NBA Draft
NBA 2010 DRAFT MOCK LOTTERY
October 18, 2009 by nbesports · Leave a Comment
by DOUG FERGUSON
One of the main features we will have at NBE’s Association Report is the best NBA Draft analysis you will find anywhere on the internet and beyond. Unlike many mock drafts I will not be using the same draft order of 2009. This would concede that the NBA season will play out exactly as it did last season which we all know is not true. Therefore I will be using my preseason predictions as a basis for what the draft order will be. Furthermore, I have conducted my own mock lottery to make the mock process as real as possible. I have also included all trades that are applicable to the 2010 draft. So draft junkies get ready for the lottery as we only have 250 days left until the big day!!!!!!
1) Los Angeles Clippers- John Wall/PG/Kentucky/6-4/200/FR
If the Clippers win the lottery 2 years in a row they will have 2 giant pieces to the puzzle for the future as they would get the consensus top rated player 2 drafts in a row.
2) Washington Wizards- Derrick Favors/PF/Georgia Tech/6-9/250/FR
The Wizards have been longing for a force in the paint for a decade and now they have the chance to get one to complement their plethora of perimeter talent.
3) Houston Rockets- Willie Warren/CG/Oklahoma/6-4/210/SO
Yao Ming missing the whole season gives Houston a chance to pick high in the lottery giving them a chance to finally part ways with Tracy McGrady by replacing him with another explosive scorer at the guard spot.
4) Milwaukee Bucks- Al-Farouq Aminu/SF/Wake Forest/6-8/218/SO
Wanting to go with the top foreign player in this spot, the Bucks have nightmarish flashbacks of Yi and look to trade. If they can’t pull it off they go with the best available athlete in Aminu
5) Sacramento Kings- Dontas Montejunas/PF/Lithuania/7-0/226
The Kings look to add more offensive weapons in their search to rebuild. Sacramento is looking to leave room in their cap for 2010 free agents as Montajunas may play overseas for another season.
6) Oklahoma City Thunder- Demarcus Cousins/PF/Kentucky/FR/6-11/260
A talented young perimeter team looks to gain a post bruiser with the ability to become a skilled scorer in the post with time.
7) Minnesota Timberwolves- John Henson/CF/North Carolina/FR/6-10/190
Another multiple pick first round allows Minnesota to make a lottery pick based on potential, something which Henson may have more of than any player in the draft.
8] Indiana Pacers- Cole Aldrich/C/Kansas/JR/6-11/245
Aldrich is a favorite for many college Player of the Year awards and Larry Bird has a history of preferring proven college players over potential. It could also finally usher out the Jeff Foster era in Indy
9) New Jersey Nets- Ed Davis/PF/North Carolina/SO/6-10/225
Another team that has been trying to bolster their inside talent for upwards of a decade now has 2 talented young players pushing 7 foot tall to complement a very talented young backcourt.
10) Utah Jazz- Evan Turner/SF/Ohio State/JR/6-6/205
Buckeye fans would love to see Turner return for his senior year to make a title run with the country’s #1 recruiting class but the Jazz would love to finally get a worthy backcourt mate for Deron Williams.
11) Detroit Pistons- Solomon Alabi/C/Florida State/SO/7-1/260
Alabi gives the Pistons a middle presence to complement the offensive weapons they accquired this summer in free agency.
12) New Jersey Nets- Greg Monroe/C/Georgetown/SO/6-10/240
The Nets go from being fairly thin in the middle to one of the beefier teams in the East in a matter of 15 minutes by picking up a big man with some outside skill in Monroe.
13) Atlanta Hawks- Devin Ebanks/SF/West Virginia/SO/6-8/205
The Big East dominated the lottery in 2009 but doesn’t taste ping pong balls until the last possible moments in 2010 with back to back picks as the Hawks get a steal at 13 with the uber-athletic forward from Mountaineer country.
14) Golden State Warriors- Craig Brackins/CF/Iowa State/JR/6-10/230
Don Nelson and company has a pension for the big, do-it-all forward and Brackins is “that guy”. They worry about having enough minutes to go around when the time comes.
BIG EAST NBA DRAFT PROSPECTS (SENIORS)
October 14, 2009 by nbesports · Leave a Comment
by DOUG FERGUSON
10) Andy Rautins/SG/Syracuse/6-5/195
2009 Stats- 10.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.4 spg, 102 3 pointers
Overall Ranking- 174
NBA Comparison- Poor Man’s Jason Kapono
Every year the NBA seems to swing a lights out shooter who didn’t put up monster stats in college. This combined with the fact that Rautins will be asked to do a lot more offensively this year might make Rautins this player.
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