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Has this been posted yet? If not, it'll make you feel pretty excited...

Granted, I am not sure Vesely will be able to get that shot off against NBA quality defense with any regularity, but it looks a lot better than it did last year. Think he just needs a bit more elevation.

Best part of the video is Beal....just wait for it. I'm telling you, this kid is going to be something special.

Dirk Nowitzki in da hauuuussssssssssssss

Holy crap, David Griffin and Chris Grant are miracle workers they way they are playing all you people!

THE CAVALIERS WANT NO PART OF BRAD BEAL. I GUARANTEE IT. Unless he slides to 4 (not happening) they won't take him!

They want MKG or Harrison Barnes. I guarantee it. They set the smokescreen that they want Beal, raising his value and making MKG slide to them. Its brilliant. And it worked. The next two days will be filled with rumors about this but at the end of it all, it'll be 1. Davis, 2. Robinson, 3. Beal, 4. MKG

MKG and Irving played HS bball together and MKG would be great with Kyrie. They were able to stretch the floor some this year as it is, and wouldn't build around a PG-SG combo. They will do PG-SF-PF/C once they draft one next year or with the 24 pick. #endrant

That's the best situation for us, but I think it's unlikely. I don't want to give up both Blatche and the 6th pick for only #2 in return. #2 just isn't that valuable IMO. Plus trading Blatche and 6 to draft Williams means we're putting a lot of eggs in the basket that Williams is best utilized at PF. I'm not sure that's the case. He might be much better as an oversized 3 in the NBA and moving Blatche and 6 for him means we've got no starting caliber PF. Neither Williams nor JaVale are excellent defensive rebounders--a much higher proportion of their total rebounds comes from their offensive rebounding than is the norm. So our best all around lineup would probably keep DWill at the 3 to give him space to shoot, run screen and pops/rolls, and on defense lock down opposing 3s with his size; keep a rebounding machine type PF on defense who is comfortable working in tight spaces on offense (Kanter to a T); keep Javale defending the rim and also creating space for the perimeter guys.

If we're going to move up to get Derrick Williams, I think we've got to find a way to do so without giving up Javale and #6 if you want the move to be a total success. It's not the end of the world if we have to pass on Williams and settle for finding our wing next year. We're not even entirely sure that DWill will be the best wing in this class after all. Vesely has as much potential as he does. And there are probably 3 wings in next year's class that would be ranked ahead of each if they had been draft eligible this year (Anthony Davis and Michael Gilchrist for sure, probably Quincy Miller too, maybe Harrison Barnes and Perry Jones as well).

We might be best off in the long term just standing pat. Extend NY, keep Crawford, McGee, and Blatche, draft the best Euro or Kanter at 6, and look to next year to find our 3. That leaves you with something like this:

I personally want Kanter over trading assets for Williams, but I hate low IQ bonehead players like Blatche so I dont mind giving him up. Also, I dont think Kanter will be there at 6 and we need someone to take some of the load off of Wall. On the solid rebounding hardworking player note....

Paul Millsap is available for trade

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/16/report-utah-jazz-open-to-trading-millsap-harris/

Dude averaged 17.3 pts and 7.6 rebs last year and would fit great into our line up. As for actually trading for him...its going to take quite a bit but he's only 26 so it might be worth it. I would happy to give them Blatche and the 18th, but it might take more than that. Giving up the 6th would probably be too much for my liking unless we get the 12th pick back or something along those lines. I might be getting stingy here, cause hes a stud inside. Probably another team will have to get in on the action to make it work. Our lineup could look like this:

C- McGee

PF- Millsap

SF- Crawford(3guard-lineup)/Booker/Leonard (if we keep the 6th)

SG-Young

PG-Wall

Lots of scoring there. Defense would be somewhat suspect which is why I inserted Leonard because a defensive minded SF would be our pick then. Booker fits the mold too.

Aldridge just tweeted that theres 0% chance we include Javale in a trade to Minny for the 2nd pick

We're definitely in a bind. Crawford and Young, the two players who are somewhat expendable that Minny would want, we can't trade according to the ESPN trade machine. Young is a FA, and Crawford was acquired during last season so we can't move him either. I think the only way this is going to happen if its a 3 way deal with Minny getting a SG from another team. It could work with Minny getting the 6th pick and the Shooting Guard, 3rd Team getting Blatche, and the 34th pick, Us getting the 2nd and maybe 1 player from Minny.