1. Brandon Jennings
2. Jrue Holliday
3. Tyreke Evans
4. Samardo Samuels
5. Demar Derozan

and Ty Lawson was #5 in 2006

As I remember, Jennings was far and away the #1 last year… something to think about.

And I know that the goal is to get LeBron or Wade for 2010, but wouldn’t either of those players inherit a team much like the ones they are playing for now? With Lee and/or Nate presumably gone, how can we expect those superstars to supercede their performances with their current teams?

There’s part of me that wants to see LeBron sign one-year deals from 2010 until his prime is over, going to the best title contender with a sub-max deal. I wonder if he could win titles with multiple franchises. Since Jordan dominated with one team over the course of his career, wouldn’t that be an interesting achievement to distinguish himself? I don’t mean to get whimsical, but it occurred to me after reading a “How can Lebron match Jordan?” article last week.

pippen has better 3 pt shooting numbers and rebounding than d wade. his assists per game are comparable. if you give wade a supporting figure whose BETTER than him his ppg would be precisely the same as pippens. you need 2 good teammates to win the nba thats for certain. no individual can win. dwayne wade is not durable. he cant put up those numbers for every game of his career. he will get hurt more often later in his career hes a fucking bowling ball. he knows he wants greatness and lebron is his BEST friend.

the knicks will team lebron and dwade with stephen curry and david lee. gallinari will develop. hopefully we pick up another draft pick in 09. they will be UNSTOPPABLE. talk about imagination how many chances do you get in a lifetime when 4 free agents in one summer are top 10 in the league. NEVER.

Danilo’s back is another huge question mark, so you may end up with both he and Steph Curry sitting on the bench.

You can add outside shooting to your rotation through free agency and trades, getting some proven NBA players in the process.
If I’m Walsh I’m definitely targeting Mike Miller, who is an important player to Minni but misused and probably not a long-term piece in their rebuilding project.
Wally Szczerbiak is a FA who probably re-signs, but might take the chance to come home to NY and play more minutes under D’Antoni over an end-of-the-rotation position in Cleveland. Cleveland might not even want to re-sign him…

The outside shooting is so important to the Magic because of the guy they have in the middle. It’s similar to the Nellie-ball the Warriors have run. Spread the floor with three point shooters and attack the middle. The Magic run it by getting the ball into Howard, the Warriors used Baron Davis to drive. And not everyone needs to be able to shoot from the outside. You can have someone that can score from the inside be included as well (GS with Biedrins).

The guy commanding double teams has to be able to identify the open man – and get the ball out cleanly. That’s why it never worked with Eddy Curry, or Al Harrington. Both guys can get the opposing team to double/triple them, but neither can get the ball to the right player. I agree that it’s important to have guys with good court awareness & passing, especially in D’Antoni’s offense. That’s more important than being able to knock down the trey.

Oh thank goodness. We’ve only been suggesting the Knicks do this for how many years? So it’s great to see him finally do it. It just makes so much sense that it’d be foolish for any team with money not to do it.