Washingon Pondering Options at No. 3

[HMFFL]

There is a lot of chatter here and elsewhere about the Wizards trading their top five pick to acquire an established all-star veteran like Stoudemire and/or Bosh. That is not happening. The Wizards would have to surrender the pick and at least one of their three all-stars in any package for a player of that caliber (expiring contracts are not going to cut it). And that still might not be enough. Link

[tbhawksfan]

I was pondering a JJ for #3/E.Thomas/Young/Blatche type deal. Draft Rubio and follow that up with a Bibby/Speedy S&T for Monta/Gordon or Crawford. It would look something like:

Draft: Rubio/Budinger/Heytvelt

Horford/Zaza/Thomas
Smoove/Blatche/Heytvelt
MW/Mo/Budinger
Young/Flip
Monta/Rubio/Law

Just a thought...

[killbuckner]

Rubio won't be there at #3. Thats why they would be looking to make the trade.

[rclear8407]

This has nothing really to do with this post, but I want Ty Lawson on the Hawks. We would most likely have to trade too much to draft Rubio. Trade our 1st round pick and a role player to move up some spots to pick Lawson sounds reasonable. Mock drafts are showing him just outside the lottery which would only be a couple of picks from where the Hawks pick will be, but I think that Lawson will end up being a lottery pick.

[evildallas]

Why is Washington pondering #3? Has the draft lottery happened already and I missed it? I thought it was next week. Until then the value of the pick is unknown.

It's pretty straight forward what you do with #3 in my opinion, you take Rubio or Thabeet whichever one is available. If you are truly set at PG maybe you trade out instead of Rubio or you could pick him and trade him later. I just find the drop off to the next set of prospects (Hill, Harden, Derozan, Jennings) to be too great although some people really like Hill. If you aren't in the top 3 this year then I feel that you better to off to be #10 or lower because of the salary implications (I think 4th pays twice as much as 10th over the rookie deal) and the rough equivalence of the talent.

[killbuckner]

I think Thabeet is going to be a total bust. 7 footers who don't absolutely dominate in College are highly overrated. I think Dejuan Blair is going to be by far the better player.

[tbhawksfan]

I agree evil. Trade into the top 3 or from #19 up just a few spots to get the best PG left. If not we'll choose between Mullens or the #5 or 6 PG in the draft. Not very overwhelming prospects.

I think Sund might have something up his sleeve. He has so many options.

If he did nothing other than to can Woody, I'd be extatic.

[HMFFL]

This has nothing really to do with this post, but I want Ty Lawson on the Hawks. We would most likely have to trade too much to draft Rubio. Trade our 1st round pick and a role player to move up some spots to pick Lawson sounds reasonable. Mock drafts are showing him just outside the lottery which would only be a couple of picks from where the Hawks pick will be, but I think that Lawson will end up being a lottery pick.

Let's try to keep all the Hawks draft talk in the draft day sticky or create a new topic so it can eventually be merged. Thanks

[HoopsGuru25]

1. I would stop following the Hawks if they traded Joe for a pick in this draft and didn't land Rubio or Griffin.

2. I don't think it's set in stone that Thabeet is a lock as a top 3 prospect. I don't know about either's work ethic-but I think it's a toss up as to whether I'd rather have Javale Mcgee or Thabeet. They both seem to have very similar strength's and weaknesses but Mcgee is a year younger and the 3rd pick has a ton more trade value.

3. I still like James Harden as the 3rd guy in this draft even though his performance in the tourney was pretty bad. He is like Brook Lopez in that he has all the prototypical skills needed for his position, produced at a high rate,still very young(19),but people act like he has no upside because his highlight reels aren't that impressive.

[Harry10]

Joe and pick for Caron, Haywood, and pick

i'm not sure if i would even do that trade. chemistry wise, i don't know if it gets the Hawks past the second round.

[Skyhawk1]

1. I would stop following the Hawks if they traded Joe for a pick in this draft and didn't land Rubio or Griffin.

I'm with you on that.

[Innothule]

I really like that Mcgee kid on the wizards and honestly I think he is going to be something special. I would love if we could somehow get him on the hawks to play center.

[LL Cool Scott]

I think Thabeet is going to be a total bust. 7 footers who don't absolutely dominate in College are highly overrated. I think Dejuan Blair is going to be by far the better player.

Thabeet did dominate on defense, though. Best defensive player I've seen since Mutombo. My only concern with Thabeet is the trend of gigantosauruses getting injured over an 80 game season. People that size can't take the pounding of the long NBA season (the only exception I can think of is Kareem). I'd consider trading for Rubio, Griffin, or Thabeet.

I agree with you on Blair - I PRAY he's still available when we draft. We need his toughness and rebounding badly.

[evildallas]

Joe and pick for Caron, Haywood, and pick

i'm not sure if i would even do that trade. chemistry wise, i don't know if it gets the Hawks past the second round.

I would do that trade in a heartbeat, but I can't imagine that Washington would.

[HoopsGuru25]

Joe and pick for Caron, Haywood, and pick

i'm not sure if i would even do that trade. chemistry wise, i don't know if it gets the Hawks past the second round.

I would do that trade in a heartbeat, but I can't imagine that Washington would.

Agreed.