These are players on teams that in the next 2-5 years could be a great tandem. Because in todays game everyone knows that you need at least 3 options on a team, some can get by with two but most ever team wants three super star players to build around. These are the players that I think should be kept together if there team wants to be good down the road in 2-5 years. The players on each team are ranked by order of importance.
Denver= 1)Tskitishvili, 2)Hilario, 3)Andersen, 4)Posey
{Could have a very hard lineup to guard with Tskitishvili at the 4, Hilario at the 5 and Anderson as the 3, plus Posey at the 2}
Houston= 1)Ming, 2)Francis, 3)Griffin
{Could have a great lineup, they have a super PG in Steve, slasher shot blocker in Griffin and a matchup nightmare in Ming, they have length and speed}
Memphis= 1)Gasol, 2)Gooden, 3)Battier
{Another big lineup, having Gasol the 4 and Gooden the 3 could cause a lot of prolbems matching up, and Battier would just be the glue to Gasol and Gooden.
Utah= 1)Stevenson, 2)Borchardt, 3)Kirilenko
{Have a super star in the waiting in DeShawn, could have a good high low game with Borchardt at the 5 and in the middle of that could be Kirilenko being the slasher/rebounder.}
Washington=1)Brown 2)Haywood, 3)Hughes, 4)Grizzard 5)Jeffries
{Very verstile lineup and can fill ever spot, two good guards in Hughes and Rod, do everything 3 in Jeffries, and Brown could play inside out and Haywood would be the force down low.}
Golden State= 1)Jamison, 2)Richardson, 3)Dunleavy, 4)Arenas
{They need Jamison to be a monster down low for this to work, but they have the outside game with Mike, slasher with Jason and Arenas maning the PG is not bad.}
Cleveland= 1)Wagner, 2)Miles, 3)Diop, 4)Davis
{They would have to sign everyone but Wagner at the PG scoring, Davis being the slasher 2, Miles helping with the ball handling, rebounding and second scorer, and Diop being the force in the middle.}
Chicago= 1)Curry, 2)Chandler, 3)Williams, 4)Crawford
{All goes around Curry, if he can get going that will open up Jason's outside game, Chandler could be the slasher at the 4 or 3 even, and they need Crawford if they want Jay as a 2 guard.}
Atlanta= 1)Abdur-Rahim, 2)Terry, 3)Johnson
{Could have a nice high low with Abdur-Rahim and Terry penetrating, and Johnson is the wild card, but if he preforms like he can in the furture the Hawks could have something}
Phoenix= 1)Stoudemire, 2)Marion,3)Tsakalidis, 4)Johnson
{Could have everything, a dominate center, athletic 4, defensive gem at the 3 and a playmaker at the 2, I would have put Marbury on here but I think any PG would work with this lineup, but they have to hold on to all of them though.}
Denver= 1)Tskitishvili, 2)Hilario, 3)Andersen, 4)Posey
{Could have a very hard lineup to guard with Tskitishvili at the 4, Hilario at the 5 and Anderson as the 3, plus Posey at the 2}
Houston= 1)Ming, 2)Francis, 3)Griffin
{Could have a great lineup, they have a super PG in Steve, slasher shot blocker in Griffin and a matchup nightmare in Ming, they have length and speed}
Memphis= 1)Gasol, 2)Gooden, 3)Battier
{Another big lineup, having Gasol the 4 and Gooden the 3 could cause a lot of prolbems matching up, and Battier would just be the glue to Gasol and Gooden.
Utah= 1)Stevenson, 2)Borchardt, 3)Kirilenko
{Have a super star in the waiting in DeShawn, could have a good high low game with Borchardt at the 5 and in the middle of that could be Kirilenko being the slasher/rebounder.}
Washington=1)Brown 2)Haywood, 3)Hughes, 4)Grizzard 5)Jeffries
{Very verstile lineup and can fill ever spot, two good guards in Hughes and Rod, do everything 3 in Jeffries, and Brown could play inside out and Haywood would be the force down low.}
Golden State= 1)Jamison, 2)Richardson, 3)Dunleavy, 4)Arenas
{They need Jamison to be a monster down low for this to work, but they have the outside game with Mike, slasher with Jason and Arenas maning the PG is not bad.}
Cleveland= 1)Wagner, 2)Miles, 3)Diop, 4)Davis
{They would have to sign everyone but Wagner at the PG scoring, Davis being the slasher 2, Miles helping with the ball handling, rebounding and second scorer, and Diop being the force in the middle.}
Chicago= 1)Curry, 2)Chandler, 3)Williams, 4)Crawford
{All goes around Curry, if he can get going that will open up Jason's outside game, Chandler could be the slasher at the 4 or 3 even, and they need Crawford if they want Jay as a 2 guard.}
Atlanta= 1)Abdur-Rahim, 2)Terry, 3)Johnson
{Could have a nice high low with Abdur-Rahim and Terry penetrating, and Johnson is the wild card, but if he preforms like he can in the furture the Hawks could have something}
Phoenix= 1)Stoudemire, 2)Marion,3)Tsakalidis, 4)Johnson
{Could have everything, a dominate center, athletic 4, defensive gem at the 3 and a playmaker at the 2, I would have put Marbury on here but I think any PG would work with this lineup, but they have to hold on to all of them though.}
