Gar Forman at the podium for pre-draft media scrum

KC is tickling men; I hope his wife knows about this.

I agree with Foreman there I hear a lot of people calling it weak. But I’m liking the players in there. A lot of guys who can work well in the NBA its getting a lot deeper than it was like 5-6 years ago.

military intelligence; information : prewar intel. Nice! He seems like a GM now.

I like the vid on Andrew’s site…as Gar virtually tells Kirk to pack his bags:

“…Derrick Rose is obviously going to be our point guard for years to come…at the same time, we may take a point guard. If we feel the best player available at 16, for down the road is a point guard, then we’ll take a point guard. The scenarios that could play out on Thursday night, there are so many of them…”

I agree with those saying Gar has passed at least one of the important GM tests…the ability to reveal absolutely nothing while appearing to answer questions. It took Pax some time to get reasonably good at that, but he would usually let something out that other teams could use around draft time.

Now, the next level for Gar….(whose persona fits the name well…he also sounds like Larry Bird)…is the GM who can bamboozle other GMs… like Pat Riley has sometimes managed by elaborate misleading public statement campaigns going on for weeks….

No more man-crushes on Kirk, Tyrus, Noc and Deng which prevented trades, hopefully will lessens wasted draft picks and bloated contracts.

No more promising and picking James PeeOn types ..

I’m actually sort of excited. There are so many possibilities for so many teams, it’s going to be hard for Gar Paxdorf NOT to do something. Teams will come to them. Maybe. For me, the only way this draft can completely suck is if they do nothing and draft Mullens and Toney Douglas, Jr. (because Mullens would suggest looking looooong term—and that they think Asik might be hurt more, or just less likely to come over, than we know-and drafting a backup PG for 4 or 5 years down the road doesn’t make sense to me)

Basically, as long as they don’t do that, it’s hard to see where I wouldn’t at least be “satisfied” going into free agency.

Oh, I’m super excited for Tyler Hansborough or BJ Mullens, yay.

Can they package 16 and 26 for something next season?

I will, of course, watch the draft, because I have no life ><

gar > pax?*

*still pending

Oops.

I posted it yesterday morning, so I’m sure they’re pretty well past talking about it.

The trade:

Warriors get:

Kirk Hinrich + 2009 #16 + 2009 #26

Bulls get:

Kelenna Azubuike + Brandan Wright + Marco Belinelli + 2010 2nd-round pick (because, why not?)

Salaries barely work, but they do.

The Warriors would be replacing Azubuike w/ Hinrich which as an obvious upgrade considering their needs, and they don’t play Wright or Belinelli anyway. They get two draft picks as well to try to move up and ensure they get Jordan Hill or to take guys like Earl Clark, Terrance Williams, BJ Mullens, etc. They could start Hinrich and Monta Ellis (at whichever positions they want) w/ Stephen Jackson or Corey Maggette at SF, and they’d be backed up by Jamal Crawford and the other of Jackson or Maggette. They’d have Ronnie Turiaf, Andres Biedrins, Anthony Randolph and … Jordan Hill? to man the Big spots.

Ellis/Crawford
Hinrich/Morrow
Maggette/Jackson
Randolph/Hill
Biedrins/Turiaf
(and whatever they take w/ the other picks. I’d trade 2 into 1 just to avoid having three rookies—either 7 + 16 to get to 5 or 16 + 26 to get to 11, 12.)

The Bulls get a backup PG they’d need if they traded away Hinrich, their M2GwcSaD that they’ve been in search for four years now and an offensive-minded PF. The latter two are positions they’d be trying to fill in with this draft anyway, and this way they can get somewhat more proven commodities.

Rose/???
Salmons/Azubuike
Deng/Salmons/Thomas/Azubuike/Wright/WINGS!!!
Thomas/Wright
Noah/Miller (then Asik)

My preferred deal might be to re-sign Gordon and trade Salmons for an unguaranteed contract or to an under-the-cap team for a pick. But that’s a runnin’, gunnin’ team and if they got a real coach, they might actually play some defense from time to time. Then a year from now just go ahead and trade Gordon and Wright/Thomas + a 1st-rounder for Wade or Bosh and sign the other outright. Voila!

Rose/???
Wade/Azubuike
Deng/Azubuike
Bosh/ThomasORWright
Noah/Asik

WHOA!

If the Warriors could give up #7 and #16 to Washington to move up and grab Hill, I think this is an outstanding trade for them. Still pretty damn good if they don’t move up, too.

(update: revealing I didn’t look close enough. Why did I think Belinelli could play PG? Could he do it for 10 mpg (because Derrick Rose will be playing the other 38)?)

Twolves get 5th pick from the Wizards, that makes what 4 that they have in the 1st rd?

link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;ylt=Ar4W3ayWRXvbP7F0qglqe28vLYF?slug=ap-wizards-timberwolvestrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

Trade Hinrich & 2010 1st round pick to Portland for Blake, Outlaw, and this years 24th pick.

Flip #24 and #16 picks to New Jersey for #11…draft T Williams or Henderson. I like Willaims.

Draft D Green with #26

Resign BG (find a way)

Sign Sean May to a 1-2 yr $2-3 million contact as a low risk high reward backup PF…if he sucks and is hurt oh well…but could be a decent backup post scoring option.

At the trade deadline…trade Deng, TT, TiT, and filler for Stat or Bosh. Maybe throw in Outlaw if needed. Of course this hinges on Deng coming back healthy to reastablish value and TT showing improvement…both big “ifs”. Sign whichever All Star PF we trade for to max extention deal.

Eventually get to a lineup something like this…

Rose/ Blake
Gordon/ Williams or Henderson
Salmons/ Outlaw(maybe)/ Green
Stat or Bosh/ May
Noah/ Miller/ James(if he’s not gone already)

…and a few more bench warmers. This looks like it would be in lux tax land but it is also a team that could contend for a title for the next 4-5 years.