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lol.... My first internet stalker.

1. John Wall 2. Greivis Vasquez 3. Paul George 4. Demarcus Cousins 5. Jordan Crawford

It just won't happen with the new ownership. They want to build through the draft, basically modeling what Thunder managed to do in 3 or so years. They added three forwards in the draft to toughen up the team and add more Glen Davis type players. They want to change the mentality of our returning players (McGee, Blatche, Arenas, Young, etc).

Wall, Turner, Cousins will be the best out of this class. But I have a feeling George will be an excellent player in this league. IMO, there will be 5 all stars (or at least close to it).

Maybe the Lakers will select Jon Sheyer

Horrible draft for the Wizards outside of getting John Wall. We were in perfect position coming into the draft, and we just didn't execute. Kevin Seraphin at 17? Some people had him falling out of the first round... He'll probably stay 2 more years in France (which is good for us financially), but we could have gotten James Anderson. I really wanted him at 17, it was the perfect fit. He's a big SG, I believe he's 6'6, would give us some size off the bench, and is one of the best scorers in the draft. Then for some odd reason we traded both our 30th and 35th pick in order to get Trevor Booker and some late second round pick... just horrible. First off, why are we focusing so much on PF's? We have Singleton and Blatche (and now Seraphin), so what was the need for Booker? Once again Ernie Grunfeld proves why he's horrible in drafting prospects.

Well they're letting Mike and Randy go, and they want to have that 3 guard rotation of Arenas, Hinrich, and Wall. Michael Lee just tweeted saying Ernie Grunfeld was always high on Kirk, and he pushed for him to get traded to us. He's referring to Hinrich.

I'll PM mine soon Sean, just waiting till the last minute.

Don't be so sure on Arenas leaving, I still believe he'll be in DC this year.

4 picks for the Wizards, 3 in the first round, of course I'll be watching. :glasses:

Either way, I don't think we'll be players in FA next year. It's clear Ted wants to build only through the draft, so I'm still happy we made this move.

Well I'm not so sure Thronton will be the starter either. I'm still praying Gordon Hayward falls to us somehow. I have the gut feeling we're not done with gaining high picks. The Hornets are still dealing away their pick, maybe Ted goes after it? Who knows.

The only bad thing is, we absorb Hinrich's contract. I laughed at John Hollinger's tweet right after this trade was made public:

Another good move for us, love it. He'll most likely be a back up, but I think this ensures us letting Josh Howard go.

I love this for us. We get our back up for Wall and this deal lets us focus on other positions in the draft. I think we'll go after James Anderson or possibly Xavier Henry if he falls to us.

Don't see this happening at all.

I'm in this.

Ahh, B's favorite player coming to LA! Gilbert Arenas! Even if he was bought out (which probably isn't going to happen), I don't see the Lakers going after him. There's Shaun Livingston (who would do well in the triangle), Raymond Felton, and a few others would be a better fit in LA.

I like that idea BFT, I'll get my mock finalized soon.

Do you think the Lakers could have won with Ariza rather than Artest?

This. It wouldn't be fair to the other pitchers who deserve it far more than Stras right now.

Very impressive, thanks for the link. I saw the speed one, that was sick too. I think I'm in love.