Build your all-time starting five with $15

[Mr. French]

You can literally pick any 5 that costs $15 and have a heckuva team. I'll take 3 $3 players - Napier, Castle, Clingan. Add Donyell at the 4, and that leaves a superb athlete who played years in the NBA for $1, Scotty B.

I can never do these - I overthink and get mad when I leave out guys I like. It’s too frustrating and I quit.

I can’t decide on just one iteration.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Newton
Castle
Lamb
Karaban
Okafor

Length, athleticism, shooting, defense

 

[Rocktheworld]

You can literally pick any 5 that costs $15 and have a heckuva team. I'll take 3 $3 players - Napier, Castle, Clingan. Add Donyell at the 4, and that leaves a superb athlete who played years in the NBA for $1, Scotty B.

It’s nice having enough greats to make this a real debate and fun exercise

Pretty clear cut (if they even have 25 greats) with most programs

 

[Mr. French]

Despite our surplus of PGs and Shabazz being the guy I ALWAYS want to pick here…2 bucks for El-Amin might be the move. He was so good. Great leader, clutch…

 

[RuffRuff]

If your roster isn’t starting with a 3 dollar discount Clingan you’re not doing this right. He might be the most valuable asset at any dollar value.

 

[CL82]

Again, we need one of those SIM maven's to start running these teams against each other. That would actually be a pretty cool thing to do in the off-season.

 

[HW611]

Shabazz ($3) Lamb ($2) Caron ($4) Charlie ($3) and Clingan ($3)

Ultimate point God

A shooter with length and can get in passing lanes + can play off ball

Do it all Caron

Jumbo 4 who was a great floor spacer + shot blocker

Clingan is Clingan

Covering my bases rebounding wise, defensively, with shooters, and a go to scorer in Caron when needed. And Shabazz in there to make sure everyone gets the ball accordingly while being the best catch and shoot 3 point guy of the group of PGs.

 

[HW611]

If your roster isn’t starting with a 3 dollar discount Clingan you’re not doing this right. He might be the most valuable asset at any dollar value.

That and $3 Shabazz.

He has everything you need to run a great team and has all the ability to play both on and off the ball seamlessly.

Honestly not sure how he became the $3 player but I’ll take it.

If I went with any $5 guy it’d be Marshall value wise because I don’t think there’s another super talent in that group.

PGs have Shabazz at $3 who is a $5 player.
SGs have Ben and Lamb is a pretty good value choice too who can do a little bit of everything
SFs have Caron who is a $5 player realistically
Centers have Clingan who is another $5 value player

I tried to find a way to fit Marshall in but I’m not moving off of Bazz or Clingan and really wanted a dominant wing scorer which I didn’t think was there under $4.

So Butler and the next closest thing to Marshall in Charlie it was lol

 

[NEforceUConn]

Lots of interesting teams. I’m picking

Napier
Gordon
Gay
Adrien
Clingan

Great scoring. Nobody going to come into the lane with Adrien and Clingan.

 

[Lafayette]

Might just take all five $3 players - imagine Charlie V and Donovan? Castle as the tall elite shooting guard with Napier's 3s and passing and drives? Rudy Gay then just chilling and scoring and rebounding.

Really cannot lose with $15, the obvious bargains are Chris Smith for $1, Karaban for $1, and Clingan for $3

 

[Connecticut13]

Easy:

PG: Chris Smith at $1 (this is a steal)
SG: Ray Allen at $5 (best player in UConn history)
SF: Caron Butler at $4
PF: Jeff Adrien at $2
C: Donovan Clingan ($3) (another steal)

 

[lateralous]

Easy:

PG: Chris Smith at $1 (this is a steal)
SG: Ray Allen at $5 (best player in UConn history)
SF: Caron Butler at $4
PF: Jeff Adrien at $2
C: Donovan Clingan ($3) (another steal)

Maybe it's because 89-90 is burned into my mind more than any of those other late 80s early 90's seasons but I will always think of Chris Smith as a SG even though he is listed as a PG on this exercise. Using most of your logic in the brackets, I think I would actually go Napier at point, slide Smith to SG and Allen to SF. This looks even better to me:

PG: Napier
SG: Smith
SF: Allen
PF: Adrien
C: Clingan

I know I'm leaving $1 on the table with this group so realistically you can swap in Dyson, Lamb or Hawkins on the wing for Smith based on preference. The possibilities are endless here.