How do you get that? I would’ve said 12 or 13, depending on who ends up #1.

Our incompetent former Blazers President and his GM traded down 3 spots because we had Bassy Telfair (yeah, that one) to take Martell Webster and Jarrett Jack instead of CP3 (as his assistant Pritchard wanted) or D-Will. I hate that draft. Did I mention I hate that draft?

Heck, even Griffin and Rubio could turn out quite worse than most people expect. I don’t think it, but it could happen.

Thabeet could be a player with no offense forever. Harden gets compared to Roy but could be Foye too. Jennings could turn out to be the best PG in the draft - or not. DeRozan could be the next Gerald Green. Curry could be an undersized chucker. Flynn one of the most blocked point guards. Blair could get fat and be the next Sean May or Mike Sweetney. Mullens could stink. Hansbrough is the next Darius Songaila.

Quite a lot of question marks.

I agree completely Scott. And I like that you threw in a CS&N reference, I thought you only liked early-90’s rap.

They both do a lot of non-sexxxy things well, but only one thing really well (shooting for Budinger) and great (rebounding for Blair). Because of their limitations in athleticism and/or size and other skills, they don’t have high potential.

However, it’s pretty hard for me to imagine that they’ll be worse than 7th or 8th man on a very good team due to their specific skills and projecting those to the NBA. With only a few surprises in development, they can be legitimate starters. The chance they become stars, however, is pretty low.

Low ceiling but somewhat high floor. Like you said about the draft in general, I think that’s how these guys are (among many others, of course).

has Thabeet over Rubio… Interesting.

What happens to Mike Conley when they take Rubio?

Memphis will trade us Conley or Rubio. Woot Woot!

If they take Rubio or Griffin it’ll be another 3-4 years before one of those kids sees the light of day. Can’t we just burn that franchise to the ground already?

the NBA likes LA, so they give the Clips another shot with #1.
And they like NY, but the last time they tried that (Ewing), conspiracy theorists rose from as far away as Russia to call them out. So instead, they’re diluting the talent in the East (save last year… they need a “but what about this year” to try and shut up conspiracy theorists) by giving all the top picks to WC teams.

sensation Ricky Rubio with the first pick and, in turn, offer Baron Davis back to the Golden State Warriors for Corey Maggette and filler (e.g., Brandan Wright).

That’s my mindset for a few reasons, too, since I think that the overrated Blake Griffin is limited as a prospect — for his best-case scenario is Carlos Boozer and his worst-case scenario is David Lee — while Rubio is a very marketable asset who may put a twinkle of $ into the eyes of the Clippers frugal owner, Donald Sterling, who’s known for being a greedy bastard. Likewise, Rubio would be much better served playing in a big-time market like Los Angeles instead of going to somewhere like Memphis—regardless of fellow Spaniard Marc Gasol being on the Grizzlies.

Besides, I can’t envision a reasonable scenario wherein the Clippers will be able to dump Zach Randolph — although I guess something like that black hole to the Chicago Bulls for Jerome James’ carcass and a return of Tim Thomas could theoretically be pulled off after the July moratorium, but John Paxson would likely rather get a banger though the draft (e.g., DeJuan Blair) and have insurance cover most of the injured “Big Snacks” salary next season — thus, all things considered, drafting Griffin would probably be a superfluous move.