The whole Bosh to Dallas is exactly that – he grew up in Texas.

Knowing a bit about Caron’s personality, do you think he’ll want to go to Canada? Also, the team would have to be going loco to get rid of one of their two co-captains. Lastly, the Wiz is the only team that actually wanted Caron Butler; neither the Heat nor Lakers wanted any part of Caron. Caron knows it and he’s worked hard to make sure teams that passed on him made a big mistake. One more thing – Caron has shown, at least to me, that he’s no longer afraid to take the big shot at the end of the game. This is big because Gil isn’t the only focus now at the end of games.

(a) will select Blake Griffin [presumably]
(b) will select a player far earlier in the draft than expected [Oakland Raiders are notorius for doing this during their annual draft circus]
(c) will trade the #1 pick on draft night [highly unusual but it was done before in 1993 with CWebb and Penny]
(d) will trade the # 1 pick before the draft night for other assets (e.g., players, present/future picks, or money)
(e) will package the # 1 pick for a mega blockbuster trade deal to shake up the powers in the NBA

As long as the team tries to fill a need with whatever pick we have, I can’t complain even if that player turns out to be a bust. Teams can do only so much when gauging how a player is or how he will turn out. Ultimately, the player himself must care enough to want to be good and help out the team that pays him.

What do you mean you hate the current lottery system? Are you saying it because of the Wiz’s current situation? Listen, everyone on this blog wants the #1 pick because it is a foregone conclusion that the pick will go to a player head and shoulders above the rest of his draft class. But, dismissing the NBA’s lottery system can potentially ruin the sport. Let me explain.

Professional basketball, unlike the other 3 major U.S. sports, can have its fortunes hinge on just 1 player (i.e., LeBron, MJ, Wilt). Armed with this information, teams can purposefully tank consecutive seasons and get multiple “once in a lifetime player not named Kwame Brown” if there is no lottery system, ala the NFL (where the worst team, by record, gets the first pick). Imagine a team with both LeBron and Dwight Howad (2003 & 2004 #1s) – chances are good that championships will be coming soon for this team.

NBA front offices can take advantage of the system and purposely lose every game with the intention of getting a LeBron – if they know a LeBron is available for the draft next year. This type of collusion will ruin pro basketball because no one can assume ever again the system will run on good faith.

So, for now, the lottery is a good system to make sure teams don’t lose on purpose. This preserves the integrity of being competitive.

basically, it’s not that i would like to trade butler for bosh, it’s just that i would trade down and at the same time get someone with the ability to score down under.

Also, hoopsworld indicated that bosh is under contract for the next season but has player option for the 10-11 season. As such, if the trade doesn’t work out, we will not be tied down with a huge contract and bosh would be an excellant trade bait for the next season.

regardless, lets hope we land the top pick and no such action is necessary. =D