Inspired by a comment earlier today (shout out Norsk), I thought I’d see if we could improve our rotation by replacing our backups wholesale with D-Leaguers. To make it more fun, I made a game of it. 

The Rules

- Current D-League players only

- None who are under contract with another NBA team (ie guys like Lamb, Donatas etc)

- I’ll only compare NBA numbers so all options will have NBA experience

- Numbers will be per 36 or advanced to avoid being too unfair (we all know per 36 numbers are gospel, anyway)

 - I’ll use career numbers to avoid SSS issues (where possible)

- The options will be provided as usual when you don’t want people to know who you’re talking about – Player A, B, C etc (you’ll know some of the guys who are ours by their hideous stat lines, but play along just for fun)

- Pick the one player you want at each position

- Polls closed

- I’ll tally up the votes and see whether the D-Leaguers or Backups win!

PG

Player A – 10.6 points, 6.1 assists, 1.3 steals, 2.2 turnovers on 40/29/71 shooting. 11.9 PER, 16.9 USG%, 99 ORtg, 108 DRtg

Player B – 11 points, 4.4 assists, 1.9 steals, 2.5 turnovers on 39/30/73 shooting. 9.1 PER, 17.8 USG%, 94 ORtg, 107 DRtg

Player C –  11 points, 4.2 assists, 1.0 steals, 3.1 turnovers on 37/25/69 shooting. 6.5 PER, 20.4 USG%, 84 ORtg, 110 DRtg

Player D – 10.6 points, 5.8 assists, 1.3 steals, 2.0 turnovers on 40/33/59 shooting. 13 PER, 18.5 USG%, 98 Ortg, 108 DRtg

SG

Player A - 11.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.9 turnovers on 41/35/68 shooting. 8.4 PER, 17.3 USG%, 95 ORtg, 106 DRtg

Player B - 10 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.7 steals, 3 turnovers on 32/21/50 shooting. 4.9 PER, 21.3 USG%, 72 ORtg, 107 DRtg

Player C - 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.8 turnovers on 44/29/84 shooting. 11.6 PER, 19.1 USG%, 101 ORtg, 110 DRtg

Player D - 11 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.7 turnovers on 41/28/61 shooting. 8.6 PER, 17.1 USG%, 88 ORtg, 111 DRtg

SF

Player A - 10.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.8 turnovers on 46/33/80 shooting. 13.1 PER, 13.1 USG%, 111 ORtg, 105 DRtg

Player B - 3.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2.5 turnovers on 16/13/50 shooting. -1.3 PER, 15.6 USG%, 49 ORtg, 107 DRtg

Player C - 12.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.6 turnovers on 39/37/64 shooting. 7.1 PER, 18.9 USG%, 94 ORtg, 113 DRtg

Player D - 12.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1 steal, 1.7 turnovers on 39/38/68 shooting. 9.9 PER, 18.6 USG%, 97 ORtg, 108 DRtg

PF

Player A - 10.6 points, 11.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.1 blocks, 1.8 turnovers on 42/58 shooting. 11 PER, 16.3 USG%, 101 ORtg, 108 DRtg

Player B - 8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 blocks, 1.8 turnovers on 42/58 shooting. 9.7 PER, 12.7 USG%, 100 ORtg, 108 DRtg

Player C - 10.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 2.1 blocks, 2.9 turnovers on 47/77 shooting. 10.5 PER, 15.5 USG%, 98 ORtg, 103 DRtg

Player D - 7.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.2 blocks, 1.8 turnovers on 30/75 shooting. 5.4 PER, 16.3 USG%, 81 ORtg, 107 DRtg

C

Player A - 9.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.2 turnovers, 4.5 personal fouls on 53/86 shooting. 12.8 PER, 11.8 USG%, 118 ORtg, 107 DRtg

Player B - 9.4 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.9 blocks, 1.6 turnovers, 4.5 personal fouls on 44/42 shooting. 15.5 PER, 14.6 USG%, 98 ORtg, 102 DRtg