Exile on DraftStreet
With 14 NBA games tonight, there are 369 players in the pool. Many of them can safely be ignored, but there are literally billions of possible 8-man combinations. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is picking the best team without exceeding the $100,000 salary cap. You can wait for the Sheridan Hoops Freeroll on Friday, but the odds are many times better in $2 leagues and you can start winning tonight.
The chart makes five suggestions in each of three price ranges. The top end tonight is loaded, and I don’t remember anyone having a higher salary than LeBron James. Unable to rationalize spending 25% of the cap on one player, and not particularly inspired to pay retail for any of the other superstars, I’m trying to go against the grain with a well-balanced team.
| DraftStreet 15 | Mar. 27 |
| Stars | Over $13,000 |
| LeBron James | $24,827 |
| Tim Duncan | $20,577 |
| Russell Westbrook | $17,890 |
| Kevin Durant | $20,185 |
| Kobe Bryant | $18,438 |
| Scrubs | Under $9,000 |
| Randy Foye | $8,184 |
| Arnett Moultrie | $7,891 |
| Enes Kanter | $7,425 |
| Harrison Barnes | $7,416 |
| Wayne Ellington | $7,653 |
| Starters | $9,000 to $13,000 |
| Isaiah Thomas | $11,154 |
| Tristan Thompson | $12,082 |
| Gordon Hayward | $11,367 |
| Maurice Harkless | $11,732 |
| Emeka Okafor | $11,905 |
You can make unlimited roster moves until the 7:00 EDT deadline, and I strongly advise you to check for updates on various injuries before finalizing your lineups.
F1 Serge Ibaka (OKC-F) $13,370
F2 Maurice Harkless (ORL-F) $11,732
G1 Jameer Nelson (ORL-G) $15,284
G2 Isaiah Thomas (SAC-G) $11,154
C1 Al Jefferson (UTA-C) $13,843
C2 J.J. Hickson (POR-C) $13,955
U1 Tobias Harris (ORL-F) $10,897
U2 Klay Thompson (GS-G) $9,621
Using three players from the Magic in a meaningless road game could be a disaster, but the Hornets aren’t very good and it could turn into a shootout.
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