nikolokolus

I said a few months back that I didn't want to jump on the Westbrook bandwagon unless I saw him carry his good play into the tournament -- I wanted to see if the cream would rise. RW did that in spades. He can run the break, he's a very good defender, can finish at the rim, and is a freak athletically. He didn't do a whole lot to slow Rose down head to head, but he didn't get abused either when they matched up head to head. I think he'd be a perfect compliment ... the trouble is you have to wonder if one of the 12 teams likely to pick ahead of us won't see that too.

My list would probably go something like this and doesn't account for our actual projected draft position:
1. Rose (pipe dream)
2. Westbrook
3. Beasley (incredibly talented, but probably not a great fit for a team still trying to rehab its image)
4. Mayo
5. Batum
6. Anthony Randolph
7. Kevin Love
8. Eric Gordon
9. Lester Hudson (though I don't think he'd be a worthy lotto pick)
10. Donte Green.

Hopefully KP will be able to turn our 1st rounder, a plethora of 2nd round picks, and 2nd and 3rd tier players into draft day gold.