Yes, they don’t have a low-post scorer. Michael Beasley would do wonders for filling that void. But this team is only one year removed from competing in the Eastern Conference, and having one flaw doesn’t put a club very high on this list.
12. Golden State Warriors (0.5)
Their core is not as young as that of the Blazers or the Bulls, but it is extremely talented nonetheless. It’s hard to feel too bad for a team that won 48 games this season.
Plus, in Monta Ellis, Andres Biedrins, and Michael Pietrus, the Warriors have the pieces to build a team around after Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson retire or become ineffective, as well as their point guard and post players of the future.
11. Seattle Supersonics (19.9)
The first of the teams that actually has a good chance to land one of the two studs. The Sonics are a very young team, and they probably won’t contend next year either.
However, the Sonics should be able to build around Kevin Durant for a very, very long time. Durant is a star of a greater magnitude than either Rose or Beasley. Like Portland, the Sonics won their lottery—a much bigger lottery than this year’s edition—a year ago.
10. Charlotte Bobcats (2.8)
We are starting to get to teams that have a slightly murky sense of their future now. But in Emeka Okafor, Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace, and Jason Richardson, the Bobcats still have a bunch of pieces in place.
Okafor is a solid interior presence, and Felton is a good, if not spectacular, point guard. While both Rose and Beasley represent upgrades at their respective positions and Beasley would provide the low-post scoring the Bobcats lack, Charlotte does not strongly need either player.
9. Minnesota Timberwolves
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