Who comes out the best after winning 08 Lottery?

cucad8 · Post #1 » by **cucad8** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:37 pm

Not sure if this has been asked yet, or if it should be in the draft section or not. Curious who everyone thinks would be the most dangerous team, now and for the future, if they were to win the draft lottery, with standings as of now. Just guessing on what they could take.

Miami: A combo next year of Beasley, Wade, and Marion? Or backcourt of Rose and Wade?

Minnesota: Building around either Brewer, Foye, Jefferson, and Beasley, or Brewer, Foye, Rose, and Jefferson?

Memphis: Beasley, Conley, and Gay?

Seattle: Durant, Beasley, and Green? Durant, Rose, and Green?

New York: Rose. Beasley.

Clippers: Rose, Brand, Maggette, Kaman. Or, Beasley, Maggette, and Kaman, and whatever they could get in return for Brand.

Milwaukee: Beasley, Bogut, Redd, Williams, Yi? Rose, Redd, Bogut, Yi?

Charlotte: Rose, Richardson, Wallace, Okafor? Beasley, Okafor, Richardson, Wallace?

Indiana: Rose, Granger, O'Neal. Beasley, Granger, O'Neal?

Phoenix: Nash, Barbosa, Beasley, Amare? Rose as the successor to Nash?

Chicago: Beasley, Noah, Thomas, Deng, Gordon, Hinrich, Thabo?

Sacramento: Udrih, Marttin, Artest, Beasley, Hawes? Rose, Martin, Artest, Hawes?

Portland: Rose, Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Rudy, Outlaw, Webster?

Denver: Rose, AI, Melo, Nene, Camby, Martin, Kleiza?

Thoughts? And sorry if I left players out from the list on your team. Just throwing some names out there.

jefe · Post #2 » by **jefe** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:41 pm

Homer pick: Memphis
Real pick: Portland

TheKingOfVa360 · Post #3 » by **TheKingOfVa360** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:49 pm

Denver if they ended up getting Rose.

farzi · Post #4 » by **farzi** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:51 pm

The 9th or 10th seed from the west

GJense4181 · Post #5 » by **GJense4181** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:57 pm

OJ MAYO FTL.

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #6 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 11:43 pm

Portland winning a top 2 slot would be majorly unfair. Add Rose or Beasley to Oden, LMA, Roy, Fernandez, and whatever SF/PG they can get for a combination Frye/Jack/Sergio/Future 1st/Webster/Outlaw package? Crazy.

Miami is obviously the most likely to improve, just because they're playing in the East, and tanking hard right now. You figure a healthy Wade and two great combo forwards in Marion and Beasley should get them a playoff birth next year with Banks, Blount, Haslem and Ricky Davis.

Miami would be the most improved. Portland would be the most dangerous.

AbdicatedReign · Post #7 » by **AbdicatedReign** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 11:47 pm

cucad8 wrote:Phoenix: Nash, Barbosa, Beasley, Amare? Rose as the successor to Nash?

Phoenix doesn't have a 2008 1st. It went to the Sonics in the Kurt Thomas deal.

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #8 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 11:50 pm

AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Phoenix doesn't have a 2008 1st. It went to the Sonics in the Kurt Thomas deal.

And isn't it top 1 protected? Or did all protection fall off?

exkonvict · Post #9 » by **exkonvict** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 11:51 pm

Clippers easily.

cucad8 · Post #10 » by **cucad8** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:01 am

AbdicatedReign wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Phoenix doesn't have a 2008 1st. It went to the Sonics in the Kurt Thomas deal.

Phoenix has Atlanta's first rounder.

Post #11 » by **Young_Star11** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:04 am

Surely Portland or Denver don't get the pick. Surely not.

Would be nice to see Memphis get it; they sure as hell need a guy like Beasley.

The Clippers could do with a long-term PG prospect in Rose.

AbdicatedReign · Post #12 » by **AbdicatedReign** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:05 am

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

And isn't it top 1 protected? Or did all protection fall off?

Both 1sts they sent were unprotected.

cucad8 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Phoenix has Atlanta's first rounder.

True. I guess I assumed Atlanta would make the playoffs and Phoenix wouldn't. Wishful thinking, I suppose.

Walmart · Post #13 » by **Walmart** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:34 am

It's got to be Miami, Pat Riley has way too much pride for that team to be terrible again next year.

JValone · Post #14 » by **JValone** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 1:03 am

Long-term it's Portland, short-term it's whoever finished 9th in the West. If you add Rose to Denver that team will be ridiculously talented, and they'll be able to play Iverson off the ball. But even in that scenario they probably wouldn't jump to any higher then 5th in the West, while adding Rose to Portland's young foundation could equal championships down the road. So I'd say Portland would come out the best.

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #15 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 1:56 am

Portland down the future, if they add Beasley to complement Roy, Aldridge, and Oden.. they'd be impossible.. Not even in the late future either, right now. All 4 of those guys will be on rookie contracts, allowing them to add some other guys around them too. Roy and Aldridge are playing $10-$15 million dollar per year level basketball for $3-$4 million a year. That's insane.