The NBA Offseason: Boston

2012 Picks: (21) Jared Sullinger, (22) Fab Melo, (51) Kris Joseph
2011 Picks: (27) JaJuan Johnson, (55) Etwaun Moore

PG - Rajon Rondo
SG - Jason Terry, Avery Bradley
SF - Paul Pierce
PF - Kevin Garnett, JaJuan Johnson, Sean Williams, Jared Sullinger
C - Brandon Bass, Fab Melo, Greg Stiemsma

I'd be surprised if Kris Joseph didn't make the team, simply because they need to fill their roster. The Celtics have some room to go after some free agents. I'm assuming they keep Brandon Bass and maybe give Jeff Green another look, but they need a couple more guards.  Jason Terry's a good replacement for Ray Allen.

With Kevin Garnett returning, Danny Ainge has sent a signal he's not ready to blow this thing up; he just need to find the right help for his new Big 3 of KG, Pierce and Rondo.  KG, meanwhile, can mentor all the young bigs they have and see if any of them turn out to be special.

The NBA Offseason: Atlanta

2012 Picks: (23) John Jenkins
2011 Picks: (48) Keith Benson

Current Depth Chart:

PG - Devin Harris, Jeff Teague, Jordan Farmar
SG - DeShawn Stevenson, John Jenkins
SF - Anthony Morrow
PF - Josh Smith, Jordan Williams
C - Al Horford, Zaza Pachulia, Johan Petro

The Hawks could've taken anyone in the draft, but here they've focused on outside shooting. The irony with the Hawks is that they still don't have much room to do anything in free agency, so they'll be shopping Josh Smith's expiring contract, and if anyone's foolish enough to take on the 4 years and $89 million left on Joe Johnson's deal........

UPDATE: Wow, new GM Danny Ferry is a genius.  They got rid of Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams, and now it's Josh Smith, Al Horford, Devin Harris, Jeff Teague, Zaza Pachulia, and all the pieces from the Brooklyn trade.  They may or may not make the playoffs this year, but next year they're ready to make a huge splash in free agency.

2012 NBA Draft Results

First Round

1. New Orleans - PF Anthony Davis (6-10) Fr

2. Charlotte - SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (6-7) Fr

3. Washington - SG Bradley Beal (6-5) Fr

4. Cleveland - SG Dion Waiters (6-4) So

5. Sacramento - PF Thomas Robinson (6-9) Jr

6. Portland - PG Damian Lillard (6-3) Jr

7. Golden State - SF Harrison Barnes (6-8) So

8. Toronto - SF Terrence Ross (6-7) So

9. Detroit - C Andre Drummond (7-0) Fr

10. New Orleans - SG Austin Rivers (6-5) Fr

11. Portland - C Meyers Leonard (7-1) So

12. Houston - SG Jeremy Lamb (6-5) So

13. Phoenix - PG Kendall Marshall (6-4) So

14. Milwaukee - PF John Henson (6-10) Jr

15. Philadelphia - SF Moe Harkless (6-9) Fr

16. Houston - PF Royce White (6-8) So

17. Cleveland - C Tyler Zeller (7-0) Sr (from Dallas)

18. Houston - PF Terrence Jones (6-9) So

19. Orlando - PF Andrew Nicholson (6-9) Sr

20. Denver - SG Evan Fournier (6-7) Int

21. Boston - PF Jared Sullinger (6-9) So

22. Boston - C Fab Melo (7-0) So

23. Atlanta - SG John Jenkins (6-4) Jr

24. Dallas - SG Jared Cunningham (6-5) Jr (from Cleveland)

25. Memphis - PG Tony Wroten (6-4) Fr

26. Indiana - C Miles Plumlee (7-0) Sr

27. Philadelphia - PF Arnett Moultrie (6-11) Jr (from Miami)

28. Oklahoma - PF Perry Jones III (6-10) So

29. Chicago - PG Marquis Teague (6-2) Fr

30. Golden State - C Festus Ezeli (6-11) Sr

Second Round

31. Charlotte - SF Jeff Taylor (6-7) Sr

32. Washington - SG Tomas Satoransky (6-7) Int

33. Dallas - C Bernard James (6-10) Sr (from Cleveland)

34. Dallas - SF Jae Crowder (6-6) Sr (from Cleveland)

35. Golden State - PF Draymond Green (6-7) Sr

36. Indiana - PG Orlando Johnson (6-5) Sr (from Sacramento)

37. Toronto - PF Quincy Acy (6-8) Sr

38. Denver - SF Quincy Miller (6-10) Fr

39. Detroit - SF Khris Middleton (6-8) Jr

40. Portland - SG Will Barton (6-6) So

41. Portland - PG Tyshawn Taylor (6-4) Sr

42. Milwaukee - SG Doron Lamb (6-5) So

43. Atlanta - PF Mike Scott (6-9) Sr

44. Detroit - SG Kim English (6-6) Sr

45. Miami - C Justin Hamilton (7-0) Jr (from Philadelphia)

46. Charlotte - SF Darius Miller (6-7) Sr

47. Utah - SG Kevin Murphy (6-6) Sr

48. New York - SF Kostas Papanikolaou (6-9) Int

49. Orlando - PF Kyle O'Quinn (6-10) Sr

50. Denver - C Izzet Turkyilmaz (7-1) Int

51. Boston - SF Kris Joseph (6-7) Sr

52. Golden State - C Ognjen Kuzmic (7-1) Int

53. LA Clippers - PF Furkan Aldemir (6-9) Int

54. Brooklyn - PF Tornike Shengelia (6-9) Int (from Philadelphia)

55. Dallas - SG Darius Johnson-Odom (6-3) Sr (from

56. Toronto - SF Tomislav Zubcic (6-10) int

57. Brooklyn - PF Ilkan Karaman (6-9) Int

58. Minnesota - SF Robbie Hummel (6-8) Sr

59. San Antonio - SG Marcus Denmon (6-3) Sr

60. LA Lakers - C Robert Sacre (7-0) Sr

Miami Heat Champions

I must admit.  I don't mind the Miami Heat being champions.  I was happy for LeBron James, for Eric Spoelstra, for Chris Bosh, and above all, for Mike Miller.  That guy was in obvious pain, and he had an unconscious shooting night.  They say he may even retire now.

Salary-cap-wise, they can't do much, but hey, all their core guys are still under contract, and they can find cheap upgrades for free agents Juwan Howard and Eddy Curry.

Eddy Curry is now an NBA champion.  Let that sink in.

The Dream Team

I loved the NBATV documentary of the 1992 Dream Team.  I'll probably watch it again before I say more, but it really brought home just how special that gathering of talent was.  I could have watched a five-hour special on it.  Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, and Christian Laettner.  Good stuff.  There'll never be another.

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