What’s the Best Team You Can Create Under the NBA Salary Cap?

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Team No. 2 ($69,896,280)

Damian Lillard

Starters:

Timofey Mozgov, C, Cleveland Cavaliers

2015-16 Salary: $4,950,000

2014-15 Stats: 10.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.2 BPG

Pau Gasol, PF, Chicago Bulls

2015-16 Salary: $7,448,760

2014-15 Stats: 18.5 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.9 BPG

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, SF, Charlotte Hornets

2015-16 Salary: $6,331,403

2014-15 Stats: 10.9 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.4 APG

Kyle Korver, SG, Atlanta Hawks

2015-16 Salary: $5,700,000

2014-15 Stats: 12.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.6 APG

Damian Lillard, PG, Portland Trail Blazers

2015-16 Salary: $4,236,286

2014-15 Stats: 21.0 PPG, 6.1 APG, 4.6 RPG, 1.0 SPG

Reserves:

Boris Diaw, C, San Antonio Spurs

2015-16 Salary: $7,500,000

2014-15 Stats: 8.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.9 APG

Zaza Pachulia, C, Dallas Mavericks

2015-16 Salary: $5,200,000

2014-15 Stats: 8.3 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.1 SPG

Nikola Mirotic, PF, Chicago Bulls

2015-16 Salary: $5,543,725

2014-15 Stats: 10.2 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.2 APG

Ersan Ilyasova, SF, Detroit Pistons

2015-16 Salary: $7,900,000

2014-15 Stats: 11.5 PPG, 4.8 RPG

Matt Barnes, SF, Charlotte Hornets

2015-16 Salary: $3,542,500

2014-15 Stats: 10.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 1.5 APG

Jeremy Lin, PG, Charlotte Hornets

2015-16 Salary: $2,139,000

2014-15 Stats: 11.2 PPG, 4.6 APG, 2.6 RPG

Anthony Morrow, SG, Oklahoma City Thunder

2015-16 Salary: $3,344,000

2014-15 Stats: 10.7 PPG, 2.6 RPG

Marco Belinelli, SG/SF, Sacramento Kings

2015-16 Salary: $6,060,606

2014-15 Stats: 9.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.5 APG

Next: Team No. 3


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Brad Sullivan is a lead writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has spent much of life in the Cleveland, Ohio area, and has remained a Cavalier fan from their 1970 beginnings through the return of LeBron James. While that fandom was sorely tested during the Reign of Error known simply by one word, Stepien, that overall historical perspective will be part of his writing for Cavaliers Nation in the months ahead.