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CaptainFubar's FUBAR predictions for 2016-17

Without further ado, here are my predictions for how this offseason and next season are going to shake out:

  • We fail to make any major many-for-one trades to significantly upgrade our talent
  • We end up with the 4th overall pick and draft our PF prospect of the future in Jaylen Brown
  • We draft a 3rd-string C (Hammons out of Purdue) with our 34th pick; trade all other picks for future picks or draft-and-stash Euro players
  • Brown is groomed into the Shawn Marion/Draymond Green mold (similar build and measurables)
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic successfully buys out his Euro contract and comes across the pond to don the purple and orange
  • Booker successfully beats out Knight for the starting backcourt spot during training camp. Knight begrudgingly obliges to a significant bench role
  • With little roster turnover and a somewhat balanced roster, Earl Watson institutes clear-cut roles and shortens the rotation.
Rotation and minutes allocation at each position:

PG - Bledsoe (31) / Knight (17)
SG - Booker (31) / Knight (13) / Bogdanovic (4)
SF - Warren (26) / Tucker (10) / Bogdanovic (12)
PF - Tucker (12) / Teletovic (20) / Brown (16)
C - Len (30) / Chandler (18)
Garbage time - Goodwin (PG/SG), Price (PG), Hammons (C)

Five counting stats and shooting percentages for each rotation player:

(PTS-REB-AST-STL-BLK / FG%-3PT%-FT%)

Bledsoe - (17 - 5 - 6 - 1.8 - 1.0 / 47-36-83)

Booker - (19 - 3 - 5 - 1.2 - 0.5 / 43-39-87)

Knight - (15 - 3 - 4 - 1.2 - 0.7 / 44-38-87)

Warren - (13 - 5 - 1.5 - 1.3 - 0.3 / 53-35-70)

Tucker - (7 - 5 - 2 - 1.2 - 0.5 / 47-38-68)

Len - (11 - 10 - 1 - 0.8 - 2.0 / 50-0-75)

Teletovic - (9 - 3.5 - 0.5 - 0.5 - 0.5 / 43-40-74)

Bogdanovic - (7 - 1.5 - 1.5 - 0.7 - 0.2 / 42-35-80)

Chandler - (6 - 6 - 1 - 0.5 - 1.0 / 65-0-72)

Brown - (5.5 - 3.5 - 1 - 1.1 - 0.6 / 43-30-65)

Team stats and other predictions:

PTS - 109 PPG (Top 3 in NBA) / 104 O-Rating top 10 in NBA

REB - 46 RPG (Top 5 in NBA) / Rebound Rate top 10 in NBA

AST - 22 APG (Top 10 in NBA) / Asst % Middle of pack

3PT shooting - 3PM Top 3 in NBA / 3 pt% Top 12 in NBA

TOs Forced - Middle of pack

TOs - Top 3 most TOV and TOV%

DRATG - 103.5 D-Rating bottom 12 in NBA

  • Record: 42 (W) - 40 (L), 9th in West
  • Brandon Knight finishes top-2 in Sixth Man Of The Year voting
  • Booker and Bledsoe receive mild consideration for the ASG but don't make it
  • All of Bledsoe, Knight and Len have their first healthy season together