The Nba’s Draft Lottery goes tonight and as usual it’s a tale of two players, the first Micheal Beasley the consensus #1 for most of the year Beasley a 6-10 Power Forward from Kansas State has a arsenal of offensive tools scouts drool over: He can shoot the ball, inside, outside, unbelievable athleticism can finish the break, score with his back to you and has that superstar mix of confidence and nasty that all the great players have, which helped him lead his team to a few upset’s in the Ncaa tourney; in short in nearly every statistical category a better freshman year than Durant’s which espn called “arguably the best freshman campaign ever.”
The second is the late bloomer, Derrick Rose was always considered a lottery pick but his value has drastically changed with his Tournament performance, He led Memphis to within minutes of the glory. Derrick has unique athleticism, he can break you off the dribble or just physical dominate, and has shown Nba level decison making with the ball. With young point guards like Chris Paul, Deron Williams having immediate results in the Nba is it any wonder why he is getting a strong look?
Like always who is picked first often depends on who wins the Lottery, so here is a break down of the Lottery teams odds and expected pick.
Miami Heat 25%
A backcourt of Rose and Wade plus Marion and Haslam means pretty immediate respectability but despite Espn stating edge Rose I still see Beasley is the pick only because Wade carries the ball so much what good is a true PG when 30% of the time, the ball will be in Wade’s hands Edge Beasley
Seattle Supersonics 19.9%
Wow Imagine, Sonics get Durant then Beasley in consecutive years, two best freshman collegiate seasons ever drafted to the same team in back to back years not since Shaq and Penny Hardaway would one team be so immediately transformed via the draft. But they may play too similar, plus the Sonics have some good young talent up front and a couple PG that are due a change of scenery Edge Rose
Minnesota T-Wolves 13.8%
Beasley allows this team to move Al Jefferson to Centre, and gives them a scary but young front court plus the team believes the have a good young guard in Randy Foye, Edge Beasley
Memphis Grizzlies 13.7%
This team has drafted the best player available almost to a fault, they have nice pieces but have had trouble establish rotations because they have depth but not that Star and that would change with Beasley also they have good young guards in Gay and Conley, Edge Beasley
NY Knicks 7.6%
New coach new system, new point guard, the Knicks have some forwards capable of scoring in Curry and Randolph they have brought in D’antoni to change the culture of losing what a perfect time for a new PG too try to bring it all together, Rose is especially attractive here as he is accountable at both ends and will set a great example out of the gates, Edge Rose
La Clippers 7.5%
Easily the most interesting sub plots with the Clipp’s who have, well had a fantastic young prospect at PG in Shaun Livingston who has suffered some terrible injuries and may never get healthy, also Elton Brand has a dreaded opt out clause where he can terminate his contract and look to sign elsewhere. Although this team has no real backup plan for a Brand departure, but after letting Cassel go they need a starting PG and Rose fits that bill and is currently healthy, sorry Shaun, Edge Rose
Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, Sacremento Kings, Goldenstate Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers have an outside shot but as it’s below 5% I’ve left them off for purposes of keeping this post reasonable in length should any of them win i’ll post the pick…
Also please look for my Mock Draft and Nba Rumours post’s in the coming weeks…
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7 Responses to “NBA Lotto Central”
Posted: 05/20/08 at 5:24 pm
Bulls only have a 1.7% chance of winning are living the dream, I’m at work right now will check back at home with my Pick post, still in shock… then Miami than Milwaukee another huge upgrade based on the odd’s again more tonight
Posted: 05/20/08 at 7:08 pm
Ok here is the pick breakdown the Bulls have essentially the same core of players that went to the 2nd round of the playoffs thos time last year and they got lucky last year and added Joakim Noah, they need a proven scorer especially from the low block and Beasley is that, plus with their offensive style he’s likely to be a great fit as he is a gifted shooter. Add him to a core of Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Andres Nocioni, Joakim Noah, Tyus Thomas, Kirk Hinrich this is a good young team…
Rose is an upgrade at PG should Chicago go that way but they would still need consitent support scoring as the team would certainly have to deal Kirk to go that way, as Kirk was the backup PG for the US olympic team the Bulls do not have a real need here…
The Bulls take Beasley of course the HEAT take Rose and that’s where it get’s interesting.
I’ll post a full Mock later in the week
Posted: 05/20/08 at 8:11 pm
Unbelievable!!!!!! I cant believe the Bulls struck gold. Man, this happens more in the NBA than in the NHL. Just look at last year, the poor Celtics got screwed!
Posted: 05/20/08 at 10:06 pm
lol yeah I wonder how D’antoni’s feeling right now could have been behind the bench of a storied franchise with a terrific young core who has cap flexibilty and the #1 overall instead is behind the bench of a storied franchise with a “rotten core” and major cap issues.
Posted: 05/20/08 at 10:41 pm
Right on the money Terry!
Posted: 05/21/08 at 4:40 am
You could see it in poor D’antoni’s face when they announced New York’s name..poor fella.
Chicago is going to want to take Rose with this pick because of the Chicago connection but you are correct in saying Beasley would be the better choice for them
Posted: 05/21/08 at 7:59 am
I just don’t see that pick they’d have to trade Hinrich and it still doesn’t really address their need for interior scoring and balance, If they take Rose every thing else being equal their better but still maybe not a playoff team.
The only thing that may play with this is that they still don’t have a coach if MarK Jackson does get the job I could see Rose for the connection you mentioned but also as Jackson would prefer a true PG and rose is where Hinrich is a bit more of a shooter