Unless the #1 gets us Garnett, Duncan or Nowitzki, draft Ming

I have seen some proposals on this board like trading the #1 and stuff for Odom and stuff or even worse proposals. Sorry, but I think now that we have the incredible luck of having the # 1, we should be able to do better. To get Garnett (maybe a 20 % chance), Duncan or Nowitzki (both unrealistic), I would trade the No. 1 and throw in anything except Francis, Mobley, Griffin.

But for anything else, I would not give up the No. 1. Yes, obviously, we all don't really know anything about Ming, but the upside is just too huge.

These are my two dream scenarios:

1) If there is a chance to get Garnett

a) Trade Cato, Rice, Taylor and the No. 1 for Garnett.
b) Then draft Marcus, Borchardt or Hilario with the # 15.

The beauty of this would be that we could get rid of all our overpriced contracts in one go, plus we would get one of the absolute top players in the game. Imagine this:

PG: Francis, Moochie
SG: Mobley, Torres
SF: Garnett, Morris
PF: Griffin, Thomas
C: Marcus, Collier (this would be the only weak position, but it can't really get worse than it is now with Cato)

2) If we cannot get Garnett

a) Trade Mo Taylor and our first-round pick next year (lottery protected) and whatever else they want other than Francis, Mobley, Griffin for Rashard Lewis (sign and trade). I remember very well that Seattle did have a strong interest in Mo Taylor at some point. Now, if Rashard is serious about what he said about wanting to play in Houston, he should be willing to go for a contract somewhere near what Mo is getting - maybe a bit more, which I believe we could do if we threw in, let's say, Collier or so.

b) Draft Yao Ming with the No. 1

c) Draft Hilario with the No. 15.

d) Somehow make a small trade to get a chance to draft Juan Dixon

Lineup:

PG: Francis, Moochie
SG: Mobley, Dixon, Torres
SF: Lewis, Rice, Morris
PF: Griffin, Thomas, Hilario
C: Yao Ming, Cato


Bingo!

Next task: Try to trade Cato for whatever.

 

Something crazy to think about: What if Yao Ming's NBA position is not center??

Yes, he is 7'5 but Garnett is about 7'0 and his position is SF or perhaps PF. Wang Zhi-Zhi is about 7'1 and his position is probably also SF or PF, not C.

In that case, if it was possible, to trade # 1 and everything except Francis, Mobley, Griffin for someone like Garnett makes even more sense, if you then draft someone like Marcus with # 15.