DBR Mock Draft - MAKE PICKS HERE!!

[JasonEvans]

The draft is now on!!

Make your pick in this thread and please post some kind of explanation for what you did. There are NO TRADES ALLOWED (which hurts me because the Hawks are desperate to trade down about 3 picks).

As mentioned elsewhere, please make picks in a timely fashion. Between 8am ET and 6pm ET you will be "on the clock" and expected to make your pick within 2 hours. If you take longer than 2 hours... well, don't make me go there.

Thanks, and enjoy!!!

Here is the draft order:

1. Portland - thebur SELECTED - Greg Oden, Ohio State
2. Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Kevin Durant, Texas
3. Atlanta - Jason Evans SELECTED - Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State
4. Memphis - Bob Green SELECTED - Al Horford, Florida
5. Boston - VaDukie SELECTED - Yi Jianlian, People's Republic of China
6. Milwaukee - phaedrus SELECTED - Corey Brewer, Florida
7. Minnesota - mr. synellinden SELECTED - Brandan Wright, UNC
8. Charlotte - feldspar SELECTED - Joakim Noah, Florida
9. Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Spencer Hawes, Washington
10. Sacramento - merry SELECTED - Jeff Green, Georgetown
11. Atlanta - Jason Evans SELECTED - Al Thornton, Florida State
12. Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Julian Wright, Kansas
13. New Orleans - rtnorthrup SELECTED - Nick Young, USC
14. LA Clippers - Clipsfan SELECTED - Acie Law, Texas A&M
15. Detroit -BD80 SELECTED - Javaris Crittendon, Georgia Tech
16. Washington -JB Duke SELECTED - Marc Gasol, Spain
17. New Jersey -ACCfanfrom1970 SELECTED - Sean Williams, BC
18. Golden St. -SilkyJ SELECTED - Jason Smith, Colorado State
19. LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Marco Belinelli, Italy
20. Miami - Duke09 SELECTED - Thaddeus Young, Georgia Tech
21. Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Josh McRoberts, Duke
22. Charlotte - feldspar SELECTED - Aaron Afflalo, UCLA
23. New York - duke24/7 SELECTED - Wilson Chandler, DePaul
24. Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Rudy Fernandez, Spain
25. Utah - Troublemaker SELECTED - Morris Almond, Rice
26. Houston - MrBisonDevil SELECTED - Glen Davis, LSU
27. Detroit - BD80 SELECTED - Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington
28. San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt
29. Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Tiago Splitter, Brazil
30. Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Jared Dudley, Boston College
31. Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Petteri Koponen, Finland
32. Boston - VaDukie SELECTED - Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
33. San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Dominic McGuire, Fresno State
34. Dallas - kydevil SELECTED - Kyle Visser, Wake Forest
35. Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Nick Fazekas, Nevada
36. Golden St. - SilkyJ SELECTED - Gabe Pruitt, Southern California
37. Portland - thebur SELECTED - Aaron Brooks, Oregon
38. Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Daequan Cook, Ohio State
39. Miami - Duke09 SELECTED - Ramon Sessions, Nevada
40. LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Aaron Grey, Pittsburgh
41. Minnesota - mr. synellinden SELECTED - Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukraine
42. Portland - thebur SELECTED - Demetris Nichols, Syracuse
43. New Orleans - rtnorthrup SELECTED - Marcus Williams, Arizonia
44. Orlando - mike88 SELECTED - Zabian Dowdell, Va Tech
45. LA Clippers - Clipsfan SELECTED - Reyshawn Terry, UNC
46. Golden St. - SilkyJ SELECTED - Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State
47. Washington - JB Duke SELECTED - D.J. Strawberry, Maryland
48. LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Taurean Green, Florida
49. Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Jared Jordan, Marist
50. Dallas - kydevil SELECTED - JamesOn Curry, Oklahoma State
51. Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Stephane Lasme, UMass
52. Portland - thebur SELECTED - Giorgos Printezis, Greece
53. Portland - thebur SELECTED - JeMarreo Davidson, Alabama
54. Orlando - mike88 SELECTED - Trey Johnson, Jackson State
55. Utah - Troublemaker SELECTED - Renaldas Seibutis, Lithuania
56. Milwaukee - phaedrus SELECTED - Carl Landry, Purdue
57. Detroit - BD80 SELECTED - Ali Traore, France
58. San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Brad Newley, Australia
59. Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Zoran Erseq, Serbia
60. Dallas - kydevil

[JasonEvans]

With the first pick in the DBR Mock Draft, Portland selects Greg Oden, C, The Ohio State University.

I will let TheBur explain this pick-- though I think it is quite obvious.

-Jason "c'mon people-- lets get this moving!!" Evans

[pfrduke]

The Seattle SuperSonics are ecstatic at the opportunity to host the Kevin Durant Experience.

Visualize.

[JasonEvans]

With the third pick the Hawks are taking Mike Conley, Jr-- PG from TOSU.

Explanation soon..

[rtnorthrup]

Jason,

I agree with you, but I dont think the Hawks will be that smart. I hope you are correct though. I think he has a chance to be an all-star point guard for many years.

[mr. synellinden]

With the third pick the Hawks are taking Mike Conley, Jr-- PG from TOSU.

Explanation soon..

Explanation - fine, justification, no. I don't think there needs to be any justification for taking the best player available at the position of greatest need - even if there's a possibility of getting him at 11. I agree - I hope the Hawks are that smart if they can't pull off a trade.

I LOVE Conley and think he will be a star player in the league.

Five or six years from now we may be talking about a golden age of point guards in the NBA with Parker, Williams, Paul, Conley, Gordon and Rose, Mayo and Collison leading the way.

[hedgehog]

I think Marvin Williams over Chris Paul should be explanation enough.

[ivduke]

Whose Bob going to select for Memphis??

Horford?
Yi Jianlian??
Brandon Wright??

[mr. synellinden]

Bob,

What if I told you that with the fourth pick in the draft you'd be able to select Al Horford from the University of Florida? Is that something you might be interested in?

[JasonEvans]

Bob told me he might have trouble making this pick because of time zones. He sent me an email asking me to do the following for him...

Memphis takes Al Horford, Florida PF.

More coming soon...

[JasonEvans]

With the third pick the Hawks are taking Mike Conley, Jr-- PG from TOSU.

Explanation soon..

I know many folks on the board agree with this pick, but it is not what the Hawks are likely to do nor is it what most mock drafts are forecasting.

The Hawks are probably going to take Al Horford, who is ready to help them right away (they think) and both Billy Knight and Mike Williams know they need help right away if they are to keep their jobs. Frankly, the fact that either of them still have a job is a miracle and testament to the poor judgement of the group of quarrelling children who own this team.

I did not take Horford because I think the Hawks are actually pretty solid at PF with Josh Smith able to play there (thanks to his sick leaping ability) and Shelden too (if the Hawks would give him some playing time). I think Horford will be a fine pro, but he is clearly not what the Hawks need.

I went for Conley even though in reality I would have tried to trade down several spots to still get him. I love his ability to get to the basket and break down the defense. We saw how great Tony Parker as at this and while I am not convinced Conley can be another Parker, I don't think it is outside the realm of possibility. Plus, as everyone on the planet knows, the Hawks need a PG badly. Conleys jumpshot is not NBA ready nor is his body NBA ready. He is going to get muscled around a fair amount but he is young and will get a lot stronger and better. I think he can improve his jumpshot too and has shown flashes of good touch.

To me, this pick, even though it is not what the mock drafts say, is a no brainer. I also think the notion that Conley would still be on the board at #11 to be a joke. The other PGs who would be available at #11, Crittendon and Law, are not in Conley's class in terms of NBA impact and potention, I think. The Hawks needed a starter from this pick. I think they just got one.

-Jason "in real life, the Hawks are taking Horford or Wright-- but I am smarter than real life" Evans

[phaedrus]

note that finals mvp tony parker also doesn't have an NBA ready jumpshot.

[Clipsfan]

note that finals mvp tony parker also doesn't have an NBA ready jumpshot.

I think it was fair to say that a couple years ago, at this point he does have an NBA ready jump shot, although he doesn't take many 3s. He did still shoot 40% on 3s, and really knocks down the 18 footer now.

[SilkyJ]

I did not take Horford because I think the Hawks are actually pretty solid at PF with Josh Smith able to play there (thanks to his sick leaping ability) and Shelden too (if the Hawks would give him some playing time). I think Horford will be a fine pro, but he is clearly not what the Hawks need.

Exactly. What does Horford bring that Sheld doesn't? They are similar sizes, similar length, similar abilities, and both bring hard work and rebounding. Both can score a decent amount, but neither is a huge offensive threat...it would be a waste to draft horford unless they are going to trade either him or sheld, or are thinking about playing them both as 4/5s...

[phaedrus]

Maybe you're right, but it still looked shaky to me during the Finals. Let's just say he's not a sharpshooter.

[kydevil]

I think it was fair to say that a couple years ago, at this point he does have an NBA ready jump shot, although he doesn't take many 3s. He did still shoot 40% on 3s, and really knocks down the 18 footer now.

I agree with the 18 footer, Parker can knock that down as good as anyone. However, when it comes to shooting the 3 ball he is just very cautious. That to me shows that he lacks the confidence in his 3 point shooting ability. Not saying he is a poor 3 pt shooter he just can't knock it down consistently.

[JBDuke]

Boston and VaDukie on the clock, yes?

[VaDukie]

the Boston Celtics select YI JIANLIAN.

[Dukerati]

What position is Yi going to play? The 3? I thought for sure Brewer was going in this spot as his game appears to complement Pierce and Jefferson...

[phaedrus]

With the 6th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks scoff at selecting a Tar Heel and pick Corey Brewer.