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Mock Draft from 2001

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by benzman501, Jun 16, 2004.

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  1. benzman501

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    #1 benzman501, Jun 16, 2004
  2. CompaqC

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    Wow....they were WAY off!

    However it made alot of sense back then, for a while, Eddie was the prize of that draft :(
     
    #2 CompaqC, Jun 16, 2004
  3. smoothie

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    we could've had (if the draft actually worked out that way)

    pau, tinsley, and prince.
     
    #3 smoothie, Jun 16, 2004
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    who is Alvin Jones?
     
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    This is all moot. I actually prefer the bunk trade for Griffin. Along with the SF injury, it got us Yao. Better than anyone in that draft. Would you rather have Gasol and win that year? We would have had no chance for Ming if Gasol had improved our team.
     
    #5 Darrinlane, Jun 16, 2004
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    Yep!
     
    #6 bigboymumu, Jun 16, 2004
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    who is Mike Jones?
     
    #7 robbie380, Jun 17, 2004
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    He was GT's center. The previous year, his pf was Jason Collier. Nuff said?!? :eek:
     
    #8 MONON, Jun 17, 2004
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    Wow the so called "experts" have a their hands full. Their evaluation of talent was WAY off. But to their credit, no one really knows how the cards will fall on draft day...including NBA franchises. DaSagana Diop at 4, please! He's a bust if I've ever seen one. Woods at 11, Bradley at 12, and Gasol at 13 is completely off. It's funny how talented guys like Tinsley, Prince, and Randolph were completely under-evaluated.
     
    #9 RNuss02, Jun 17, 2004
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    that makes me puke...
     
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    Who is Kedrick Brown???
     
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    We could have unloaded EG for Rashard 2 summers ago.

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

    :)

    DD
     
    #12 DaDakota, Jun 17, 2004
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    Prince ended up pulling from that draft anyway (he was drafted in 2002) and returning to Kentucky.
     
    #13 subtomic, Jun 17, 2004
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    He's a great athlete and defender, very raw on the offensive end. He dominated college; junior college, that is.

    He plays for the Cavs now. Well, no, rather he's on the Cavs' roster.

    He doesn't play very much.
     
    #14 dharocks, Jun 17, 2004
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    I love reading those old draft previews.
     
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    wow, that would have def. solved our forward problem......
     
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    he's a rapper :D
     
    #17 sonique15, Jun 18, 2004
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    Part of that is also that the article was written before player workouts. Even this year, they've served to shake up mock draft orders. When people got to look at players like Pau up close, their stock can change rapidly.

    Evan
     
    #18 emjohn, Jun 18, 2004
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    This is actually the first of 3 mock drafts. I'd like to see the subsequent mock drafts and how close they came to the actual one.
     
    #19 rfw2, Jun 18, 2004
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    As we know, Gasol was taken before the Rockets first pick. But we actually could have taken Richard Jefferson, Zach Randolph, and Gilbert Arenas that year.
     
    #20 corby, Jun 19, 2004
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