^ We did get plenty of help from the draft, that free roster spot we kept by drafting Papanikolaou is worth more than most of you think. We've got 5 players under contracts, 2 with team option, 4 with Bird rights and 4 free agents. I assume that within the first couple days after FA opened we'll have 12 out of 15 spots locked:
Anthony, Bibby, Chandler, Douglas, Fields, Harrellson, Jeffries, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Smith and Stoudemire.
That leaves us with just three roster spots to fill all our needs. Let's say we sign Foye with our taxpayer MLE and then a backup PG with the bi-annual exception (maybe some sign and trade involving Gadzurić, Jordan and Papa's draft rights?), 14 spots covered. Next we add a vet on a favorable position and that's it. I don't see any player that we could use with our #48 pick.