Young Drachma
06-22-2017, 10:12 PM
The NHL Expansion Draft hubub and NBA Draft have left me in the mood to build a team. So I'm going to do parallel expansion drafts for both baseball and the NBA because I don't think I could write an especially convincing hockey draft dynasty yet.
So first, the NBA.
My NBA sim has a parallel college league that it pools from, but that league is 20 years ahead, so we're gonna sim the next 20 years to catch up and stick with our expansion team for those 20 seasons and see if we can turn them into a winner with whatever we've got.
My only requirements so far for expansion teams is putting teams in non-real life NBA/MLB markets because it makes for a more interesting story for me.
We have a league of 32 teams, with 8 teams in 4 divisions.
For the purposes of my story, I'm just going to expand the league to 33 teams and take over this team for whatever reason.
NEW YORK RENAISSANCE
The Harlem Rens are the 33rd team to join the NBA. They'll actually play in Queens at an arena built next to the home of the Mets.
We get the 4th pick in the draft, but before we can do that, we'll have to expansion draft.
My goal is to field a competitive team from the start, so we're going to go after dudes who can actually play and go from there. That said, we'll want to be careful and not spend so much that it limits our ability to be competitive later. It's not like this team is going to win a championship out of the expansion draft.
To make it more realistic, we're going to operate similar to the NBA expansion draft that the expansion team's salary cap is 66% of the NBA salary cap. Our current cap is $80m, so that'd $52.8 million. We're not going to spend to that, but it gives us a good benchmark to work with in terms of how not to go too insane in the expansion draft.
Here were our selections
2033 Draft Order Draft Preview
# Team Selection Pos Previous Team
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1 New York Rens Kaan Koprulu SG Miami Heat
2 New York Rens Sammy Swafford SF Orlando Magic
3 New York Rens Mauricio Vidal PF Cleveland Cavaliers
4 New York Rens Brock Abbott PF Oklahoma City Thunder
5 New York Rens Billy Ashby PF San Antonio Spurs
6 New York Rens Alvaro Hooper PG Dallas Mavericks
7 New York Rens Lee Coley SG Chicago Bulls
8 New York Rens Alejandro Basham C Los Angeles Lakers
9 New York Rens Earnest Rankin SF Portland Trail Blazers
10 New York Rens Aaron Benjamin PG Oakland Warriors
11 New York Rens Howard Poe SF Charlotte Hornets
12 New York Rens Bert Concepcion SF Pittsburgh Nets
Our top pick is probably the best guy we got in this whole thing. We went cheap and young deliberately, I avoided paying $ for overrated washed up guys, though it was tempting if it was going to get us a few extra wins. Instead, we have a lot of young guys and we'll be bad, but it won't cost us a ton of money. Our payroll is about $35.9m right now. We'll need another big in FA, but besides that, we'll play the trade market and leave it at that.
1 SG Kaan Koprulu (Miami Heat)
PLAYER DETAILS
#23 SG Kaan Koprulu - Rens
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Height: 6-5
Weight: 225
DOB: 4/5/2002 (31)
College: None
Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Exp: 7
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $4,890,356
Length: 2
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA MIA 64 64 36.0 15.6 0.5 3.4 2.4 1.7 1.41 1.3 0.2 3.1
2031 NBA MIA 78 45 23.9 9.6 0.2 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.71 0.8 0.2 2.1
2030 CBA ZHG 43 43 33.9 13.2 0.5 3.5 2.8 1.9 1.45 1.2 0.2 3.0
2029 CBA ZHG 44 6 20.9 7.0 0.4 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.46 0.7 0.1 2.2
2028 TBL BAN 35 35 26.0 8.5 0.4 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.41 0.8 0.1 2.4
2027 TBL BAN 42 42 23.5 6.5 0.4 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.02 0.5 0.1 2.0
2026 CBA BEI 42 4 10.1 2.5 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.24 0.2 0.0 1.2
Career 348 239 25.5 9.5 0.4 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.24 0.8 0.1 2.3
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 5.8 11.8 .493 1.9 2.1 .902 2.0 2.7 .736 1.7 3.6 .478 2.1 5.5 .381
2031 3.4 7.6 .446 1.3 1.6 .818 1.0 1.6 .664 0.9 2.3 .384 1.5 3.8 .393
2030 4.6 9.9 .461 2.4 2.8 .861 1.6 2.5 .654 1.3 3.4 .372 1.7 4.0 .418
2029 2.6 6.8 .391 0.9 1.0 .867 0.4 0.5 .750 1.3 3.6 .369 0.9 2.6 .345
2028 3.2 8.1 .394 0.8 1.0 .853 0.6 0.6 .909 1.3 3.9 .341 1.3 3.5 .363
2027 2.3 6.4 .358 1.1 1.3 .821 0.3 0.5 .636 1.2 3.3 .358 0.8 2.6 .303
2026 0.9 2.1 .409 0.5 0.5 .864 0.1 0.2 .857 0.4 1.1 .354 0.3 0.8 .394
Career 3.4 7.8 .440 1.3 1.5 .857 1.0 1.4 .705 1.2 3.0 .390 1.3 3.4 .377
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA MIA 64 64 2305 997 34 217 155 110 82 12 196 88
2031 NBA MIA 78 45 1866 745 19 151 132 77 66 13 164 -264
2030 CBA ZHG 43 43 1456 568 23 150 119 82 50 7 127 96
2029 CBA ZHG 44 6 919 310 18 85 79 54 31 5 95 34
2028 TBL BAN 35 35 910 298 13 75 69 49 29 5 85 50
2027 TBL BAN 42 42 986 271 16 80 56 55 21 6 85 -39
2026 CBA BEI 42 4 424 104 4 31 31 25 10 1 50 -88
Career 348 239 8866 3293 127 789 641 452 289 49 802 -123
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 372 755 120 133 133 349
2031 265 594 99 121 116 295
2030 196 425 105 122 71 170
2029 116 297 39 45 39 113
2028 112 284 29 34 45 124
2027 96 268 46 56 33 109
2026 36 88 19 22 13 33
Career 1193 2711 457 533 450 1193
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA MIA 64 .612 1.32 14.4 10.2 17.3 1.8 9.9 5.8 13.8 113.2 3.8 1.4 111.5 109.3
2031 NBA MIA 78 .575 1.25 15.4 9.0 16.8 1.2 8.9 5.0 12.3 50.8 1.7 -3.4 107.5 114.6
2030 CBA ZHG 43 .593 1.34 17.5 12.1 15.6 1.9 9.7 5.9 13.6 67.6 2.3 2.2 111.5 108.5
2029 CBA ZHG 44 .489 1.04 17.6 12.0 16.4 2.2 8.3 5.2 9.5 -13.5 -0.4 0.8 106.5 103.9
2028 TBL BAN 35 .498 1.05 16.5 11.8 16.0 1.7 7.6 4.7 9.6 -12.8 -0.4 1.4 105.5 102.3
2027 TBL BAN 42 .464 1.01 13.9 13.6 14.7 1.9 7.7 4.8 6.8 -54.2 -1.8 -0.9 101.4 102.6
2026 CBA BEI 42 .531 1.18 20.1 16.2 12.1 1.0 8.1 4.3 6.1 -27.8 -0.9 -2.1 103.9 113.5
Career 348 .559 1.21 15.9 11.2 16.1 1.7 8.9 5.3 11.4 123.4 4.1 -0.4 108.1 108.4
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 13 33.0 13.0 0.4 3.4 2.8 1.4 1.95 1.1 0.3 3.0
2028 TBL BAN 4 4 27.0 5.8 0.0 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.00 1.3 0.0 1.8
Career 18 17 31.7 11.4 0.3 3.2 2.7 1.6 1.00 1.2 0.2 2.7
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2030 4.9 10.2 .476 1.9 1.9 1.000 2.4 3.5 .673 1.1 3.2 .356 1.4 3.5 .388
2028 2.5 6.3 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.5 4.5 .333 0.8 1.5 .500
Career 4.3 9.3 .464 1.5 1.5 1.000 1.9 2.8 .680 1.2 3.5 .349 1.2 3.1 .400
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 13 462 182 6 47 39 20 16 4 42 3
2028 TBL BAN 4 4 108 23 0 11 9 9 5 0 7 4
Career 18 17 570 205 6 58 48 29 21 4 49 7
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2030 68 143 27 27 19 49
2028 10 25 0 0 3 6
Career 78 168 27 27 22 55
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 .587 1.27 18.2 9.3 15.7 1.5 10.4 6.0 13.0 17.1 0.6 0.2 109.5 109.3
2028 TBL BAN 4 .480 0.92 20.9 20.9 13.4 0.0 11.2 5.6 5.2 -8.6 -0.3 1.0 96.3 95.3
Career 18 .567 1.22 18.7 11.3 15.2 1.2 10.5 5.9 11.5 8.4 0.3 0.4 107.0 106.7
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 28 3 9 7 4 1 7 11 19 7 8 5 12
Playoff 21 2 8 7 5 2 5 8 18 6 6 3 7
Career 29 3 9 7 5 2 7 11 23 11 11 7 14
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 6
2031 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
2027 TBL Rookie Game Participant
My logic: He's a team friendly deal as a veteran FA who came over from China. He's productive and if he has anything left in the tank, could be a useful starter for us. If not, it didn't cost us the bank.
I have ratings turned off, so it makes it a bit more difficult to scout using stats only, but I prefer it.4
POST EXPANSION DEALS
Sent PF Brock Abbott to the 76ers along with a future 2nd round pick in exchange for C Billy Dew
PLAYER DETAILS
#41 C Billy Dew - Rens
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Height: 7-0
Weight: 289
DOB: 9/30/2004 (28)
College: North Carolina
Hometown: Crystal River, FL
Exp: 8
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $2,401,226
Length: 1
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA PHI 82 0 13.4 3.4 0.8 2.9 0.7 0.5 1.25 0.3 0.4 1.3
2031 RPBL KUB 33 33 29.8 11.1 2.6 8.3 1.6 1.2 1.27 0.4 1.0 1.8
2030 RPBL KUB 25 25 29.0 11.3 2.0 6.8 1.4 1.0 1.35 0.5 0.9 2.0
2029 RPBL KRA 50 50 27.2 8.7 2.0 7.4 1.2 1.3 0.92 0.7 1.0 2.5
2028 RPBL KRA 50 50 27.2 8.2 1.4 6.2 1.1 1.1 1.08 0.3 0.8 2.5
2027 NBA LAL 81 17 23.5 5.6 1.3 4.7 1.0 0.8 1.30 0.5 0.9 2.5
2026 NBA LAL 83 64 27.7 6.5 1.8 6.1 1.2 0.9 1.26 0.2 1.0 3.0
2025 NBDL LIN 8 8 33.6 17.0 3.4 10.6 0.9 1.6 0.54 0.4 0.6 3.5
2025 NBA PIT 16 0 6.1 1.6 0.6 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.20 0.1 0.2 0.7
Career 428 247 23.6 6.8 1.6 5.5 1.0 0.9 0.20 0.4 0.8 2.2
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 1.6 3.0 .518 0.3 0.6 .565 1.1 1.6 .677 0.5 1.4 .345 0.0 0.0 .000
2031 4.8 10.1 .476 1.5 2.8 .543 3.2 5.7 .561 1.6 4.4 .368 0.0 0.0 .000
2030 4.6 8.1 .574 2.0 3.2 .630 2.9 4.1 .699 1.8 3.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000
2029 3.8 7.2 .528 1.0 1.7 .586 2.5 3.8 .661 1.3 3.4 .388 0.0 0.1 .000
2028 3.7 7.1 .518 0.9 1.5 .573 2.2 3.4 .651 1.4 3.6 .392 0.0 0.0 .000
2027 2.5 4.8 .509 0.7 1.0 .691 1.5 2.5 .613 1.0 2.4 .403 0.0 0.0 .000
2026 2.8 5.1 .548 0.9 1.4 .621 1.6 2.6 .624 1.2 2.5 .469 0.0 0.0 .000
2025 6.6 13.8 .482 3.8 6.3 .600 3.8 5.8 .652 2.9 8.0 .359 0.0 0.0 .000
2025 0.6 1.2 .526 0.4 0.4 .857 0.6 0.8 .750 0.1 0.4 .167 0.0 0.1 .000
Career 3.0 5.7 .521 0.9 1.5 .606 1.9 2.9 .636 1.1 2.8 .401 0.0 0.0 .000
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA PHI 82 0 1097 282 64 238 55 44 26 36 109 150
2031 RPBL KUB 33 33 985 366 87 275 52 41 12 32 61 36
2030 RPBL KUB 25 25 725 283 51 170 35 26 13 22 49 42
2029 RPBL KRA 50 50 1358 433 99 368 59 64 35 50 127 239
2028 RPBL KRA 50 50 1360 409 69 312 57 53 14 39 125 254
2027 NBA LAL 81 17 1904 454 108 379 83 64 39 76 205 32
2026 NBA LAL 83 64 2303 538 153 509 96 76 18 82 246 3
2025 NBDL LIN 8 8 269 136 27 85 7 13 3 5 28 -20
2025 NBA PIT 16 0 97 26 9 26 1 5 2 3 11 -10
Career 428 247 10098 2927 667 2362 445 386 162 345 961 726
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 128 247 26 46 0 1
2031 158 332 50 92 0 1
2030 116 202 51 81 0 1
2029 191 362 51 87 0 3
2028 183 353 43 75 0 0
2027 199 391 56 81 0 1
2026 233 425 72 116 0 0
2025 53 110 30 50 0 0
2025 10 19 6 7 0 1
Career 1271 2441 385 635 0 8
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA PHI 82 .528 1.14 15.0 12.0 11.9 7.2 17.5 12.6 10.8 3.2 0.1 1.8 107.2 100.5
2031 RPBL KUB 33 .492 1.10 11.2 8.8 17.7 10.2 22.1 16.1 17.2 97.4 3.2 1.1 102.9 100.9
2030 RPBL KUB 25 .597 1.40 11.7 8.7 15.2 8.5 19.2 14.0 18.6 87.0 2.9 1.7 102.7 100.0
2029 RPBL KRA 50 .540 1.20 11.3 12.2 14.4 8.5 24.1 16.1 15.4 98.1 3.3 4.8 110.7 100.8
2028 RPBL KRA 50 .528 1.16 11.5 10.7 13.9 6.1 20.8 13.5 13.9 67.5 2.2 5.1 107.5 97.2
2027 NBA LAL 81 .532 1.16 14.5 11.1 11.2 6.9 17.4 12.2 10.8 4.4 0.1 0.4 109.4 108.7
2026 NBA LAL 83 .565 1.27 14.8 11.7 10.5 8.0 19.0 13.4 10.7 4.0 0.1 0.0 111.1 110.6
2025 NBDL LIN 8 .515 1.24 4.6 8.6 19.1 11.8 26.5 19.0 21.5 43.7 1.5 -2.5 94.8 98.5
2025 NBA PIT 16 .591 1.37 3.6 17.9 11.2 10.5 20.0 15.2 11.0 0.6 0.0 -0.6 97.9 104.2
Career 428 .538 1.20 12.5 10.9 13.0 7.9 20.0 14.0 13.3 405.9 13.5 1.7 107.9 104.0
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA PHI 15 3 18.7 5.4 0.9 3.7 0.9 0.5 2.00 0.2 0.5 1.7
2029 RPBL KRA 4 4 29.0 9.5 2.3 7.8 2.8 1.8 1.57 0.5 0.8 2.8
2027 NBA LAL 4 4 28.5 1.5 1.3 8.3 1.5 1.5 1.00 1.0 0.8 2.8
Career 23 11 22.2 5.4 1.2 5.2 1.3 0.9 1.00 0.4 0.6 2.0
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 2.6 4.6 .565 0.2 0.4 .500 1.5 2.2 .667 1.1 2.3 .486 0.0 0.1 .000
2029 4.3 7.3 .586 1.0 1.0 1.000 2.8 3.5 .786 1.5 3.8 .400 0.0 0.0 .000
2027 0.8 2.5 .300 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.3 1.5 .167 0.0 0.0 .000
Career 2.6 4.7 .546 0.3 0.5 .583 1.5 2.2 .686 1.0 2.4 .429 0.0 0.0 .000
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA PHI 15 3 280 81 14 56 14 7 3 7 25 -20
2029 RPBL KRA 4 4 116 38 9 31 11 7 2 3 11 -25
2027 NBA LAL 4 4 114 6 5 33 6 6 4 3 11 -8
Career 23 11 510 125 28 120 31 20 9 13 47 -53
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 39 69 3 6 0 1
2029 17 29 4 4 0 0
2027 3 10 0 2 0 0
Career 59 108 7 12 0 1
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA PHI 15 .556 1.17 15.1 7.5 11.7 6.0 19.5 12.4 9.4 -4.8 -0.2 -1.3 110.8 114.0
2029 RPBL KRA 4 .613 1.31 22.4 14.3 14.9 7.4 20.6 13.6 11.8 2.1 0.1 -6.3 98.7 112.8
2027 NBA LAL 4 .273 0.60 26.1 26.1 6.9 5.1 31.8 17.6 4.1 -11.4 -0.4 -2.0 102.8 104.6
Career 23 .549 1.16 18.9 12.2 11.4 6.2 22.4 13.9 8.8 -14.1 -0.5 -2.3 106.5 111.8
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 10 4 12 3 2 3 3 5 9 3 4 0 1
Playoff 16 4 14 4 2 2 3 6 10 4 4 0 1
Career 23 10 18 6 3 5 5 11 20 9 14 0 1
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 16
Total All-Defensive First Team : 2
2031 RPBL All-Defensive First Team
2029 RPBL All-Defensive First Team
2020 High School: All-State (Florida)
2020 High School: Rated **** and #178 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
Dew is a 7 footer, not a star, but he can fill space and gives us an interior guy that we lacked.
So first, the NBA.
My NBA sim has a parallel college league that it pools from, but that league is 20 years ahead, so we're gonna sim the next 20 years to catch up and stick with our expansion team for those 20 seasons and see if we can turn them into a winner with whatever we've got.
My only requirements so far for expansion teams is putting teams in non-real life NBA/MLB markets because it makes for a more interesting story for me.
We have a league of 32 teams, with 8 teams in 4 divisions.
For the purposes of my story, I'm just going to expand the league to 33 teams and take over this team for whatever reason.
NEW YORK RENAISSANCE
The Harlem Rens are the 33rd team to join the NBA. They'll actually play in Queens at an arena built next to the home of the Mets.
We get the 4th pick in the draft, but before we can do that, we'll have to expansion draft.
My goal is to field a competitive team from the start, so we're going to go after dudes who can actually play and go from there. That said, we'll want to be careful and not spend so much that it limits our ability to be competitive later. It's not like this team is going to win a championship out of the expansion draft.
To make it more realistic, we're going to operate similar to the NBA expansion draft that the expansion team's salary cap is 66% of the NBA salary cap. Our current cap is $80m, so that'd $52.8 million. We're not going to spend to that, but it gives us a good benchmark to work with in terms of how not to go too insane in the expansion draft.
Here were our selections
2033 Draft Order Draft Preview
# Team Selection Pos Previous Team
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1 New York Rens Kaan Koprulu SG Miami Heat
2 New York Rens Sammy Swafford SF Orlando Magic
3 New York Rens Mauricio Vidal PF Cleveland Cavaliers
4 New York Rens Brock Abbott PF Oklahoma City Thunder
5 New York Rens Billy Ashby PF San Antonio Spurs
6 New York Rens Alvaro Hooper PG Dallas Mavericks
7 New York Rens Lee Coley SG Chicago Bulls
8 New York Rens Alejandro Basham C Los Angeles Lakers
9 New York Rens Earnest Rankin SF Portland Trail Blazers
10 New York Rens Aaron Benjamin PG Oakland Warriors
11 New York Rens Howard Poe SF Charlotte Hornets
12 New York Rens Bert Concepcion SF Pittsburgh Nets
Our top pick is probably the best guy we got in this whole thing. We went cheap and young deliberately, I avoided paying $ for overrated washed up guys, though it was tempting if it was going to get us a few extra wins. Instead, we have a lot of young guys and we'll be bad, but it won't cost us a ton of money. Our payroll is about $35.9m right now. We'll need another big in FA, but besides that, we'll play the trade market and leave it at that.
1 SG Kaan Koprulu (Miami Heat)
PLAYER DETAILS
#23 SG Kaan Koprulu - Rens
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Height: 6-5
Weight: 225
DOB: 4/5/2002 (31)
College: None
Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Exp: 7
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $4,890,356
Length: 2
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA MIA 64 64 36.0 15.6 0.5 3.4 2.4 1.7 1.41 1.3 0.2 3.1
2031 NBA MIA 78 45 23.9 9.6 0.2 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.71 0.8 0.2 2.1
2030 CBA ZHG 43 43 33.9 13.2 0.5 3.5 2.8 1.9 1.45 1.2 0.2 3.0
2029 CBA ZHG 44 6 20.9 7.0 0.4 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.46 0.7 0.1 2.2
2028 TBL BAN 35 35 26.0 8.5 0.4 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.41 0.8 0.1 2.4
2027 TBL BAN 42 42 23.5 6.5 0.4 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.02 0.5 0.1 2.0
2026 CBA BEI 42 4 10.1 2.5 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.24 0.2 0.0 1.2
Career 348 239 25.5 9.5 0.4 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.24 0.8 0.1 2.3
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 5.8 11.8 .493 1.9 2.1 .902 2.0 2.7 .736 1.7 3.6 .478 2.1 5.5 .381
2031 3.4 7.6 .446 1.3 1.6 .818 1.0 1.6 .664 0.9 2.3 .384 1.5 3.8 .393
2030 4.6 9.9 .461 2.4 2.8 .861 1.6 2.5 .654 1.3 3.4 .372 1.7 4.0 .418
2029 2.6 6.8 .391 0.9 1.0 .867 0.4 0.5 .750 1.3 3.6 .369 0.9 2.6 .345
2028 3.2 8.1 .394 0.8 1.0 .853 0.6 0.6 .909 1.3 3.9 .341 1.3 3.5 .363
2027 2.3 6.4 .358 1.1 1.3 .821 0.3 0.5 .636 1.2 3.3 .358 0.8 2.6 .303
2026 0.9 2.1 .409 0.5 0.5 .864 0.1 0.2 .857 0.4 1.1 .354 0.3 0.8 .394
Career 3.4 7.8 .440 1.3 1.5 .857 1.0 1.4 .705 1.2 3.0 .390 1.3 3.4 .377
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA MIA 64 64 2305 997 34 217 155 110 82 12 196 88
2031 NBA MIA 78 45 1866 745 19 151 132 77 66 13 164 -264
2030 CBA ZHG 43 43 1456 568 23 150 119 82 50 7 127 96
2029 CBA ZHG 44 6 919 310 18 85 79 54 31 5 95 34
2028 TBL BAN 35 35 910 298 13 75 69 49 29 5 85 50
2027 TBL BAN 42 42 986 271 16 80 56 55 21 6 85 -39
2026 CBA BEI 42 4 424 104 4 31 31 25 10 1 50 -88
Career 348 239 8866 3293 127 789 641 452 289 49 802 -123
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 372 755 120 133 133 349
2031 265 594 99 121 116 295
2030 196 425 105 122 71 170
2029 116 297 39 45 39 113
2028 112 284 29 34 45 124
2027 96 268 46 56 33 109
2026 36 88 19 22 13 33
Career 1193 2711 457 533 450 1193
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA MIA 64 .612 1.32 14.4 10.2 17.3 1.8 9.9 5.8 13.8 113.2 3.8 1.4 111.5 109.3
2031 NBA MIA 78 .575 1.25 15.4 9.0 16.8 1.2 8.9 5.0 12.3 50.8 1.7 -3.4 107.5 114.6
2030 CBA ZHG 43 .593 1.34 17.5 12.1 15.6 1.9 9.7 5.9 13.6 67.6 2.3 2.2 111.5 108.5
2029 CBA ZHG 44 .489 1.04 17.6 12.0 16.4 2.2 8.3 5.2 9.5 -13.5 -0.4 0.8 106.5 103.9
2028 TBL BAN 35 .498 1.05 16.5 11.8 16.0 1.7 7.6 4.7 9.6 -12.8 -0.4 1.4 105.5 102.3
2027 TBL BAN 42 .464 1.01 13.9 13.6 14.7 1.9 7.7 4.8 6.8 -54.2 -1.8 -0.9 101.4 102.6
2026 CBA BEI 42 .531 1.18 20.1 16.2 12.1 1.0 8.1 4.3 6.1 -27.8 -0.9 -2.1 103.9 113.5
Career 348 .559 1.21 15.9 11.2 16.1 1.7 8.9 5.3 11.4 123.4 4.1 -0.4 108.1 108.4
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 13 33.0 13.0 0.4 3.4 2.8 1.4 1.95 1.1 0.3 3.0
2028 TBL BAN 4 4 27.0 5.8 0.0 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.00 1.3 0.0 1.8
Career 18 17 31.7 11.4 0.3 3.2 2.7 1.6 1.00 1.2 0.2 2.7
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2030 4.9 10.2 .476 1.9 1.9 1.000 2.4 3.5 .673 1.1 3.2 .356 1.4 3.5 .388
2028 2.5 6.3 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.5 4.5 .333 0.8 1.5 .500
Career 4.3 9.3 .464 1.5 1.5 1.000 1.9 2.8 .680 1.2 3.5 .349 1.2 3.1 .400
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 13 462 182 6 47 39 20 16 4 42 3
2028 TBL BAN 4 4 108 23 0 11 9 9 5 0 7 4
Career 18 17 570 205 6 58 48 29 21 4 49 7
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2030 68 143 27 27 19 49
2028 10 25 0 0 3 6
Career 78 168 27 27 22 55
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2030 CBA ZHG 14 .587 1.27 18.2 9.3 15.7 1.5 10.4 6.0 13.0 17.1 0.6 0.2 109.5 109.3
2028 TBL BAN 4 .480 0.92 20.9 20.9 13.4 0.0 11.2 5.6 5.2 -8.6 -0.3 1.0 96.3 95.3
Career 18 .567 1.22 18.7 11.3 15.2 1.2 10.5 5.9 11.5 8.4 0.3 0.4 107.0 106.7
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 28 3 9 7 4 1 7 11 19 7 8 5 12
Playoff 21 2 8 7 5 2 5 8 18 6 6 3 7
Career 29 3 9 7 5 2 7 11 23 11 11 7 14
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 6
2031 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
2027 TBL Rookie Game Participant
My logic: He's a team friendly deal as a veteran FA who came over from China. He's productive and if he has anything left in the tank, could be a useful starter for us. If not, it didn't cost us the bank.
I have ratings turned off, so it makes it a bit more difficult to scout using stats only, but I prefer it.4
POST EXPANSION DEALS
Sent PF Brock Abbott to the 76ers along with a future 2nd round pick in exchange for C Billy Dew
PLAYER DETAILS
#41 C Billy Dew - Rens
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Height: 7-0
Weight: 289
DOB: 9/30/2004 (28)
College: North Carolina
Hometown: Crystal River, FL
Exp: 8
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $2,401,226
Length: 1
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA PHI 82 0 13.4 3.4 0.8 2.9 0.7 0.5 1.25 0.3 0.4 1.3
2031 RPBL KUB 33 33 29.8 11.1 2.6 8.3 1.6 1.2 1.27 0.4 1.0 1.8
2030 RPBL KUB 25 25 29.0 11.3 2.0 6.8 1.4 1.0 1.35 0.5 0.9 2.0
2029 RPBL KRA 50 50 27.2 8.7 2.0 7.4 1.2 1.3 0.92 0.7 1.0 2.5
2028 RPBL KRA 50 50 27.2 8.2 1.4 6.2 1.1 1.1 1.08 0.3 0.8 2.5
2027 NBA LAL 81 17 23.5 5.6 1.3 4.7 1.0 0.8 1.30 0.5 0.9 2.5
2026 NBA LAL 83 64 27.7 6.5 1.8 6.1 1.2 0.9 1.26 0.2 1.0 3.0
2025 NBDL LIN 8 8 33.6 17.0 3.4 10.6 0.9 1.6 0.54 0.4 0.6 3.5
2025 NBA PIT 16 0 6.1 1.6 0.6 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.20 0.1 0.2 0.7
Career 428 247 23.6 6.8 1.6 5.5 1.0 0.9 0.20 0.4 0.8 2.2
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 1.6 3.0 .518 0.3 0.6 .565 1.1 1.6 .677 0.5 1.4 .345 0.0 0.0 .000
2031 4.8 10.1 .476 1.5 2.8 .543 3.2 5.7 .561 1.6 4.4 .368 0.0 0.0 .000
2030 4.6 8.1 .574 2.0 3.2 .630 2.9 4.1 .699 1.8 3.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000
2029 3.8 7.2 .528 1.0 1.7 .586 2.5 3.8 .661 1.3 3.4 .388 0.0 0.1 .000
2028 3.7 7.1 .518 0.9 1.5 .573 2.2 3.4 .651 1.4 3.6 .392 0.0 0.0 .000
2027 2.5 4.8 .509 0.7 1.0 .691 1.5 2.5 .613 1.0 2.4 .403 0.0 0.0 .000
2026 2.8 5.1 .548 0.9 1.4 .621 1.6 2.6 .624 1.2 2.5 .469 0.0 0.0 .000
2025 6.6 13.8 .482 3.8 6.3 .600 3.8 5.8 .652 2.9 8.0 .359 0.0 0.0 .000
2025 0.6 1.2 .526 0.4 0.4 .857 0.6 0.8 .750 0.1 0.4 .167 0.0 0.1 .000
Career 3.0 5.7 .521 0.9 1.5 .606 1.9 2.9 .636 1.1 2.8 .401 0.0 0.0 .000
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA PHI 82 0 1097 282 64 238 55 44 26 36 109 150
2031 RPBL KUB 33 33 985 366 87 275 52 41 12 32 61 36
2030 RPBL KUB 25 25 725 283 51 170 35 26 13 22 49 42
2029 RPBL KRA 50 50 1358 433 99 368 59 64 35 50 127 239
2028 RPBL KRA 50 50 1360 409 69 312 57 53 14 39 125 254
2027 NBA LAL 81 17 1904 454 108 379 83 64 39 76 205 32
2026 NBA LAL 83 64 2303 538 153 509 96 76 18 82 246 3
2025 NBDL LIN 8 8 269 136 27 85 7 13 3 5 28 -20
2025 NBA PIT 16 0 97 26 9 26 1 5 2 3 11 -10
Career 428 247 10098 2927 667 2362 445 386 162 345 961 726
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 128 247 26 46 0 1
2031 158 332 50 92 0 1
2030 116 202 51 81 0 1
2029 191 362 51 87 0 3
2028 183 353 43 75 0 0
2027 199 391 56 81 0 1
2026 233 425 72 116 0 0
2025 53 110 30 50 0 0
2025 10 19 6 7 0 1
Career 1271 2441 385 635 0 8
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA PHI 82 .528 1.14 15.0 12.0 11.9 7.2 17.5 12.6 10.8 3.2 0.1 1.8 107.2 100.5
2031 RPBL KUB 33 .492 1.10 11.2 8.8 17.7 10.2 22.1 16.1 17.2 97.4 3.2 1.1 102.9 100.9
2030 RPBL KUB 25 .597 1.40 11.7 8.7 15.2 8.5 19.2 14.0 18.6 87.0 2.9 1.7 102.7 100.0
2029 RPBL KRA 50 .540 1.20 11.3 12.2 14.4 8.5 24.1 16.1 15.4 98.1 3.3 4.8 110.7 100.8
2028 RPBL KRA 50 .528 1.16 11.5 10.7 13.9 6.1 20.8 13.5 13.9 67.5 2.2 5.1 107.5 97.2
2027 NBA LAL 81 .532 1.16 14.5 11.1 11.2 6.9 17.4 12.2 10.8 4.4 0.1 0.4 109.4 108.7
2026 NBA LAL 83 .565 1.27 14.8 11.7 10.5 8.0 19.0 13.4 10.7 4.0 0.1 0.0 111.1 110.6
2025 NBDL LIN 8 .515 1.24 4.6 8.6 19.1 11.8 26.5 19.0 21.5 43.7 1.5 -2.5 94.8 98.5
2025 NBA PIT 16 .591 1.37 3.6 17.9 11.2 10.5 20.0 15.2 11.0 0.6 0.0 -0.6 97.9 104.2
Career 428 .538 1.20 12.5 10.9 13.0 7.9 20.0 14.0 13.3 405.9 13.5 1.7 107.9 104.0
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2032 NBA PHI 15 3 18.7 5.4 0.9 3.7 0.9 0.5 2.00 0.2 0.5 1.7
2029 RPBL KRA 4 4 29.0 9.5 2.3 7.8 2.8 1.8 1.57 0.5 0.8 2.8
2027 NBA LAL 4 4 28.5 1.5 1.3 8.3 1.5 1.5 1.00 1.0 0.8 2.8
Career 23 11 22.2 5.4 1.2 5.2 1.3 0.9 1.00 0.4 0.6 2.0
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2032 2.6 4.6 .565 0.2 0.4 .500 1.5 2.2 .667 1.1 2.3 .486 0.0 0.1 .000
2029 4.3 7.3 .586 1.0 1.0 1.000 2.8 3.5 .786 1.5 3.8 .400 0.0 0.0 .000
2027 0.8 2.5 .300 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.3 1.5 .167 0.0 0.0 .000
Career 2.6 4.7 .546 0.3 0.5 .583 1.5 2.2 .686 1.0 2.4 .429 0.0 0.0 .000
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2032 NBA PHI 15 3 280 81 14 56 14 7 3 7 25 -20
2029 RPBL KRA 4 4 116 38 9 31 11 7 2 3 11 -25
2027 NBA LAL 4 4 114 6 5 33 6 6 4 3 11 -8
Career 23 11 510 125 28 120 31 20 9 13 47 -53
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2032 39 69 3 6 0 1
2029 17 29 4 4 0 0
2027 3 10 0 2 0 0
Career 59 108 7 12 0 1
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2032 NBA PHI 15 .556 1.17 15.1 7.5 11.7 6.0 19.5 12.4 9.4 -4.8 -0.2 -1.3 110.8 114.0
2029 RPBL KRA 4 .613 1.31 22.4 14.3 14.9 7.4 20.6 13.6 11.8 2.1 0.1 -6.3 98.7 112.8
2027 NBA LAL 4 .273 0.60 26.1 26.1 6.9 5.1 31.8 17.6 4.1 -11.4 -0.4 -2.0 102.8 104.6
Career 23 .549 1.16 18.9 12.2 11.4 6.2 22.4 13.9 8.8 -14.1 -0.5 -2.3 106.5 111.8
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 10 4 12 3 2 3 3 5 9 3 4 0 1
Playoff 16 4 14 4 2 2 3 6 10 4 4 0 1
Career 23 10 18 6 3 5 5 11 20 9 14 0 1
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 16
Total All-Defensive First Team : 2
2031 RPBL All-Defensive First Team
2029 RPBL All-Defensive First Team
2020 High School: All-State (Florida)
2020 High School: Rated **** and #178 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
Dew is a 7 footer, not a star, but he can fill space and gives us an interior guy that we lacked.