<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The draft lottery is Tuesday and: • Anyone with a cruel streak is rooting for the Grizzlies to get the No. 1 pick. They have the fourth-best odds to get there and, if the complicated process breaks right at NBA Entertainment headquarters in Secaucus, N.J., the first-best chance for a nervous breakdown. The dilemma? The Grizzlies have a much greater roster need for power forward Michael Beasley than hometown hero and point guard Derrick Rose, who could help draw more than 5,000 fans a game. The Grizzlies just finished 29th in attendance, and Rose just led the Memphis Tigers, the popular basketball team in town, to the Final Four. Except that the Grizz invested the fourth pick in 2007 on Mike Conley and also have Kyle Lowry and Javaris Crittenton at the point, and maybe restricted free agent Juan Carlos Navarro. They're more than covered.</div> http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/947274.html
To add to their dilemma, Beasley is only a huge help if he can truly play PF in the NBA, Rudy Gay has SF covered. There is talk among Blazer fans that they could try to get Conley if Memphis takes Rose. Would Memphis give him up already? What would it take? Does Portland have anything, outside of Oden, Aldridge and Roy, that they would want?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gambitnut @ May 18 2008, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To add to their dilemma, Beasley is only a huge help if he can truly play PF in the NBA, Rudy Gay has SF covered. There is talk among Blazer fans that they could try to get Conley if Memphis takes Rose. Would Memphis give him up already? What would it take? Does Portland have anything, outside of Oden, Aldridge and Roy, that they would want?</div> if Portland gets Conley, Portland will be my favourite team out west, especially since it looks like the Sonics are moving this is a very good question(s) and one that both of us should address tuesday after the lottery, because Memphis had the best chance to get the top pick last year, will karma come back to help them?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gambitnut @ May 18 2008, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To add to their dilemma, Beasley is only a huge help if he can truly play PF in the NBA, Rudy Gay has SF covered. There is talk among Blazer fans that they could try to get Conley if Memphis takes Rose. Would Memphis give him up already? What would it take? Does Portland have anything, outside of Oden, Aldridge and Roy, that they would want?</div> Webster and 13 for Conley? That's the best I could come up with.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Charles @ May 18 2008, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gambitnut @ May 18 2008, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To add to their dilemma, Beasley is only a huge help if he can truly play PF in the NBA, Rudy Gay has SF covered. There is talk among Blazer fans that they could try to get Conley if Memphis takes Rose. Would Memphis give him up already? What would it take? Does Portland have anything, outside of Oden, Aldridge and Roy, that they would want?</div> Webster and 13 for Conley? That's the best I could come up with. </div> str8 up salary wise it works, but youd think theyll probably alot of expiring salaries in that trade
