Post-Lottery Mock!

[GJense4181]

1) Chicago Bulls-Derrick Rose...Rose/Hughes or Gordon/Deng/Thomas or Gooden/Noah. Kirk Hinrich just ain't cuttin' it and Ben Gordon is not a pure PG. They are reasonably set at SF and PF (Deng/Gooden/re-signed Nocioni/Sefolosha/Thomas).
2) Miami Heat-Michael Beasley...Cook or Banks/Wade/Marion or Wright/Beasley/Haslem or Blount. They don't have a legitimate C and need to resolve the situation with Marion. Beasley could very well play SF if he doesn't come back.
3) Minnesota Timberwolves-OJ Mayo...Foye or Mayo/Mayo or Foye/Brewer/Gomes/Jefferson. Gomes needs to be re-signed, for he played very well down the stretch last season.
4) Seattle Supersonics-Jerryd Bayless...Bayless/Durant/Green/Wilcox/Collison. Neither Ridnour nor Watson are the answer, and this team needs to pick ONE of their bigmen and run with it.
5) Memphis Grizzlies-Brook Lopez...Conley/Miller/Gay/Milicic or Warrick/Lopez. Who knows if Marc Gasol is coming over now, and who knows if he's the answer? The only other center on this team is Kwame Brown...
6) New York Knicks-Danilo Gallinari...Marbury/Crawford/Gallinari/Randolph/Curry or Lee. If D'Antoni thinks Marbury is his guy, then the only weakness in the starting lineup is SF. Neither Jefferies nor Richardson are starting caliber.
7) Los Angeles Clippers-DJ Augustin...Augustin/Maggette/Thornton/Brand/Kaman. Simply put, the Clippers don't HAVE a healthy point guard. Lord knows if Shaun Livingston will be valuable.
8) Milwaukee Bucks-Kevin Love...Williams/Redd/Yi or Villanueva/Love/Bogut. Love's developing perimeter game will complement Bogut very well. They were tempted to take another F tweener in Anthony Randolph but they already have two.
9) Charlotte Bobcats-Anthony Randolph...Felton/Richardson/Wallace/Randolph or May/Okafor. This team decides to go uptempo after seeing Love get snatched up. Their only need was a bigman to complement Okafor, and Randolph may be the guy.
10) New Jersey Nets-Eric Gordon...Harris/Carter/Jefferson/Williams/Krstic. The Nets simply grab the BPA, which happens to have slid. This opens up a trade of either Carter or Jefferson. Their frontcourt has yet to have shaken out, but they have a lot of bodies in the frontcourt.
11) Indiana Pacers-Russell Westbrook...Westbrook or Tinsley/Dunleavy/Granger/Murphy or Foster/O'Neal...This team has been held back by Jamaal Tinsley, and it's time to find a replacement.
12) Sacramento Kings-Darrell Arthur...Salmons?/Martin/Artest/Arthur/Miller or Hawes. There are no PGs left for Sacramento to take, so they opt for their second-biggest need, PF.
13) Portland Trailblazers-Chase Budinger...Blake or Jack/Roy/Budinger or Webster/Aldridge/Oden. Again, no PGs left, so Portland takes the BPA that doesn't happen to be a C.
14) Golden State Warriors-DeAndre Jordan...Davis/Ellis/Jackson/Harrington/Biedrins or Jordan. This team only has one true center on their roster. Jordan is the next, and he will thrive in this offense.
15) Phoenix Suns-Joe Alexander...Nash/Bell/Hill/Stoudemire/O'Neal. Alexander can play SF (to replace Hill) or PF (when Stoudemire moves back to C).
16) Philadelphia 76ers-Donte Greene...Miller/Iguodala/Greene/Young/Dalembert. Greene gives Philly another finisher and removes Willie Green from the starting lineup.
17) Toronto Raptors-Kosta Koufos...Calderon or Ford/Parker/Moon/Bosh/Koufos or Bargnani or Nesterovic. Koufos could be the player Toronto wanted Hoffa to be. Bargnani is reported to be on the block, but could play at SF if needed to.
18) Washington Wizards-Marreese Speights...Arenas?/Stevenson/Butler/Jamison or Speights/Haywood. Washington has the luxury of taking the best player available and has insurance for Jamison.
19) Cleveland Cavaliers-Javale McGee...West/Szczerbiak/James/Wallace/Ilgauskus. All of Cleveland's bigmen are old, besides Varejao, who is really not starting caliber. They draft a project.
20) Denver Nuggets-Nicholas Batum...Iverson/Smith/Anthony/Martin/Camby. They can't find a PG here, and draft a SF with Carmelo on the block. Also, Najera is not coming back, likely.
21) New Jersey Nets-Roy Hibbert...Harris/Carter/Jefferson/Williams/Krstic or Hibbert. They have too many bigmen as it is, but Hibbert is different from all of them. They have no excuse now; between, Sean Williams, Krstic, Diop, Hibbert, Swift, and Boone, they need to find a frontcourt rotation.
22) Orlando Magic-Brandon Rush...Nelson/Rush/Turkoglu/Lewis/Howard. They address their weakest starting position.
23) Utah Jazz-Robin Lopez...Williams/Brewer/Kirilenko/Boozer/Okur. Lopez provides defense and rebounding at the center position better than Collins ever will.
24) Seattle Supersonics-Courtney Lee...Bayless/Durant/Green/Wilcox/Collison. Lee gives the Sonics a worthwhile SG to backup Durant, who plays out of position.
25) Houston Rockets-Chris Douglas-Roberts...Alston/McGrady/Battier/Scola/Ming. They could draft a C, but Landry/Hayes seem to do well there and, not to mention, Mutombo is coming back for one more season. They draft a scoring swingman as injury insurance to McGrady.
26) San Antonio Spurs-Bill Walker...Parker/Ginobili/Bowen/Oberto/Duncan. With Tiago Splitter coming over, the only frontcourt need is at SF. Udoka can lockdown the SF position for as long as SAS allows, but they need a scorer, too.
27) New Orleans Hornets-JR Giddens...Paul/Peterson or Giddens/Stojakovic/West/Chandler. SG is a glaring hole on the Hornets' roster.
28) Memphis Grizziles-Davon Jefferson...Conley/Miller/Gay/Milicic or Jefferson or Warrick/Lopez. Gay can play SG, and behind him they really have to backup SF. Jefferson can dabble at either F position.
29) Detroit Pistons-Jason Thompson...Billups/Hamilton/Prince/Maxiell or McDyess/Wallace. The Pistons don't have a true center on the roster (besides Ratliff, I suppose), and Thompson should be dying to be groomed by all of the bigs Detroit has.
30) Boston Celtics-Alexis Ajinca-Rondo/Allen/Pierce/Garnett/Perkins. They don't have a backup C on the roster. Now they do. and a team as good as this can afford a project.

[Serpo]

I like Gordon he even makes sense if RJ and Vince both stay because he's can be a great 6th man.

[jumanji]

Makes some sense but i doubt the Bucks would take Love and Mayo to the t-wolves has disaster written all over it.

[GJense4181]

BTW, I made this mock with the intent to fill a team's holes first, and take the best player available second. If a team did not have a hole, and was so well off that the best players on the board could not contribute, I went with the player that had the most upside remaining.

I feel like it went well, only a few reaches (Walker, Giddens, Jefferson, perhaps).

[GJense4181]

Makes some sense but i doubt the Bucks would take Love and Mayo to the t-wolves has disaster written all over it.

So does Lopez to the Wolves. Their starting SG now is Marko Jaric. Mayo, as a combo guard, could complement Randy Foye very well, and even man the position when Foye rests. McCants could turn out to be a great 6th man in this new role.

[GJense4181]

I like Gordon he even makes sense if RJ and Vince both stay because he's can be a great 6th man.

I feel like Gordon could effectively back up all three backcourt positions. He can fill in for Harris at PG (although, not perfectly), Carter at SG, or Jefferson, moving Carter over to SF.

[jumanji]

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So does Lopez to the Wolves. Their starting SG now is Marko Jaric. Mayo, as a combo guard, could complement Randy Foye very well, and even man the position when Foye rests. McCants could turn out to be a great 6th man in this new role.

You may be right but if it's me Brook Lopez impacts a basketball game better than OJ Mayo and with Mayo to the Wolves that is probably not going to last beyond his first contract.

[GJense4181]

Brook Lopez does?
With what?
Mayo has playmaking ability.
Brook Lopez has inefficient offensive abilities and is mediocre at anchoring a defense.

[5DOM]

raptors apparently like batum

[GJense4181]

^I strongly considered him, but with Parker, Moon, Delfino, Kapono, and Bargnani, I feel like the SF position is covered for now.

If they are truly sold on him, then of course I will change my mock. But I haven't really read up on who is interested in whom.

[pad300]

Good call on the Spurs pick - they are likely going small (wing or PG) or stash with their 1st round pick, and I would guess small...

Consider their next years roster, rookies in Italics

Bigs - Duncan, Bonner, Oberto, Mahinmi, Splitter, +1 to be determined
Wings - Ginobili, Bowen, Udoka, Barry, +2 to be determined
PG's - Parker, Vaughn, +1 to be determined

They already have 2 effectively rookie bigs next year - can you see Popovich trying to nurse 3 of 6 big men being rooks through the year? Also, a rook PG is simply not going to get the time to develop - see what happened to Udrih. So if they don't draft and stash, the player will be a wing... It's the only place with room on the roster. Bill Walker specifically looks good, excellent athlete, has shown a willingness to play D, no crazier than SJAX, who was quite for the Spurs...

[djthesonicsfan]

Good analysis. My thoughts for what they're worth...

- M Beasley is #1, D Rose is #2. The Bulls need a PF too much. K Hinrich is good.
- In my opinion Wolves are taking a big. B Lopez probably. Maybe K Love.
- Sonics take OJ Mayo if available. He becomes a PG. J Bayless works too.
- I agree D Jordan drops... maybe even farther.
- I don't see the Blazers taking C Budinger. D Green is better.
- J Alexander to Suns is a great call.
- 76ers take a PF. Probably M Speights.
- How did N Batum fall so far?
- Totally agree on the Jazz taking R Lopez.
- C Lee is the best alternate to B Rush for the Sonics.
- JR Giddens to the Hornets is just what they need.

[Griff83]

what use would Koufus be to the raptors?

they dont need anymore soft power forwards. It will a SG/SF or C.

[gswhoops]

The Warriors need another project C like I need a hole in my head.

[A.J.]

CDR would be a good fit for us at 25, but I think he will be gone and that would cause Rush to slip at little bit.

[GJense4181]

what use would Koufus be to the raptors?

they dont need anymore soft power forwards. It will a SG/SF or C.

Koufos is certainly a center. He is 7'0" and 250+. Whether he's soft is up for you to decide.
Like I said, Toronto has Jamario Moon and Anthony Parker (who is 33) starting, and Carlos Delfino and Jason Kapono (who is making quite a bit of money) on the bench. Kris Humphries and Andrea Bargnani can also play SF, as well as Joey Graham and the returning Jorge Garbajosa.
I repeat. They have four players capable of playing SG, and EIGHT players capable of playing SF.

They need a C not named Rasho Nesterovic before they need a SF.

[GJense4181]

The Warriors need another project C like I need a hole in my head.

DeAndre Jordan? I think he could be effective immediately for the Warriors. He's a strong rebounder and runs the floor well. His weaknesses could be masked in such a system.