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
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:
- Portland - thebur SELECTED - Greg Oden, Ohio State
- Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Kevin Durant, Texas
- Atlanta - Jason Evans SELECTED - Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State
- Memphis - Bob Green SELECTED - Al Horford, Florida
- Boston - VaDukie SELECTED - Yi Jianlian, People's Republic of China
- Milwaukee - phaedrus SELECTED - Corey Brewer, Florida
- Minnesota - mr. synellinden SELECTED - Brandan Wright, UNC
- Charlotte - feldspar SELECTED - Joakim Noah, Florida
- Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Spencer Hawes, Washington
- Sacramento - merry SELECTED - Jeff Green, Georgetown
- Atlanta - Jason Evans SELECTED - Al Thornton, Florida State
- Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Julian Wright, Kansas
- New Orleans - rtnorthrup SELECTED - Nick Young, USC
- LA Clippers - Clipsfan SELECTED - Acie Law, Texas A&M
- Detroit -BD80 SELECTED - Javaris Crittendon, Georgia Tech
- Washington -JB Duke SELECTED - Marc Gasol, Spain
- New Jersey -ACCfanfrom1970 SELECTED - Sean Williams, BC
- Golden St. -SilkyJ SELECTED - Jason Smith, Colorado State
- LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Marco Belinelli, Italy
- Miami - Duke09 SELECTED - Thaddeus Young, Georgia Tech
- Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Josh McRoberts, Duke
- Charlotte - feldspar SELECTED - Aaron Afflalo, UCLA
- New York - duke24/7 SELECTED - Wilson Chandler, DePaul
- Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Rudy Fernandez, Spain
- Utah - Troublemaker SELECTED - Morris Almond, Rice
- Houston - MrBisonDevil SELECTED - Glen Davis, LSU
- Detroit - BD80 SELECTED - Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington
- San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt
- Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Tiago Splitter, Brazil
- Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Jared Dudley, Boston College
- Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Petteri Koponen, Finland
- Boston - VaDukie SELECTED - Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
- San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Dominic McGuire, Fresno State
- Dallas - kydevil SELECTED - Kyle Visser, Wake Forest
- Seattle - pfrduke SELECTED - Nick Fazekas, Nevada
- Golden St. - SilkyJ SELECTED - Gabe Pruitt, Southern California
- Portland - thebur SELECTED - Aaron Brooks, Oregon
- Philadelphia - ivDuke SELECTED - Daequan Cook, Ohio State
- Miami - Duke09 SELECTED - Ramon Sessions, Nevada
- LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Aaron Grey, Pittsburgh
- Minnesota - mr. synellinden SELECTED - Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukraine
- Portland - thebur SELECTED - Demetris Nichols, Syracuse
- New Orleans - rtnorthrup SELECTED - Marcus Williams, Arizonia
- Orlando - mike88 SELECTED - Zabian Dowdell, Va Tech
- LA Clippers - Clipsfan SELECTED - Reyshawn Terry, UNC
- Golden St. - SilkyJ SELECTED - Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State
- Washington - JB Duke SELECTED - D.J. Strawberry, Maryland
- LA Lakers - MulletMan SELECTED - Taurean Green, Florida
- Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Jared Jordan, Marist
- Dallas - kydevil SELECTED - JamesOn Curry, Oklahoma State
- Chicago - duketaylor SELECTED - Stephane Lasme, UMass
- Portland - thebur SELECTED - Giorgos Printezis, Greece
- Portland - thebur SELECTED - JeMarreo Davidson, Alabama
- Orlando - mike88 SELECTED - Trey Johnson, Jackson State
- Utah - Troublemaker SELECTED - Renaldas Seibutis, Lithuania
- Milwaukee - phaedrus SELECTED - Carl Landry, Purdue
- Detroit - BD80 SELECTED - Ali Traore, France
- San Antonio - MarineTwinsDad SELECTED - Brad Newley, Australia
- Phoenix - Dukerati SELECTED - Zoran Erseq, Serbia
- Dallas - kydevil
Last edited by JBDuke; 06-27-2007 at 07:23 PM.
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
The Seattle SuperSonics are ecstatic at the opportunity to host the Kevin Durant Experience.
Visualize.
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
With the third pick the Hawks are taking Mike Conley, Jr-- PG from TOSU.
Explanation soon..
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.
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.
I think Marvin Williams over Chris Paul should be explanation enough.
Whose Bob going to select for Memphis??
Horford?
Yi Jianlian??
Brandon Wright??
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?
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...
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
note that finals mvp tony parker also doesn't have an NBA ready jumpshot.
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...
Maybe you're right, but it still looked shaky to me during the Finals. Let's just say he's not a sharpshooter.
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.
Boston and VaDukie on the clock, yes?
JBDuke
Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”
the Boston Celtics select YI JIANLIAN.
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...
With the 6th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks scoff at selecting a Tar Heel and pick Corey Brewer.