it has been reported that Westbrook has a promise from some team in the middle of the lottery. you can cancle out New York and LAC because they are desperatly trying to move up to grab Mayo. the Bucks and Pacers will not be able to work him out. this leaves the most likley candidate to be charlotte.

its been rumoured that Minn. will be highly interested in moving out of the three spot if Beasley is not available. teams looking to move up are the Clippers, Bucks, and Knicks. the Bucks are willing to give Redd, Williams, Yi, and Villanueva. the Clippers have said noone is untouchable.

That doesn’t sound so bad, does it? I’m ok with getting 1 impact player via free agency, 1 via trade, and adding for the future via the draft. How about you?

Hibbert- Very good, but doesn’t fit the Sixers’ system. He’d be a far better fit somewhere like Cleveland or Utah, where they don’t run as much.

CDR=Adam Morrison, but with less shooting ability.

Speights= Derrick Coleman, but with less pure talent and way less shooting ability.

Hickson is intriguing. I like high-energy guys at the 4, but I usually only want that if you’ve got a scoring center…which we don’t.

Mostly…there really isn’t a guy at 16 I like. I used to think Love was the guy, and with all the trash people were talking about him at the end of the season I thought MAYBE we’d have a shot at him at 16, but those hopes were dashed with every board, three and block in the tournament.

What I would try is to sign Brand and draft a guy like Chalmers or Courtney Lee.

Athleticism and individual team workouts are very overrated. Every college player that played in good conferences have a great resume to look at for any scouts…THE ACTUAL GAMES THEMSELVES. All the information you need is watching players in actual competitive games that matter. CDR is not a guy that will wow people in workouts or draft camps…get him on the court, he can blow by anyone with his first step, can shoot the rock, can flat out score, and is unselfish.

As for Hibbert…Bill Simmons has used the term “underrated-overrated” talking about guys like Josh Howard who were once underrated, and now are overrated because they got too much recognition. I think Hibbert is the opposite…he’s overrated-underrated.

He suffered from getting way too much exposure when his game was far more raw. He’s always had the same weaknesses: not authoritative, not a dominant scorer, slow as molasses, etc. That said, he’s definitely become a crafty college veteran. He has really worked his butt off to turn himself into a basketball player, and not just a raw big man. His all around game is great…he plays smart, is a great passer, and shockingly has developed nice footwork and an array of post moves on the block. He’s no NBA starter, but I’d definitely use a 2nd round pick on Hibbert to have a quality backup C for 15 mpg.

Out of Arthur, McGee, Speights, Koufos, Greene…I think Speights is by far the best pick. If it were a proven solid guy with a great attitude vs. a more skilled guy that doesn’t have great work ethic…I’ll always choose the mature one. But in this case…ALL of these players have question marks and are unproven. So I say go with Speights.

I don’t know why anyone would comment on a guy’s talent without having seen him play…this guy is a REALLY talented scorer on the block. If he righted his attitude this guy could really turn himself into one of those beefy beasts in the paint…something we obviously sorely lack. Greene is in love with the 3 ball and you couldn’t pay him to go near the block, Koufos is very skilled but far too finesse, McGee is flat out raw and not at all ready for the NBA, and Arthur, while I like him a lot, is a bit of a tweener. I say go for the 6′10 guy with the post game. Arthur is my 2nd choice, Hickson my 3rd, Hendrix my 4th.

It is well known and documented Jordan was “slowed” by Dean Smith and his 100% team offensive approach. Put Jordan on a team that allowed him to run wild and everyone would have gotten a better idea of what NBA Jordan became while he was in college.