Some friends and I were throwing around a question, so I figured I would flip it on here and see what people think:
Could the Bulls get a 1st round draft pick in this year's draft for Ben Gordon in a straight up trade?
I was the lone dissenter...no one else thought that we could get a 1st rounder for him, and under your standard "Any-Guy-I-Draft-In-The-First-Round-Will-Be-A-Supe rstar" pre-draft GM mindset, no one wants to be the club that drafted a short, streaky 2 guard who has only one NBA skill and gets paid lots. But under a realistic mindset, given the scenario that Ben Gordon--a guy who can be expected to score 20 with the occasional 40 (and the occasional 10)--can be drafted in the 2008 draft, wouldn't someone in the late teens/early 20's draft Gordon? Cleveland at 19 couldn't use another scorer who, with LeBron around, would never be asked to run the point? Orlando at 22? San Antonio or New Orleans or Memphis?
