Official Mock Draft Thread

[Alex Confer]

Two months to go before the 2006 NBA Draft. Seeing as how it's right around the corner, I figured we could post some of our mocks. Just use regular season records in determining who gets #1, #2, etc.

01. PORTLAND -- Tyrus Thomas, LSU
02. CHICAGO (via New York) -- LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas
03. CHARLOTTE -- Rudy Gay, UConn
04. ATLANTA -- Andrea Bargnani, Italy
05. TORONTO -- Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
06. MINNESOTA -- Patrick O'Bryant, Bradley
07. BOSTON -- Rodney Carney, Memphis
08. HOUSTON -- Randy Foye, Villanova
09. GOLDEN STATE -- Cedric Simmons, NC State
10. SEATTLE -- Brandon Roy, Washington
11. ORLANDO -- Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas
12. NEW ORLEANS -- JJ Redick, Duke
13. PHILADELPHIA -- Shelden Williams, Duke
14. UTAH -- Mardy Collins, Temple
15. NEW ORLEANS (via Milwaukee) -- Hilton Armstrong, UConn
16. CHICAGO -- Josh Boone, UConn
17. INDIANA -- Marcus Williams, UConn
18. WASHINGTON -- Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh
19. SACRAMENTO -- Richard Roby, Colorado
20. NEW YORK (via Denver) -- Rajon Rondo, Kentucky
21. PHOENIX (via LA Lakers) -- Yi Jianlian, China (vile athlete for being 7-2 and Chinese)
22. NEW JERSEY (via LA Clippers) -- Kevin Pittsnogle, West Virginia
23. NEW JERSEY -- Hassan Adams, Arizona
24. MEMPHIS -- Maurice Ager, Michigan State
25. CLEVELAND -- Saer Sene, Senegal
26. LA LAKERS (via Miami) -- Quincy Douby, Rutgers
27. PHOENIX -- Mike Gansey, West Virginia
28. DALLAS -- Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukraine
29. NEW YORK (via San Antonio) -- Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech
30. PORTLAND (via Detroit) -- Paul Davis, Michigan State

[detroitbasketball]

Uh...get back to me in June, I'll let ya know.

Although that one looks pretty good to me.

[Tarheels Reign Supreame]

tyrus will prob go number1 , but it too early to really decide.

i still cant get over the fact the the knicks lost their first round high pick for eddy curry

[detroitbasketball]

The only way the Eddy Curry trade could get any worse would be if Eddy Curry drops dead on the court due to a heart attack, which isn't entirely out of the realm of possibility.

That would make the trade Tim Thomas, Michael Sweetney and a 1st round pick for nothing.

[McGahee]

I usually find that the lottery screws up all my picks, so after the lottery I'll make mine...

[Jami]

Almost as bad as the Knicks giving up a #1 to the Bulls for Eddy Curry is the Bucks giving up a #1 and Dez Mason for Jamaal "Canadian Pansy" Magloire.

[detroitbasketball]

Not even close. I like Magloire and he's a decent player. Dez Mason is good, but not really a scorer, and Milwaukee did fine without him. The only bad thing was the number one pick.

[McGahee]

I took a stab at it...

1- Toronto- Rudy Gay
2 - Chicago- Lamarcus Aldridge
3 - Charlotte- Adam Morrison
4 - Portland- Tyrus Thomas
5 - Atlanta- Randy Foye
6 - Minnesota- Marcus Williams
7 - Boston- Shelden Williams
8 - Houston- Andrea Bagiani
9 - Golden State- Brandon Roy
10 - Seattle- Patrick O'Bryant
11 - Orlando- JJ Redick
12 - New Orleans- Rodney Carney
13 - Philadelphia- Mardy Collins
14 - Utah- Cedric Simmons

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mcgahee26 said:

I took a stab at it...

1- Toronto- Rudy Gay
2 - Chicago- Lamarcus Aldridge
3 - Charlotte- Adam Morrison
4 - Portland- Tyrus Thomas
5 - Atlanta- Randy Foye
6 - Minnesota- Marcus Williams
7 - Boston- Shelden Williams
8 - Houston- Rodney Carney
9 - Golden State- Brandon Roy
10 - Seattle- Patrick O'Bryant
11 - Orlando- JJ Redick
12 - New Orleans- Cedric Simmons
13 - Philadelphia- Mardy Collins
14 - Utah- Hilton Armstrong

The fact you dont have Andrea Bargnani in the top 14, is complete failure.

[McGahee]

crap crap crap... i knew as soon as i posted that, i thought i forgot him, and then thought oh well i probably have him in so need to go over it... my bad ill put him in

[King James]

1- Toronto- Adam Morrison
2 - Chicago- Tyrus Thomas
3 - Charlotte - Andrea Bargnani
4 - Portland- LaMarcus Aldridge
5 - Atlanta- Shelden Williams
6 - Minnesota- Randy Foye
7 - Boston - Rudy Gay
8 - Houston- Rodney Carney
9 - Golden State- Patrick O'Bryant
10 - Seattle- Randy Foye
11 - Orlando- Allen Ray
12 - New Orleans- Hilton Armstrong
13 - Philadelphia- JJ Redick
14 - Utah- Marcus Williams

[McGahee]

I'd highly doubt that Allen Ray gets picked in the 1st round, and JJ Redick isn't going to the Sixers. They have Korver already, so it's not like they suck at 3s...

[Colossus Burgers]

I highly doubt Boston picks Rudy Gay..

[King James]

mcgahee26 said:

I'd highly doubt that Allen Ray gets picked in the 1st round, and JJ Redick isn't going to the Sixers. They have Korver already, so it's not like they suck at 3s...

That doesn't matter. I picked Reddick with the assumption AI is going to be traded, so they'll need a competent shooter/scorer.

[McGahee]

kingjames said:

mcgahee26 said:

I'd highly doubt that Allen Ray gets picked in the 1st round, and JJ Redick isn't going to the Sixers. They have Korver already, so it's not like they suck at 3s...

That doesn't matter. I picked Reddick with the assumption AI is going to be traded, so they'll need a competent shooter/scorer.

Unless they want Kevin Ollie to start, they should get a point guard, or at least one of these combo guards. The Sixers want, or at least should want, to make Iguodala a SG, so I don't think they'd do and get a guy that is barely tall enough to play guard, and move Iggy down to the SF again. You can't build a team around Redick, so why try and get a guy who can only shoot jumpers. Then you have to remember that the Sixers are one of the most horrid defensive teams in the league, and not only is Redick poor on the defensive end, but he also is going to have a major hight advantage. Can you imagine seeing the Sixers playing a team like the Nets...

Ollie on Kidd (fine)... Redick on Carter/Jefferson (5 or 6 inch difference there)... and then Iguodala would be left with the other one, and would have a one inch disadvantage too. It's all about matchups, and you just can't have a two guys that short in the lineup, unless one of them is superstar (like they had in AI and that barely worked with his sucky defense). Point is, unless Billy King wants to get axed, he needs to find another guy that Iguodala. Not neccesary in size, but in defensive ability, good height for his position, and wants to work hard and do well...

[Colossus Burgers]

In Redick's defense, last year he was much more solid. He went to the whole much more and rebounded a little better.

[Alex Confer]

I don't want Redick. He's the last player I want in this draft.

[ChisAto]

I'm ok with the Bulls getting either Tyrus Thomas or LaMarcus Aldrdige

[King James]

bsktballr said:

I don't want Redick. He's the last player I want in this draft.

I'm so gonna cop these two jerseys come November:



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[McGahee]

I'm ok with the Bulls getting either Tyrus Thomas or LaMarcus Aldrdige

I still don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with Tyrus Thomas now. I know he had a great tourney, but where was he before this? I'd rather see him play another year in college and see if he's for real before I'd pick him so early. I know they say that Aldridge is a little soft, but I'm not bought on Thomas at all, so if I'm the Bulls, I'd take Aldridge in a heart-beat... a bird's heart-beat for that matter...