should show interest in Curry and hope the Knicks panic and trade up. Too bad Isiah isn’t around any more…

He is not a lock top 5. After 3 it is incredibly fluid. And he could easily fall a few spots depending on the deals made starting at 3

The Knicks don’t have anyone on their roster that the Wizards can use… except perhaps David Lee (but he will want too much money in Free Agency – - – $9 – $10 Million , too much for a sign-and-trade to be worth it.) David Lee is great on the boards and a good energy guy, but he doesn’t play defense.

I like the idea of getting Gerald Wallace from Charlotte:

This trade works:
Etan Thomas ($6.8M) + DeShawn Stevenson ($3.6 Million) + #5 pick
for
Gerald Wallace ($9.5 Million) + #12 pick

This one works as well (and frees up another roster spot):
Etan Thomas ($6.8M) + Blatche ($2.7M) + DeShawn Stevenson ($3.6 Million) + Pecherov ($1.7M) + #5 pick
for
Gerald Wallace ($9.5M) + Raja Bell ($5M) + #12

Rosters work
Charlotte has only 11 players under contract – IF they tender offers to Felton and Sean May –
Wizards have 14 players under contract ….

This allows them to shop Felton as a sign and trade since they don’t seem to want to pay him. James can back Augustine up for a year and they can get a good wing (Nocioni/Mike Miller/Crawford/Maggette) back for Felton.

Their refusal to work out for other teams hurts the trade value of our 5th pick.

We could just do DeShawn, Pech and 5 for Raja and 12.

"The agents are making a mockery of this process, and it’s making things increasingly difficult on us in terms of making decisions." said one GM

The top seven players …… were all either not in attendance (Ricky Rubio, Brandon Jennings) or declined to compete in the skill-portion of the workouts today.

"DeRozan is not working out with anyone. He isn’t going up against Gerald Henderson or anyone else at this point. He may not even go to Toronto. He won’t fall to 9." – DeRozan’s agent

“The first decision made by Tellem and Bob Myers” (new agents for Tyreke Evans) was to pull him “out of the competitive portion of the Chicago combine”

James Harden for example has elected not to conduct any interviews with teams drafting outside the top five, canceling a scheduled interview at the Westin Hotel with the Cleveland Cavaliers for example. He also reportedly will not be conducting any competitive workouts with anyone anywhere in the draft process. A source close to him tells us he feels very good about the possibility of being selected by Oklahoma City or Washington, and for right now is not planning on visiting the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Is it me, or have the players just become really, really stupid? Of course Agents are going to tell a kid not to participate – they’re in the business of making money off of players. If a player doesn’t show well, it could negatively affect his draft status…

But what about POSITIVELY affecting his draft status?

But, as a player, you can’t take advice from an agent that tells you not to work out for certain teams. What happens if Charlotte, who wants to move up in the draft, makes a trade with Washington…. Now James Harden may be in a position to move DOWN in the draft, because he never worked out for Charlotte; and therefore never had the chance to impress them.

Maybe if Harden works out for the Pistons (for example) – who knows, maybe he impresses Joe Dumars so much that the Pistons move up in the draft to select him… Perhaps even at a higher draft position than #5, which would make Harden more money…..

What happens if the Suns make a trade with the Kings? The Suns could use a running mate for Steve Nash… They could also potentially use an eventual replacement for Steve Nash. If James Harden never works out for the Suns, then he hasn’t maximized his opportunities… The Suns may take a PG, just because they didn’t have a chance see something special in Harden.

Somebody has to tell these guys that they’re NOT GUARANTEED ANYTHING, until they’re actually selected in the Draft.