Oh I have no doubt he will make it, I have seen him playing so St Mary's a great little player who really does sparks up a team. Yeah at 15 I saw him during the season as the mock was suggesting he could link up with australian international Andrew Bogut but yeah you are probalely right just some optimistic Australians. I reckon he will be a back up to someone in the NBA but I dont think he will make it in Portland my guess maybe Suns or Raptors, may not be traded or waived this year but he wont make a career in Portland.

Feldyany news on the Birdman I reckon he will be agood edition to the Thunder and will add some sort of expirence to the side. BJ was a good trade I reckon in teh draf and hopefully he gets a shot as rumours has it he will be left out of the squad for this year but what I have seen he is a great players and I was suprised he didnt go earlier in the draft. But he needs to work on his rebounding. All other things are great.!

Birdman= Chris Anderson
BJ= BJ Mullins - drafted by dallas and traded to thunder for a frence player, the mavs always like to draft young overseas talent and like to keep them in europe so that they can develop their game.

So jennings do NY?
Rubio he is just a mess and a waste of time, the guy doesnt even want to play for the Timberwolves, so why do they even draft him. I knew he was trouble from the start thats why we drafted James Harden a decent player. Harden looks the goods maybe a bit slow on the floor but has a great point scoring game and definitely doesnt lack it in the defensive end of the game.

Rubio maybe off to New York, a bigger city and he loves that or might be brought out. (overseas teams are interested)

T-Wolves I believe have done the right thing with drafting Flynn but not Rubio and also getting rid of Mike Miller. They wont be in the finals but with the likes of Thunder and B-cats they could be in contention in the coming years.

No no no Harden will be a starter

Pg - Westbrook
Sg - Harden
Sf - Durant
Pf - Green
C - Mullins/ - free agent

Oh interesting ones there and Flynn will a huge future.
Yeah anderson will stay in denver i am sure but trust me thunder will go after a good center or a good old backup player who can play some handy minutes

Thats why I like the pick Thunder drafted. Harden will be a franchise player and will take the pressure of Green and especially Durant.

This is my prediction for Ppg:

Pg - Westbrook - 12.5ppg
Sg - Harden - 18.5 ppg
Sf - Durant - 23 ppg
Pf - Green - 12ppg
C - Mullins - 6.5ppg

Hmm, still can't see Harden getting into the starting just yet, to be perfectly honest. Nor Mullens, I think they'll start on the bench, at least for the first few games, and might break in mid-season.

So can I see how you see there starting lineup?

Mullens probs wont start but i can basically gurantee Harden will

R. Westbrook
T. Sefolosha (temporary until Harden gets used to the NBA, which will probably be after a month or so I would think)
K. Durant
J. Green
N. Krstic

Remember, Derrick Rose played his first game off the bench last year, even with Hinrich injured... these kids need some time to adjust...

Yeah I can understand where your coming from

Just read this.

A source close to the Detroit Pistons has revealed the Pistons have
agreed to terms with Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon. The signings
can't be made official until next week, but the rumoured contracts are
>10 million a season for Gordon and >7 million a season for
Villanuevau. Detroit have about 19 million in cap space, so that you
would expect will end their summer spending spree, but I wonder why
they have gone down this path?

Villanueva can probably fill the
shoes of Rasheed Wallace - a big man who can post up or shoot from
outside, but Gordon is only going to come into a crowded back court
featuring Stuckey, Hamilton and young guns Will Bynum and Arron Affalo.
The Pistons only have three other front court players on their roster -
Jason Maxiell, Kwame Brown (who took up a player option) and Fabricio
Oberto (who they got in a trade with the bucks) and you'd have to think
their chances of resigning Antonio McDyess are now gone. All three of
their selections in this years draft were used on small forward/power
forward players, none of whom I can imagine being ready to play in the
post this year and certainly not at center. So as far as I can tell,
the pistons are hanging their hopes on Brown/Maxiell/Oberto being able
to share minutes at C and rip Hamilton returning to a 6th man role,
which he's not gonna like. Perhaps the pistons will try to ship
Hamilton in exchange for a front court player?



Also Sheed Wallace to Boston after that,we are looking at him apparently..

Hedo Turkoglu looking like a Trailblazer, which will
probably trigger a further trade by the blazers to offload at least one
of Martell Webster, Travis Outlaw or maybe a dissatisfied Rudy
Fernandez.

Today's storys, reports and rumors:

* Celtics want to keep Glen Davis, but Pistons and Grizzlies both interested
* Blazers pursuing Hedo Turkoglu
* Andre Miller wants a 3 year deal, which the 76ers probably can't afford
* The Jazz are actively trying to retain Paul Millsap, but the Thunder are believed to also be interested
* LaMarcus Aldridge has been offered an extension by the Blazers. He is expected to accept
* Leon Powe is an unrestricted free agent, but Celtics will try and get him back later in the summer
* Nate Robinson is expected to be at a new home next season, with the Knicks uninterested
* Bobcats are expected to enter talks with Allen Iverson
* Spurs and Suns both interested in stealing Lamar Odom from the Lakers
* Kobe Bryant expected to sign an extension with the Lakers
* Stephon Marbury has made a call to his fellow NBA players to avoid the Knicks if possible
* Mavericks preparing to offer Jason Kidd a new contract
* Knicks preparing to offer David Lee a new contract. A more lucrative offer has been offered by the Grizzlies, however
* Brandon Roy has been offered an extension by the Blazers
* Rockets, Knicks, Mavericks and Pacers all pursuing Marcin Gortat
* Rasheed Wallace being suited by Celtics, Cavaliers, Spurs and Nuggets
* Chris Andersen offered a new contract by the Nuggets
* Charlie Villanueva believed to be heading to Pistons
* Ben Gordon believed to be heading to Pistons

Here's some more:

* Bulls have been advised to fight to try and retain Ben Gordon
* Jazz seem set to trade resigned forward Carlos Boozer
* Celtics interested in Anthony Parker
* Mavericks confident they can keep Jason Kidd. Kidd wishes to wait a few weeks before deciding his future
* Grizzlies offer for David Lee has been nixed by owner. Raptors are apparently interested.
* Rudy Fernandez is unhappy at the Blazers, and is threatening to return to Europe once his contract ends
* Magic interested in Brandon Bass
* Raptors pursuing Hedo Turkoglu
* Ron Artest is considered unlikely to return to Rockets, with Cavaliers interested.
* Josh Powell will remain at the Lakers
* DJ Mbenga will remain at the Lakers
* Raptors will use money intended for Villanueva on a bid for Linas Klieza
* Trevor Ariza leaning towards moving over the summer. Blazers or Raptors (whoever misses out on Hedo) will likely take him.
* Zach Randolph traded to Grizzlies
* Quentin Richardson traded to Clippers

on then rumours:

-i'm hoping we land turk, would make our team great (aswell as odens development)
- bulls are stupid to be letting gordon go.
- cavs should pursue Charlie-V instead of 'Sheed, coz he is more mobile, which was their weakness this season.
- Bobcats should sign AI.
- the Z-Bo trade is good for Clips, but could aalso help Grizzlies if he gets his head in a good frame of mind. But they now have an influx of bigs (thabeet, gasol, hadiddi, randolph, arthur, warrick), so it would surpise me that gasol could be traded to some like thunder who would love a young centre.

Hopefully Artest stays, I think he will to be honest.

I was high on Hedo coming to Portland, but am even more for Ariza. Would be a great fit with us, more so than Hedo would be, is also cheaper and younger
We could then trade Outlaw, Blake and maybe even Webster for a sweet PG These Rudy rumours are nothing but BS imo