Doron Lamb, Royce White and Festus Ezeli - 2012/13 Bench

[Michael Anthony]

There are a lot of boom or bust candidates in this draft, and there are a lot of rotation players in this draft.

I think Lamb, White and Ezeli could join this team as immediate rotation players.

Lamb is a pure scorer, with good handle and silly range. White can sub effectively at either forward position. Ezeli is Perkins 2.0.

[cons]

who's festus?
fun name at least!
a festivus for the rest of us!

[Michael Anthony]

Rondo   -       - Moore
Bradley - Lamb - Pietrus
Pierce  - White
        -       - Johnson
        - Ezeli - Stiemsma

That roster costs about $38 million, giving us $20 million to re-sign Garnett and go after a Center. We are also able to sign Bass over or above the limit due to his Opt-out Bird Rights. Lets assume KG signs up for $8, we snag Hibbert/McGee for $12, re-up Bass for $6 and re-up Dooling for vet minimum:

Rondo - Dooling - Moore
Bradley - Lamb - Pietrus
Pierce  - White
Garnett - Bass - Johnson
Hibbert - Ezeli - Stiemsma

That team can play big or small, fastbreak or half court. There are defenders, shooters and scoring off the bench.

[rondohondo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM

Festus for the rest of us !

[Yogi]

In order to sign free agents like Hibbert or anyone else we need to renounce enough free agents to create the required cap space.  Even if we renounce all our FAs we won't have enough cap space to sign KG, Hibbert and Bass.  KG 10, Bass 5 and Hibbert at 15 puts us at around 60 Mil, and I think those are conservative estimates.  What is the point of signing KG if we're going to have three rookies as part of the rotation?  We can't even contend for a division title with that roster.  
Also how do we get those players?  Are you proposing we trade our 22nd pick for two of the Cavaliers early second rounders for example?

[Michael Anthony]

In order to sign free agents like Hibbert or anyone else we need to renounce enough free agents to create the required cap space.  Even if we renounce all our FAs we won't have enough cap space to sign KG, Hibbert and Bass.  KG 10, Bass 5 and Hibbert at 15 puts us at around 60 Mil, and I think those are conservative estimates.  What is the point of signing KG if we're going to have three rookies as part of the rotation?  We can't even contend for a division title with that roster.  
Also how do we get those players?  Are you proposing we trade our 22nd pick for two of the Cavaliers early second rounders for example?

The difference between that roster and the one that took Miami to game 7 is the ADDITION of Lamb, White, Hibbert, Ezeli and the subptraction of Ray Allen. I would suggest that is a major upgrade.

From a salary perspective:
Pierce $16.8
Hibbert $12.0
Rondo $11.0
Garnett $8.0
Bass $4.0 (Cap Hold)
Pietrus Bi-annual Exception
Bradley $1.6
Stiemsma $1.0 (Cap hold)
Johnson $1.1 (Cap Hold
Dooling Vet Minimum
Moore $0.5
White $1.5
Ezeli $1.5
Lamb $1.0

Puts us at exactly $60 million in contracts and cap holds. I believe the cap should be almost exactly that amount. If it is lower, you can shave some off KG or Hibbert, or you could cut JJ Johnson. Alternatively, you could drop Bass and try to land a backup for around $2.5 per.

Finally, getting an extra late first or early second should not be to hard - maybe swap Jeff Green, or throw someone a future first, or a couple million dollars.