Curious to see if some team will be able to build a “middle-class” team, with 10 players making between $15-20 million a year, but no max guys. That’s been tough in the past because historically you’d be drawing mostly from guys in the 100-150 range of quality, but if you’re able to get 10 players in the 50-80 range instead, you might have a legit team.
Fun experiment. From the Ringer's top 125, I allocated myself 2 from 50-59, 3 from 60-69, and 5 from 70-80. Here's my core.
PG: Josh Giddey (69) / Marcus Smart (71)
SG: Klay Thompson (56) / CJ McCollum (80)
SF: Jerami Grant (53_ / Bojan Bogdanovic (77)
PF: Michael Porter Jr. (62) / Jaden McDaniels (75)
C: Jarrett Allen (64) / Steven Adams (79)
Pretty fun game. Unfortunately, several of these players are on big time money, so it can't come true.