Here's more of my offseason previews for '08. Here's the first offseason previews post.
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls have the #1 draft pick this year. I set up a poll for who they should pick; Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, or another person. Most of the people say "Derrick Rose", including me, but Beasley would be better. Beasley can play both forward positions, and right now the Bulls need major help at PF. Drew Gooden won't cut it. Plus, who would you want to get rid of? Kirk Hinrich or Drew Gooden? That's a toughy.
But they could trade Hinrich for a PF. I would probably do that,! because Derrick Rose might be an amazing PG in the future.
By the way, it doesn't look like Noah is staying long with Chicago because of his marijuana problem.
Grade: B
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers have about 2 players that work hard each game. LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. I'm not mentioning Delonte West on that list, because he heated up in the playoffs. He wasn't very good in the season.
Anyway, the Cavaliers need a defensive minded shooting guard and maybe a power forward that can score? Wally Szczerbiak stinks really bad at defense, and Ben Wallace can only defend and rebound. Maybe if you mixed them together, the player would be amazing. I can see it- Wally Walla! ce. Oh yeah.
So I suggest they get a defensive min! ded shoo ting guard- like AI or something. It would be pretty hard to get him, so they could grab Ron Artest and push LeBron down to SG. That would be good. And they could get Mikki Moore or Shareef Abdur-Rahim from Sacramento in the Artest trade and get rid of Ben Wallace and Szczerbiak.
Grade: B-
Dallas Mavericks
Ever since the Mavs landed Jason Kidd, they have been breaking apart as a team- i even doubt they'll make it to the playoffs next year. By then, Jason Kidd will be 38!
Let's now look at what happened to them.
They got rid of Devin Harris, a future NBA star.
They brought in an old fart {Kidd} that will retire soon.
They had a horr! ible record against winning teams when they got Kidd.
They got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by New Orleans.
Star Josh Howard admitted use of marijuana during the offseason.
What more can I say?
Grade: C-
