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official 2014/2015 best and or most likely starting lineup prediction thread

Here's what I want (if we can't move up to #2 or #3, which is very unlikely):

Burks
Hayward
Gordon
Kanter
Favors

Sixth man: Marcus Smart (acquired with #23 + Trey + future pick or bad contract)

Or... some scenario involving Noah Vonleh.
 
Here's a scenario I'd be very happy with:

*The Magic select Vonleh at #4, which means they'll have a need for a guard.
*We trade them Trey Burke for Jameer Nelson (one year left at $8M) + the #12 + a future second-round pick.
*We use #12 and #23 to move up as far as possible... I think they could get us as high as #8
*With #5 and #8 we select Marcus Smart and Aaron Gordon.
Conclusion: we abuse the entire league with a roster full of gansters.

Smart/Burks/Nelson (Neto gets an additional year of grooming overseas)
Hayward/Burks
Gordon/Hayward
Kanter/Gordon
Favors/Gobert

^that's the makings of a top10 defense. Success on offense would come by not settling for bad shots... living in the paint... pushing the tempo.
 
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[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];831791 said:
Here's a scenario I'd be very happy with:

*The Magic select Vonleh at #4, which means they'll have a need for a guard.
*We trade them Trey Burke for Jameer Nelson (one year left at $8M) + the #12 + a future second-round pick.
*We use #12 and #23 to move up as far as possible... I think they could get us as high as #8
*With #5 and #8 we select Marcus Smart and Aaron Gordon.
Conclusion: we abuse the entire league with a roster full of gansters.

Smart/Burks/Nelson (Neto gets an additional year of grooming overseas)
Hayward/Burks
Gordon/Hayward
Kanter/Gordon
Favors/Gobert

^that's the makings of a top10 defense. Success on offense would come by not settling for bad shots... living in the paint... pushing the tempo.
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Bump this.
Everybody needs to get excited about the talent in the 5 to 10 range. There's plenty of it.
 
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];831791 said:
Here's a scenario I'd be very happy with:

*The Magic select Vonleh at #4, which means they'll have a need for a guard.
*We trade them Trey Burke for Jameer Nelson (one year left at $8M) + the #12 + a future second-round pick.
*We use #12 and #23 to move up as far as possible... I think they could get us as high as #8
*With #5 and #8 we select Marcus Smart and Aaron Gordon.
Conclusion: we abuse the entire league with a roster full of gansters.

Smart/Burks/Nelson (Neto gets an additional year of grooming overseas)
Hayward/Burks
Gordon/Hayward
Kanter/Gordon
Favors/Gobert

^that's the makings of a top10 defense. Success on offense would come by not settling for bad shots... living in the paint... pushing the tempo.
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Is there cheese at the end of this rat maze?
 
Unless we are drafting Wiggins or Parker somehow, I would like to see:

Burke, Lavine, Neto
Burks, Hayward, Lavine
Hayward, A. Gordon, Marvin
Favors, Kanter, A. Gordon, J. Evans
Kanter, Gobert, Favors

That's 11 dudes in rotation. That's enough for me. That team doesn't make the playoffs next year, but it probably grabs 38 wins.

Lots of room to grow w/:

Hayward, Evans, and Favors in 5th yr.
Kanter and Burks in 4th yr.
Burke and Gobert in 2nd yr.
A. Gordon, Neto, and Lavine (make it happen Lindsey!) as rookies.
 
Jeffrey32 said:
Kanter
Favors
Hayward
Burks
Burke
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I still like this too. With the youth of all the top prospects, it's very likely that they aren't ready to contribute imediately. Give this team a new coach, good health and a bench and I think they'll be very improved even next year (probably two.)

Competition is a coaches' best friend. No matter who they draft, I hope they keep the Core5 + Gobert and add Neto. Those seven plus a couple of rookies should be fun and exciting to watch next year. Let the competition, work ethic, natural talent, basketball IQ and chemistry dictate minutes and lineups.

I still hope they try to make a big move in the draft, but I'm excited to see all five of these guys as the focal point for next year.
 
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