Draft History (5th picks)

[ICMTM]

2009 - Ricky Rubio, #1Blake Griffin
2008 - Kevin Love, #1Derrick Rose
2007 - Jeff Green, #1Greg Oden
2006 - Sheldon Williams, #1Andrea Bargnani
2005 - Raymon Felton, #1Andrew Bogut
2004 - Devin Harris, #1Dwight Howard
2003 - Dwayne Wade, #1LeBron James
2002 - Nikoloz Tskitishvili, #1Yao Ming
2001 - Jason Richardson, #1Kwame Brown
2000 - Mike Miller, #1Kenyon Martin
1999 - Jonathan Bender, #1Elton Brand
1998 - Vince Carter, #1Michael Olowikandi
1997 - Tony Battie, #1Tim Duncan
1996 - Ray Allen, #1Allen Iverson
1995 - Kevin Garnett, #1Joe Smith
1994 - Juwan Howard, #1Glenn Robinson
1993 - Isaiah "JR" Rider, #1Chris Webber
1992 - LaPhonso Ellis, #1Shaq
1991 - Steve Smith, #1Larry Johnson
1990 - Kendall Gill, #1Derrick Coleman
1989 - Herman "J. R." Reid, #1Pervis Ellison (man it's been that long since we've won the lottery. ROUGH)
1988 - Mitch Richmond, #1Danny Manning

My thinking is that:

*The #5 pick has produced good talent even in bad drafts
*Most draft misses are on big men

So I'm thinking that this is a deep draft. What we need to look at is all the bigs in the draft and see what their value is. I don't think Al Jefferson is worth a 5th pick. I don't like most of the trades going on. There are a lot of bigs in this draft not named Cousins and Favors that could end up good pros.

*Petrie usually drafts really well

Let the draft process play out before you trade the pick or settle on "the guy."

[God Squad]

Agreed.

[Photo Guy]

If Cousins is off board along with Wall, Turner, Favors...then I think the best players on the board consist of Monroe, Johnson and Aminu.

Monroe is the most 'need-based' by position, Johnson probably is the best overall player and Aminu has that skill-set we need most in rebouding.

[KM44]

Lots of hits and misses at #5. Lets hope for a hit