2009: A Mock Odyssey (Updated: 6/6)

AQuintus · Post #1 » by **AQuintus** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:35 am

1. LA Clippers – Blake Griffin

2. Memphis – Ricky Rubio (Traded to SAC)

3. Oklahoma City – Hasheem Thabeet

4. Sacramento – Tyreke Evans (Traded to MEM)

5. Washington – James Harden

6. Minnesota – DeMar DeRozan

7. Golden State – Stephen Curry

8. New York – Jrue Holiday

9. Toronto – Brandon Jennings

10. Milwaukee – Jordan Hill

11. New Jersey – Earl Clark

12. Charlotte – Gerald Henderson

13. Indiana – Dejaun Blair

14. Phoenix – Johnny Flynn

15. Detroit – BJ Mullens

16. Chicago – Terrance Williams

17. Philadelphia – Ty Lawson

18. Minnesota – Eric Maynor

19. Atlanta – Jeff Teague

20. Utah – Tyler Hansbrough

21. New Orleans – Chase Budinger

22. Dallas - Austin Daye

23. Sacramento – Sam Young

24. Portland – Gani Lawal

25. Oklahoma City – Wayne Ellington

26. Chicago – James Johnson

27. Memphis – Marcus Thornton

28. Minnesota – Nick Calathes

29. LA Lakers – Patty Mills

30. Cleveland – Darren Collison

big3_8_19_21 · Post #2 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:20 am

Decent mock, but Lawson seems way too low at 23

Cammo101 · Post #3 » by **Cammo101** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:38 am

Very nice. I may not agree with everything, but I do not vehemently disagree with anything, which is rare.

AQuintus · Post #4 » by **AQuintus** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:06 am

big3_8_19_21 wrote:Decent mock, but Lawson seems way too low at 23

I had the same concern when I was making it, but at the same time, I couldn't find where he would go higher up. To Atlanta instead of Flynn, maybe? That's still not very high, though.

Cammo101 · Post #5 » by **Cammo101** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:02 am

As of right now, Flynn will go ahead of Lawson.

djthesonicsfan · Post #6 » by **djthesonicsfan** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:51 pm

I like how your mock worked out for the notSonics.

riehldeal · Post #7 » by **riehldeal** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:11 pm

Cammo101 wrote:As of right now, Flynn will go ahead of Lawson.

which is a mistake, at least in the short term

Wade2k6 · Post #8 » by **Wade2k6** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:21 pm

Lawson isn't going to drop to 23.

Villanova1L · Post #9 » by **Villanova1L** » Sun May 17, 2009 4:06 pm

Cammo101 wrote:As of right now, Flynn will go ahead of Lawson.

Not sure what this is based on, but considering Flynn hasn't even worked out yet I don't know how far ahead he is on teams boards, if he is at this point.

RIPskaterdude · Post #10 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:03 pm

The Kings' draft would be AMAZING if they could take Griffin AND Lawson. PERFECT draft in my eyes.

Cammo101 · Post #11 » by **Cammo101** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:33 am

Villanova1L wrote:
Cammo101 wrote:As of right now, Flynn will go ahead of Lawson.

Not sure what this is based on, but considering Flynn hasn't even worked out yet I don't know how far ahead he is on teams boards, if he is at this point.

Workouts can clearly change a lot. But, right now Flynn is a lotto pick and Lawson is 16-23.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #12 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:04 am

where is this info from?

Gruel · Post #13 » by **Gruel** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:59 am

I'm guessing that the Raptors would take T. Williams over Henderson.

Cammo101 · Post #14 » by **Cammo101** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:47 am

Gruel wrote:I'm guessing that the Raptors would take T. Williams over Henderson.

If the Raptors take Williams at #9, I will jump out of my chair and yell "the ghost of Rafael Araujo lives". That is how bad of a pick Williams would be at #9.

Downtown · Post #15 » by **Downtown** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:04 pm

This is the second mock recently that has Jordan Hill dropping to Memphis. If it does work out this way that's probably about as good as it gets for the Grizzlies. Dejuan Summers over Omri Cassipi at #27 is one of those subjective things where that far down the draft order it's about the best player available philosophy over need so until a team can personally compare players it's tough to argue.

Cammo101 · Post #16 » by **Cammo101** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:54 pm

Downtown wrote:This is the second mock recently that has Jordan Hill dropping to Memphis. If it does work out this way that's probably about as good as it gets for the Grizzlies. Dejuan Summers over Omri Cassipi at #27 is one of those subjective things where that far down the draft order it's about the best player available philosophy over need so until a team can personally compare players it's tough to argue.

I think a lot of people try to do their mock in such a way that it appeases everyone by looking forward in the draft and making sure everyone gets a little bit of what they need. Sadly, this is not how the actual draft works, but people always seem to do it anyways. This is how perfect fit guys usually seem to magically fall to the team that needs them in a lot of mock.

Not talking about this mock specifically.

pspot · Post #17 » by **pspot** » Tue May 19, 2009 7:41 pm

Cammo101 wrote:
Downtown wrote:This is the second mock recently that has Jordan Hill dropping to Memphis. If it does work out this way that's probably about as good as it gets for the Grizzlies. Dejuan Summers over Omri Cassipi at #27 is one of those subjective things where that far down the draft order it's about the best player available philosophy over need so until a team can personally compare players it's tough to argue.

I think a lot of people try to do their mock in such a way that it appeases everyone by looking forward in the draft and making sure everyone gets a little bit of what they need. Sadly, this is not how the actual draft works, but people always seem to do it anyways. This is how perfect fit guys usually seem to magically fall to the team that needs them in a lot of mock.

Not talking about this mock specifically.

DJ Augustin to Cha last year is a good example, people would have avoided that cause of Felton

In reality mock draft don't seem to be very accurate out of the top 5

Post #18 » by **BigSlam** » Tue May 19, 2009 7:47 pm

Cammo101 wrote:
Gruel wrote:I'm guessing that the Raptors would take T. Williams over Henderson.

If the Raptors take Williams at #9, I will jump out of my chair and yell "the ghost of Rafael Araujo lives". That is how bad of a pick Williams would be at #9.

Or maybe after passing up the actual Iggy back in 2004 by taking Hoffa they hope to draft the next best thing this draft?

Imagine if they took BJ Mullens at #9 this draft and he ended up like Hoffa and someone below them took Williams and he ended up like Iggy V.2?

I'm pretty sure they would burn TO to the ground!

Cammo101 · Post #19 » by **Cammo101** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:06 pm

BigSlam wrote:
Cammo101 wrote:
Gruel wrote:I'm guessing that the Raptors would take T. Williams over Henderson.

If the Raptors take Williams at #9, I will jump out of my chair and yell "the ghost of Rafael Araujo lives". That is how bad of a pick Williams would be at #9.

Or maybe after passing up the actual Iggy back in 2004 by taking Hoffa they hope to draft the next best thing this draft?

Imagine if they took BJ Mullens at #9 this draft and he ended up like Hoffa and someone below them took Williams and he ended up like Iggy V.2?

I'm pretty sure they would burn TO to the ground!

In what world is Terrence Williams anything like Iggy? Williams is an NBA role player.

Mullens would also be a bad pick at #9, but a better one than Williams because while risky, at least he has all star upside.

Post #20 » by **BigSlam** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:42 pm

It's a pity you can't see the irony. You might actually get a kick out of it.