You Have $15 (Current Players Edition)

[Stark]

Same rules as before:

• You have $15 to spend across all five positions.
• You must draft one player from each position but you do not have to play them where you drafted them. For example, you can draft Blake Griffin at PF and then play him at C.
• Use common sense if you choose to take a free player to save money. Don't draft Nikola Vucevic in your small forward slot.

Point Guards

• Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, $5
• Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder, $4
• Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers, $3
• Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers, $2
• Any of Isaiah Thomas, John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, Kyle Lowry, Damian Lillard, or Kemba Walker, $1
• Any other point guard (Jackson, Teague, Conley, Parker, Rondo, etc.), $0

Shooting Guards

• James Harden, Houston Rockets, $5
• Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors, $4
• DeMar DeRozan, Toronto Raptors, $3
• Dwyane Wade, Chicago Bulls, $2
• Any of CJ McCollum, Bradley Beal, Tyreke Evans, Manu Ginobili, Jamal Crawford, or Khris Middleton, $1
• Any other shooting guard (Oladipo, JR Smith, Redick, Lou Williams, Batum, etc.), $0

Small Forwards

• LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, $5
• Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors, $4
• Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs, $3
• Paul George, Indiana Pacers, $2
• Any of Jimmy Butler, Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay, Giannis, Chandler Parsons, or Gordon Hayward, $1
• Any other small forward (Wiggins, Gallinari, Tobias Harris, Crowder, etc.), $0

Power Forwards

• Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans, $5
• LaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio Spurs, $4
• Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers, $3
• Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors, $2
• Any of Kevin Love, Paul Millsap, Dirk Nowitzki, Derrick Favors, Kristaps Porzingis, or Chris Bosh, $1
• Any other power forward (Randolph, Faried, Marvin Williams, Ibaka, etc.), $0

Centers

• DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings, $5
• Hassan Whiteside, Miami Heat, $4
• Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota T'Wolves, $3
• Dwight Howard, Atlanta Hawks, $2
• Any of Pau Gasol, Brook Lopez, Andre Drummond, Jonas Valanciunas, DeAndre Jordan, or Al Horford, $1
• Any other center (Vucevic, Monroe, Thompson, Gortat, Jefferson, Gobert, etc.), $0

 

[Stark]

There are a ton of different ways you can go with this, but here is my first attempt at a good lineup:

PG - Chris Paul - $3
SG - Klay Thompson - $4
SF - LeBron James - $5
PF - Kristaps Porzingis - $1
C - DeAndre Jordan - $1 (in hind-sight, I should've made him $2 and Dwight $1)

Have a dollar to spare. Arguably the best distributing point guard of our era feeding Klay and Zing for open threes and mid range shots. LeBron is LeBron. Defensive POtY candidate DeAndre Jordan knocking everything away from the paint.

Chris Paul, Klay Thompson, and LeBron James is an amazing perimeter defending bunch, and Jordan is the league's best at defending the paint. Zinger is 7'3'' and can shoot the lights out when he's hot, but he is my weak link for sure.

 

[David.]

Paul
Thompson
George
Bosh or dray
Kat and a back up of Gobert

 

[Thunder]

Kyrie $2
Klay $4
LeBron $5
Blake $3
Drummond $1

That team has shooting, athleticism, rebounding, defense inside and outside, and diverse scoring. Only bad thing is the FT shooting at the 5 spot.

 

[Jordan]

Golden State Warriors edition ($15):
Russ $4
Klay $4
LBJ $5
Draymond $2
Steven Adams $0

Regular owner edition ($10 limit):
Russ $4
JR $0
LBJ $5
Paul Millsap $1
Adams $0

Moneball edition ($5 limit):
John Wall $1
JR Smith $0
Paul George $2
Kevin Love $1
Andre Drummond $1

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

This one is easy

Irving $2
Klay $4
LBJ $5
Draymond $2
Gobert (really don't think he should be under the 0 dollars)

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Golden State Warriors edition ($15):
Russ $4
Klay $4
LBJ $5
Draymond $2
Steven Adams $0

Regular owner edition ($10 limit):
Russ $4
JR $0
LBJ $5
Paul Millsap $1
Adams $0

Moneball edition ($5 limit):
John Wall $1
JR Smith $0
Paul George $2
Kevin Love $1
Andre Drummond $1

Whats the justification for Russ over Kyrie for double the salary?

I thought every single team would have Irving for $2. That and Draymond are absolute steals

 

[Scholar]

pg Kyrie $2
sg Butler $1
sf George $2
pf Lebron $5
c Cousins $5

 

[Jordan]

Whats the justification for Russ over Kyrie for double the salary?

I thought every single team would have Irving for $2. That and Draymond are absolute steals

As good as Kyrie is, I've been saying for awhile that, in my opinion Russ is the best point guard in the NBA.

When I got down to the $10 limit I was more inclined to go with Kyrie... But Adams and JR being available for nothing, as well Millsap for only $1, I had the ability to go with Westbrook.

For the $5 limit I really needed to think about team identity. I wanted a long team that could shoot 3s, prevent drive-and-dish players, and dominate inside offensively. Paul George's elite two-way game and under-appreciated passing made him the ideal centerpiece. I needed a true playmaker, though, so I had to decided between going with John Wall, Kevin Love (a necessary shooter), and Drummond or Kyrie Irving, Draymond Green, and Steven Adams. Ultimately, I felt more comfortable with the elite playmaking and perimeter D combo of Wall-JR-George than Kyrie-JR-George - all of whom can score and somewhat defend - because of the lack of playmaking.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Lillard (for a dollar?!)
Thompson $4
Bron $5
Draymond $2
Towns $3

 

[Ohio]

Kyrie Irving ($2)
Klay Thompson ($4)
LeBron James ($5)
Draymond Green ($2)
Andre Drummond ($1)

 

[Cratylus]

pg Kyrie $2
sg Butler $1
sf George $2
pf Lebron $5
c Cousins $5

Winner! That was the team I assembled as well.

 

[Cratylus]

Here's a pretty good 15-man team for $15:

PG - Kyrie Irving ($2), Damian Lillard ($1), Mike Conley ($0)
SG - Jimmy Butler ($1), JR Smith ($0), JJ Redick ($0)
SF - LeBron James ($5), Paul George ($2), Tobias Harris ($0)
PF - Draymond Green ($2), Kevin Love ($1), Zach Randolph ($0)
C - DeAndre Jordan ($1), Steven Adams ($0), Rudy Gobert ($0)

 

[K1rieIrving>AllOtherPG's]

• Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers, $2
• Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs, $3
• Paul George, Indiana Pacers, $2
• LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, $5
• Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota T'Wolves, $3

 

[2 For The Brew]

Golden State Warriors edition ($15):
Russ $4
Klay $4
LBJ $5
Draymond $2
Steven Adams $0

Regular owner edition ($10 limit):
Russ $4
JR $0
LBJ $5
Paul Millsap $1
Adams $0

Moneball edition ($5 limit):
John Wall $1
JR Smith $0
Paul George $2
Kevin Love $1
Andre Drummond $1

Cleveland Cavaliers Fuq the Cap and the Warriors Edition ($25):

Westbrook $4
Hardin $5
Bron $5
Davis $5
Cousins $5