Centre Swift Sene Petro Collison Power Forward Durant Wilcox Collison Brown Small Forward Lewis Durant Gelabale Wilkins I would predict one of Lewis and Wilcox is gone, as I have no idea how those two and Durant can all exist on the same roster, unless Durant is brought along slowly or Weezy comes off the bench. Then if all three are around, the style of play will obviously be extremely uptempo, meaning Nick may be the odd man out. Then again, given Durant's body, losing Wilcox may be too big a risk initially at the 4. Will certainly be interesting to see how this draft shapes the roster for 07/08.
I was just thinking about that. Would Durant play at PF? He's 6'10" 220, could we go with a small lineup: Collison or Wilcox Durant Lewis Allen Watson My guess would be that Wilcox will be moved. Maybe package Wilcox and Ridnour for an upgrade at PG?
I love Rashard, but he's got to go if the Sonics can sign Gerald Wallace. I like the idea of Wilcox coming off the bench, because he's best in short bursts. I'm more worried about the backcourt situation. Ray is untradable, but he'll be a great mentor for Durant. However, the other four guys are expendable and the Sonics need to draft a point guard with one of their two second-rounders so they're ready to demote Luke if he shows he can't improve any more.
I've always had the thought that if we got Durant that Lew would have to go, but after the unlikely happened I want Lewis to stay more than ever. There would be so many matchup problems and we'd have such diverse stars that it would win us a lot more games than if we trade Rashard.
