Any Top 8 is a different shade of Golden...

This would be my top picks for the raps in order:
1) Anthony davis- potential to be a franchise player with kevin garnett skillset
2) Kidd-Gilchrist-impresses me everytime i watch him. strong defender, rebounder and good offensive touch
3) Perry Jones III- potential to be a beast at the small forward position. Can shoot, handle the ball and makes good passes. at 6"11 thats rare

Andre Drummond said he is going to stay in college another year. That may change but it would probably benefit him

I just dont like the idea of kleiza being our starting sf. I would prefer kidd-gilchrist there. I know he looks bad now but i honestly think demar will turn out to be a solid 2 guard. He’s an extremely hard worker and once he has other guys with him to take the pressure off he could be a solid 3rd option. i dont see kleiza continuing on like he played lately.

I do agree with you on the second first round pick and using that for a point guard. I like kabongo a lot and if marshall slips into that round he is an extremely good passing pg. I could see teague going late as well so i think there will be options.

but thats not really a big deal in the nba anymore sg and sf are interchangeable as long as you put your best defender on the other teams best scorer. We need to get barbosas value up as much as possible but a team like the lakers whose one of the worst bench scoring teams could use him plus they have the TPE from trading odom so we wouldnt need to take back any salary.

kidd gilchrist for me is better than barnes but i wouldnt complain about having either of them. and then with your second first round pick a point guard would be nice but i think in that situation you really need to take who you think is the best player available. i really like marshall from NC such a good passer looks like he can really run a team and play solid defense

Can’t see us coming away a loser with any of these guys

We have no idea what kind of attitude they will bring once they sign and become instant multimillionaires.

Maybe they say I will take the money and run.
Maybe they become a me first player
Maybe their skills don’t translate that good
Maybe the Raptors draft a player who doesn’t want to be in T-Dot.
Maybe they develop personal issues that they can’t deal with.

So on and so forth.

What differentiates the Superstars from the Stars, the Stars from the Complementary Players and so forth is their attitude and drive to win.

You can take 10 NCAA draft picks with a “Future Star” label and maybe one becomes a true Superstar, maybe a few become just Stars, maybe a few become Complementary Players or Role Players. It all depends on their attitude that they bring. Maybe one becomes a bust

No way to really know beforehand