Saturday, June 19, 2010

2010 NBA Draft & Offseason Preview - New Jersey Nets

Outside of (maybe overly) optimistic Bullets fans such as myself, Nets supporters arguably have the most to be excited about, at least right now. One of the best young big men in the league in Brook Lopez, the reigning Rookie of the Month in Terrence Williams, a good trade chip in Devin Harris, tons of cap space for free agents and a brand new owner with extraordinarily deep pockets and a desire to globalize the New Jersey Nets brand. And the 3rd pick in the draft.

Draft
-Round 1 Pick 3 (3) - A Lopez/Cousins frontcourt is too unathletic for my liking. For my money I'm prioritizing Derrick Favors (great compliment to Lopez), then Wes Johnson (who can shoot), then Evan Turner (who can't). I don't think Turner and Williams fit well, but I do like Williams and Johnson, especially with LeBron (who should be looked at as a point guard). There's one stipulation: the Pacers are looking for a point guard, and I read a while back that they like Devin Harris. It's also being reported that they're looking to move their first pick (10th overall) for a point guard, and I'm sure they'd take Harris over Ty Lawson of Darren Collison. In that case, take Johnson here and Patrick Patterson at 10.
-Round 1 Pick 27 (27) - I'm targeting depth at guard. Dominique Jones is one of my favorites, but they could use a shooter, so Jordan Crawford is choice #1 here, or maybe Elliot Williams.
-Round 1 Pick 1 (31) - Best player available. So maybe Stanley Robinson? He'd be a steal here.

Free Agency
Obviously LeBron is priority number one. It'd be interesting if they took Favors and then had Chris Bosh interested in signing. Or if they took Turner and Patterson and then Wade and Boozer came along. But they can't worry about that, obviously. They do need shooters, so go after Mike Miller or Kyle Korver.

2010-2011 Season Outlook
If they have a roster of LeBron James, Terrence Williams, Wes Johnson, Patrick Patterson, Brook Lopez, Yi Jianlian, Mike Miller, Jordan Crawford, Courtney Lee, Stanley Robinson and whoever else... that ain't bad.

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