5.0 [rquoter] 1. Cleveland Kyrie Irving PG 19 years old; 6-3, 190 Duke, freshman 2. Minnesota Derrick Williams PF 20 years old; 6-9, 250 Arizona, sophomore 3. Utah Enes Kanter C 19 years old; 6-11, 260 Kentucky, International 4. Cleveland Jonas Valanciunas C 19 years old; 6-11, 240 Lietuvos Rytas, International 5. Toronto Brandon Knight PG 19 years old; 6-3, 180 Kentucky, freshman 6. Washington Jan Vesely SF 21 years old; 6-11, 240 KK Partizan Belgrade, International 7. Sacramento Jimmer Fredette PG 22 years old; 6-2, 195 BYU, senior 8. Detroit Bismack Biyombo PF/C 18 years old; 6-9, 240 lbs Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, International 9. Charlotte Chris Singleton SF 21 years old; 6-9, 230 Florida State, junior 10. Milwaukee Klay Thompson SG/SF 21 years old; 6-7, 205 Washington State, junior Milwaukee is perhaps the most active team in trade discussions in the top 10, and there's a strong possibility it will not be making this pick on draft night. Houston is offering Courtney Lee(notes) and the No. 23 pick, San Antonio is offering George Hill(notes), and other teams are expected to make a strong push depending on what prospects fall to this spot. Jonas Valanciunas, Kemba Walker and Klay Thompson are likely to be the players that draw the best trade offers. Should the team keep the pick, or even if someone trades up, look for Thompson to be selected here. 11. Golden State Marcus Morris PF 21 years old; 6-9, 230 Kansas, junior 12. Utah Kemba Walker PG 21 years old; 6-1, 185 Connecticut, junior 13. Phoenix Tristan Thompson PF 20 years old; 6-9, 230 Texas, freshman 14. Houston Kawhi Leonard SF 19 years old; 6-7, 225 San Diego State, sophomore This would be a fairly disappointing fall for Leonard, who had strong supporters in front offices drafting much higher than this (Toronto at No. 5, Washington at 6 and Sacramento at 7). Ultimately, positional needs and team preferences could drop him down to the end of the lottery, where the Rockets would be ecstatic to land him. 15. Indiana Marshon Brooks SG 22 years old; 6-5, 195 Providence, senior 16. Philadelphia Nikola Vucevic PF/C 20 years old; 7-0, 260 USC, junior 17. New York Markieff Morris PF 21 years old; 6-10, 240 Kansas, junior 18. Washington Donatas Motiejunas PF/C 20 years old; 7-0, 215 Benetton Treviso, International 19. Charlotte Alec Burks SG 19 years old; 6-6, 195 Colorado, sophomore 20. Minnesota Jordan Hamilton SF 20 years old; 6-8, 230 Texas, sophomore 21. Portland Kenneth Faried PF 21 years old; 6-8, 225 Morehead State, Senior 22. Denver Tobias Harris SF/PF 18 years old; 6-8, 225 Tennessee, freshman 23. Houston Iman Shumpert PG/SG 20 years old; 6-6, 220 Georgia Tech, junior Shumpert's draft range appears huge at the moment, starting with Phoenix at No. 13 and moving all the way to the end of the first round, where his hometown team of Chicago likes his defensive potential and athleticism. The Rockets don't have a glaring need for a player at his position but could be drawn to his upside, seeing as how no other prospect really jumps out at this stage of the draft. 24. Oklahoma City Kyle Singler SF/PF 23 years old; 6-9, 225 Duke, Senior 25. Boston Tyler Honeycutt SF 20 years old; 6-8, 190 UCLA, sophomore 26. Dallas Davis Bertans SF 18 years old; 6-10, 210 Union Olimpija Ljubljana, International 27. New Jersey Chandler Parsons SF 22 years old; 6-10, 220 Florida, senior 28. Chicago Justin Harper PF 21 years old; 6-9, 230 Richmond, senior 29. San Antonio Nikola Mirotic PF 20 years old; 6-10, 210 Real Madrid, International 30. Chicago Travis Leslie SF 21 years old; 6-4, 205 Georgia, junior Second Round 31. Miami Reggie Jackson PG 21 years old; 6-3, 208 Boston College, junior 32. Cleveland Charles Jenkins PG/SG 22 years old; 6-3, 220 Hofstra, senior 33. Detroit Jimmy Butler SF/PF 21 years old; 6-8, 220 Marquette, senior 34. Washington Josh Selby SG 20 years old; 6-3, 195 Kansas, freshman 35. Sacramento Darius Morris PG 20 years old; 6-5, 190 Michigan, sophomore 36. New Jersey Nolan Smith PG/SG 22 years old; 6-4, 190 Duke, senior 37. Los Angeles Clippers Jeremy Tyler C 20 years old; 6-11, 260 Tokyo Apache, International 38. Houston Malcolm Lee SG 21 years old; 6-5, 200 UCLA, junior 39. Charlotte JaJuan Johnson PF/C 22 years old; 6-10, 220 Purdue, senior 40. Milwaukee Norris Cole PG 22 years old; 6-2, 175 Cleveland St., senior 41. Los Angeles Lakers Shelvin Mack PG 21 years old; 6-2, 210 Butler, junior 42. Indiana Trey Thompkins PF 21 years old; 6-10, 240 Georgia, junior 43. Chicago Bojan Bogdanovic SG/SF 22 years old; 6-7, 216 Cibona VIP Zagreb, International 44. Golden State Diante Garrett PG 22 years old; 6-4, 190 Iowa State, senior 45. New Orleans Jordan Williams C 20 years old; 6-9, 250 Maryland, sophomore 46. Los Angeles Lakers Jon Leuer PF 22 years old; 6-11, 225 Wisconsin, senior 47. Los Angeles Clippers Michael Dunigan C 21 years old; 6-10, 240 BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn, International 48. Atlanta E'Twaun Moore SG 22 years old; 6-4, 191 Purdue, senior 49. Memphis Greg Smith C 20 years old; 6-9, 250 Fresno State, sophomore 50. Philadelphia Cory Joseph PG/SG 19 years old; 6-3, 185 Texas, freshman 51. Portland Keith Benson PF/C 22 years old; 6-11, 220 Oakland, senior 52. Detroit Ben Hansbrough PG/SG 23 years old; 6-3, 203 Notre Dame, senior 53. Orlando David Lighty SG/SF 23 years old; 6-6, 215 Ohio State, senior 54. Cleveland Adam Hanga SG/SF 22 years old; 6-7, 200 Albacomp (Hungary), International 55. Boston Isaiah Thomas PG 22 years old; 5-10, 190 Washington, junior 56. Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Goudelock PG 22 years old; 6'3"; 200 lbs. Coll Of Charltn, Senior 57. Dallas Scotty Hopson SG/SF 21 years old; 6-7, 205 Tennessee, junior 58. Los Angeles Lakers Malcolm Thomas SF/PF 22 years old; 6-9, 225 San Diego State, senior 59. San Antonio Demetri McCamey PG 22 years old; 6-3, 205 Illinois, senior 60. Sacramento Jereme Richmond SF 19 years old; 6-7, 210 Illinois, freshman [/rquoter]
So, If we land the 10 to go with the 14, I wonder what happens? Kawhi and Kemba would be a huge score...
I wouldn't mind Alec Burks/Marshon Brooks (one or the other, not both of course) either, especially if we're getting rid of Courtney.
Interesting that Marshon has jumped ahead of Burks in the mock. I would prefer Burks, I think... I think Daryl wants Kemba Walker. Graduated in 3 years just like Patrick Patterson. Was the best and most clutch player in the tournament. Class and talent, I think he could be the perfect fit with Patrick Patterson. I want Greg Smith in the second round.
What bother me about irving is that he has no special talents on the court. The #1 pick should have something special about him and he doesn't. I don't think he will be a bust,but he's not and won't be the best player in the draft. John wall and rose were explosive athletes. Yao was a giant,oden,same thing. Irving isn't explosive,oversized, or anything.
10 and 14 would be great. plus, there might be potential to package those to move up. lee and #23 for #10 sounds fair. lee is one of our few 2-way players and is very solid for a young player. i would hesitate to move him to draft another wing player.
I dont think teams will pass up on Leonard and Biyombo. No way they fall outside 10. We are going to even struggle to land Singleton if we stay at 14.
Just like DWill and CP3 didn't have anything special about them. Except for the fact that they can do EVERYTHING. Great athletes, great court vision, amazing handles, great finishing, great shooting, hes the whole package. I think in a few years time he will be in the Dwill/CP3 class. My projecting future PG rankings (in 2-3 years) 1A/1B: D-Will, CP3 3. Rose The Rest: Westbrook, Rondo, Wall, Lowry, Curry
