NBA Salary Cap Challenge Playoff Game 4

[Nosferatu]

Teams were required to stay under the $70,000,000 cap.

Please vote for the better team.

TEAM SEVEN

STARTERS
PG - Russell Westbrook - $15,719,062
SG - Demar Derozan - $10,100,000
SF - Jimmy Butler $2,008,748
PF - Blake Griffin - $17,674,613
C - Nikola Vucevic $2,751,260

BENCH
PG - Kemba Walker - $3,272,091
PG - Norris Cole - $2,038,206
SG - Dion Waiters - $4,062,000
SG - P.J. Hairston - $1,149,720
SF - Jamal Crawford - $5,450,000
SF - Kyle Anderson - $1,093,680
PF - Terrence Jones - $1,618,680
PF - Mason Plumlee - $1,357,080
C - Robert Sacre - $915,243
C - Dwight Powell - $507,336
Total team salary: $69,718,719

VS

TEAM EIGHT

STARTERS
PG - Chris Paul - $20,068,563
SG - James Harden - $14,728,844
SF - Khris Middleton - $915,243
PF - Serge Ibaka - $12,350,000
C - DeAndre Jordan - $11,440,123

BENCH
PG - Pierre Jackson - $507,336
PG - Kendall Marshall - $915,243
SG - Evan Fournier - $1,483,920
SG - Spenser Dinwiddie - $700,000
SG - Reggie Williams - $915,243
SF - Michael Beasley - $777,778
SF - Xavier Henry - $1,082,000
PF - Jared Sullinger - $1,424,520
PF - Jon Leuer - $967,500
C - Gorgui Dieng - $1,413,480
Total Team Salary: $69,689,793

 

[Nosferatu]

Tough one...

 

[Ritzarmy]

It's a close matchup but I like Team 8's SG, PF and Center better. I have the PG's tied and slight edge to Team 8. I dislike both SF as starters. If I had to choose I would go with Team 7. I do like Team 7's bench better.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Team 8's starters are insane but the team has no depth. If the starters can carry them then yah. Don't know if they could carry them to the ship

 

[Ritzarmy]

I dislike both GM's one is dick to me and one likes a certain college team I dislike so this was a very tough matchup to vote on. Ahhh I mean I chose by best team.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I dislike both GM's one is dick to me and one likes a certain college team I dislike so this was a very tough matchup to vote on. Ahhh I mean I chose by best team.

We all have our opinions, some are shittier than others

 

[Nosferatu]

If we vote just based on starters team 8 is the best team in this, if we include the bench it gets closer but the starters figure to play 38-40 minutes a game and the defense of team 8 is pretty good especially in the front court.

Team 7 has a better bench or at least a more well known bench but the starters dont come close IMO. I think whoever wins this matchup could go to the finals...

 

[Shanemansj13]

But Harden kills the whole defensive theory even with Ibaka, Paul, and Deandre

 

[wlk3]

This is a tough 1... Give me some time to explain...

 

[Nosferatu]

But Harden kills the whole defensive theory even with Ibaka, Paul, and Deandre

DeRozan isn't a great shooter so it doesn't matter as much and even if they cancel each other out team 8 is still better defensively. but that's just my opinion...

 

[wlk3]

Chris Paul vs Westbrook - this is the biggest matchup in this match because both players are absolute Alphas... At the same time both have the ability to use their teams... Obviously Paul is better at it, but Westbrook is use to passing and getting out the way which he would do here IMO so it's not as big a gap as it would be if Westbrook had to set up players... IMO... We could do all of last years h2h but I went with playoffs since it was more intense and they were pretty similar stats plus Westbrook had just come off surgery...

Paul - 22.5ppg 3.7reb 11.8ast 2.5stl 2.3to
Westbrook - 27.8ppg 6reb 8.8ast 1.8stl 4.2to

Slight edge team 8...

The fact that you can play Butler on the Beard and Derozan on Middleton evens this out a little IMO Middleton is by far the weakest of the 4 but Beard is by far the best of the group... Beard edge over Derozan... Butler edge over Middleton...

I gotta give a slight edge to Blake...

Jordan gets a lot of love because he is athletic but Vucevic is a BEAST... Last year he's 14 and 11 with and he's like the 5th option... Jordan is 10.4ppg 13.6 those 2.5blks give him the edge though...

When you add in the bench though it swings... It's easy to say well my starters will play 38-40min but that's not really fair since we are judge by the whole team... Also not many starters play that many minutes... Jordan played a career high 35min last year... Prior to that 27 was his career high... Middleton played 30min last year... The back up will then look at guarding Jamal "the Dance Instructor" Crawford... Known to drop 20 easy off the bench...

With the starters being close I give the bench mob the nod...

 

[mr.hockey4242]

This is the easiest one yet. But Jimmy on the idiotically bearded Muslim and team 8 is fucked.

Harden will just shoot the team right out of the game and Chris Paul would have two broken hands by half time for beating his ass

 

[Nosferatu]

 

[Shanemansj13]

We can do 1-on-1 for winner.

Westbrook vs CP3

 

[Krusheasy]

easy choice ...

Ibaka flocka flame

 

[Ritzarmy]

Thanks Krush for voting. Hope we can get more votes by noon cutoff time.

 

[trojanfan12]

This thing could go 2 or 3 OT's.

 

[Nosferatu]

TEAM 8 Wins 9 - 8

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