who cares? this team is playing for NOW. minny won't be good (if all their young guns do develop into the GREAT talent that are expected, which i doubt maybe outside of jefferson and foye and possibly green--but no superstar players). we have a 3-4 year window of championship contending. the blazers won't contend during that period. def. not the sonics. so i dont worry about them. we should worry about the suns, mavs, spurs, and possibly the celtics for the next 2-3 years.
unless they have someone like wade, i doubt we will need to worry about them in at least 3 to 5 years. beside they would have to face paying those guys once they are done with their rookie contracts.