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Why is everyone so hung up on getting a point guard to replace Banks? We just drafted the guy, lets give him a chance, who do you all think he is, Chauncy Billups?
If we do take a point guard, it will be one of the combo guards with the Dallas pick (Vujacic) or someone who falls to our second round pick. I'd go for Chris Duhon. I know Dukies don't end up as great players in the league, but they're generally very serviceable players (Brand, Battier, Boozer, Laettner). Duhon probably won't be a threat to unseat Banks as the future point guard, but he will be a good backup in the league.
I think this team needs to dedicate itself to the direction that Ainge wants to go in. He's looking for versitile players who fit in a running system. That means three guys. Rebounders at C and PF, athletic shooters at SF and SG, and an up tempo passing point guard who can hit pull up jumpers.
At C and PF we have Hunter and Perkins (Mihm too assuming we resign him), for SF and SG we have Davis, Welsch, and Jones (Pierce too, whenever he gets around to running), and at PG we have Banks.
It seems to me that we need to get a C/PF as LaFrentz is NOT going to help in a fastbreak system. Emeka Okafor would be perfect there because he is a rebounder who can also run. Rafael Araujo seems like that type of guy based upon what I've read. Kris Humphries could also be that guy. Should we hold off on that and go else where with our pick, David Harrison could fall and be that guy for us. Robert Swift as well, should we go for another high school big man. Anderson Varejao and Ronny Turiaf could work in the second round.
At SF/SG, Andre Iguodala would be an interesting guy to see with the lottery pick. Luol Deng would also be terrific, but unlikely. With the later picks, Viktor Khryapa and Josh Childress could fit. Christian Drejer sounds interesting, but he seems sort of flaky by leaving Florida to go not play for FC Barcelona. I know the knock on him is that he has no jumper, but if Hakim Warrick comes out and falls to the Detroit/Dallas range, he could be a good pick as well. Darius Rice works quite well here as a second rounder.
For PGs, there's no reason to go after one in the lottery. Banks was a lotto pick. While Ben Gordon and Sebastian Telfair (if he comes out) are likely to be good players, there's no reason for us to get them. If Jameer Nelson falls to the Detroit/Dallas range, there's no reason to not go for him. Other than that, the second rounder will end up being a point guard. I like Duhon, though I'm unfamiliar with his game and I'm solely basing this on what I read.
Unless we get lucky and win the lottery and are handed Okafor, I think Araujo is the first pick. He is a BYU guy, which Ainge also is, and he's a big rebounding post player that we need. The Dallas/Detroit picks (assuming we keep both) will the guy who falls (whether it be Humphries, Nelson, or the most likely guy Harrison). If none of them fall, I could see Childress and Swift here. Perhaps Vujacic to get another PG in town. The second rounder will end up being Duhon or Rice, depending on whether or not we get Vujacic or Childress.
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