NBA DREAM Draft: New League Look

Ari WagnerNov 14, 2009

By Ari Wagner

This is a dream look into the NBA, or the evidence that will make you sick to your stomach that your team could have looked like this.

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Or maybe you’re going to be happy with the outlook of your team, and that because the teams didn’t draft your player and your GM got the steal, your team is looking better now than it would have been by this format.

Either you’re thanking your lucky stars or wishing that you had a mulligan, however, there are no do-overs in real life.

Therefore, I realize that if a player is drafted in the top 10, the team probably took that into consideration for their later picks, but let us just pretend that they could keep their teams now and have a redo on all their top 10 picks in the last 10 drafts.

So the players drafted would switch teams, but the rest of the starting 5 would remain the same. How different would the league look if the General Managers were perfect in picking the right players?

I will give you the actual top 10 from 2000-2009 and then my rendition of what the draft should have looked like with what we know today.

Real

Redo

L.A. Clippers Desmond Mason

Real

Washington Kwame Brown

LA Clippers Tyson Chandler

Memphis Pau Gasol

Chicago Eddie Curry

Golden State Jason Richardson

Memphis Shane Battier

New Jersey Eddie Griffin

Cleveland Sagana Diop

Detroit Rodney White

Boston Joe Johnson

Redo

Washington Pau Gasol

LA Clippers Gilbert Arenas

Memphis Joe Johnson

Chicago Gerald Wallace

Golden State Tony Parker

Memphis Jason Richardson

New Jersey Richard Jefferson

Cleveland Troy Murphy

Detroit Zach Randolph

Boston Mehmet Okur

Real

Houstin Yao Ming

Chicago Jay Williams

Golden State Mike Dunleavy

Memphis Drew Gooden

Denver Nickoloz Tskitishvili

Cleveland Dajuan Wagner

New York Nene

LA Clippers Chris Wilcox

Phoenix Amare Stoudemire

Miami Caron Buttler

Redo

Houstin Amare Stoudemire

Chicago Yao Ming

Golden State Caron Butler

Memphis Carlos Boozer

Denver Nene

Cleveland John Salmons

New York Tayshaun Prince

LA Clippers Luis Scola

Phoenix Mike Dunleavy

Miami Drew Gooden

Real

Cleveland LeBron James

Detroit Darko

Denver Carmelo Anthony

Toronto Chris Bosh

Miami Dwane Wade

LA Clippers Chris Kaman

Chicago Kirk Hinrich

Milwaukee TJ Ford

New York Mike Sweetney

Washington Jarvis Hayes

Redo

Cleveland LeBron James

Detroit Dwane Wade

Denver Carmelo Anthony

Toronto Chris Bosh

Miami David West

LA Clippers Josh Howard

Chicago Leandrinho Barbosa

Milwaukee Chris Kaman

New York Boris Diaw

Washington Mo Willams

Real

Orlando Dwight Howard

Charlotte Emeka Okafor

Chicago Ben Gordon

LA Clippers Shaun Livingston

Dallas Devin Harris

Atlanta Josh Childress

Chicago Luol Deng

Toronto Rafael Araujo

Philidelphia Andre Iguodala

Cleveland Luke Jackson

Redo

Orlando Dwight Howard

Charlotte Andre Iguodala

Chicago Al Jefferson

LA Clippers Ben Gordon

Dallas Kevin Martin

Atlanta Devin Harris

Chicago Josh Smith

Toronto Emeka Okafor

Philidelphia Trevor Ariza

Cleveland Jameer Nelson

Real

Milwaukee Andrew Bogut

Atlanta Marvin Williams

Utah Deron Williams

New Orleans Chris Paul

Charlotte Raymond Felton

Portland Martel Webster

Toronto Charlie Villanueva

New York Channing Frye

Golden St. Ike Diogu

LA Lakers Andrew Bynum

Redo

Milwaukee Chris Paul

Atlanta Danny Granger

Utah Deron Willams

New Orleans Andrew Bynum

Charlotte David Lee

Portland Monte Ellis

Toronto Nate Robinson

New York Charlie Villanueva

Golden St. Andrew Bogut

LA Lakers Marvin Williams

Real

Toronto Andrea Bargnani

Portland LaMarcus Aldridge

Charlotte Adam Morrison

Chicago Tyrus Thomas

Atlanta Sheldon Williams

Portland Brandon Roy

Minnesota Randy Foye

Memphis Rudy Gay

Golden St. Patrick O’Bryant

Seattle Saer Sene

Redo

Toronto Brandon Roy

Portland LaMarcus Aldridge

Charlotte Rudy Gay

Chicago Paul Milsap

Atlanta Rajon Rondo

Portland Andrea Bargnani

Minnesota Ronnie Brewer

Memphis Randy Foye

Golden St. Tyrus Thomas

Seattle Thabo Sefalosha

Real

Portland Greg Oden

Seattle Kevin Durant

Atlanta Al Horfod

Memphis Mike Conley

Boston Jeff Green

Milwaukee Yi Jianlian

Minnesota Corey Brewer

Charlotte Brandon Wright

Chicago Joakim Noah

Sacramento Spencer Hawes

Redo

Portland Kevin Durant

Seattle Al Horford

Atlanta Jeff Green

Memphis Thaddeus Young

Boston Al Thorton

Milwaukee Marc Gasol

Minnesota Rodney Stuckey

Charlotte Greg Oden

Chicago Wilson Chandler

Sacramento Spencer Hawes

Real

Chicago Derrick Rose

Miami Michael Beasley

Memphis OJ Mayo

Seattle Russell Westbrook

Memphis Kevin Love

New York Danilo Gallinari

LA Clippers Eric Gordon

Milwaukee Joe Alexander

Charlotte DJ Augustin

New Jersey Brook Lopez

Redo

Chicago Derrick Rose

Miami Brook Lopez

Memphis OJ Mayo

Seattle Kevin Love

Memphis Russell Westbrook

New York Eric Gordon

LA Clippers Courtney Lee

Milwaukee Jason Thompson

Charlotte Marreese Speights

New Jersey Danilo Gallinari

Real

LA Clippers Blake Griffin

Memphis Hasheem Thabeet

OKC James Harden

Sacremento Tyreke Evans

Minnesota Ricky Rubio

Minnesota Jonny Flynn

Golden St Stephan Curry

New York Jordan Hill

Toronto DeMar DeRozan

Milwaukee Brandon Jennings

Redo

LA Clippers Blake Griffin

Memphis Brandon Jennings

OKC Johnny Flynn

Sacremento Tyreke Evans

Minnesota Stephan Curry

Minnesota James Harden

Golden St Ty Lawson

New York DeJuan Blair

Toronto Taj Gibson

Milwaukee Jordan Hill

Now here are the starters from around the league with these picks in consideration, a very different look to the league. Keep in mind that I understand free agency and other things like that.

This is just a “woulda-coulda-shoulda” type situation, a lot of picks in the last 10 years were absolutely ridicules, and I wrote this article and did all this research to unearth that information.

Any player with a * next to their name means that team drafted that player in the “redo” draft.

If the player does not have an * next to their name, and they have another players name in brackets. This means that the player in brackets would have gone elsewhere and that player is filling in.

The EAST will take the majority of the talent away from the West and the Central Division will be the powerhouse division. Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavileers will battle it out for the EAST and the Bulls will go on to the finals.

The WEST is a conference of role players and miss-matched teams, however, among the miss-matched teams the Mavericks, Trail Blazers and Grizzlies fit nicely for a title. The Mavericks really only trade Josh Howard for Kevin Martin, and that is the perfect fit for the title.

The finals would be a match up(BULLS/MAVERICKS) of ROSE/KIDD, CRAWFORD/KEVIN MARTIN, GERALD WALLACE/SHAWN MARION, AL JEFFERSON/DIRK, YAO/DAMPIER.

With these match-ups in mind, there is no way the Bulls could lose in the finals. Look out Windy City because if everything went as planned you would have a title contending team for years to come, and possibly an even more exciting team to watch then the Jordan era.

EAST

ATLANTIC

The Atlantic would feature the Celtics as a powerhouse with new additions Memo Okur but and Al Thorton off the bench, however they would lose Rondo. The Knicks small-ball lineup would light-up Madison Square Garden night in and night out, it would be the perfect offense for Coach D’Antonio. The Raptors would be a young team, fun to watch with Chris Bosh and Brandon Roy alongside Nate Robinson and Emeka Okafor.

BOSTON CELTICS

PG EDDIE HOUSE (NO RONDO)

SG RAY ALLEN

SF PAUL PIERCE/AL THORTON*

PF KEVIN GARNET

C MEHMET OKUR*

NEW JERSEY NETS

PG RAFER ALSTON (NO HARRIS)

SG RICHARD JEFFERSON*

SF HIDAYET TURKOGLU*

PF DANILO GALLINARI*

C JOSH BOONE (NO LOPEZ)

NEW YORK KNICKS

PG CHRIS DUHON

SG ERIC GORDON*

SF TAYSHAWN PRINCE*

PF BORIS DIAW*/ DEJUAN BLAIR*

C CHARLIE VILLANUEVA*

PHILLIDELPHIA 76ERS

PG LOUIS WILLIAMS

SG WILLIE GREEN (NO A.I.)

SF TREVOR ARIZA* (NO YOUNG)

PF ELTON BRAND (NO SPEIGHTS)

C SAMUEL DALEMBERT

TORONTO RAPTORS

PG NATE ROBINSON*

SG BRANDON ROYE*

SF ANTONIE WRIGHT (NO TURKOGLU)

PF EMEKA OKAFOR*/TAJ GIBSON*

C CHRIS BOSH* (GOT EVEN AFTER REDO)

CENTRAL

The Central division would feature some of the leagues top stars, but in small markets. LeBron James and Shaq would still be in Cleveland, Detroit would host Dwane Wade, Milwaukee would be home to Chris Paul and the windy city would have Yao Ming, Derrick Rose and Al Jefferson. Aside from the Pacers, the Central would be the most star studded division in basketball.

CHICAGO BULLS

PG DERRICK ROSE* (GOT EVEN AFTER REDO)

SG JAMAL CRAWFORD*/LEANDRO BARBOSA*

SF GERALD WALALCE*/JOSH SMITH*/WILSON CHANDLER*

PF AL JEFFERSON*/PAUL MILSAP*

C YAO MING*

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

PG JAMEER NELSON*

SG JOHN SALMONS*/MIKE MILLER*

SF LEBRON JAMES* (GOT EVEN AFTER REDO)

PF TROY MURPHY*

C SHAQ

DETROIT PISTONS

PG WILL BYNUM (NO STUCKEY)

SG DEWANE WADE*

SF RICHARD HAMILTON (NO PRINCE)

PF ZACH RANDOLPH*

C BEN WALLACE

INDIANA PACERS (no top 10 picks in last 10 years)

PG EARL WATSON(NO FORD)

SG BRANDON RUSH

SF MIKE DUNLEAVY (NO GRANGER)

PF JOSH MCROBERTS (NO MURPHY)

C ROY HIBBERT

MILWAUKEE BUCKS

PG CHRIS PAUL*

SG KEYON DOOLING*

SF JORDAN HILL*

PF MARC GASOL*/JASON THOMPSON*

C CHRIS KAMAN*

SOUTH EAST

South East is not the most talented division, but it has a lot of quality role players and stars to make it a force to send some teams to the playoffs. The Hawks are guard heavy with Rondo and Harris which would allow them to run the ball extremely effectively and with Granger on the wing, they would score a lot of points, but are weak down low. Bobcats have Iguodala, Gay and Lee, some young all stars to mix it up. The Heat would lose Wade but draft David West and Brook Lopez to try and establish a large front court. Magic will keep their core of Howard, Carter and Lewis but will lose their all star point guard in Jameer Nelson. Finally, the Wizards will have a strong front court with Jameson and Gasol but with Mo Williams trying to lead that team, they would lose a lot of games.

ATLANTA HAWKS

PG RAJON RONDO*

SG DEVIN HARRIS*

SF DANNY GRANGER*/JEFF GREEN*

PF ZAZA PACHULIA(NO HORFORD)

C PRIMOZ BREZEC*

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS

PG DJ AUGUSTIN(NO FELTON-USED PICK ON LEE)

SG RUDY GAY*

SF ANDRE IGUODALA*

PF DAVID LEE*

C GREG ODEN*/ MARREESE SPEIGHTS*

MIAMI HEAT

PG MARIO CHALMERS

SG DAEQUAN COOK (NO WADE)

SF MICHAEL BEASLEY

PF DAVID WEST*

C BROOK LOPEZ*

ORLANDO MAGIC

PG JASON WILLIAMS (NO NELSON)

SG VINCE CARTER

SF RASHARD LEWIS

PF DWIGHT HOWARD (GOT EVEN AFTER REDO)

C JOEL PRZYBILLA*

WASHINGTON WIZARDS

PG MO WILLIAMS*

SG DESHAWN STEVENSON(NO ARENAS)

SF DOMINIC MCGUIRE(NO BUTTLER)

PF ANTWAN JAMISON

C PAU GASOL*

WEST

PACIFIC

Golden State has a completely different look besides Jackson, and with the addition of Buttler they can stay big but keep a quality little point guard on the floor at all times with Parker and Lawson. Clippers are guard heavy and if Griffin pans out they would be a great all around basketball team, probably could trade Josh Howard for a 3, but who wants him anyhow. Lakers are hit hard by this, no Bynum or Gasol, takes away their entire front court with no one to replace it. Suns lose a lot too, no Amare and no J-Rich however Nash could still run that team to a few wins, but not to the playoffs. Kings look very similar, but lose their best player, so they are worse than they are now.

GOLDEN STATE

PG TONY PARKER*/TY LAWSON*

SG CARON BUTTLER*

SF STEPHEN JACKSON

PF TY THOMAS*

C ANDREW BOGUT*

LA CLIPPERS

PG GILBERT ARENAS*

SG BEN GORDON*/JOSH HOWARD*

SF RASUAL BUTTLER

PF BLAKE GRIFFIN/LUIS SCOLA*

C MARCUS CAMBY/KENYON MARTIN*