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

Published by
Brad Sullivan

Team No. 5 ($69,096,926)

Starters:

Al Jefferson, C, Charlotte Hornets

2015-16 Salary: $13,500,000

2014-15 Stats: 16.6 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.3 BPG

Dirk Nowitzki, PF, Dallas Mavericks

2015-16 Salary: $8,333,334

2014-15 Stats: 17.3 PPG, 5.9 PPG, 1.9 APG

Thaddeus Young, SF, Brooklyn Nets

2015-16 Salary: $11,235,955

2014-15 Stats: 13.8 PPG, 5.9 RPG

DeMar Derozan, SG, Toronto Raptors

2015-16 Salary: $10,050,000

2014-15 Stats: 20.1 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.2 SPG

Michael Carter-Williams, PG, Milwaukee Bucks

2015-16 Salary: $2,399,040

2014-15 Stats: 14.1 PPG, 5.6 APG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 SPG

Reserves:

Rudy Gobert, C, Utah Jazz

2015-16 Salary: $1,970,000

2014-15 Stats: 8.4 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 2.3 BPG, 1.3 APG

Steve Adams, C, Oklahoma City Thunder

2015-16 Salary: $2,279,040

2014-15 Stats: 7.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.2 BPG

Evan Turner, SF, Boston Celtics

2015-16 Salary: $3,278,000

2014-15 Stats: 9.5 PPG, 5.5 APG, 5.1 RPG, 1.0 SPG

Derrick Williams, PF, New York Knicks

2015-16 Salary: $4,400,000

2014-15 Stats: 8.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG

Robert Covington, SF, Philadelphia 76ers

2015-16 Salary: $1,000,000

2014-15 Stats: 13.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.4 SPG

C.J. Watson, PG, Orlando Magic

2015-16 Salary: $5,000,000

2014-15 Stats: 10.0 PPG, 3.6 APG, 2.9 RPG, 1.0 SPG

Terrence Ross, SG, Toronto Raptors

2015-16 Salary: $3,553,917

2014-15 Stats: 9.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.0 APG

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG, Detroit Pistons

2015-16 Salary: $2,891,760

2014-15 Stats: 12.7 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.1 SPG

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Brad Sullivan

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.

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