Rookies of 2004

[Swoosh]

How man,this is gonna be a great year to draft i believe ! LeBron,Melo,Darko even bosh and ford, wauwie ! The question remains who will b best, can darko really score in the nba? Will James make that impact? And maaan, im already sold for Carmelo, he gonna be great!!! And what u guys think James should play, PG,SG or SF? Silas sees him as a point guard but i really dont know about that, he would be able to match grant hill's all round play in his prime i think, probably even better but i mean, score a lot, get good rebounds and give a lot of assist, u can do that at PG to i know but still, dont know about it.

[Andrew]

I think LeBron would be better suited to shooting guard or small forward. Moving Darius Miles to the bench should not be a painful decision to make. Point guard in the NBA is a difficult enough for position for natural point guards coming out of the college ranks. I think Silas should let LeBron play what he knows. See how he goes as a point forward before trying to make him a point guard.

[Swoosh]

idd, my thoughts exactly

[MAKAVELI THE DON]

Moving Darius Miles to the bench should not be a painful decision to make.

It was the worst thing the Clippers ever did, making the trade that they did! But Darius is getting better and can be a good 6th man off the bench!

But despite all the hype about Lebron James, Ricky Davis is still the star of that team... at least that what I believe! His dramatical improvement in all his stats last season was unbelieveable! Lebron is good, and I feel he will come in and put up between 18-21 points per game, & have at least 10+ 30 point games!

I think it would be good for Paul Silas to work with Lebron & Ricky, and make them become a deadly one-two punch or duo in the East. And don't forget about Duan Wagner, if he has a break out season, we could be looking at a young & dangerous trio?

[Boyk]

C: Ilguaskas
Pf: Boozer
Sf: James
Sg: Davis
Pg: Wagner

Miles,Jones,Parker(hopefully),Mihm(he better do sumfin) off the bench, in cluding others

wooooo lets go Cavs
what i think they should do, is try and get a sign and trade for Candyman, he would fit right in with the cavs IMO

[Stevan]

Silas sees him as a point guard but i really dont know about that, he would be able to match grant hill's all round play in his prime i think, probably even better but i mean, score a lot, get good rebounds and give a lot of assist, u can do that at PG to i know but still, dont know about it.

All in his first season eh? Your opinion, and I'm not disagreeing but I just don't see the basis for people making these kinds of predictions. Grant Hill was an All-Nba teamer in his prime...

Here's another one:

I feel he will come in and put up between 18-21 points per game, & have at least 10+ 30 point games!

Now that I've opened my big mouth it'll probably happen but come on guys we've got Lebron just about winning the MVP next season by the way people are talking. Those stats sound a bit like Jalen Rose for example. Is Lebron as good as Jalen Rose?

I'm not trying to start anything, but let's be realistic.

On a light hearted note, anybody else thinks Lebron looks old... as in old enough to have fathered some of his teammates in highschool? He looks like he should be the coach... with a team of ilegitimate children... hehe

[Swoosh]

Actually, i wasnt referring about next year though, just the fact which position he should play, i meant IMHO he should play SF or SG to develop his game to one of the likes of grant hill, my fault for not phrazing that right ,but thats what i mean, u cant be forced in a position either cuz it would only limit his developping i think, but heck for all we know he becomes the next magic or maybe the biggest fluke in history .

[Stevan]

i meant IMHO he should play SF or SG to develop his game to one of the likes of grant hill, my fault for not phrazing that right

It's cool I assumed you meant this upcomming season...

[Andrew]

It was the worst thing the Clippers ever did, making the trade that they did! But Darius is getting better and can be a good 6th man off the bench!

I think it would be the most logical move. Darius isn't suited to playing at power forward, and I don't see him getting the nod over James or Davis.