Mock Draft Competition (Lottery)

BenjaminH · Post #1 » by **BenjaminH** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:13 pm

I thought it might be fun to have a mock draft competition. We did this last year.

1. Chicago: Derrick Rose
2. Miami: Michael Beasley
3. Minnesota: O.J. Mayo
4. LA Clippers: Russelll Westbrook
5. Memphis: Kevin Love
6. New York: Eric Gordon
7. Seattle: Jerryd Bayless
8. Milwaukee: Joe Alexander
9. Charlotte: Brook Lopez
10. New Jersey: Danilo Gallinari
11. Indiana: Anthony Randolph
12. Sacramento: D.J. Augustin
13. Portland: Brandon Rush
14. Golden State: Marresse Speights

BenjaminH · Post #2 » by **BenjaminH** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:35 pm

Well, Jermaine O'Neal confirmed the TOR/IND trade, but that doesn't really change anything. I'm guessing that MIN will pick Mayor at #3, which means we'll trade with LAC. So, that didn't really change anything. But just in on wiretap is the NJN/MIL trade, Jefferson for Yi and Simmons. For the time being, I'm going to keep mine the same. I think that Alexander is enough of a hybrid to play alongside Jefferson. He'll probably backup both forward positions. On the other hand, I think this makes Gallinari an even better pick for the NJN. What do you think?

HeavyP · Post #3 » by **HeavyP** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:16 pm

1. Chicago: Derrick Rose
2. Miami: Michael Beasley
3. Minnesota: O.J. Mayo
4. LA Clippers: Eric Gordon
5. Memphis: Kevin Love
6. New York: Danilo Gallinari
7. Seattle: Brook Lopez
8. Milwaukee: Anthony Randolph
9. Charlotte: Russell Westbrook
10. New Jersey: Jerryd Bayless
11. Indiana: Kosta Koufus
12. Sacramento: D.J. Augustin
13. Portland: Joe Alexander
14. Golden State: Marresse Speights

BenjaminH · Post #4 » by **BenjaminH** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:54 am

Well, we both thought the LAC/SEA trade was going down until the actual draft ...

I had the first 5 right, except SEA, not LAC, selected Westbrook. I thought about it for a long time, but ultimately thought NYK would pass on Gallinari; I was wrong. CHA passing on Lopez and selecting Augustin was really surprising. SAC's pick, Thompson, came out of nowhere. Otherwise, I think I did pretty well.

Heavy P, you were right that LAC ultimately selected Gordon, but not there. You also hit the NYK pick, Gallinari. I think if Westbrook were available at #9, CHA definitely would have selected him, but he wasn't ...

All things considered, we did alright.