In the final hours before the ’09 NBA Draft, it’s your turn to play front-office executive for your favorite team in that imaginary war room in your head.

Who do you want? What kind of impact will your pick have on the team next season? Where will he fit into the lineup? Do you want to keep your pick or trade it?

Tell us how your team can improve itself tonight …

If we infiltrated the Knicks’ war room in Westchester and found their wish list, it would definitely have Ricky Rubio and Stephen Curry right up at the top. But who is the next guy after those two? Conventional wisdom would have said Tyreke Evans as of yesterday afternoon. But according to the NY Daily News, the Knicks would actually take 6-5 SG/SF Gerald Henderson over ‘Reke. Read More »

Psycho T. dropped by the Draft Suite. Check out his Q&A.

So much for that leisurely victory lap for the Lakers. While the LAPD was still kicking stragglers out of the Coliseum from the championship parade, two of the biggest threats to a Lakers’ repeat just got a lot more threatening. First the Spurs bought Richard Jefferson from the discount bin on Tuesday, and then last night, the Cavs went and got Shaq … Total money move for the Suns, who got Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic out of the deal. They’re probably gonna buy out Wallace, and Sasha is a practice player for them. But you have to assume now that Amar’e Stoudemire‘s place on the team is safe, since they don’t have to unload his salary and he’s the only legit inside threat on the roster … Read More »

The big man on having his name called by David Stern.

All I can say is WOW! ESPN The Magazine‘s Chris Broussard is reporting that (according to two sources with knowledge of the discussions) the Cavs and Suns are nearing an agreement on a trade that would send Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland in exchange for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. As I said, all I can say is WOW! Read More »

As the Draft’s most unpredictable pick, Brandon Jennings isn’t guaranteed to go within the Lottery. But it doesn’t look like that’s going to stop him from being at the WaMu Theater tomorrow and shaking David Stern‘s hand.

*Reprinted from Dime #49′s NBA Draft Preview*

Paul Pierce isn’t one of those pros that prodigies aspire to be like. Kobe, D-Wade, LeBron, ‘Melo — these are the scorers that every high school and college kid between 6-4 and 6-8 patterns their game after. Pierce doesn’t really work for them. He’s not what you’d call sleek or smooth, and he’s probably cracked NBA.com’s daily Top 10 less often than Hedo Turkoglu.

But in the case of James Harden, who else but Pierce could he follow? Read More »

The surprise guest at the Green Room feels pretty good about his chances tomorrow.