My Post Draft Chatter

Well yesterdays draft was interesting to say the least, especially once it was over. The biggest trade was the 8 player blockbuster between Minnesota and Memphis. Memphis acquired O.J Mayo in exchange for Kevin Love. Those were the 2 notable draft day names in the trade, also involved was Mike Miller from Memphis and Antoine Walker from the Wolves. But with the draft also come the winners and the losers and also the picks that left you scratching your head.

The biggest head scratcher came early, and with no surprise it was the New York Knicks as they selected the product out of Italy Danilo Gallinari. The Knicks are a team in desperate need of a floor general someone who can dish out assists and set up players. That is their biggest concern amongst many others. Instead of taking Jerryd Bayless the best pont gaurd available they took a forward which they do not need. The garden rained boo's down on Gallinari as there was a collective "what the hell just happened" scream from the crowd.

The biggest winners of the night were the Miami Heat who did the smart thing and drafted Michael Beasley and then also got this years National Championship point guard Mario Chalmers. They now have Udonis Haslem and Beasley down low and Williams, Davis and Wade up top. The Nets did a good job getting alot of help under the basket adding Brook Lopez as well as dynamic player Chris Douglas-Roberts.

There were plenty of trades outside the draft that went down as well, the Nets sent Richard Jefferson to the Bucks in exchange for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. The Nets are seemingly trying to free up cap space for LeBron James in a couple years and with trading Jason Kidd and now Jefferson that looks to be the plan.

Another trade that is almost final is Jermaine O'Neal was traded from the Pacers to the Toronto Raptors for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, Maceo Baston and the rights to Roy Hibbert who was the 17th draft pick last night.

Names are still being thrown around, this morning the Bobcats said that there was no truth to the rumor that David Lee was being shopped for Raymond Felton. As more names and rumors start to come up i will come back and write about them.

For now the draft is over and now teams need to start thinking about their game plans, NBA season starts in October.