Lets say a new basketball team is created in Seattle for the NBA.

metrocard

Legend
Remember when the Bobcats had the expansion draft?

NBA teams protect 8 players.

For each NBA team, who are the 8 players they should protect?

Here are mines.

Atlantic Division

Boston Celtics
1. Rondo
2. Garnett
3. Pierce
4. Bradley
5. Sullinger
6. Melo
7. Bass
8. Green

Players out
Terry
Lee
Barbosa

Wilcox
Varnado
Joseph
Collins

Brooklyn Nets
1. Williams
2. Lopez
3. Johnson
4. Wallace
5. Humphries
6. Brooks
7. Teletović
8. Shengelia

Players out
CJ Watson
Blatche
Evans

Stackhouse
Bogans
Taylor
Childress

New York Knicks
1. Anthony
2. Chandler
3. Shumpert
4. Stoudimire
5. Kidd
6. Smith
7. Felton
8. Novak

Out
Wallace
Camby
Thomas

White
Prigioni
Brewer
Copeland


Philadelphia 76ers
1. Holliday
2. Turner
3. T. Young
4. Bynum
5. Hawes
6. N. Young
7. D. Wright
8. Allen

Out
J-Rich
Kwame Brown
Royal Ivy
Maalik Wayns
Damien Wilkins
Arnett Moultrie


Toronto Raptors
1. Derozan
2. Valančiūnas
3. Ross
4. Lowry
5. Davis
6. Pietrus
7. Bargnani
8. Calderon

Out
Fields
Acy
Gray
Anderson
Lucas


Central Division

Bulls
1. Rose
2. Noah
3. Deng
4. Gibson
5. Boozer
6. Robinson
7. Hinrich
8. Belinelli

Out
Teague
Radmanovic
Mohamed
Hamilton
Butler

Cleveland Cavs
1. Irving
2. Varejao
3. Waiters
4. Thompson
5. Zeller
6. Gee
7. Miles
8. Gibson

Out
Pargo
Walton
Casspi
Jones
Leuer
Samuels
Livingston

Detroit Pistons
1. Drummond
2. Monroe
3. Knight
4. Singler
5. Prince
6. Jerebko
7. Middleton
8. English

Out
Stuckey
Maxiel
Maggette
Bynum
Daye
That Russian dude
Villanueva

Indiana Pacers
1. George
2. Hibbert
3. Hill
4. Stephenson
5. Granger
6. D.J. Augustin
7. Mahinmi
8. West

Out
Green
Hansborough
Johnson
Pendergraph
Young
Plumlee

Milwaukee Bucks
1. Jennings
2. Sanders
3. Henson
4. Harris
5. Ellis
6. Ilyasova
7. Dalembert
8. Dunleavy

Out
Lamb
Udoh
Pryzbilla
Udrih
Mbah a Moute
Gooden
Daniels


Southeast Division

Atlanta Hawks
1. Smith
2. Horford
3. Teague
4. Williams
5. Morrow
6. Harris
7. Korver
8. Pauchulia

Out
Petro
Jenkins
Stevenson
Tolliver
Scott
Johnson

Charlotte Cats
1. MKG
2. Kemba
3. Biyombo
4. Mullens
5. Gordon
6. Sessions
7. Haywood
8. Taylor

Out
Henderson
Diop
Adrien
Warrick
Thomas
Williams


Miami Heat
1. James
2. Wade
3. Bosh
4. Allen
5. Chalmbers
6. Battier
7. Cole
8. Haslem

Out
Lewis
Harris
Pittman
Harrellson
Jones
Miller
Anthony


Orlando Magic
1. Aflack
2. Vucevic
3. Harkless
4. Redick
5. Davis
6. Nicholson
7. Nelson
8. Moore

Out
Hedo
O'Quin
Smith
McRoberts
Al Harrington
Gustavo Ayon


Washington Wizards
1. Wall
2. Beal
3. Nene
4. Okafor
5. Ariza
6. Vesley
7. Singleton
8. Seraphin

Out
Crawford
Booker
Price
Mack
Webster
Martin


Southwest Division

Dallas Mavericks
1. OJ Mayo
2. Dirk Nowitski
3. Darren Collison
4. Shawn Marion
5. Elton Brand
6. Chris Kaman
7. Benard James
8. Jae Crowder

Out
Vince Carter
Jones
Jones
Cunningham
Douglas-Roberts
Beaubois
Wright



Houston Rockets
1. Harden
2. Parsons
3. Asik
4. Lin
5. Jones
6. Patterson
7. Morris
8. Delfino

Out
Douglas
Machaco
Motiejunas
Smith
White
Cook
Aldrich


Memphis Grizzlies
1. Gasol
2. Gay
3. Conley
4. Randolph
5. Allen
6. Arthur
7. Pondexter
8. Ellington

Out
Selby
Wroten
Bayless
Speights

Haddadi


New Orleans Pelicans
1. The Brow
2. Gordon
3. Vasquez
4. Lopez
5. Anderson
6. Rivers
7. Henry
8. Aminu

Out
Roberts
Smith
Thomas
Miller
McGuire
Mason


San Antonio Spurs
1. Parker
2. Duncan
3. Leonard
4. Ginobili
5. Splitter
6. Blair
7. De Colo
8. Diaw

Out
Green
Mills
Neal
Jackson

Joseph
Bonner


Northwest Division

Denver Nuggets
1. Lawson
2. Igoudala
3. Gallinari
4. Fareid
5. McGee
6. Koufos
7. Fournier
8. Miller

Out
Chandler
Randolph
Mosgov
Brewer
Hamilton

Miller
Stone


Minnesota T'Wolves
1. Love
2. Rubio
3. Pekovic
4. Kirilenko
5. Shved
6. Barea
7. Budinger
8. Stiemsma

Out
Ridnour
Williams
Roy

Lee
Amundson
Cunningham


Portland Trailblazers
1. Lillard
2. Aldridge
3. Batum
4. Leonard
5. Matthews
6. Hickson
7. Claver
8. Freeland

Out
Sasha
Nolan
Elliot
Ronnie
Luke
Will
Jared


OKC Thunder
1. Durant
2. Ibaka
3. Westbrook
4. Perkins
5. Sefolosha
6. Collison
7. Lamb
8. Martin

Out
Jackson
Thabeet
Orton
Jones
Maynor



Utah Jazz
1. Kanter
2. Favors
3. Milsap
4. Haywood
5. Williams
6. Jefferson
7. Williams
8. Carroll

Out
Bell
Watson
Tinsley
Foye
Evans
Burks


Pacific Divsion

Golden State Warriors
1. Curry
2. Lee
3. Thompson
4. Bogut
5. Barnes
6. Rush
7. Jack
8. Ezeli

Out
Landry
Green
Biedrins

Tyler
Bazemore
Jenkins
Jefferson


LA Clippers
1. Paul
2. Griffin
3. Jordan
4. Crawford
5. Butler
6. Bledsoe
7. Barnes
8. Odom

Out
Billups
Hill
Turiaf
Thompskin


LA Lakers
1. Howard
2. Bryant
3. Nash
4. World Peace
5. Gasol
6. Morris
7. Hill
8. Meeks

Out
Ebanks
Jamison
Sacre
Blake
Darius Odom
Duhon
Clark


Phoneix Suns
1. Dragic
2. Gortat
3. Dudley
4. Morris
5. Scola
6. Marshall
7. Beasley
8. Brown

Out
Johnson
Tucker
Telfair
O'Neil

Zeller
Frye


Sacramento Kings
1. Cousins
2. Evans
3. Robinson
4. Thomas
5. Fredette
6. Thompson
7. Thorton
8. Hayes

Out
Brooks
Garcia

Honeycutt
Johnson
Outlaw
Salmons





I bolded players the expansion team may have interest in.
 

metrocard

Legend
So this new team in Seattle has an expansion draft.

My selections would go like this.

1. Wilson Chandler
2. Danny Green
3. Maureese Speights
4. Jared Bayless
5. Derrick Williams
6. Timofey Mosgov
7. Vince Carter
8. Carl Landry
9. Corey Brewer
10. Luke Ridnour
11. Alec Burk
12. Haseem Thabeet
13. Perry Jones
14. CJ Watson
15. Andris Biendrins



Team would look like

PG - Ridnour/Watson/Bayless
SG - Green/Carter/Burk
SF - Chandler/Brewer/Jones
PF - Landry/Williams/Speights
C - Mosgov/Thabeet/Biendrins
 

smokes

Huge Member
If you're cutting Blatche from the Nets you'd have to pick him up surely? He's better than most of the players on this team currently.
 

smokes

Huge Member
I'd go something like

Ridnour/Telfair/Neal
Green/J-Rich/Carter
Henderson/Chandler/Carter
Blatche/Landry
Mosgov/Thabeet

Billups, Derrick Williams, Toney Douglas fringe players.
 

bigapple

Starter
i remember that Sonic annoucer Kevin Calabro was leaving team and didnt moved with OKC so now if this team will be back to Seattle will be that same key arena or new arena?
 

rady

Administrator
Staff member
I'm reading all kind of tweets that the Kings were sold and the Sonics are returning to Seattle maybe next season. While this is great news for Seattle and terrible for Sacramento, are they allow to rename the team "Supersonics" or OKC still owns the name and history?
 

metrocard

Legend
I'm reading all kind of tweets that the Kings were sold and the Sonics are returning to Seattle maybe next season. While this is great news for Seattle and terrible for Sacramento, are they allow to rename the team "Supersonics" or OKC still owns the name and history?

OKC said it's okay for Seattle to take the name, even though OKC has rights to the name I believe.
 
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