In about two seasons D Wade is going to pull a Kobe and start demanding to be traded. Where would he like to go? Home to Chicago of course. Which is why I suggested earlier that the Heat should not wait until that inevitable fiasco befalls them and make the trade to the Bulls of:

Wade - Marion to Chicago for

Gordon, Duhon, Thebolosha, Deng and Gooden.

Now that the Bulls have the #1 overall, if they made that trade and drafted Rose they would then have a starting five of:

Rose - Wade - Marion - Noah - Thomas [ Bench - Nocioni - Hinrich - Hughes]

Miami could then Draft Beasley and start:

Gordon - Davis - Deng - Beasley - Blount [ Bench - Jason Williams, Udonis Haslem - Cook, Wright].

If Miami doesn't leverage their current position and draft status, they will pay the price when Wade decides to go and they lose trade leverage.

If the Bulls do not make any trades, then they should draft Beasley and resign Gordon and Deng.

Hinrich - Gordon - Deng - Beasley - Thomas [Bench - Thebolosha - Nocioni - Noah - Duhon]

The Bulls lost most of their leverage to trade Deng and Gordon when they didn't pull the trigger on a trade for either Kobe, Garnett or Gasol. Why should they draft Rose when they have Hinrich, Gordon and Duhon on the team and no other NBA teams will give them a trade worth value because they know that Godon and Deng have already turned down contract extensions? Seems like a no brainer to me. Then again like Bill Simmons says...it's the No Balls Association.

Oh yeah, Danilo Gallinai
Hands down the third best player in the draft. Because nobody else seems to think so, the Knicks and D'Antoni might get lucky and he'll still be available at #6.

The big question is will teams draft for need or popularity?

Your thoughts?