With a little over 3 days til the draft, I wanted to post my mock draft just for fun. Feel free to comment, bash, or do your own mock as well: 1. Milwaukee- Andrew Bogut: Always draft big first, 7 footer w/ skills. 2. Atlanta- Chris Paul: They need a PG and Paul fits the bill. 3. Portland- Marvin Williams: I think they might trade the pick, but if not... 4. New Orleans- Deron Williams: Stock has skyrocketed, good PG for future. 5. Charlotte- Gerald Green: Great shooter and very athletci. 6. Utah- Raymond Felton: Best PG not named Chris Paul & Deron Williams. 7. Toronto- Danny Granger: A SF that does everything. 8. New York- Channing Frye: They need a true C that blocks and rebounds. 9. Golden State- Hakim Warrick: A big guy that could run w/ BD & JRich. 10. LA Lakers- Andrew Bynum: They need a big guy, period. 11. Orlando- Joey Graham: Would make up for lost years w/ Hill. 12. LA Clippers- Martel Webster: They can't resist the high schoolers. 13. Charlotte- Sean May: A May/Okafor front court would be pretty good. 14. Minnesota- Antoine Wright: Good scorer, would replace Spree. 15. New Jersey- Charlie Villanueva: Odom-esk player, good fit w/ Kidd, VC. 16. Toronto- Roko Leni Ukic: Foreign project w/ supposedly a sick game. 17. Indiana- Rashad McCants: Good scorer. 18. Boston- Yaroslav Korolev: Foreign SF project. 19. Memphis- Julius Hodge: Little high, but has intangibles West loves. 20. Denver- Francisco Garcia: They need a SG, Garcia fits the bill nicely. 21. Phoenix- Fran Vasquez: Unlikely to fall this low, but what the hell. 22. Denver- Johan Petro: They need some real size upfront. 23. Sacramento- Ike Diogu: Won't fall this low, gets picked just to piss us off. 24. Houston- Wayne Simien: Cliche'd but would be a great pick. 25. Seattle- Jarrett Jack: Good backup for Ridnour, entirely different game. Too lazy to do the rest.
1. Milwaukee- Andrew Bogut 2. Atlanta- Marvin Williams 3. Portland- Gerald Green 4. New Orleans- Chris Paul 5. Charlotte- Deron Williams 6. Utah- Raymond Felton 7. Toronto- Danny Granger 8. New York- Channing Frye 9. Golden State- Fran Vazquez 10. LA Lakers- Martell Webster 11. Orlando- Yaroslav Korelev 12. LA Clippers- Antoine Wright 13. Charlotte- Joey Graham 14. Minnesota- Hakim Warrick 15. New Jersey- Sean May 16. Toronto- Johan Petro 17. Indiana- Rashad McCants 18. Boston- Roko-Leni Ukic 19. Memphis- Ike Diogu 20. Denver- Francisco Garcia 21. Phoenix- Andrew Bynum 22. Denver- Ersan Ilyasova 23. Sacramento- Charlie Villanueva 24. Houston- Wayne Simien 25. Seattle- Andray Blatche 26. Detroit- Julius Hodge 27. Utah- Martynas Andriuskevicius 28. San Antonio- C.J. Miles 29. Miami- Jarrett Jack 30. New York- Chris Taft
1. Milwaukee- Andrew Bogut 2. Atlanta- Marvin Williams 3. Portland- Deron Williams 4. New Orleans- Chris Paul 5. Charlotte- Gerald Green 6. Utah- Fran Vazquez 7. Toronto- Danny Granger 8. New York- Channing Frye 9. Golden State- Joey Graham 10. LA Lakers- Raymond Felton 11. Orlando- Martell Webster 12. LA Clippers- Yaroslav Korelev 13. Charlotte- Sean May 14. Minnesota- Antoine Wright 19. Memphis- Jarrett Jack 24. Houston- Wayne Simien
1. Milwaukee- Andrew Bogut 2. Atlanta- Marvin Williams 3. Utah from Portland- Chris Paul 4. New Orleans- Gerald Green 5. Charlotte- Deron Williams 6. LA Lakers from Portland From Utah- Raymond Felton 7. Toronto- Channing Frye 8. Memphis from New York- Danny Granger 9. Golden State- Fran Vasquez 10. Portland from LA Lakers- Martel Webster 11. Orlando- Julius Hodge 12. LA Clippers- Antoine Wright 13. Charlotte- Hakim Warrick 14. Minnesota- Joey Graham 15. New Jersey- Sean May 16. Toronto- Roko Leni Ukic 17. Indiana- Ike Diogu 18. Boston- Yaroslav Korolev 19. New York from Memphis- Andrew Bynum 20. Denver- Chris Taft 21. Phoenix- Wayne Simien 22. Denver- Rashad McCants 23. Sacramento- Francisco Garcia 24. Utah from Houston- Martynas Andriuskevicius 34. Houston from Utah- Alan Anderson 51. Houston from Utah from Chicago- Dwayne Jones
^^ i sure as hell hope we don't trade ANOTHER 1st round pick. sorry but this draft isn't very deep at all and #24 probably wont get us a player that will give us the impact we need and two 2nd round picks probably won't even give us players who will make the active roster.
Ya, we're trading our #24 for two second round scrubs! I don't think so. Especially since there is a good chance both these guys will go undrafted!
(my academic exercise) 1. Bucks -Andrew Bogut C Utah 2. Hawks -Marvin Williams SF UNC 6-9 It's like taking all the good RB's in fantasy football. Someone will eventually overpay to get one of their young F's. 3.jazz -Chris Paul PG Wake Forest 5-11 Portland gets #6 and #27, they don't want the #3 anyway and the Jazz want one of the top PG's. Frankly I hope this doesn't happen. 4. Hornets- Deron Williams PG Illinois 6-3 5.Bobcats -Raymond Felton PG UNC 6-0 Tarheels sell tickets 6. Portland -Gerald Green SF/SG Gulf Shores Academy 6-8 Probably the same player they would have taken but better choice with #6 that #3 and they get..... 7. Toronto -Danny Granger 6-8 225 SF 8. Knicks -Channing Frye PF/C Arizona 6-10 9. Warriors -Joey Graham 6-7 225 SF 10. Lakers - Roko-Leni Ukic 6-5 185 PG Have to take the best PG available if they can't move up. 11. Magic -Fran Vasquez C Spain 6-11 12. Clippers -Antoine Wright SG/SF Texas A&M 6-7 13. Bobcats -Sean May 6-8 260 I know, this makes no sense but it makes the Carolina fans happy 14. Timberwolves - Martell Webster 6-7 235 SG/SF 15. Nets- Hakim Warrick SF/PF Syracuse 6-8 16. Raptors- Rashad McCants 6-4 207 SG He will be so unhappy in Canada they will think he is Vince Carter's cousin. 17. Pacers - Francisco Garcia G Louisville 6-7 Someone to finally replece Reggie 18. Celtics - Charlie Villanueva 6-10 240 SF/PF 19. Grizzlies - Ike Diogu 6-8 255 PF Mostly because the know the Rockets fans want him, bastards. 20. Nuggets - Johan Petro 7-0 260 C 21. Suns - Ersan Ilyasova 6-9 210 SF Let's hope the next Mursad Turksan or however you spell it 22. Nuggets - Salim Stoudamire PG Arizona 6-1 A first rounder when teams have to play D on him in thin air. 23. Kings - Chris Taft 6-10 260 PF/C 24. Rockets - Wayne Simien 6-9 255 PF Maybe not the biggest upside but he is ready right now to back-up J-Ho and could play in his place if he gets injured. Can't miss bench help is the safe bet for the team that busted on EG and hasn't had any #1 picks in years. 25. Sonics - Julius Hodge SG NC State 6-7 26. Pistons- Jarrett Jack 6-3 202 PG A Billups clone to be a back up 27. Portland - Martynas Andriuskevicius 7-3 225 C A second Sabonis? 28. Spurs - Andray Blatche 6-11 230 PF The next Robert Horry? Well after a couple of years in the NBADL 29. Heat - Julius Hodge 6-7 205 SG/SF 30. Knicks- Andrew Bynum 7-0 270 C Shaq envy
Dam, after about an hour, when you get to the bottom you sorta get lost, but I like him to Portland so I'll fix the Spurs. Nobody actually reads those Euro names anyway.
1) MIL- Andrew Bogut 2) UTA (from ATL)- Marvin Williams 3) POR- Gerald Green 4) NO- Chris Paul 5) CHA- Deron Williams 6) ATL (from UTA)- Raymond Felton 7) TOR- Danny Granger 8) NY- Channing Frye 9) GS- Fran Vazquez 10) IND (from LAL)- Joey Graham 11) ORL- Martell Webster 12) LAC- Andrew Bynum 13) CHA- Antoine Wright 14) MIN- Jarret Jack 15) NJ- Hakim Warrick 16) TOR- Charlie Villanueva 17) LAL (from IND)- Roko Ukic 18) BOS- Ike Diogu 19) MEM- Martynas Andrus...whatever 20) DEN- Rashad McCants 21) PHO- Johan Petro 22) DEN- Francisco Garcia 23) SAC- Sean May 24) HOU- Wayne Simien 25) SEA- Andray Blatche 26) DET- Luther Head 27) ATL (from UTA)- Chris Taft 28) SA- Yaroslav Korolev 29) MIA- Julius Hodge 30) NY- David Lee
1. Bucks - Andrew Bogut they fall victim to the hype of Bogut, kick themselves down the road for passing up Green, both Williams', Granger, and Paul. 2. Hawks - Chris Paul if they don't trade the pick, they have to take a PG becase of the young talent at the 2,3,&4 positions. paul is the best PG for them because of his abilities to create offense for himself and others. 3. Blazers - Marvin Williams again, if the pick isn't traded, Blazers take Williams because he has such a promising future and is simply the best talent available. 4. Hornets - Deron Williams need A LOT but they know that JR Smith looks to be very good SG of the future so they'll take anything but a SG. 5. Bobcats - Gerald Green they're good up front with Okafor and Brezec, so they look to the wing and point. Green is by far the best available at the wing and the Bobcats have plenty of time to wait and develop the youngster. 6. Jazz - Ray Felton could very possibly be traded but if they keep the pick they go with an experienced PG who has shown the ability to run a team and win. 7. Raptors - Danny Granger they'll probably be unloading a lot of excessive salary with either Peterson or Rose, so they need a cheap replacement. Granger is the best all-round player on the board and can help immediately. 8. Knicks - Channing Frye could take Webster or Graham but the likely QRich trade leaves them looking for help upfront. 9. Warriors - Hakim Warrick they'll either look big or look athlete. vazquez is a very likely pick but with baron davis and richardson on the same squad they'll look to run and at either F spot Warrick fits the bill very well. 10. Lakers - Joey Graham should and likely will trade the pick if one of the top PG's doesn't fall, but if they stay they'll take Graham because it's looks like either Butler or Odom is out of town and a SF replacement is needed. 11. Magic - Martell Webster they need a young athletic wing player because they are set up pretty nice everywhere else. Webster can shoot so you know the Magic are interested because defense isnt' in the vocab. 12. Clippers - Fran Vazquez need a big man to compliment brand very badly. vazquez should come in right away and help. a trade is another possible option. 13. Bobcats - Antoine Wright they need a PG too but Wright is the best player available and is better than anything they currently have at the 2 or 3 spot. 14. T'Wolves - Jarrett Jack may think this is too high for a PG so a trade down is very possible, but if they stay they know they need backcourt help and jack is one of the draft's real sleepers. 15. Nets - Charlie Villanueava they need versatility and athleticism up front after they killed themselves in the k-mart trade. warrick is a possibility if still available. 16. Raptors - Andrew Bynum need a big man after blowing a pick on araujo, and it happens again this year with bynum. 17. Pacers - Francisco Garcia 18. Celtics - Roko Ukic 19. Grizzlies - Sean May 20. Nuggets - Rashad McCants 21. Suns - Ike Diogu 22. Nuggets - C.J. Miles 23. Kings - Luther Head 24. Rockets - Julius Hodge It sounds like we're going to go guard or swingman and guys like Warrick and Diogu are gone. Head is choice #1 but Hodge has a lot of intangibles and is much better athlete than given credit for. should play a role on the team. simien is also a very possible option. 25. Sonics - Andray Blatche 26. Pistons - Martynas And..... why not spend another 1st rd. pick on an unproven, overhyped forgein bigman???? 27. Jazz - Wayne Simien 28. Spurs - Yaroslav Koralev can afford to keep the youngster overseas and hopes he develops the lottery-talent he supposedly has. 29. Heat - Chris Taft 30. Knicks - Johan Petro
I heard the Bucks player development guy (Dave Babcock?) on Fox Sports Radio this morning. He was very circumspect, but I get a feeling that the Bucks are going to tab Marvin Williams #1. Every time he talked about the two candidates, he said "Marvin and Andrew." When asked about each of their weaknesses, he led with Bogut-- although he said that both of their weaknesses were minimal. Interestingly, he also talked about Marvin Williams being a 4 not a 3...
I don't get good vibes about M Williams. He could become another KG-level guy, but I also have Tyson Chandler and Eddie Griffin coming to mind. Thanks to Portland clearing things up a lot! My picks: Position Team Pick 1 MIL Bogut 2 ATL Williams 3 POR Trade (UTA), D Williams 4 NOH Paul 5 CHA Green 6 UTA Trade (POR) Webster 7 TOR Frye 8 NYK Bynum 9 GSW Warrick 10 LAL Felton 11 ORL Granger 12 LAC McCants 13 CHA Vazquez 14 MIN Wright 15 NJN Villanueva 16 TOR May 17 IND Andriuskevicius 18 BOS Graham 19 MEM Ukic 20 DEN Garcia 21 PHO Hodge 22 DEN Miles 23 SAC Morris 24 HOU Diogu 25 SEA Jack 26 DET Head 27 POR Petro 28 SAN Simien 29 MIA Taft 30 NYK Ilyasova Evan
