I could see the Clips win the 1st pick. a core of John Wall, Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin is not bad, and they can trade B Diddy to a contender.
Another team is the Pacers. Wall-Granger ain't too bad either.
B Diddy would be a great pg to play with Lebron if he can stay healthy. Rasual Butler would complement him well also.
What if NYK signs Lebron, then sign and trade David Lee and Gallinari for B Diddy, Butler, and Kaman?? Would this not make both teams better/fit their current state? (No brainer for LAC?) I think Lee and Gallinari both would go well with Lebron too, but I think this team fits him better.
Here they get 3 quality players, then NYK still has the MLE to spend.
Otherwise, they resign Lee and keep Gallinari to have 2 quality players and after cap holds, probably still only have the MLE to give out serious money.* Only benefit I see here is future cap flexibility.
Maybe LAC would even take Curry's final year and sign another player to then trade over? They could open a ton of cap room in 2011 and who wouldn't want to join Wall, Gordon, Gallinari, Lee, and Griffin? This would be the summer of 'Melo, right? Could he fit in any better elsewhere? No guarentee he'd go, but I'd say it's still a great foundation either way. Oden or Perkins could fit in great as well.
*Feel free to question this and provide some math showing the contrary. They currently have 17.7 committed. Add Lebron for around $20 and Lee for around $10, then they have $47.7M with only 9 players signed. So that's 6 more spots given minimum cap holds.