WRG 2011 Mock Draft - #27 New Jersey Nets

Remember when we announced we were moving to Brooklyn?  Those next six seasons were awesome!

Remember when we traded our washed up, old PG for a younger model?  Everyone said that was a great idea!

Remember when we changed owners, signed a combo forward for $35M, then moved up in the draft to take a combo forward, then somehow still spent the whole season with no wings?

Well, this year we have a chance to rectify one of those things.

We are going to take a small forward here.  He has to be able to play this season.  He has to be a good defender with the size and agility to match up to opposing wings.  He needs to be a team-oriented player who can start and play heavy minutes or sit on the bench if the situation calls for it.

But most of all, he needs to make positive contributions and help our team win more than a handful of games a year, and we think Jimmy Butler is the man for that.

Teams have found real gems at this position lower in the draft in recent years, and we can see the efficient, well-rounded Butler being that type of player for us.

And when we remember this draft, it will hopefully be the beginning of a new string of good memories.  We've had enough of the other kind.

If this happened to Wade, an ambulance would drive onto the court.

WRG 2010 Mock Draft - #18 Miami Heat

   
Well, it's the draft.  It's not our first priority right now, but we do need players.

We ditched our whole team so we could sign free agents.  We developed nobody and are in jeopardy of losing a once-in-a-lifetime superstar.  We have a terrific young coach we may have to fire because we figure free agents would rather play for the big name executive we currently have on the payroll.  We have one high draft pick left (which we earned by being terrible and underachieving) who we are for some reason trying to trade to create more cap room for players that may or may not come here.

Well, we still have sunny weather and happening hot spots. 

Since we have next to no players on the roster, we have to take someone who can play right now - which is fine because we don't develop players anyway.

We see a guy here who is a hard worker, plays great defense, can guard several positions and can shoot.  He should fit with any team we wind up putting on the floor this year - whether it's a few superstars who need role players to support them or a bunch of scrubs who need a young player to produce numbers. 

The Heat select Damion James.  He might be from Texas, but he's got a surprisingly good shot to be King of Miami.

Damion James - Late on the scene?