Firstly, concerning the Bobcats you have listed the 2 Rooks over a vet borderline all-star in Gerald Wallace?
Next, you have Shaun Marion ahead of Jason 'the Jet" Terry for Dallas.
For the Pistons you have listed Austin Daye. WHO?
Gallinari and Chandler ahead of David Lee.
And do you really think that Portland would take Oden over Aldridge?
Love to hear your reasons.
Cheers
Charlotte Gerald Wallace was touch and go. I could just as easily be convinced to put him in instead of Gerald Henderson. The idea was just to clear as many contracts as possible and start with a blank slate.
Gerald Wallace is playing excellent basketball on that Bobcats at the moment but I'm still unsure of how effective Gerald Wallace would be on a very good-to-elite team. He wouldn't have the touches, play calls, isolations, or shot attempts that he gets in Charlotte. So lower scoring. Also, his current rebounding stats are also wholly deceiving because the amount of time he's playing at PF this season + the amount of time he's playing alongside a non-rebounding big (Diaw) in small ball lineups. So the rebounding would drop back to normal levels (above average for SF) too. Those two losses in contributions would dramatically alter his effectiveness.
Still, he'd be a good player who make a large contribution defensively + good contributions on the glass and offensively (as a slasher). A very good player who is close, a notch or two below, to being an All-Star but not nearly as productive as player we see in Charlotte this season. I'm not sure whether keeping that player or gaining that cap space is the best option but I decided to go with the cap space.
Create a blank slate and start from scratch ... which the Bobcats should be doing.
New YorkThe 2010 free agency plan is still their best way forward (LeBron, Wade, Bosh not available through this draft idea). Wilson Chandler and Gallinari are both rookie scale contracts and allow the Knicks to have maximum flexibility. So the Knicks can sign two max contracts + take a few more low priced prospects in this make-believe-draft.
With no Jeffries or Curry on the books, the Knicks could maybe keep Lee + Gallinari and still have enough money for two max contracts. You'd have to do out the math to be sure. I think you'd likely find better options by going with Gallinari + Chandler + low priced picks in the draft (non-protected high first round picks on other teams, build a true supporting cast on the cheap).
DallasI would absolutely love to see Jason Terry play the point guard position alongside a playmaking a wing. The role Mo Williams gets to play in Cleveland. He's a superb shooter, does an excellent job executing the offense, a good scorer and a good defender. He is a very good player in that type of situation. A near All-Star.
However, I'm not anywhere near as big a fan of his game when he's the best playmaker on the team (like he was before Kidd arrived when starting at PG for Dallas) or when he's playing as a two guard. I think his lack of size, defense and rebounding negate a lot of his offensive value as a two guard. And, his lack of ability as a creator limits his value as a point guard when there's nobody else in the lineup who brings that ability. It makes it too easy for the opposition, a top defensive team, to contain your team's offense.
Since that playmaker isn't on the Mavs roster and isn't likely to be available in the draft (Stephen Jackson? Not really, maybe Hedo Turkoglu though), I don't think Jason Terry is that valuable a pick. Paul Pierce would fit the bill but I doubt he lasts long enough in the draft for the Mavs to select him.
Anyway, the rest of the team -- Josh Howard has declined considerably as a rebounder and defender. His shot selection and scoring efficiency have also gotten worse. So I ruled him out as the second pick behind Dirk. Kidd was ruled out due to his age. That only left Shawn Marion. A Marion + Dirk forward duo is an interesting combination to build around due to their talents + flexibility lineup wise (Dirk at C + Marion at PF in small ball lineups, or, Dirk at PF and Marion at SF in bigger lineups).
PortlandI'd say it's 50-50 between who Kevin Pritchard would actually chose ... but I think Greg Oden is already the superior player vs Aldridge. His phenomenal rebounding + very good and still improving defensive game + his highly efficient, good, and still developing offensive game are extremely valuable.
Greg Oden gives a team a backbone. Some steel. A guy who can control a game defensively + on the glass. That combined with Brandon Roy's offensive brilliance is an excellent combination to build around.
DetroitI didn't want to keep any of Detroit's overpriced contracts -- Prince, Rip, Gordon, Villanueva, Maxiell -- and the best two prospects left on their squad after that are Stuckey and Daye so I went with them.
OverallGerald Wallace is the only one there that I could go either way on. Similar to Thabeet or Gay in Memphis (don't want to pay Gay, not a fan of Mayo as a SG, Conley disappointing). Or the Orlando situation (Lewis, Nelson, Pietrus, Vince, or Ryan Anderson) where I could easily end up picking any of those five players.
Actually, maybe OJ Mayo and build around him at the point. I'd like that. So Mayo + Gasol or Thabeet for Memphis.
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