Draft Lottery

If you are a Bulls fan, the two teams you do not want to see win the lottery are New Jersey or the Clippers, as Wall is supposed to be one of LeBron's buddies and these two teams are primary competitors in the bigger sweepstakes. So, go Timberwolves, Wizards, Kings, Golden State, and Philadelphia! You guys need all the help you can get anyway.

Actually, I think there are two big prizes in this draft: Wall and Evan Turner. If Turner was just a bit less turnover prone (or if some GM thinks he can become so), I could easily see him going number one. It will be particularly interesting if Minnesota wins the lottery after taking three point guards last year. Do they give up on waiting for Rubio and take Wall, or hope that taking Turner will get Rubio over here? In any case, every team wants the balls to land them in the top two.

Of course the Bulls are not in the lottery for the first time in awhile, since they made the playoffs and no longer have nice picks sent over from the Knicks. That means they will pick around the middle and need to scout out this year's Taj Gibson. They will certainly be watching with interest, Nets and Clippers voodoo dolls in hand.

The LeBron mania still spreads like a wildfire. Once again we have tons of John Calipari rumors, as he is another LeBron (and Rose of course, since he coached him in college) buddy. And once again Calipari shoots them down with a Twitter or two. Of course this guy jumps out of contracts as fast as his high profile recruits jump towards the rim, so it is still hard to say. Doesn't seem likely though.

We also have Doc Rivers rumors! That seems crazy when the Celtics are still contending for the championship, but having a chance to coach LeBron in your hometown has got to sound a bit appealing. I don't think it will happen but I wish it would. Rivers coached circles around Mike Brown in that Cleveland series.

Finally, we have the rumor linking LeBron with Eddy Curry of all people, saying that LeBron wants to work out with him during the summer! Does Eddy Curry ever look like he works out over the summer? Seems more like he sits on the coach with the snacks and the video games. In any case, you would think Eddy Curry would have bad things to say about both Chicago and New York while he's spotting LeBron pump iron.