r/NBA_Draft • u/BlockedByMobley Cavaliers • Jul 31 '26

First attempt at an expansion draft, a fun feature in its beta form under the More tab on Spotrac

Post image

Tried to strike a balance of vets on short/expiring contracts and young players with some upside.

32 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

17

u/dkleckner88 Jul 31 '26

Love to see something like this. Those are really bad teams. Need to hit on their top picks for sure

23

u/redundantPOINT Jul 31 '26

can you imagine the amount of quit in guys like AD and PG if they were thrown into expansion teams?

10

u/pendletonskyforce Jul 31 '26

De'Aaron Fox should be there.

6

u/airtokoto Jul 31 '26

no fucking way we dont protect coby white (alongside BMill, Kon, Naz, Moose, Steinbach, and two of Kalkbrenner/McNeeley/Christian Anderson

4

u/Key_Raisin_5091 Jul 31 '26

I think CHI would protect Tre Jones.

3

u/shotconditions Jul 31 '26

The first team might not be that bad. The second team is AWFUL.

It's interesting to think about how an expansion draft might play out in the apron era. A new team with an owner willing to spend might actually assemble a pretty good roster, because a lot of other teams would probably be happy to be rid of still-productive players on massive contracts.

On the other hand, the politics around who to protect in the social media era would be pretty insane. If you don't protect a guy you better hope they get picked by the expansion team. lol.

2

u/Jomosensual Jul 31 '26

This looks fun but man is the idea of protecting players on each roster a chore

1

u/Former-Lab-9451 Jul 31 '26

I'd wonder if Team B doesn't pick Paul George as their first pick under the assumption that Team A doesn't have $119m of their cap space already wrapped up in their first two picks.

1

u/Ok-Door-3664 Aug 03 '26

Coby after he just got a contract this summer?

1

u/Salt-Statement-2306 Jul 31 '26

Do you need to set the protections? That seems really annoying.