Alrighty, I'm going to make this one short and sweet, so I'll cut out the commentary. The trades have really flopped things around!
So....jump inside the telephone booth and come on an excellent adventure with me...
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1. LA Clippers - Blake Griffin, PF, Oklahoma (DUH)
2. Memphis Grizzlies - Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN
3. OKC Thunder - James Harden, SG, Arizona State
4. Sacramento Kings - Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain
5. Minnesota Timberwolves - Stephen Curry, PG, Davidson
6. Minnesota Timberwolves - Tyreke Evans, G, Memphis
7. Golden State Warriors - Jonny Flynn, PG, Syracuse
8. New York Knicks - DeMar DeRozan, SG, USC
9. Toronto Raptors - Terrence Williams, SG/SF, Louisville
10. Milwaukee Bucks - Jrue Holiday, PG, UCLA
11. New Jersey Nets - DeJuan Blair, PF, Pittsburgh
12. Charlotte Bobcats - Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke
13. Indiana Pacers - Jordan Hill, PF, Arizona
14. Phoenix Suns - Brandon Jennings, PG, Italy
15. Detroit Pistons - Tyler Hansbrough, PF, North Carolina
16. Chicago Bulls - Earl Clark, SF/PF, Louisville
17. Philadelphia 76ers - Ty Lawson, PG, North Carolina
18. Minnesota Timberwolves - James Johnson, PF, Wake Forest
19. Atlanta Hawks - Eric Maynor, PG, VCU
20. Utah Jazz - Austin Daye, SF/PF, Gonzaga
21. New Orleans Hornets - BJ Mullens, C, Ohio State
22. Dallas Mavericks - Jeff Teague, PG, Wake Forest
23. Sacramento Kings - Chase Budinger, SG, Arizona
24. Portland Trailblazers - DeJuan Summers, SF/PF, Georgetown
25. OKC Thunder - DeMarre Carroll, PF, Missouri
26. Chicago Bulls - Wayne Ellington, SG, North Carolina
27. Memphis Grizzlies - Patrick Mills, PG, Saint Marys
28. Minnesota Timberwolves - Sam Young, SF, Pittsburgh
29. Los Angeles Lakers - Darren Collison, PG, UCLA
30. Cleveland Cavaliers - Derrick Brown, PF, Xavier
Comments
Ya, I don't know who they want at two so bad. It has to be Rubio I'd expect.
It's hard to say since they don't even have a coach yet, right? I mean, they could grab Thabeet and go with a Jefferson/Love/Thabeet frontcourt or go backcourt with Harden/Curry, Rubio/Curry, Evans/Curry...i don't know. i'm working my way through an article detailing Curry's ability to play PG right now.
I am still sort of baffled that they traded Foye, because I thought with Foye/Curry in the backcourt, that would have been their best situation. Both are combo guards so it would have worked well.
But, the duo of Curry/Evans would work well I think too...again, both combo guards.
I'm thinking Rubio makes it past Sacramento and Minny could end up with a Rubio/Curry backcourt. For a franchise trying to rebuild excitement, that could be it. Also, rumors are that Minny is trying to use the 5 and 18 picks to move up to #2.