[SIZE="3"]Draft Process[/SIZE]
Unlike last year, my roster is pretty full for the draft.
PG Kemba Walker
SG Evan Turner
SF Jonas Jerebko
PF Tiago Splitter
PF Derrick Williams
C Greg Oden
I still have my role players (Arroyo, Gordon, Korver, Mozgov and Przybilla) but this is my youth group. If there's one thing I'm really missing, it's a deadeye shooter on the wings. Or a pass first PG. So with that in mind, that's what I'm looking for this draft. I have the 27th, 36th, 42nd, and 50th pick. So I should be able to find something that helps me out. The mock drafts have me picking Brian Sawyer, a 6'9" center out of Villanova. Fat chance. I don't really need a big man.
Toronto has the first pick, and they need the best talent they can get in the backcourt or SF. Their front court is good.
1. TOR selects C Kueth Harvey - 27 ppg, 15.4 rpg from Iowa State
Of course Toronto botches their pick. Harvey is a great talent but they have Bargnani, Udoh, Valanciunas and Tobias Harris already.
2. MEM selects SF Jamar Williamson - 29.4 ppg, 15.7 rpg from Bradley
He should have been the first pick. Memphis got the best player in the draft by far and are able to fill the hole Rudy Gay left.
3. MIL selects PF Peter McTyer - 25.4 ppg, 15.4 rpg from Missouri
4. ATL selects PG Robb Bryson - 30.7 ppg, 7.9 apg from Ohio State
5. HOU selects PF Dan Davis - 22.4 ppg, 13.7 rpg from Arizona
6. OKC selects C Mack Hahn - 24.7 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 4.5 bpg from Louisville
7. PHX selects C Cedric Archey - 22.7 ppg, 13.5 rpg from Wofford
8. MIN selects SG Andy Blair - 27.7 ppg from Ohio University
9. CLE selects PF Charles Wesby - 19.7 ppg, 11.1 rpg from Pittsburgh
10. SA selects SF Orestes Samos - 20.8 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 2.7 spg from Greece
11. CHA selects SF Eric Howard - 19.1 ppg 8.6 rpg from Oregon
12. PHI selects C Sam Collins - 16.2 ppg, 9.7 rpg from Indiana
13. UTA selects C Greg Braddick - 16.1 ppg, 11.5 rpg from Miami (FL)
14. WAS selects PG Valder Winkfield - 18.3 ppg, 6.0 apg from UCONN
15. IND selects C Jarvis Boulware - 15.5 ppg, 14.2 rpg from Clemson
16. CHI selects PF Tom Jackson - 21.3 ppg, 12.3 rpg, 2.4 bpg from Houston
17. BOS selects PF Cole Thelmon - 20.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg from Indiana
18. DEN selects SG Marvin Gely - 19.9 ppg 6.3 rpg from Michigan
19. OKC selects SG Kevin Dukes - 14.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg from Syracuse
20. MIA selects SF Momcilo Stambolic - 21.2 ppg, 6.4 apg from Serbia-Montenegro
21. ORL selects C James Jones - 22.5 ppg, 15.7 rpg, 3.3 bpg from Southern Illinois
22. NYK selects PG Gerrod Griffin - 13.1 ppg 6.3 apg from Colorado
23. DAL selects C James Price - 12.7 ppg, 12.0 rpg from Georgia Tech
24. SAC selects PG Norman Minor - 16.5 ppg, 6.9 apg from Seton Hall
25. POR selects PF Roderick Wilson - 14.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg from Arizona
26. LAL selects SF Ricky Moore - 13.0 ppg 9.1 rpg from Indiana
Moore was the exact guy we were looking at, a nice outside shooter. Darn.
According to my scouts, Micah Mills is the best available SF, but Jay Delk is the best player at PF. The talking heads think Mills is the best player overall. Well, he fits our need position, so Mills it is!
27. DET selects SF Micah Mills - 18.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg from OklahomaThe experts like the pick. They have a few concerns about his character but his talent is the best at this spot and he's not very injury prone. For the 27th pick, I could have done much worse.
28. LAC selects SG Charles Skinner - 15.4 ppg, 5.0 apg from Morehead State
29. NOH selects PG Brian Williams -13.3 ppg, 7.0 apg from UTEP
30. NJ selects PG Lorenzen Hall - 12.1 ppg 5.5 apg from Louisville
36. SG Rick Simmons - 17.0 ppg, 4.6 apg from Virginia Tech
42. C Brett Fowler - 9.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg from Wake Forest
50. PG Marcus Crockrom - 11.6 ppg, 6.6 apg from West VirginiaIt was just flyer city, so although the experts were mixed about my three picks, I'm okay with the guys I got. I see Simmons as the guy who will hit those jumpers and score buckets albeit in streaks, Fowler as the rugged rebounder and defender down low, and Crockrom as a possible backup PG. He was mocked to go in the first round, which gives me a bit of hope for him.
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