What?? You guys can't see this at the Chronicle, because they have Dennis Lindsey's Mock Draft listed twice for his and Murphy's. But in the paper (unless Murphy changed is) Murphy has Butler having "bad workouts and some thinking he was tanking to drop" down to #11.
Murhpy has Ming Jay Dunleavy Gooden Tsika Nene Wilcox Wagner Amare Jared Caron Borchie Haslip Ely Bostjan
heypartner: "Murhpy has [... 11] Caron [... 15] Bostjan" Peter May of the Boston Globe has: 1. Yao 2. Williams 3. Dunleavy 4. Gooden 5. Tskitishvili 6. Wilcox 7. Hilario 8. Wagner 9. Stoudemire 10. Butler 11. Jeffries 12. Borchardt 13. Ely 14. Rush 15. Woods USA Today had "Rockets Plan to Draft Yao Hits Snag" on the front page of the Sports section, and Rosco Nance gave this mock: 1. Houston. Trade down: How do you pass on Yao Ming? Easy. The consensus is he could be the next Rik Smits or the next Shawn Bradley. Either way, he's no Shaq, and he won't be a finished product for three years at least. The Rockets are close to being a playoff team, so they should trade for a pick and players who will help immediately. No guts, no glory. (Seems to me that "no guts no glory" means go for Yao. He "won't be a finished product for three years" means nothing. Olajuwon wasn't a finished product and he led us to the playoffs his first season. "He's no Shaq"? Who is, Mr. Nance? Curtis Borchardt? And what consensus? I've heard everything from Frederic Weis to Wilt Chamberlain. My take is that he's a Rik Smits now, and he's still improving.) 2. Williams 3. Yao Ming (I think if Yao were on the board for Chicago, they'd take him and see what they could get for Curry.) 4. Dunleavy 5. Tskitishvili 6. Butler 7. Gooden 8. Hilario 9. Wilcox 10. Woods 11. Jeffries 12. Wagner 13. Ely 14. Rush 15. Nachbar
Do you guys know why Butler would tank, and who for? Even if he isn't a Paul Pierce, wouldn't he be a steal at 10 or 11?
I can't see him get past Riley at 10, worst case. If I'm the Rockets, though, and Butler starts to slip, I do everything I can to move up to where I could get him (say ahead of Miami, #9 owned by Phoenix...they do have a nice slot for a PF that's not named "B utlaw" don't they?)
