If Miles, Miller and Johnson are gone, should we trade our pick?

After Martin, Swift and Fizer, the great PFs are gone. If Miles, Miller and Johnson are taken, the great SFs are gone.

Let's say it goes:

Martin
Swift
Fizer
Mihm
Prysbilla
Miller
Miles
Johnson
* we're screwed...

But if all frontcourt players are taken in the first 8 due to team needs, there will be some really great guards on the board, like Alexander, Stephenson, Barkley, Crawford, Richardson, Peterson, Cleeves, Redd and Dooling, who will probably go in the next 12 picks. I really like the idea of trading down that I'm hearing about. Our pick would be for the best guard in the whole draft. That's worth a lot more to other teams than Moiso would be to us.

I believe we could trade down to a number of other teams, gain the value they would have in getting a top guard, and still pick up a player like a Carrawell, Collier or Stephenson with as much value to us as Moiso.

Here's a few ideas of possible scenarios off the top of my head:

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[*] LAC: Trade them our #9 for their #18 and next year's pick, which would surely be in the lottery. Another possiblity would be to trade them our #9, Drew, TMass, some exception, so they can take Alexander. We solve both guard problems for them this year. They trade us their #18, #30 and Kandi. We take Carrawell and N'Diaye. We end up with a SF and 2 centers to build with. We trade Cato in a PF deal of some kind later.

[*]Sacramento: We trade them our #9, they give us #17 and next years pick. We take Johnson, Stephenson, Carrawell or Collier, and have another pick in next year's deeper draft.

[*]Indiana: We trade them our #9, Drew and exception, they take Alexander, they send us Croshere and Harrington. We both get 2 players who meet our needs better.

[*]Portland: They want Alexander, Prysbilla or Crawford, and want to trade J.O'Neal in return. I'd take that deal, as long as they include their #28, so we could pick up N'Diaye, Porter, Mottola, or Rush. I don't know who we'd trade back to them, though, besides our exception. I guess it would be time to give them people like Pig Miller, TMass, etc. who they dump. I wonder where that idea came from?

[*]Detroit: They need a point guard like Barkley. Let's say we trade them our #9, the future pick they owe us, and 3mil in exception so they can get the top point guard, and they give us Jerome Williams (who's on the outs there) and the #14 pick. We could probably still get Johnson or Stephenson, convert him to SF, and have a PF in Jerome, who I like. Another possibility would be to trade our #9 and future pick they owe us for their #14 and next year's pick, so we know for sure we'll get it in next year's deep draft. If Hill goes, they'll be in the lottery.

[*]Chicago: If they take Miles, Artest would be expendable,and they'd love Alexander. We could trade them our #9 and exception for Artest, and their #26 and #32, and possibly take Mottola, Samake or N'Diaye at #26 (or Stephenson if he's still there), then pick up Porter at #32.

[*]Denver: We trade them our #9 and they give us their next years pick and the one due from Orlando.

[*]Washington: We trade them our #9 and they give us their #35 and next years pick. We take Chris Porter for our SF, and get another lottery pick next year when we can get a great center.

[/list=a]Who knows, just thinking of other possibilities if all the front court players are gone.


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oeilpere

I'm honored, especially coming from you. Glad to have you back posting.

I had only heard Porter had dropped. Have you heard something to indicate otherwise?

I believe there will be some good players (not great - this draft is weak on great players, but deep on good ones) left late in the first round and well into the second.

Who do you think will be the steals later on?

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