Official 2022-23 NBA Offseason - Aces win WNBA Finals; Preseason; NBA Fantasy League last call

[buckets]

ranked by VORP (with a few exceptions, this list looked the closest to "right" to me)

Player	Pos	Age	Tm	PER	WS/48	VORP▼
Alperen Şengün	C	20​	HOU	19.7​	0.115​	1.9​
LaMelo Ball	PG	21​	CHO	17.9​	0.068​	1.4​
Wendell Carter Jr.	C	23​	ORL	17.3​	0.13​	1.3​
Cole Anthony	PG	22​	ORL	16​	0.116​	1.3​
Franz Wagner	SF	21​	ORL	15.9​	0.099​	1.3​
Kevin Porter Jr.	PG	22​	HOU	16.2​	0.068​	1.3​
Markelle Fultz	PG	24​	ORL	16.6​	0.1​	1.2​
Kenyon Martin Jr.	SF	22​	HOU	15.4​	0.103​	0.7​
Devin Vassell	SG	22​	SAS	15.5​	0.051​	0.7​
Jalen Duren	C	19​	DET	17.3​	0.129​	0.5​
Tre Jones	PG	23​	SAS	16​	0.082​	0.5​
Anfernee Simons	SG	23​	POR	14.8​	0.054​	0.5​
Mark Williams	C	21​	CHO	19.8​	0.163​	0.4​
Bol Bol	PF	23​	ORL	14.4​	0.072​	0.4​
P.J. Washington	PF	24​	CHO	12.9​	0.052​	0.4​
Charles Bassey	C	22​	SAS	18.8​	0.122​	0.3​
Marvin Bagley III	C	23​	DET	17.2​	0.095​	0.3​
Jalen Suggs	SG	21​	ORL	12.5​	0.053​	0.3​
Paolo Banchero	PF	20​	ORL	14.9​	0.047​	0.3​
Usman Garuba	C	20​	HOU	12.9​	0.091​	0.2​
Trendon Watford	PF	22​	POR	13.6​	0.084​	0.1​
Tari Eason	PF	21​	HOU	15.2​	0.07​	0.1​
Hamidou Diallo	SF	24​	DET	15.7​	0.063​	0.1​
Chuma Okeke	SF	24​	ORL	9.1​	0.061​	0.1​
Keldon Johnson	SF	23​	SAS	15.3​	0.03​	0.1​
Cade Cunningham	PG	21​	DET	14​	-0.018​	0.1​
Stanley Umude	SG	23​	DET	65.6​	0.626​	0​
Darius Days	SF	23​	HOU	18.3​	0.156​	0​
Jeenathan Williams	SG	23​	POR	15.5​	0.12​	0​
Jay Scrubb	SG	22​	ORL	14.2​	0.083​	0​
Isaiah Stewart	C	21​	DET	13.1​	0.068​	0​
Jalen Green	SG	20​	HOU	14.5​	0.034​	0​
Trevor Hudgins	PG	23​	HOU	4.2​	-0.035​	0​
Théo Maledon	PG	21​	CHO	11.6​	0.047​	-0.1​
Isaiah Livers	PF	24​	DET	8.4​	0.041​	-0.1​
Joshua Primo	SG	20​	SAS	6.1​	-0.073​	-0.1​
Jordan Hall	SF	21​	SAS	5.5​	-0.077​	-0.1​
Jared Rhoden	SG	23​	DET	6.5​	0.027​	-0.2​
John Butler	C	20​	POR	5.7​	0.001​	-0.2​
Justin Minaya	SF	23​	POR	4​	-0.067​	-0.2​
Greg Brown III	PF	21​	POR	5.8​	-0.074​	-0.2​
Buddy Boeheim	SF	23​	DET	0.5​	-0.091​	-0.2​
Dominick Barlow	PF	19​	SAS	12.4​	0.082​	-0.3​
Kai Jones	C	22​	CHO	10.8​	0.062​	-0.3​
Nassir Little	SF	22​	POR	10.2​	0.032​	-0.3​
Isaiah Roby	PF	24​	SAS	9.3​	-0.011​	-0.3​
Caleb Houstan	SF	20​	ORL	6.2​	0.039​	-0.4​
Keon Johnson	SG	20​	POR	9​	-0.057​	-0.4​

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[AJMorgan]

Looking at these lists, the Rockets and Pistons have a lot of young dudes playing the same positions. And now the Rockets spend a lot of cap space on a starting backcourt to overlap the young backcourt they've been developing the last 2 years.

KPJ and Jalen Green have never been the backcourt of the future, they're both very good players but neither of them are point guards. Amen and Jalen should be the backcourt we're looking to develop for the future, and having an actual point guard on the roster to run the offence for the first time in literally 2 or 3 seasons should, in theory, be great for the young guys.

 

[Complacent Deac]

How are his measurables? Intangibles? definitely has that je ne sais... something or other !

Intangibles, upside, wingspan and other nonsemse.

 

[AJMorgan]

looks like orlando got left off the last few tables

who the hell is Stanley Umude??

That's fair, also if anyone else has never heard of Stanley Umude like I hadnt, he's played 2 minutes total in his NBA career, attempted 0 field goals and took (and scored) two free throws.

 

[buckets]

looks like orlando got left off the last few tables

who the hell is Stanley Umude??

sorry - went back and added the tables with orlando

 

[PhDeac]

We'll see. Rockets vs. Spurs should be a good comparison. Both teams entered the offseason with young talent and cap space. The Rockets spent their cap locking up a veteran backcourt. The Spurs spent their cap trading for expiring contracts.

It's about time for the Magic to make some noise. They've got a star in Paolo. They've got a guy who should be very good in Franz Wagner. Anthony and Fultz seem to have figured something out. Now they've got Black on top of that at PG.

 

[buckets]

outside of wemby - not too much excitement on the spurs roster

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

hmm...no Jaden Ivey on the chart

I think I pick Orlando's roster of the six teams because Wemby is #tooathletic and #tooskinny

 

[Dali Llama]

Yeah, the Rox have been doing very little developing and a whole lotta "just go out there and do some shit, young pups" the last couple seasons.

Which is partly why they overpaid for VanVleet.

 

[PhDeac]

outside of wemby - not too much excitement on the spurs roster

Where is Sochan on this list? He may be the second best player on the team next season.

 

[deaconson]

I dunno Vassell and Johnson are intriguing and their floor appears to be pretty good rotation guys (along with wemby and sochan). Spurs also have some young guards and wings that might be second teamers.

 

[deaconson]

#sorrywrongthread

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Mark Williams' rankings on there are legit. If he and LaMelo actually stay healthy and get to play together this year unlike last year, it may help offset the turd that is Brandon Miller.

 

[PhDeac]

#sorrywrongthread

buckets invited Spurs donk talk by challenging the roster behind Wemby.

Yeah, worst case scenario Jones, Vassell, and Johnson are just rotation guys on manageable contracts, Wesley and Branham are deep bench guys through the rookie contract and the Spurs use their six picks in the next two drafts to draft or trade for a PG and wing who could start for a contender. So the future lineup is 2024 draft PG/Vassell/veteran wing/Sochan/Wemby.

Best case, Jones, Vassell, and Johnson are starters who elevate and are elevated by Wemby and actually trying to win.

We'll see soon enough. Either is a pretty good place to be.

 

[guitardeac]

Mark Williams' rankings on there are legit. If he and LaMelo actually stay healthy and get to play together this year unlike last year, it may help offset the turd that is Brandon Miller.

Miller will "pussy around the 3 point line" as 2&2 so wonderfully puts it.

"He will pussy around the 3 point line" is the new "He looked good around the buffet line".

 

[Dali Llama]

Above all else, the Spurs need to figure out their PG to pair with Wemby. As much of a unicorn Wemby is, I'm not sure he's gonna ever be this elite iso guy you can just give the ball to, clear out, and let him go to work. He seems like he'll be much more of pick-and-pop/screen-and-roll guy (an elite one at that) to me on the offensive end, at least early on in his career.

 

[TownieDeac]

That's fair, also if anyone else has never heard of Stanley Umude like I hadnt, he's played 2 minutes total in his NBA career, attempted 0 field goals and took (and scored) two free throws.

Efficient

 

[TownieDeac]

Above all else, the Spurs need to figure out their PG to pair with Wemby. As much of a unicorn Wemby is, I'm not sure he's gonna ever be this elite iso guy you can just give the ball to, clear out, and let him go to work. He seems like he'll be much more of pick-and-pop/screen-and-roll guy (an elite one at that) to me on the offensive end, at least early on in his career.

First time Giannis lowers his shoulder into Wemby’s solar plexus the Frenchman is going to disintegrate

Either that or someone will fight through his toothpick leg screen and snap his legs if he doesn’t figure out getting his feet under him properly on ball screens

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

chet wemby one on one

 

[PhDeac]

By comparison, regular season games on ABC, ESPN, and TNT average 1.6 million viewers.

NBA viewership flat for '22-23 on TNT, ABC, ESPN

NBA viewership this season was flat compared to the 2021-2022 campaign, with regular-season matchups across ABC, ESPN and TNT averaging 1.6 million viewers.

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