Starting 5 on favorite Lott. team?

[wiley]

OK. City:
--Thabeet, Green, Durant, Weaver, Westbrook

Clippers:
--Camby, Griffin, Thornton, Gordon, B. Davis

Memphis:
--Gasol, Arthur, Gay, Mayo, Rubio

Minny?  Kings? 

[Eja117]

What I think is sort of pathetic is that I think the Clips look like they have a powerhouse starting 5 and yet I am thinking "I wonder where they'll pick in the lottery next year" and I feel similarly about Memphis.

[celticmaestro]

I think OKC should go with Rubio and move Westbrook to the #2.

[wiley]

I think OKC should go with Rubio and move Westbrook to the #2.

I think Chris Wallace is more of a Rubio type guy than a Thabeet type guy.  So I think Rubio will be gone when Ok. City picks. 

I just had a premonition that Ok. City is going to draft Demar DeRozan and not Thabeet with the third pick.  Let's see how that works out

[cordobes]

I don't understand why people are assuming Presti will pick Thabeet. I think that's far from given.

Rubio must be praying for Memphis to trade him, what a terrible team for him to land in.

[Donoghus]

I don't understand why people are assuming Presti will pick Thabeet. I think that's far from given.

Rubio must be praying for Memphis to trade him, what a terrible team for him to land in.

I agree.  I really don't think Thabeet is going to OKC. To be honest, I think #3 is too high for him and agreed on the Presti part.

Personally, if they stuck at 3, I like the idea of taking Harden.

On the Memphis thing, I'm not sure a Rubio/Mayo backcourt would be an ideal thing.

[wiley]

I don't understand why people are assuming Presti will pick Thabeet. I think that's far from given.

Rubio must be praying for Memphis to trade him, what a terrible team for him to land in.

Good point.  Far from given.

It might be wiser for Ok. City to sign Gortat or Pachulia and take the project guard (DeRozan) who is supposed to have star potential.

[wiley]

I don't understand why people are assuming Presti will pick Thabeet. I think that's far from given.

Rubio must be praying for Memphis to trade him, what a terrible team for him to land in.

I agree.  I really don't think Thabeet is going to OKC. To be honest, I think #3 is too high for him and agreed on the Presti part.

Personally, if they stuck at 3, I like the idea of taking Harden.

On the Memphis thing, I'm not sure a Rubio/Mayo backcourt would be an ideal thing.

Yeah, if Thunder think they're ready to do some winning then Harden would be wiser than DeRozan I would think.