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NBA Mock Draft out of boredom...tell me what you think?

Bam. 1. LA Clippers- Blake Griffin,PF, Oklahoma-Best player in the draft. Not much explanation needed. 2. Memphis-Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN- Rubio won't opt out if he does not go to a big market, so he would not want to come to memphis. Thabeet brings the defensive intensity that memphis needs. 3. Oklahoma City- James Harden, SG, AZ State- No center is here to pick at 3 and harden is arguably the best shooting guard in the draft. Sorry, but thabo is not the answer. 4. Sacramento- Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain- Arguably the most hyped player in the draft, Rubio is compared to pete maravich and jason kidd. Sacramento needs help at the point and building with a future star pg would be a great clutch for them. 5- Washington- Stephen Curry, SG, Davidson- People are probably saying "what the hell?", but hear me out. Recently, the knicks have hyped up stephen curry and curry has talked about his love for NY. As a result, many looked into curry and have recently become infatuated by him up to the point where many are saying that he could go as high as 3. As a result, Jordan Hill has fell. Hence, Curry as 5. 6- Minnesota- Brandon Jennings, PG, Italy- After his recent workouts, brandon jennings stock has sky rocketed due to his high intensity and athleticism, which didn't show through this past year in Italy. Kevin Ollie and Sebastian Telfair are obviously not the answers in minnesota, so he is a good pick for them. 7- Golden State- Tyreke Evans, SG, Memphis- Tyreke is a perfect pick here. He is an uptempo combo guard who fits the warriors system perfectly. They will need a guard considering jamal will be gone this off-season. Tyreke, Monta, and Morrow could be a scary combo in the future. Currently, his stock is slightly higher than Jrue Holiday's. 8- New York Knicks- Jordan Hill, PF, AZ. My knicks. I might get arguments as to why the knicks wouldn't take johnny flynn or Jrue Holiday here, but hear me out. Harrington will be gone after this year and we might trade Lee this off-season, so why not? He is an extremely solid power forward who could become the next chris bosh. Do we need a point guard? Yes. But donnie is currently tryign to "buy" late first roudn draft picks. This is a draft w/ extreme depth at the guard position. 9- Toronto-DeMar Derozan, SG, USC- DeMar is arguably the biggest boom or bust player in teh draft. He could be the next vince carter or the next adam morrison (i know, he's not an sg, but still, you get my point). They need a shooting guard though and he may be worth the risk at 9 b/c if he becomes the next VC, they can easily absord the blow if bosh chooses to leave in 2010. 10- Milwaukee- Johnny Flynn, PG, Syracuse- Two key players from Milwaukee are restricted free agents this year: Ramon Sessions and Charlie Villanueva. With that said, you could go either way, but the next best power forward is probably earl clark, who does not have as high of a ceiling as Flynn. Ridnour’s contract is up next year as well and he will probably not be re-signed, while Mbah a Moute will be there for a bit, so Flynn seems like the best choice here, especially that many teams seem to love Sessions. 11- New Jersey- Jrue Holiday, PG/SG, UCLA- New Jersey has two needs: SG and PF. However, they are still very young at PF with Ryan Anderson and Yi, so I don’t think that they can possibly go power forward here, hence why Jrue is the pick. It’s rough for the Nets because he is a combo guard and any other true shooting guard would be a true reach here, so they may trade the pick but Jrue can still play the 2 position and could also provide some minutes when Devin is on the bench. 12- Charlotte- Gerald Henderson, SG/SF, Duke- Charlotte is another team w/ a solid starting lineup with very few holes. My pick is Gerald because he can play both the 2 and the 3. Raja is getting old and if Wallace gets hurt, radmanovic is not great, so I think that Gerald would be a solid role player for the bobcats. 13- Indiana- Jeff Teague, PG, Wake Forest- Jarret Jack is a restricted free agent this year and T.J. Ford has the option to opt out next year, so a point guard will probably be needed. Teague is the best point guard on the board and his extreme quickness has caused him to receive comparisons to players like Kevin Johnson. 14- Phoenix- James Johnson, SF, Wake Forest- The best small forward available with the exception of earl clark who is more of a combo forward as opposed to a true small forward. James could replace grant hill who will be a free agent this year and barnes will be gone as well. Therefore, they need a small forward here. 15-Detroit- Earl Clark, SF/PF, Louisville- Detroit will have two pressing needs this off-season: PF and Center. Rasheed is a free agent and may retire and McDyess is also a free agent, who is extremely old. Although AI is gone as well, Stuckey will replace him. Therefore, I feel that you need to go with the best big man availabl Alael----, sorry, your names too long to remember, but rubio's agent already said that he won't leave if memphis drafts him...

Public Comments

1. i like it man. i agree with all the hype about stephen curry and the knicks. i think he will go higher than when it gets to the knicks. Im not sure how curry and rubio will do in the NBA but well see. Good mock. can't wait to see what happens.
2. 1.Blake Griffin 2.Ricky Rubio 3.Hasheem Thabeet 4.James Harden 5.Jordan Hill 6.Tyreke Evans 7.Brandon Jennings 8.Stephen Curry 9.Demar DeRozen 10.DeJuan Blair 11.Jonny Flynn 12.Jrue Holiday 13.Gerald Henderson 14.James Johnson
3. Thank you for that 15th pick finally someone Agrees with me
4. I heard about Rubio's small market ordeal, I love how foreign players are always complaining about playing in small market (....ahem Yi Jinlian), be happy just to make it in the NBA. Still as far as ive heard its just a rumor so I cant say. As far as your draft goes, pretty good and nice to see how you put info on what are the teams main needs. Im not entirely sure Curr'ys newfound hype has made him top 5, I would say definitely top top 10 but thats just me. As far as placement goes the only one I doubt is Derozan that late at 9, I still think he has so much more upside than Evans and I know Jordan Hill has been getting alot of notice but im still not all that sure. But these are just my opinions.