Posted by JohnWallace44:

Here's the thing to me... if you're going to get max value out of the bottom third of this draft, then you have to pick a point guard.

Lawson, DeColo, Beaubois, Collison, Mills, any of those guys would be good with the 24th pick.

So, are we bringing in Sergio and flipping the 8th pick for the 24th and then picking... what would we get there besides a PG?

Got to be more to it than this.

Posted by McK1:

I take from this Walsh has no interest in trading up for Rubio.

with pick 8...Jrue or Derozan FTW

25 of June of 2009. Madison Square Garden. In that day draft” of the NBA will be celebrated “. In that day we will officially meet the future of Sergio Rodriguez. Officiously already we can advance that, after three seasons in Portland, the canary base will see more fulfilled another dream in its promising race like basketball player: to get dressed the t-shirt the New York Knicks, one of the equipment of greater prestige of the NBA.

According to sources of the New York equipment, consulted by Yahoo-Eurosport, the agreement closed 20 days ago between the Blazers and the Knicks. The surroundings of the player, who does not want to make declarations until day 25, walk bottled in these days in closing daily subjects than it is going to be the daily life of the player in New York.

The technician of Italian origin, Mike D'Antoni, has been the main defender of the signing of “the Chacho” by the Knicks. The equipment of New York confronts a period of transition in the hope of the season 2010-2011, in which it is wanted to give to a blow of monumental effect with the signing of Lebron James, who in summer of next year will be free agent after finalizing his contract with the Cavaliers of Cleveland. Hiring of Sergio, that is conformed perfectly to the type of game that New York would do with James, would have consequences collaterals for another one of our great bases, Blond Ricky, that would remain without site in the equipment of Great Apple.

The first stage of Sergio is closed therefore Rodriguez in the best league of the world. A period more of lights and shades that of garden of roses, in which there have been lights and shades, but that has left the clear ones well that Nate McMillan does not trust its qualities to direct to those of Oregon. In this last season, the canary player has participated in 80 parties, including 13 like titling when Steve Blake was injured its shoulder. Their averages have been of 4.4 points and 3.6 attendances in 15 minutes. The drop that overwhelmed the glass arrived in the first round from '' Play-Offs '' from the series against Houston, in which it divided equally five minutes by party.

To the conclusion of the last party, '' 11 '' of the Blazers declared to the newspaper “The Oregonian”: “Here, I do not believe that it can do more. It is impossible. I do not know which is going to be my future, but believe that it is going to pass something, or a crossing or something. Fodder in me and I feel that I need a change”.

Said and done. The agent of the player, Jose Ortiz, who already had had contacts with the Knicks and several equipment more in the month of February, reached an agreement with the New York tax exemption for next the three seasons.

Meanwhile, the player continues in Madrid, training under the orders of Cuspinera J - technician of the Students with the aim of improving the defense and changing his technique of shot. The objective: to begin the season to top and to leave good sensations from the minute one in which it is going to be his new house: Madison Square Garden. Change of garden for one of our great players. Hopefully it is for improving.

Fernando Ruiz fruiz@eurosport.com

Posted by Nalod:

Portland gets the 8, we get the no. 2.

DLee is gone. The rest I don't know.

Rubio is gonna be a knick.

If we get the number 2 and Sergio, then that sounds like we're drafting Thabeet. If that's the case, where do I sign?

I am still warming up more and more to Curry, but if we find a way to end up with Thabeet, Walsh did OK in my book.