Draft News, Trade News - NBA

I'm a huge fan of the NBA Draft for several reasons...the fate of my team (NY Knicks, stop laughing) can be decided on this night for the next 5 years...all the anticipation after the college season is over, because we know where these guys will end up, and it's fun to see new faces, in a new city...the suits that some of these guys wear will be funny to look at ten years from now, and the idiotic trades some G.M.'s/Presidents of Basketball Operations make...I'm going to open the forum for the latter...in ESPN Insider today, Chad Ford mentioned there were trade talks with the Warriors being the ones who are trying to trade up:

The talk here in Italy is that the Warriors are trying to move Jason Richardson and the No. 16 pick to move up higher into the draft to grab Yi Jianlian. Their targeted trade partners appear to be the Grizzlies (for Stromile Swift, Damon Stoudamire and the No. 4 pick), the Celtics (for Theo Ratliff and the No. 5) and the Bobcats.

Ainge is going to be in every rumor, because he has two commodities, Theo Ratliff's huge expiring contract, and the fifth pick in a loaded draft...I don't think he will pull trigger, but let's assume that Josh McRoberts will be the number 16 (probably the best available at that spot)...the Celts could have a rotation the looks like this:

1. Rondo

2. J. Rich

3. PP

4. McRoberts

5. Jefferson

6. Delonte West

7. Wally World

8. G. Green

9. Kendrick Perkins

10. Ryan Gomes

This would be one of the most formidable rotations in the east, one the most athletic teams in the league, and they wouldn't have an issue regarding scoring, and rebounding...I imagine that Ainge could turn around and trade for a couple of of his excess parts (Delonte West and Gomes) for Phoenix's 24 and 19, which they desperately wanna get rid of...

Next would be Memphis...who has Pau, and Mike Miller...I think they should draft, and wait for the money of Stoudamire to come off the cap, and go from there...but if they were to do the trade:

1. Terrance Kinsey

2. J.R.

3. Mike Miller

4. McRoberts

5. Pau

6. Gay

7. Hakim Warrick

In the west, I would look get a Brandan Wright or Yi, and see where the young core takes me...

The Celts seem to have the best scenario, as long as they make the right pick at 16, and Danny Ainge's karma doesn't get in the way...