Lob City....Roster spots...Holy Crap!

[TBpup]

Mario Hezonja - #5 pick
Damian Lillard - #6 pick
CJ McCollum - #10 pick
Zach Collins - #10 pick
Jusuf Nurkic - #16 pick
Rodney Hood - #23 pick
Skal Labisierre - #28 pick (ranked #1 or #2 coming out of high school)
Ant Simons - #24 pick (#8 ranked high school player)
Nassir Little - #25 pick (#2 ranked high school player)
Hassan Whiteside - #33 in the 2nd round

Jake Layman - 2nd round
Gary Trent Jr - 2nd round
Kent Bazemore - undrafted

A lot of 'blue blood' type talent Olshey has assembled here. Coincidentally, the highest Lottery pick will be getting paid almost the least on the entire team. Some of these guys haven't lived up to expectations or 'fell' in terms of Draft position, but there is no doubt about the talent. It's just a matter of bringing it out and getting it to gel together.

 

[Pinwheel1]

May not be the right thread spot for this, but...

NO took a team that went to the WCF and removed the players who played 53% of the minutes, including the 3rd (Kanter), 4th (Aminu), 5th (Harkless), 7th (Curry), 9th (Turner) and 10th (Leonard)-most minutes.
Added in Whiteside and Bazemore and Super Mario, while paying Hood somewhere in the MLE range. Nurk will still be out a while.

That's expecting a decent amount of growth from Ant/Trent/Little/Layman.

The guys leaving did not exactly set a high bar. .

Whiteside / Collins vs Kanter / Meyers
Bazemore/Hood vs Harkless /ET
Simons/Trent vs Curry
Mario/Tolliver vs Aminu

I did not mentioned Little or Nurk or Layman or Skal

 

[Eastoff]

And at least one more to go.

Did this pass yet?

 

[Road Ratt]

So far I am liking what I am seeing in trades. I can't wait to see what our final roster for next season will look like.

 

[handiman]

May not be the right thread spot for this, but...

NO took a team that went to the WCF and removed the players who played 53% of the minutes, including the 3rd (Kanter), 4th (Aminu), 5th (Harkless), 7th (Curry), 9th (Turner) and 10th (Leonard)-most minutes.
Added in Whiteside and Bazemore and Super Mario, while paying Hood somewhere in the MLE range. Nurk will still be out a while.

That's expecting a decent amount of growth from Ant/Trent/Little/Layman.

From a minutes perspective, I see your point. There's a lot of court time to fill. However, that last word is key. Aminu, Harkless, Curry, and Turner were largely filler minutes. Someone had to be on the floor, and you just prayed the lead wouldn't evaporate with them in.

The bigs (Kanter and Leonard, once he got going) are the main question mark, as their productivity has to be replaced by guys new to the team and/or role.

 

[TBpup]

Did this pass yet?

Yes...they signed Tolliver.

 

[Scalma]

Looking at last year they had a full 15 man roster in July, after they guaranteed Wade Baldwin. They have multiple expirings going into next season just like they did last year, so maybe they actually do add someone else without rescinding Layman. The Nurk injury makes it even more likely since were essentially down one already. Buyouts don’t happen until after the trade deadline so if that’s the route they wanna go, they’ll have plenty of time to clear a spot.