Let's talk #15 seriously

This is suited here better.

I did a lot of digging on the draft prospects this couple of days. After summing up all the mock drafts here's what the conclusions are:

Tier 1 (1-2): Yao, Jay
Tier 2 (3-10): Dunleavy, Wagner, Gooden, Wilcox, Borchardt, Butler, Hilario, Tzika. None of this will be available at 15. Hilario likely won't slip by the Cavs at 6, and even if Tzika slips out of the top 10 Milwakee is said to be taking him at 13.

Tier 3 (11-19): j. jefires, Amare Stoud., Bostjan Nachbar, Kareem Rush, Haislip, Ely, Q. Woods, Chris Marcus, Frank Williams. We should be taking one of these.

here's how I rate them.

If we go by need (SF), there are three SF here. In the order I would take them:


1. Jared Jefires. I haven't seen many of these guys, but I saw J.J. and I liked him a lot. In my book he is head and shoulders above Dunleavy. He totally outplayed him in the Duke game. The guy almost single-handedly took his underdog team to the NCAA final game. I agree he got flustered there, but Dunleavy didn't even get there. True, MD won it last year, but it was mainly because of Batier and Jay. Jefires didn't have any help at all. At 15 that is the best thing that could happen to the Rockets.

2. Bostjan Nachbar. Haven't seen him, but people like him to Peja Stojakovich and Hedo Turkoglu. I like them both, so if Jeferies is gone, take him.

3. Q. Woods. This guy has Harold Miner writen all over him. Spectacular athlete, lots of hype (baby T-Mac vs BabyJordan), BUT no defense, doesn't make his team better, his team sucked among JUCO competetion, and people say he maybe uncoachable. Avoid at all cost.


If we go for BPA:

1. Jeferies
2. Stoudamire. The anti-Yao. NBA body, physical play but no shot and no skills. He seems like a nasty competitor. I'll take him just on body and spirit alone.
3. Rush. He will be a major upgrade over Torres as a backup to Mobley, and can even be tried some at SF
4. Frank Williams. Most likely will be better than Moochie as a backup PG, or in the three-guard lineups that Rudy likes.
5. Haislip. 6-11 with huge vertical. That's a value right there. Doesn't come too often.
6. Nachbar
7. Ely. Will be a quality big man.
8. Chris Marcus. I have this thing against fat asses like him. They never work out: Oliver Miller, Stanley Roberts, Felton Spencer, Bryant Reeves. There's not a single success story here.
9. Q. Woods