair. It's certainly not anywhere close to unachievable. Maybe the Blair part, but it depends on what you can sign Hedo for.

 

none of the "available" "vet" pgs float my boat...kirk is a slight blake upgrade....but not for the cost....

 

Hahaha at slight upgrade. You are absolutely fooling yourself if you think Hinrich is only a slight upgrade. His offense is a slight upgrade, but Kirk Hinrich is one of the better one on one defenders in the NBA, while Steve Blake is arguably one of the worst.


Cost? Blake and Travis is too much for Hinrich?

 

Sounds good! Actually, it sounds very optimistic - Wait, MM, is that really you?

+Blair
-Webster
in the rotation, though.

 

10 mil a year? for a blake clone?

 

A little less than $9m per if you actually look at his salary - and he is a blake clone on offense - but a big upgrade on defense.

Not a bad way to upgrade the team on the area of biggest concern - perimeter defense.

 

Clone is not accurate.

Hinrich is easily twice the defensive player Blake is.

They both came into the league the same year, but Hinrich has 3 times as many FT attempts as Blake does.

His salary actually decreases each year.

2009 - 9.5
2010 - 9.0
2011 - 8.0

 

Starters:
Blake
Roy
Batum
LA
Oden

Main Bench:
Bayless
Outlaw
Joel

I have no clue about the rest of the team, other then they won't play much.

And yes, I don't believe KP will do anything of consequence this off season.

 

if we could get him for blake and outlaw...without a major piece that might be worth it..

then we should trade martell and draft jonas....

sf: hedo....batum....jonas....lol an all euro line

 

I'm with you about trading Martell, but I'm not sure there will be many takers for a guy with some money owed to him who can't get cleared by the Dr's to play.

 

Man that would be super depressing.

 

This is kind of what I'm thinking, although I think we'd be better off with Outlaw gone.

 

pffft

Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
LeBron James
LaMarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden

Bench:

Who the hell cares.

 

I have never wanted to be wrong more in my life. I just don't see any reason for optimism here.

 

I must be rubbing off on you, I was thinking that too..... but will change my support players and the way they are acquired

PG Kirk Hinrich, Jerryd Bayless, ?
SG Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernandez, ?
SF Hedo Turkoglu, Nicolas Batum, ?
PF LaMarcus Aldridge, David Lee, Etan Thomas
C Greg Oden, Joel Przybilla, ?


CHI Blake and Webster for Hinrich on draft day
WAS Outlaw, Sergio, ? and #24 for the #5 and Etan Thomas
NY The #5 (Curry or Rubio) and ? to NY for David Lee in a S&T
renounce Kopo and freeland and sign Hedo

 

The exact same lineup that went into the season last year is my prediction. Even down to Martell being hurt, and Batum starting.