2022-2023 NBA Salary Cap Draft - First Annual Battle for the Wikkid Cup (3 Viewers)

[Eephus]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

It's GARBAGE TIME

 

[dawgtrails]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

It's GARBAGE TIME

As well it should be. These next 5 guys should barely play. Don't need any higher paid guys bitching about playing time

 

[scoobus]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

Buddy Boeheim and Cole Swider, come on down!

 

[Jayrod]

Where is @Yo Mama ?

Dude has been in the thread all day and then disappears when it is his turn to pick.

 

[Yo Mama]

I’m here, sorry. Picking now.

 

[Jayrod]

I’m here, sorry. Picking now.

I'm just messing with you.

I'm trying to close the books for month end here at work, but keep checking the thread to see if my targets will make it to the turn.

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEE!!!!11

 

[Yo Mama]

Finally filling out my starting lineup. Debated between a couple guys here, but decided to go with a safer choice injury wise since I’ve already got a bunch of risk with Davis already on my team.

Yo Mama selects:

10.08 - Jalen Brunson, PG Knix - $27,733,332

He’s been killing it this year, proving he’s worth the big deal and fully capable of running a team as lead guard.

 

[Yo Mama]

@Eephus

 

[Eephus]

10.9 Kyle Anderson F $8.8M

@nysfl2

 

[nysfl2]

Need someone to lead the offense for my bench unit, so welcome to squad nysfl to:

Mike Conley, PG, Utah - $22.7 mil

A little pricey, but still very good

 

[Yo Mama]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

Instinctive now down to $1.7M per player left after splurging on Dyson Daniel’s.

 

[nysfl2]

@Juxtatarot

 

[Yo Mama]

Need someone to lead the offense for my bench unit, so welcome to squad nysfl to:

Mike Conley, PG, Utah - $22.7 mil

A little pricey, but still very good

Looked at him, but my concern is that he gets traded somewhere and his usage goes way down. Or the Jazz shut him down for tanking purposes.

 

[scoobus]

Finally filling out my starting lineup. Debated between a couple guys here, but decided to go with a safer choice injury wise since I’ve already got a bunch of risk with Davis already on my team.

Yo Mama selects:

10.08 - Jalen Brunson, PG Knix - $27,733,332

He’s been killing it this year, proving he’s worth the big deal and fully capable of running a team as lead guard.

Strongly considered with my last pick.

 

[scoobus]

10.02 Brandon Ingram- $31,650,600

With some of y'all saving your money for next year, I'll take one of the elite studs left and figure out the exact fit later. Opened a lot of eyes in last year's playoffs, where he averaged 27/6/6 on 47.5/40.7/83 shooting, but he's been great for a while. Bit of a down year from deep last year, but the 2 years prior was at 38% and 39% respectively, and with Luka setting him up he should see some wide open looks. An underrated distributor and playmaker, we can have him lead the 2nd unit at times, or put him at the 2 and just go crazy long/switchy across the board. Bit of a risk with my remaining salary, but we're playing for championships here, and I'd rather shoot for a stud top 8 or 9 than a deep 15.

I was wondering if he was actually going to get drafted. He's a nice player for the 10th round. He was one of the handful of players I was looking at when I took Siakam like 6 rounds ago or whatever.

I kept waiting for him to be drafted round after round, then just did the math and saw I could barely squeeze him in, figured it'd be worth it to take a shot and go high upside.

 

[Yo Mama]

Finally filling out my starting lineup. Debated between a couple guys here, but decided to go with a safer choice injury wise since I’ve already got a bunch of risk with Davis already on my team.

Yo Mama selects:

10.08 - Jalen Brunson, PG Knix - $27,733,332

He’s been killing it this year, proving he’s worth the big deal and fully capable of running a team as lead guard.

Strongly considered with my last pick.

It’s crazy because I had know idea who he was until GG mentioned him. I did some googling and Wa La.

 

[scoobus]

This is the first round that 4 people over $20 mil have been picked since round 3.

 

[Yo Mama]

This is the first round that 4 people over $20 mil have been picked since round 3.

Haha, I was just going to post this round has the highest average salary since the 3rd.

 

[Kev4029]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

Instinctive now down to $1.7M per player left after splurging on Dyson Daniel’s.

There is only 29 players available with a salary lower than $1.7M and another 33 more than than and less than $2M. Could be a tight squeeze for Instinctive, Scoobus, and me.

 

[Kev4029]

This is the first round that 4 people over $20 mil have been picked since round 3.

And Frosty and Chem X have a lot of money left, so they could easily make it 6.

 

[Yo Mama]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

Instinctive now down to $1.7M per player left after splurging on Dyson Daniel’s.

There is only 29 players available with a salary lower than $1.7M and another 33 more than than and less than $2M. Could be a tight squeeze for Instinctive, Scoobus, and me.

Yeah, that’s why I went cheap the past few rounds. I knew I was going to probably roster 6 or 7 guys around $2M, so I wanted some guys that actually play.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Payton Pritchard

@Chemical X

 

[Chemical X]

The following teams need to stick to minimum or near minimum contracts the rest of the way.

Kev ($1.9M per player)
Scoobus ($1.6M)
Moops ($2.4M)
Instinctive ($2.3M)

I’m sure we’ll get a couple more teams there soon, so mind your money peoples.

Instinctive now down to $1.7M per player left after splurging on Dyson Daniel’s.

dyson daniel’s what? or do you mean dyson daniels?

 

[Zow]

There a link to the current roster for us casual observers who care but don't care enough to scroll through every page?

 

[Chemical X]

10.12 - Nikola Vucevic,
22,000,000

was just checking to make sure vucevic and zubac would get along…..

 

[Zow]

Yo Mama selects:

1.08 - Anthony Edwards, SG/SF #OurWolves - $10,733,400

Top 20 player at a bargain price. It’s going to be hard to field any depth with 2 or more high priced guys without nabbing some of the top values along the way.

Sorry @Frostillicus

So good at that price. I'd have taken him second overall.

 

[Juxtatarot]

There a link to the current roster for us casual observers who care but don't care enough to scroll through every page?

Link to the Google spreadsheet is in the first post.

 

[Zow]

There a link to the current roster for us casual observers who care but don't care enough to scroll through every page?

Link to the Google spreadsheet is in the first post.

Oh, like we're expected to look at the very first post??


(I'm kidding, not sure how I missed it in the first place)

 

[Frostillicus]

10.13 SF Kenyon Martin, HOU - $1.7M

Need more wing depth.

 

[Frostillicus]

@Jayrod

 

[Yo Mama]

Payton Pritchard

@Chemical X

This pick is Wikkid approved

 

[Yo Mama]

I’m here, sorry. Picking now.

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEE!!!!11

Ahem

 

[Desert_Power]

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEE!!!!11

I’m here, sorry. Picking now.

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEE!!!!11

Ahem

You can say that again. After Frosty already took one of my 2

 

[Instinctive]

10.02 Brandon Ingram- $31,650,600

With some of y'all saving your money for next year, I'll take one of the elite studs left and figure out the exact fit later. Opened a lot of eyes in last year's playoffs, where he averaged 27/6/6 on 47.5/40.7/83 shooting, but he's been great for a while. Bit of a down year from deep last year, but the 2 years prior was at 38% and 39% respectively, and with Luka setting him up he should see some wide open looks. An underrated distributor and playmaker, we can have him lead the 2nd unit at times, or put him at the 2 and just go crazy long/switchy across the board. Bit of a risk with my remaining salary, but we're playing for championships here, and I'd rather shoot for a stud top 8 or 9 than a deep 15.

I was wondering if he was actually going to get drafted. He's a nice player for the 10th round. He was one of the handful of players I was looking at when I took Siakam like 6 rounds ago or whatever.

I kept waiting for him to be drafted round after round, then just did the math and saw I could barely squeeze him in, figured it'd be worth it to take a shot and go high upside.

Ingram is the guy I debated for 4 rounds with Wiggins (and David, and one guy who I think mathematically now has to go undrafted).

I also spent like 2 hours trying to shoehorn him in right after I took Wiggins and I ended up like $2M short I think even if I took the like 8 lowest salary guys. Or I was a little short and had no backup bigs. Whatever it was.

I am shocked by a bunch of the players who were taken over him by a ton of teams. Almost every guy around $15-20M I think the teams would be better with Ingram and bottom of the barrel cost later.

If I had known, in hindsight I wouldn't have taken Clarke, I'd have started immediately grabbing the cheapest possible realistic guys after Wiggins, and I'd have rolled with FOUR $30M guys around Tyrese, Herb, Dosunmu...and stuck some form of the cheapest possible 7ft guy as the 8th and who cares about the final seven.

(Because Clarke's salary kept me from Ingram).

 

[Jayrod]

I’m here, sorry. Picking now.

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING MEEE!!!!11

Ahem

Sorry, things got hectic here...which was why I was hoping it would get to me earlier.

10.14 - Aaron Wiggins, SG/PG, OKC $1,563,518

@Desert_Power

 

[Desert_Power]

10.15 Matisse Thybulle $4,379,526: 2x NBA Second Defensive team and former Naismith Defensive Player of the year at the college level. An elite defender. Doc Rivers is struggling to get him into the rotation with his offensive limitations, but there I have enough firepower to take the gamble on him. View him as the situational option to switch with his former teammate Seth Curry as the matchup dictates.
11.1 Garrison Mathews $2,000,000: Will pivot to another Rockets option, one I drafted in our league earlier this year. Has some magical hold over 538's RAPTOR ranking on defense (they had him at #67 overall in 22), but I think he is an above agerage shooter to add. Can never have enough folks to hit an open 3 with all the playmakers I have around.

Back to @Jayrod

 

[Jayrod]

If this kid can stay healthy, he's a solid scorer.

11.2 - Jalen Suggs, SG, ORL - $6,922,320

 

[Yo Mama]

@Frostillicus

 

[dunfee555]

10.02 Brandon Ingram- $31,650,600

With some of y'all saving your money for next year, I'll take one of the elite studs left and figure out the exact fit later. Opened a lot of eyes in last year's playoffs, where he averaged 27/6/6 on 47.5/40.7/83 shooting, but he's been great for a while. Bit of a down year from deep last year, but the 2 years prior was at 38% and 39% respectively, and with Luka setting him up he should see some wide open looks. An underrated distributor and playmaker, we can have him lead the 2nd unit at times, or put him at the 2 and just go crazy long/switchy across the board. Bit of a risk with my remaining salary, but we're playing for championships here, and I'd rather shoot for a stud top 8 or 9 than a deep 15.

I was wondering if he was actually going to get drafted. He's a nice player for the 10th round. He was one of the handful of players I was looking at when I took Siakam like 6 rounds ago or whatever.

I kept waiting for him to be drafted round after round, then just did the math and saw I could barely squeeze him in, figured it'd be worth it to take a shot and go high upside.

Ingram is the guy I debated for 4 rounds with Wiggins (and David, and one guy who I think mathematically now has to go undrafted).

I also spent like 2 hours trying to shoehorn him in right after I took Wiggins and I ended up like $2M short I think even if I took the like 8 lowest salary guys. Or I was a little short and had no backup bigs. Whatever it was.

I am shocked by a bunch of the players who were taken over him by a ton of teams. Almost every guy around $15-20M I think the teams would be better with Ingram and bottom of the barrel cost later.

If I had known, in hindsight I wouldn't have taken Clarke, I'd have started immediately grabbing the cheapest possible realistic guys after Wiggins, and I'd have rolled with FOUR $30M guys around Tyrese, Herb, Dosunmu...and stuck some form of the cheapest possible 7ft guy as the 8th and who cares about the final seven.

(Because Clarke's salary kept me from Ingram).

I seriously debated Ingram when I slected John Collins. But I'm still a little skeptical on Ingram's D and shooting, so I thought Collins was a better overall fit and considerable cheaper. Not sure it was the right decision, but I do like how my team has come together.

 

[facook]

I am SO GLAD I said no to this draft. Way beyond my level of attention/knowledge.

Entertaining read. More entertaining than NBA regular season basketball, actually.

 

[Eephus]

@Frostillicus

Timed out.

The clock went off at 8E/5P but Frosty's clock started before then.

 

[Frostillicus]

Both Ingram and Suggs were guys I was trying to figure out how to get on my team. But I'm happy to grab:

11.3 SG Anfernee Simons, POR - $22.3MM

I like Kevin Porter much better as a bench 6th man instant offense type than a starter, and Simons let's me do that. Also:

PG Dejounte Murray
SG Anfernee Simons
SF Paul George
PF Domantas Sabonis
C Jonas Valanciunas

I like this.

 

[scoobus]

@Chemical X

 

[dawgtrails]

Both Ingram and Suggs were guys I was trying to figure out how to get on my team. But I'm happy to grab:

11.3 SG Anfernee Simons, POR - $22.3MM

I like Kevin Porter much better as a bench 6th man instant offense type than a starter, and Simons let's me do that. Also:

PG Dejounte Murray
SG Anfernee Simons
SF Paul George
PF Domantas Sabonis
C Jonas Valanciunas

I like this.

Looks like a solid 45 win team

 

[Frostillicus]

Both Ingram and Suggs were guys I was trying to figure out how to get on my team. But I'm happy to grab:

11.3 SG Anfernee Simons, POR - $22.3MM

I like Kevin Porter much better as a bench 6th man instant offense type than a starter, and Simons let's me do that. Also:

PG Dejounte Murray
SG Anfernee Simons
SF Paul George
PF Domantas Sabonis
C Jonas Valanciunas

I like this.

Looks like a solid 45 win team

in a row?

 

[Eephus]

in a row?

I enjoyed those WIS seasons where teams in the fatigue death spiral would rack up 60-70 losses on the trot

 

[Frostillicus]

in a row?

I enjoyed those WIS seasons where teams in the fatigue death spiral would rack up 60-70 losses on the trot

@Goat Herders @abe @colindowling

 

[Kev4029]

Now that it's mathematically impossible for anybody to grab him with Chem X drafting Vuc, I'm really surprised that Lillard didn't get picked. He was looking really good before his calf injury, playing a little more off ball, and generally looking pretty spry. I think there could be a team built around him, 6-8 other players, and a whole bunch of cheap scrubs that could slide in under $150M and at least wouldn't totally be out of place here.

 

[scoobus]

in a row?

I enjoyed those WIS seasons

I knew it.

 

[scoobus]

Now that it's mathematically impossible for anybody to grab him with Chem X drafting Vuc, I'm really surprised that Lillard didn't get picked. He was looking really good before his calf injury, playing a little more off ball, and generally looking pretty spry. I think there could be a team built around him, 6-8 other players, and a whole bunch of cheap scrubs that could slide in under $150M and at least wouldn't totally be out of place here.

I actually considered it in the 2nd round, but then he got hurt and Maxey was such a deal.