I can't say I'm especially excited about O.J. Mayo or Brook Lopez or Kevin Love, but I am intrigued by these reports that Pat Riley isn't enthused about Michael Beasley and, if he can't make a trade, might just take Mayo with the pick. Still though, I put the scenario of Beasley actually falling to the Wolves at about 5 percent likelihood, because I'm sure one of three things will happen:
- It turns out Riley was full of shit all along and the Heat take Beasley.
- Some other team trades into 2 spot and takes Beasley, or
- Riley indeed takes Mayo, but Kevin McHale makes an ill-advised trade out of the 3 spot with another team more enthused about Beasley than he is.
For more on this, visit the wonderfully named Wolves blog Canis Hoopis.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 25, 2008 04:51 PM