Another player who could crash the lottery unexpectedly and even shockingly go just one spot below his twin brother is Stanford center Robin Lopez. Lopez reportedly canceled all his remaining workouts (with the Pacers, Kings, Sixers, and more) with a supposed “sprained ankle” after working out for the New Jersey Nets this past week.
I'll go through the roof if we made a promise to Robin Lopez. Between Eric Gordon and Russell Westbrook, one of them is likely to fall to us. Could you imagine the Nets passing up Easy G for the weaker Lopez twin?
The article goes on to say...
Although the tenth pick is widely believed to be Danilo Gallinari’s, no one would know better about where the Italian small forward will get drafted than his agent Arn Tellem, who also happens to represent the Lopez twins. Robin being promised to go tenth (a speculatory rumor that is definitely making the rounds) almost surely means that Gallinari is going sixth to the Knicks.
http://www.draftexpress.com/blog/Jonathan-Givony/
Putting aside the fact that Gallinari would be a HUGE gamble for the Knicks at #6 and that R. Lopez should be going lower than #10, does anyone else find it hard to believe that the Nets and Knicks would both tie themselves down with promises? New York is trying to dump Zach Randolph and we're trying to move RJ. Why would either team tie up their best assets this way?
