In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

[Dynasty4Kobe]

The Bobcats are gonna make their roster in June, and teams need to be thinking about who they should protect. Name the 9 player (I think it is 9) that you want your team to protect. If you don't know how the expansion draft works, I think it goes like this: Each team protects 9 players from their roster, and the remaining players become exposed. The Bobcats will construct their roster by picking 15 of these exposed players. However once they pick a player from one team, they cannot pick another player from that same team. Note that unrestricted free agents do not have to be protected for their former team. Here's a link for the unrestricted free agents for next year: http://realgm.com/src_freeagents.php?year=2004

I'll start off with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant* - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Maurice Carter - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Brian Cook* - *Protect* I think that this kid will be a good player, and will be a good part in the Lakers' future

Derek Fisher - *Protect* Lakers don't need to protect anyone else, so they might as well keep Fisher.

Rick Fox - *Protect* Long time veteren, and big part of the Lakers organization. Don't see the Lakers exposing him.

Devean George - *Protect* In a major slump right now, but I have confidence that he will play like he did early in the season.

Horace Grant - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Karl Malone* - *Protect* He is actually older than Horace Grant, but too valuable to expose. Even at age 40, he is very important to the Lakers.

Stanislav Medvedenko - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Shaquille O'Neal - *Protect* No need to explain

Gary Payton - *Protect* GP controls this team.

Kareem Rush - *Protect* Lakers' future is pretty much in this guys hands if he doesn't leave.

Bryon Russell - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Jamal Sampson - *Expose* Hasn't proved anything yet.

Luke Walton - *Protect* Lots of potential

Expansion drafts usually hurt the teams that are deep from 1-12 like Sacramento, Dallas, and San Antonio. It will be interesting to see who these teams expose to the Bobcats.

[NY4Life]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

NY Knicks

Allen Houston: Protect...Don't care how overpaid he is

Stephon Marbury: Protect...Obviously

Keith Van Horn: Protect...can't really replace the guy since we are well over the cap

Kurt Thomas: Protect...I think he can opt out, though

Dikembe Mutombo: Protect...still Ok for 20 minutes

Moochie Noris: Expose

Shandon Anderson: Expose

Othella Harrington: Expose

Mike Sweetney: Protect...He can back up Kurt or start if Kurt leaves

Penny Hardaway: Protect...Good guy to backup 1,2,or 3

Frank Williams: Protect...Keep him to backup Steph

Micheal Doleac: Protect...Plays well with steph

Cezary Trybanski: Expose

[NY4Life]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

NY Knicks

Allen Houston: Protect...Don't care how overpaid he is

Stephon Marbury: Protect...Obviously

Keith Van Horn: Protect...can't really replace the guy since we are well over the cap

Kurt Thomas: Protect...I think he can opt out, though

Dikembe Mutombo: Protect...still Ok for 20 minutes

Moochie Noris: Expose

Shandon Anderson: Expose

Othella Harrington: Expose

Mike Sweetney: Protect...He can back up Kurt or start if Kurt leaves

Penny Hardaway: Protect...Good guy to backup 1,2,or 3

Frank Williams: Protect...Keep him to backup Steph

Micheal Doleac: Protect...Plays well with steph

Cezary Trybanski: Expose

[NY4Life]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

NY Knicks

Allen Houston: Protect...Don't care how overpaid he is

Stephon Marbury: Protect...Obviously

Keith Van Horn: Protect...can't really replace the guy since we are well over the cap

Kurt Thomas: Protect...I think he can opt out, though

Dikembe Mutombo: Protect...still Ok for 20 minutes

Moochie Noris: Expose

Shandon Anderson: Expose

Othella Harrington: Expose

Mike Sweetney: Protect...He can back up Kurt or start if Kurt leaves

Penny Hardaway: Protect...Good guy to backup 1,2,or 3

Frank Williams: Protect...Keep him to backup Steph

Micheal Doleac: Protect...Plays well with steph

Cezary Trybanski: Expose

[Shadow]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

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Dynasty4Kobe said:
The Bobcats are gonna make their roster in June, and teams need to be thinking about who they should protect. Name the 9 player (I think it is 9) that you want your team to protect. If you don't know how the expansion draft works, I think it goes like this: Each team protects 9 players from their roster, and the remaining players become exposed. The Bobcats will construct their roster by picking 15 of these exposed players. However once they pick a player from one team, they cannot pick another player from that same team. Note that unrestricted free agents do not have to be protected for their former team. Here's a link for the unrestricted free agents for next year: http://realgm.com/src_freeagents.php?year=2004

I'll start off with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant* - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Maurice Carter - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Brian Cook* - *Protect* I think that this kid will be a good player, and will be a good part in the Lakers' future

Derek Fisher - *Protect* Lakers don't need to protect anyone else, so they might as well keep Fisher.

Rick Fox - *Protect* Long time veteren, and big part of the Lakers organization. Don't see the Lakers exposing him.

Devean George - *Protect* In a major slump right now, but I have confidence that he will play like he did early in the season.

Horace Grant - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Karl Malone* - *Protect* He is actually older than Horace Grant, but too valuable to expose. Even at age 40, he is very important to the Lakers.

Stanislav Medvedenko - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Shaquille O'Neal - *Protect* No need to explain

Gary Payton - *Protect* GP controls this team.

Kareem Rush - *Protect* Lakers' future is pretty much in this guys hands if he doesn't leave.

Bryon Russell - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Jamal Sampson - *Expose* Hasn't proved anything yet.

Luke Walton - *Protect* Lots of potential

Expansion drafts usually hurt the teams that are deep from 1-12 like Sacramento, Dallas, and San Antonio. It will be interesting to see who these teams expose to the Bobcats.

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I pretty much agree with u on the Lakers

[Shadow]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

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Dynasty4Kobe said:
The Bobcats are gonna make their roster in June, and teams need to be thinking about who they should protect. Name the 9 player (I think it is 9) that you want your team to protect. If you don't know how the expansion draft works, I think it goes like this: Each team protects 9 players from their roster, and the remaining players become exposed. The Bobcats will construct their roster by picking 15 of these exposed players. However once they pick a player from one team, they cannot pick another player from that same team. Note that unrestricted free agents do not have to be protected for their former team. Here's a link for the unrestricted free agents for next year: http://realgm.com/src_freeagents.php?year=2004

I'll start off with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant* - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Maurice Carter - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Brian Cook* - *Protect* I think that this kid will be a good player, and will be a good part in the Lakers' future

Derek Fisher - *Protect* Lakers don't need to protect anyone else, so they might as well keep Fisher.

Rick Fox - *Protect* Long time veteren, and big part of the Lakers organization. Don't see the Lakers exposing him.

Devean George - *Protect* In a major slump right now, but I have confidence that he will play like he did early in the season.

Horace Grant - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Karl Malone* - *Protect* He is actually older than Horace Grant, but too valuable to expose. Even at age 40, he is very important to the Lakers.

Stanislav Medvedenko - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Shaquille O'Neal - *Protect* No need to explain

Gary Payton - *Protect* GP controls this team.

Kareem Rush - *Protect* Lakers' future is pretty much in this guys hands if he doesn't leave.

Bryon Russell - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Jamal Sampson - *Expose* Hasn't proved anything yet.

Luke Walton - *Protect* Lots of potential

Expansion drafts usually hurt the teams that are deep from 1-12 like Sacramento, Dallas, and San Antonio. It will be interesting to see who these teams expose to the Bobcats.

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I pretty much agree with u on the Lakers

[Shadow]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

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Dynasty4Kobe said:
The Bobcats are gonna make their roster in June, and teams need to be thinking about who they should protect. Name the 9 player (I think it is 9) that you want your team to protect. If you don't know how the expansion draft works, I think it goes like this: Each team protects 9 players from their roster, and the remaining players become exposed. The Bobcats will construct their roster by picking 15 of these exposed players. However once they pick a player from one team, they cannot pick another player from that same team. Note that unrestricted free agents do not have to be protected for their former team. Here's a link for the unrestricted free agents for next year: http://realgm.com/src_freeagents.php?year=2004

I'll start off with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant* - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Maurice Carter - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Brian Cook* - *Protect* I think that this kid will be a good player, and will be a good part in the Lakers' future

Derek Fisher - *Protect* Lakers don't need to protect anyone else, so they might as well keep Fisher.

Rick Fox - *Protect* Long time veteren, and big part of the Lakers organization. Don't see the Lakers exposing him.

Devean George - *Protect* In a major slump right now, but I have confidence that he will play like he did early in the season.

Horace Grant - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Karl Malone* - *Protect* He is actually older than Horace Grant, but too valuable to expose. Even at age 40, he is very important to the Lakers.

Stanislav Medvedenko - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Shaquille O'Neal - *Protect* No need to explain

Gary Payton - *Protect* GP controls this team.

Kareem Rush - *Protect* Lakers' future is pretty much in this guys hands if he doesn't leave.

Bryon Russell - *Unrestricted Free Agent*

Jamal Sampson - *Expose* Hasn't proved anything yet.

Luke Walton - *Protect* Lots of potential

Expansion drafts usually hurt the teams that are deep from 1-12 like Sacramento, Dallas, and San Antonio. It will be interesting to see who these teams expose to the Bobcats.

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I pretty much agree with u on the Lakers

[Tha_Kid]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas - PROTECT - great talent, all star if he plays all season
Jerry Stackhouse - PROTECT - the big name for the Wiz, but they are overpaying him
Kwame Brown - PROTECT - Just coming into his own
Jarvis Hayes - PROTECT - good potential
Brendan Haywood- PROTECT- solid 7 footer
Christian Laettner - expose- hes a bum
Juan Dixon + Steve Blake - PROTECT - they are at their best together
Larry Hughes - PROTECT - carried wizards most of season
Etan Thomas - Protect - Bruiser in the paint

Expose = Laettner, Jeffries, Whitney, Mitchell Butler, Brevin Knight

[Tha_Kid]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas - PROTECT - great talent, all star if he plays all season
Jerry Stackhouse - PROTECT - the big name for the Wiz, but they are overpaying him
Kwame Brown - PROTECT - Just coming into his own
Jarvis Hayes - PROTECT - good potential
Brendan Haywood- PROTECT- solid 7 footer
Christian Laettner - expose- hes a bum
Juan Dixon + Steve Blake - PROTECT - they are at their best together
Larry Hughes - PROTECT - carried wizards most of season
Etan Thomas - Protect - Bruiser in the paint

Expose = Laettner, Jeffries, Whitney, Mitchell Butler, Brevin Knight

[Tha_Kid]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas - PROTECT - great talent, all star if he plays all season
Jerry Stackhouse - PROTECT - the big name for the Wiz, but they are overpaying him
Kwame Brown - PROTECT - Just coming into his own
Jarvis Hayes - PROTECT - good potential
Brendan Haywood- PROTECT- solid 7 footer
Christian Laettner - expose- hes a bum
Juan Dixon + Steve Blake - PROTECT - they are at their best together
Larry Hughes - PROTECT - carried wizards most of season
Etan Thomas - Protect - Bruiser in the paint

Expose = Laettner, Jeffries, Whitney, Mitchell Butler, Brevin Knight

[CharlieBrown]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expo

Intoducing, your Seattle Super Sonics!!!!
Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Ray Allen *Protect* Team leaders need to stay on the team.

Rashard Lewis *Protect* Another team leader and a second option in scoring.

Vladimir Radmanovic *Protect* Great shooter and the Sonics live and die from their shooters.

Nick Collison *Protect* We don't know if he's a great player or not. I'm not gonna gamble his potential if he really is a great player.

Luke Ridnour *Protect* Future starting Point Guard for the Sonics

Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Antonio Daniels *Protect* Great bench/role player who can help the Sonics.

Ansu Sesay *Unresticted Free Agent*

Richie Frahm *Unresticted Free Agent*

Reggie Evans *Protect* Great young rebounder who can rebound against the big boys.

Ronald Murray *Protect* Had a break out season and proved he is a great player off the bench.

Calvin Booth *Protect* Eh, our only center averaging 5 pts and 4 pts.

Vitaly Potapenko *Expose* Large contract... can't play well.

Jerome James *Expose* read above

[CharlieBrown]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expo

Intoducing, your Seattle Super Sonics!!!!
Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Ray Allen *Protect* Team leaders need to stay on the team.

Rashard Lewis *Protect* Another team leader and a second option in scoring.

Vladimir Radmanovic *Protect* Great shooter and the Sonics live and die from their shooters.

Nick Collison *Protect* We don't know if he's a great player or not. I'm not gonna gamble his potential if he really is a great player.

Luke Ridnour *Protect* Future starting Point Guard for the Sonics

Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Antonio Daniels *Protect* Great bench/role player who can help the Sonics.

Ansu Sesay *Unresticted Free Agent*

Richie Frahm *Unresticted Free Agent*

Reggie Evans *Protect* Great young rebounder who can rebound against the big boys.

Ronald Murray *Protect* Had a break out season and proved he is a great player off the bench.

Calvin Booth *Protect* Eh, our only center averaging 5 pts and 4 pts.

Vitaly Potapenko *Expose* Large contract... can't play well.

Jerome James *Expose* read above

[CharlieBrown]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expo

Intoducing, your Seattle Super Sonics!!!!
Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Ray Allen *Protect* Team leaders need to stay on the team.

Rashard Lewis *Protect* Another team leader and a second option in scoring.

Vladimir Radmanovic *Protect* Great shooter and the Sonics live and die from their shooters.

Nick Collison *Protect* We don't know if he's a great player or not. I'm not gonna gamble his potential if he really is a great player.

Luke Ridnour *Protect* Future starting Point Guard for the Sonics

Brent Barry *Unresticted Free Agent*

Antonio Daniels *Protect* Great bench/role player who can help the Sonics.

Ansu Sesay *Unresticted Free Agent*

Richie Frahm *Unresticted Free Agent*

Reggie Evans *Protect* Great young rebounder who can rebound against the big boys.

Ronald Murray *Protect* Had a break out season and proved he is a great player off the bench.

Calvin Booth *Protect* Eh, our only center averaging 5 pts and 4 pts.

Vitaly Potapenko *Expose* Large contract... can't play well.

Jerome James *Expose* read above

[Dynasty4Kobe]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

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BigMike said:
Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas - PROTECT - great talent, all star if he plays all season
Jerry Stackhouse - PROTECT - the big name for the Wiz, but they are overpaying him
Kwame Brown - PROTECT - Just coming into his own
Jarvis Hayes - PROTECT - good potential
Brendan Haywood- PROTECT- solid 7 footer
Christian Laettner - expose- hes a bum
Juan Dixon + Steve Blake - PROTECT - they are at their best together
Larry Hughes - PROTECT - carried wizards most of season
Etan Thomas - Protect - Bruiser in the paint

Expose = Laettner, Jeffries, Whitney, Mitchell Butler, Brevin Knight

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I would think that the Wizards would keep Jeffries, maybe give up Haywood, but then again they would have no size. They don't really need size in the East though.

[Dynasty4Kobe]

Re: In the expansion draft, who would you keep, and who would you expose?

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BigMike said:
Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas - PROTECT - great talent, all star if he plays all season
Jerry Stackhouse - PROTECT - the big name for the Wiz, but they are overpaying him
Kwame Brown - PROTECT - Just coming into his own
Jarvis Hayes - PROTECT - good potential
Brendan Haywood- PROTECT- solid 7 footer
Christian Laettner - expose- hes a bum
Juan Dixon + Steve Blake - PROTECT - they are at their best together
Larry Hughes - PROTECT - carried wizards most of season
Etan Thomas - Protect - Bruiser in the paint

Expose = Laettner, Jeffries, Whitney, Mitchell Butler, Brevin Knight

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I would think that the Wizards would keep Jeffries, maybe give up Haywood, but then again they would have no size. They don't really need size in the East though.