lets say...
we keep lee, nate, frye, curry, Q, jeffries, mardy, and balkman

In this year's draft we get LR Mbah a Moute with the 15th pick or wherever we are.

Next year's lineup
PG- nate/ Mardy
SG- Q/ Balkman
SF- Jeffries/ Mbah a Moute
PF- LEE/ Frye
C- CURRY

now you say... we might win 30 games with Nate at pg.
So my solution
IN NEXT YEAR'S DRAFT WE GET THE HIGHLY TALENTED

OJ MAYO- 6'4 PG
http://www.nbadraft.net/admincp/profiles/ojmayo.html

we are supposed to get him

NBA Comparison: Dwyane Wade
Strengths: Extremely talented lead guard who routinely makes highlight plays ... Possesses great all around skills ... A fierce competitor. Plays the game with a tremendous amount of confidence, desire and intensity ... The game comes very easily to him. His feel for the game is advanced for a high school level player ... Strong one on one player with creative drives to the basket ... Has legitimate lead guard skills, with a yo yo handle, and solid passing ability ... Has the go-to scoring ability to take over late in games ... Plays a very physical style and loves to take the ball to the hole ... Very strong physically, able to overpower most point guards ... Prone to big scoring outbursts ... A strong defender who can become a lock down type of defender with his great reflexes and foot speed ... Shoots well from outside, setting up his dribble drive ... His first step off the dribble is off the charts ...

Weaknesses: The biggest progression he can make to his game is becoming a complete point guard ... Sometimes attacks the game 1-on-5 and forgets about the team game. Must get better at keeping everyone involved and running a team ... He's 6-4 which is excellent size for a PG, but he lacks the ceiling of someone such as LeBron because he isn't able to impose his will physically on bigger players ... Can be too enamored with shooting the three ball and going to the basket, his mid range game is solid but can improve ... Some feel that his development has slowed to an extent towards the end of his high school career ... Had an off court incident, fighting with another student, which raised some red flags, but behavior doesn't seem to be a major issue ... There's the fear that the AAU mentality might overwhelm the concept of team basketball for him ... He benefits being a year older than most of the players in his class ...

Notes: Has been at the head of his class since Elementary school (since rankings were being put out on his class) ... Like LeBron before him, OJ Mayo became a household name as an underclassman in high school. Decided to transfer back home to play his senior year at Huntington High School along with Patrick Patterson.
Aran Smith - 7/9/2006



so..
our now complete lineup for the next 5 years
PG- MAYO
SG- Q
SF- JEFFRIES
PF- LEE
C- CURRY

BENCH
Frye
Crawford
Nate
Balkman
Mardy
Mbah a Moute


IMO just waive francis and marbury and take the salary hit, or sit their sorry arse on the bench

[Edited by - nykbasketball on 12-08-2006 4:36 PM]

Majo is not failing to us dude, he is going top 5

You have me at hello...Just flip that DLee/Frye starting lineup thing...Jeffries is not good, honestly, he is a good bench player.. Other than those, I think we are good and on our way...

Posted by Anji:

I don't know about this Mbah a Moute when we have JJ2 and Balkman already, I would hope Tyler Hansbrough or Al Horford was in the knicks range..........

Oh the Knicks will be in that range but the Bulls will be selecting those guys with our pick instead.

Hansbrough and Horford are both going in the top 5, don't think for a second that they won't.

Posted by Panos:

Yeah, that's great dude.

What do you figure we do with Marbury, Francis, Crawford?

trade, trade, trade or cut, cut, cut.

Posted by Anji:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Hansbrough and Horford are both going in the top 5, don't think for a second that they won't.

I'll think that for an hour......

What a comeback. That was quick man, real quick.

I do what I can do.......... don't know who is coming out, but I would bet my car right now Hartford and Tyler will not go top5. Maybe one if all these 19/20 year old buildings stay in school... or over seas.

[Edited by - anji on 12-08-2006 6:13 PM]

Posted by martin:

Posted by Panos:

Yeah, that's great dude.

What do you figure we do with Marbury, Francis, Crawford?

trade, trade, trade or cut, cut, cut.

Sounds like LB?