1998-99
The expansion
Pittsburgh Condors are about to begin their first NBA season as the league's 27th team.
SALARY CAP: $52.54 million (Condors spend: $26.27m)
The owner has instructed us in the expansion draft to go for talent, but without breaking the bank. We're not allowed at any point in this dynasty to break any of the house rules or to amend them. We're stuck in this binary come hell or high water.
I'm almost certain we'll trade our 1st round draft pick this year, because I'm not interested in this draft class. That said, we're slotted with the 4th overall pick in this draft.
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1998 Draft Lottery: Lottery Order
Pick Team W / L
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1.Denver Nuggets (From DAL) 34-48
2.New York Knicks 20-62
3.Charlotte Hornets 28-54
4.#Pittsburgh Condors 0-0
5.Detroit Pistons 20-62
6.Anaheim Amigos 22-60
7.Seattle SuperSonics 26-56
8.Chicago Bulls 29-53
9.Brooklyn Nets 35-47
10.San Jose Warriors 36-46
11.Houston Rockets 38-44
12.*Phoenix Suns 38-44
13.*Los Angeles Stars 38-44
14.*San Antonio Spurs 42-40
15.*Cleveland Cavaliers 43-39
16.*Hartford Whalers (From MIA) 44-38
17.*Denver Nuggets 45-37
18.*Portland Trail Blazers 46-36
19.*Washington Bullets 49-33
20.*New Orleans Jazz 50-32
21.*Indiana Pacers 50-32
22.*Philadelphia 76ers 51-31
23.*St. Louis Hawks (From HFD) 53-29
24.*St. Louis Hawks 54-28
25.*Minneapolis Lakers 56-26
26.*Anaheim Amigos (From UTA) 59-23
27.*Boston Celtics 60-22
28.#Pittsburgh Condors 0-0
29.Detroit Pistons 20-62
30.New York Knicks 20-62
31.Anaheim Amigos 22-60
32.Seattle SuperSonics 26-56
33.Boston Celtics (From CHR) 28-54
34.Chicago Bulls 29-53
35.Dallas Mavericks 34-48
36.Brooklyn Nets 35-47
37.San Jose Warriors 36-46
38.Houston Rockets 38-44
39.*Phoenix Suns 38-44
40.*Los Angeles Stars 38-44
41.*Boston Celtics (From SAS) 42-40
42.*Cleveland Cavaliers 43-39
43.*Miami Heat 44-38
44.*Denver Nuggets 45-37
45.*Portland Trail Blazers 46-36
46.*Washington Bullets 49-33
47.*New Orleans Jazz 50-32
48.*Indiana Pacers 50-32
49.*Philadelphia 76ers 51-31
50.*St. Louis Hawks (From HFD) 53-29
51.*St. Louis Hawks 54-28
52.*Minneapolis Lakers 56-26
53.*Utah Raptors 59-23
54.*Boston Celtics 60-22
EXPANSION DRAFT:
With the rules being how they're setup, we have to find the best value we can. That said, technically according to the house rules we just can't sign any free agents who are 26-34, so if I wanted to expansion draft people in that age group we could. But the other consideration is our salary cap and not wanting to bust that. We only have $26m to spend and I'd prefer not to spend it on guys unwanted by their own teams.
In some cases, you won't know who these guys are or care. So I'm just gonna do my thing since it's an evening dynasty and then just report back after each year with whatever interesting stuff I find worth sharing. We gotta get through 10 seasons and I haven't even done one yet.