Timberwolves Mock Draft 2009

wildvikeswolves · Post #161 » by **wildvikeswolves** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:35 am

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (2) Evan Turner (3) BJ Mullens (2) Stephen Curry (1) Demar DeRozan (1)

tough pick for me between Jennings and Turner. Went with turner though

GopherIt! · Post #162 » by **GopherIt!** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:30 am

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (3) BJ Mullens (2) Stephen Curry (1) Demar DeRozan (1)

PeeDee · Post #163 » by **PeeDee** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:26 pm

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (2) Stephen Curry (1) Demar DeRozan (1)

Post #164 » by **C.lupus** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:33 pm

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (3) Stephen Curry (1) Demar DeRozan (1)

It's getting tough now. I'll go with the big guy with upside here.

Biff Cooper · Post #165 » by **Biff Cooper** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:54 pm

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (4) Stephen Curry (1) Demar DeRozan (1)

Post #166 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:02 pm

This is tough, honestly it will come down to who has the better interview/workout between Curry/Jennings/Turner.

Teague does not do it for me. So turnover prone. 5th overall in CBB...

For me it will be Curry. Even if he does not pan out as a star he will be an important part. Brings a lil Derek Fisher at worse and Mike Bibby at best.

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (3) Stephen Curry (2) Demar DeRozan (1)

Post #167 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:04 pm

yea, clearly Curry. another reason you could not double team Al. And his BBIQ is off the chart.

Krapinsky · Post #168 » by **Krapinsky** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:54 pm

I'm going Curry too.

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (3) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (3) Stephen Curry (3) Demar DeRozan (1)

Looks like Derozan's play is improving as his team's overall play is getting worse. That scares me a little. I don't think he declares though. He's got too mcuh to work on, too much room to improve. If he can get his dribble together and add distance to his shot, he could be #3 next year after Rubio/Wall. I think Mullens too would make a mistake declaring at this point.

john2jer · Post #169 » by **john2jer** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:13 pm

Mullens and DeRozan need another year, agreed. I took Mulllens at this point just due to size, but the more I think about it, even though I'm not a huge fan of his and think he could be a major bust, I'm probably leaning towards Curry now.

I'm loving how this is all working out from a process stand point. It's interesting. I think Holiday went a little higher than he will, but I think he has tremendous upside. Tyreke Evans went WAY higher than he will, but I love what he could potentially bring to the Wolves. Just sticking with what we've done so far, I'm so lost from about pick 8 to pick 15. It's such a toss up in there. After 15 I think it settles down again for a little bit when we're looking at guys like Collison, Lawson, Summers, Mills, etc...

I fully expect someone to just go nuts during the conference tournaments and the NCAAs that'll send their draft stock sky rocketing, this talent pool allows for so many fluctuations. The combine, individual workouts, and Orlando pre-draft camp will weigh in so much on how the draft goes. A lot of teams will be drafting for need, and not necessarily BPA because BPA is totally up in the air.

Either way from draftexpress's most recent mock, I can count probably 18 of the top 30 names that if we got them(depending on which pick we use of course) I could find myself getting excited about them. Obviously I'm not saying if we took Jerome Jordan at 6 I'd be a fan, but if we got him with the Miami or Boston pick, I could easily fall in love with it. And there's so many guys like that up and down the draft.

It may be an overall weak draft compared to the last couple years, but I think there are some nice pieces out there. Just no obvious superstars. Lot of system guys.

Winter Wonder · Post #170 » by **Winter Wonder** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:55 pm

Great, now Rev has me thinking about Curry with Jennings or Mullens. Think I have to stick with the true PG for now. Sigh, this is going to be all over the place.

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (4) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (3) Stephen Curry (3) Demar DeRozan (1)

Post #171 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:00 pm

Jennings will be great on the and1 tour, but I highly doubt his work ethic and defensive desires.

Biff Cooper · Post #172 » by **Biff Cooper** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:11 pm

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (4) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (4) Stephen Curry (3) Demar DeRozan (1)

dunkonu21 · Post #173 » by **dunkonu21** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:23 pm

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (4) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (4) Stephen Curry (3) Demar DeRozan (2)

This one is tough for me. Derozan could be a star. But I think Curry is the safest choice here, due to him being BPA. Hopefully he can run the PG efficiently. But I've been saying we need more athleticism and I'll stick with that point.

john2jer · Post #174 » by **john2jer** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:28 pm

So as per the rules that's 20 picks and we have 3 guys with 4 and 2 guys with 3. No clear cut winner of the 9th spot. Wow.

A run off between Jennings, Turner and Mullens? Or just put them as the 9th, 10th, and 11th picks?

Post #175 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:30 pm

No votes for Jordan Hill. Interesting.

john2jer · Post #176 » by **john2jer** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:33 pm

Worm Guts wrote:No votes for Jordan Hill. Interesting.

Yeah that intrigued me as well, but I'll be honest, I know NOTHING about Jordan Hill. I just see him higher in the mocks. Like I said originally, it'll be interesting to see how this changes from month to month or so.

mchalupnik2 · Post #177 » by **mchalupnik2** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:44 am

1. Ricky Rubio
2. Blake Griffin
3. James Harden
4. Jrue Holiday
5. Hasheem Thabeet
6. Greg Monroe
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Al-Farouq Aminu
9. Jeff Teague (3) Brandon Jennings (5) Evan Turner (4) BJ Mullens (4) Stephen Curry (3) Demar DeRozan (2)

foyemyboy · Post #178 » by **foyemyboy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:11 am

we should ask steve kerr

Post #179 » by **revprodeji** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:42 am

Steve kerr?

foyemyboy · Post #180 » by **foyemyboy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:43 am

yeh hes a genius. Just what we need to build our franchise