Lopez
Bargs
Thad Young
Joe Johnson
Jarrett Jack
That's not a bottom 5 team.
2014/15 Stats for the above players:
Lopez: 17.2 pts, 7.4 reb, 0.7 ast, 0.6 stl, 1.8 blk
Bargnani: 14.8 pts, 4.4 reb, 1.6 ast, 0.1 stl, 0.9 blk
Thadeus Young: 14.1 pts, 5.4 reb, 2.3 ast, 1.6 stl, 0.3 blk, 46% FG, 33% 3PT, 66% FT
Joe Johnson: 14.4 pts, 4.8 reb, 3.7 ast, 0.7 stl, 0.2 blk, 43% FG, 36% 3PT, 80% FT
Jarrett Jack: 12.9 pts, 3.1 reb, 4.7 ast. 0.9 stl, 0.2 blk, 44% FG, 27% 3PT, 88% FT
Kinda reminds me of the starting lineup of our 2013.14 Celtics:
Jared Sullinger: 13.3 pts, 8.1 reb, 1.6 ast, 0.7 blk, 0.5 stl, 43% FG, 27% 3PT, 78% FT
Brandon Bass: 11.1 pts, 5.7 reb, 1.1 ast, 0.9 blk, 0.4 stl, 49% FG, 33% 3PT, 86% FT
Jeff Green: 16.9 pts, 4.6 reb, 1.7 ast, 0.7 stl, 0.6 blk, 41% FG, 34% 3PT, 79% FT
Avery Bradley: 14.9 pts, 3.8 reb, 1.4 ast, 1.1 stl, 0.2 blk, 44% FG, 39% 3PT, 80% FT
Jordan Crawford: 11 pts, 2.3 reb, 3.5 ast, 0.6 stl, 0.1 blk, 42% FG, 32% 3PT, 86% FT
I won't get started on the bench, because our 2013/14 bench (Kelly Olynyk, Jerryd Bayless, Phil Pressey, Kris Humphreys, Courtney Lee) was far, far better than Brooklyn's current bench.
Overall, I'd say you would be pretty hard-pressed to argue that the current nets team is really any better than our 13/14 Celtics team overall (arguably a slightly better starting lineup, offset by our far superior bench) and that team finished tied with Utah for the 5th worst record in the entire league - which got us Marcus Smart at pick #6!
I mean, lets be real here:
* Their best player is Lopez, who avearaged 17/6 and has missed 50% of his career games
* Their second best player is Young, who has been a borderline starter his whole career
* Their third best player is Johnson. who is 34 and has declined every year for the last 4 seasons
* Their fourth best player is Jack, who has been a good bench guy most of his career
* Their fifth best player is Bargnani, who the wooden-spoon Knicks couldn't wait to get rid of
* Their best prospect right now is probably Kevin Seraphin (unless RHJ proves otherwise)
* They have no bench
* They have no cap space
* They have no draft picks
How good can they possibly be?!?