1.) jason williams PROBABLY WILL stay in school. it just seems like he is super intent. his own mom said he was. i just have a feeling since hes from duke itz not BS he is throwing at us. 2.) joe johnson will rise quickly.. possibly to a team like the Cavs or new jersey. both could use a SG cavs have who? langdon? new jersey has the often injured kittles 3.) rodney white WILL go lottery possibly to the celtics if they r intent on dumping walker. rodney i think is a player he is a good SF/PF hybrid. he reminds me of shareef w/ a bit more power and better touch at the 3. but not quite the ups/quickness/ or true skillz. yet.. 4.) desagana diop WILL drop.. why? becuz i dont think he has any offense to speak of. averaging 14.8 pts at the varisty level simply put is extremely mediocre for a COLLEGE player much less an NBA entree. yes he can block shots. but they said that about yinka dare.. and if u wanted som1 who can block shots ken johnson is more polished ne ways leading to my next prediction 5.) ken johnson WILL rise.. he has excellent athlieticsm.. agressiveness. etc. offesne is lacking tho 6.) kwame brown WILL stay in school. he seems committed to florida and has said he doesnt want to be anybodys project. plus ive never heard he was leaning to the NBA. if he comes out i expect like the cavs to pick him.. the clippers dont need raw plaeyrs.. 7.) jamaal tinsley WILL go lottery. too many teams need a PG and he looks like an excellent man to lead a team. 8.) the rockets will choose a SF. they simply cant bank on langhi to be effective immediatly.. and all of the centers will be gone and it is too early to pick haywood or even kevin johnson. 9.) loren woods will drop as far as 11th- 14th.. becuz i think in workouts scouts will see how thin he is and how he will be abused in teh post. 10.) michael bradley will drop troy murphy will go up. i think teams willrecognize bradley looks more and more like a good college player which i think he is but not an NBA starter.. ------------------ --TEX [This message has been edited by TeXaSalsa (edited April 28, 2001).]
more predictions 1.) zach randolph will fall out of the lottery.... if he isnt selected by the clips. no other team would take him in the lottery 2.)ousmanne cisse is a 2nd round pick 3.)pau gasol if he enters the draft will go lottery. he has tremendous size versatility plus lots of team love foreignerz 4.) gilbert arenas is likely a 2nd round pick. reminds me of eddie house. not alot of teams need undersized SGs. this is ditto for forte who will get picked first round becuz of name only but still could drop alot. i can see denver taking one of them tho... leonard/wahad arent a good starting Sg combo. 5.) richard jefferson if not picked by houston will drop to at least 17th.. 6.) brandon haywood i think will fall late first to 2nd round more likely. yes a team that needs a center like toronot or portland could pick him up. but too many ?s surround him. 7.) both of the collins twins will be drafted. jason more likly to go late first round.. and i can see him droppin to 2nd like jarron. 8.) alvin jones will go no higher than 25. he simply doenst strike me as a good pro prospect 9.) terrance morris will go no later than 23. why? too much talent/physcicla gifts to pass up. some team i think will take a chance on him. esp. if he has good workouts. 10.)kenny satterfield is a 2nd round draft pick if he enters 11.) gerald wallace will plummet badly. unless he hits his jumpshot there iz no way he is a lottery pick. a first round pick is stretching it if he cant shoot. most teams need players not athletes. plus he doenst have great size for a SF. jefferson is super athletic too and much more polished. i do see a team like philly, cleveland, or the grizz w/ their late first round pick taking him. 12.) dallas will take a foreign player. hahahah thats a given. 13.) shane battier will not fall below the 9th pick. too solid too pass up. i can even see new jersey taking him. ------------------ --TEX
I don't agree with you on Arenas. Worst case scenario for him would be late first rounder. Loren Woods has too much potential IMO to drop like that. Size alone will make him a lottery pick. Ousmanne Cisse seems like too solid a pick to drop to the second round. True, he has some of the qualities of another supposed first rounder who dropped to the second round in the German rebounding fiend (name?), but Cisse has real talent. ------------------
i just don see lots of teams wanting SGs in the first round. woods has obut 90% chance of lottery.. not sure high lottery tho.. cisse sounds like he has talent... but i never heard his name that much. he's also 6'8. itz one thing to have great physicla features if u jump to the nba but 6'8 is smal for a PF.. ------------------ --TEX
Man u guys remeber how high every 1 was saying that Terrance Morris would have gone 2 years ago....now I bet he will be a low first rounder...I dont know what that has to do with anything, I just havent posted in a while
Morris has skills. People were banking on potential. He hasn't lived up to his potential to be an NBA superstar, but will still be a good playa, imo. He will be the starting SF for the rockets next season if they draft him. ------------------
i still think some team will pick morris in the first round on potential alone. more predictions SGs will not be that common in the first round. i think it will be dominated by Centers and Small forwards. then i see some power forwards aka murphy, bradley, etc. to go. the only SG i see going high is jason richardson who i dont think the bulls pass on. joe johnson can play either spot though. here are teams i think might take Small forwards bulls- artest is a good 6th man not a 3 rockets- walt is getting old, langhi unproven spurs- solid at every position except this one grizz- might replace SAR washington- need help at all positions... then again they could play hamilton/courtney as a 3 guard lineup w/ a PG. new jersey- to replace van horn detroit- stack needs help another thing - belive it or not i can see jason gardner goin late first round. IMO he wil be a good player.. lots of stoudamire like qualities.. i can see denver, van, sacremento, orlando all picking him also if jefferson/wallace dont meausre 6'7 they will fall badly also i feel atlanta will draft a post player most likely a PF or Center depending on where they will put ratliff. jason williams is a possibilty but knight is a solid PG. the hawks have talent at many positions now really PG- knight SG- terry SF- dermarr j PF- mohammed/wright.... could use som1 here C- Ratliff? some 2nd round sleepers casey calvary- this guy can play jarron collins earl watson kenny satterfield ------------------ --TEX
I normally would rate Satterfield ahead of Gardner, but with the new rules maybe not...Satterfield is a great penetrator and can assist man, but Gardner can shoot a lot better than Kenny... One guy that might creep into the first round over both those guys is Rashad Phillips...he's small but has tremendous game. Kind of reminds me of Eddie House but with more PG skills. ------------------ P.S. This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.
i have a feeling orlando could trade up in the lottery to try to attain jamaal tinsley. supposedly they r intested in PGs and big men and they said "very intrested" also out of all the high schoolers if u asked me kwame brown is the most ready and has the most potential. sorry i dont think curry will be like shaq.. hes only 6'10 chandler could be great too but hes extremely immature adn doesnt have a position diop also could be good but kwame brown looks the most physically and basketball ready.. if he declares ------------------ --TEX
TX, I really liked what I saw of Brown in the MickeyD's game--he looked real active and ran the floor, but i think Curry would still be picked over him if he came out. Skill-wise he probably has the edge over Curry, but the Shaq comparisons don't come from height--they come from Curry's ability to move quickly with all of that bulk. He also has a much better touch around the basket from 10-15 ft than Shaq did at this stage, who was pretty much a dunk machine coming out... This isn't to say I think Curry will be as dominating as Shaq, but he will be the closest thing we've seen to date. ------------------ P.S. This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.
