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		<title>2009 NBA Consensus Mock Draft (6/25)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The draft kicks off (or is it &#8220;tips off&#8221;?) in less than three hours, so I thought it would be fun to publish one last edition of the consensus mock draft. I pulled in mocks from SI.com and ProBasketballNews since they are current and are well respected enough for NBA.com to use in their consensus. [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The draft kicks off (or is it &#8220;tips off&#8221;?) in less than three hours, so I thought it would be fun to publish one last edition of the consensus mock draft. I pulled in mocks from <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/06/24/mock.draft4/index.html" target="_blank">SI.com</a> and <a href="http://probasketballnews.com/story/?storyid=581" target="_blank">ProBasketballNews</a> since they are current and are well respected enough for NBA.com to use in their <a href="http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/06/10/consensus/index.html" target="_blank">consensus</a>.</p>
<p>If three or more mocks made a pick, then it&#8217;s considered majority rules and that pick is listed in bold with the number of votes next to it in parenthesis. For those picks that have two or fewer mocks agreeing on a pick, I make the pick for them. For example, the five mocks have five different players going to the Knicks, so I made my best guess &#8212; Jrue Holiday. I went with Jennings over Flynn for the Bucks at #10 because Chad Ford reported that the Bucks are in love with Jennings&#8217; upside. Et cetera.</p>
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<p>A few random thoughts&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8211; Even though the #5 and #6 picks aren&#8217;t true consensus picks, three mocks had the T-Wolves using one of those back-to-back picks on Stephen Curry, while three mocks had the T-Wolves using the other pick on James Harden &#8212; who cares who is picked first? (Besides the players, of course. Their salary depends on it!)</p>
<p>&#8211; I&#8217;d be a little surprised if the Thunder drafted Rubio and kept him. Although I don&#8217;t think it would be a bad move, as Russell Westbrook is too much of a shoot-first point guard in my opinion, Westbrook&#8217;s camp has been pretty adamant that he doesn&#8217;t want to move off the ball. If OKC sees Westbrook as a point guard, then the best fit appears to be James Harden.</p>
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<p>&#8211; Tyreke Evans&#8217; stock has moved up on the heels of two good workouts for Minnesota and Sacramento. I&#8217;d be surprised if he&#8217;s still around at #7.</p>
<p>&#8211; Minnesota is poised to come out of the draft with two pretty good guard prospects. Curry and Harden would be a nice addition to a lineup that already includes emerging star Al Jefferson and efficient power forward Kevin Love. I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll keep the pick, but how about Austin Daye at #18? DX has him rated as the #2 small forward in this draft, and if he turns out to be a player, the T-Wolves would be in business.</p>
<p>&#8211; The chances are pretty good that a nice point guard prospect slips to the Sixers at #17 and maybe even to the Hawks at #19. It seems unlikely that the Nets (#11), Bobcats (#12), Pistons (#15), Bulls (#16) and T-Wolves (#18) would be in the market for a point guard with those picks, so whomever slips past the Bucks at #10 and the Pacers at #13 might very well be available at #17 or #19.</p>
<p>&#8211; I&#8217;m interested to see who the Hornets get at #21. They have Julian Wright who can play the 3, but who are they developing at off guard? This draft is thin on talent at the 2, but Marcus Thornton and Wayne Ellington are both interesting prospects. New Orleans needs a guy who can knock down shots.</p>
<p>&#8211; Tyler Hansbrough was invited to the festivities in New York, so he may not be around until #16 unless the NBA wanted him there as the face of the senior class of college basketball. He could go #11 to New Jersey or #12 to the Bobcats, but both teams seem to have a stronger interest in a wing player.</p>
<p>&#8211; If Blair or Hansbrough are there at #20, I wouldn&#8217;t expect the Jazz to pass, but stranger things have happened. They&#8217;re probably going to lose Carlos Boozer this summer, so their biggest need is up front and both guys definitely fit the bill.</p>
<p>&#8211; The chances of finding a good center outside of the lottery are slim, so if Mullens does indeed go with the #15 pick or later, it&#8217;s going to be especially interesting to watch him develop.</p>
<p>&#8211; James Johnson has seen his stock fluctuate wildly over the course of the past few weeks. He went from being a late lottery pick to a late-round guy, and now his name is being mentioned in the top 10 again. </p>
<p>&#8211; As a Bucks fan, I&#8217;m not too keen on the idea of the team drafting a point guard when they already have Ramon Sessions on the roster. I think he&#8217;s better right now than any of the prospects in the draft, and he&#8217;s only 23. That said, I understand why they&#8217;d want to go PG in this draft since that&#8217;s where the talent is. I hope Jordan Hill falls to them, but I&#8217;d be reasonably happy with Flynn or Jennings. Between those two, I think Flynn is more likely to become a &#8220;Milwaukee guy,&#8221; but Jennings seems to have loads of upside. How would he and Scott Skiles mesh? Now that Richard Jefferson is gone, DeRozan is a possibility (though it&#8217;s a little worrisome that John Hollinger&#8217;s Draft Rater <a href="https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/06/18/john-hollingers-draft-rater-likes-lawson/" target="_blank">is so down on him</a>.)</p>
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		<title>2009 NBA Consensus Mock Draft (6/24)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chad Ford, DraftExpress and NBADraft.net all updated their mocks today, so it&#8217;s a good time to come up with another consensus. NBA.com has their own consensus, but it&#8217;s only updated through yesterday. (I expect they&#8217;ll update it today.) They&#8217;re using some old mocks and since I&#8217;m unfamiliar with a few of those sites, I can&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&#038;page=MockDraft-090624" target="_blank">Chad Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2009/" target="_blank">DraftExpress</a> and <a href="http://www.nbadraft.net/node/7825" target="_blank">NBADraft.net</a> all updated their mocks today, so it&#8217;s a good time to come up with another consensus. NBA.com <a href="http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/06/10/consensus/index.html" target="_blank">has their own consensus</a>, but it&#8217;s only updated through yesterday. (I expect they&#8217;ll update it today.) They&#8217;re using some old mocks and since I&#8217;m unfamiliar with a few of those sites, I can&#8217;t speak to their quality.</p>
<p>(To see my most recent mock draft, <a href="https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/06/22/2009-nba-mock-draft-version-30-updated-consensus/">click here</a>.)</p>
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<p>A few random thoughts:</p>
<p>&#8211; DraftExpress backed off their prediction that Harden would go #2. He&#8217;s a great fit in OKC and Russell Westbrook <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/insider/news/story?id=4280631" target="_blank">didn&#8217;t seem too thrilled</a> with the idea of moving off the ball. I don&#8217;t think the Thunder will take a point guard.</p>
<p>&#8211; Ford has Jennings going #19 to the Hawks. Atlanta would have to be thrilled to get him there, but I don&#8217;t think he lasts that long. On the whole, his workouts have reportedly been very good. Maybe he&#8217;s not polished but everyone seems to be saying that he has a ton of upside, maybe the most of any player in this draft. How does a guy like that slip into the late teens? In Ford&#8217;s defense, DE has him going #17 to the Sixers. Again, Philly would have to be thrilled to get him there.</p>
<p>&#8211; DE has James Johnson going #9 to Toronto, which is a bit of a surprise. The Raptors and DeMar DeRozan have been linked for weeks now, but Jrue Holiday has impressed the franchise as well. Toronto already has Jose Calderon, so I doubt a point guard is high on their list of priorities, but that&#8217;s definitely the position of strength in this draft.</p>
<p>&#8211; NBADraft.net has Holiday going #18. They&#8217;ve been down on him for this entire process, but considering that he&#8217;s working out for mainly lottery teams, I don&#8217;t see him falling that far. He was rumored to be a Sacramento favorite at #4 early on, but he has had some inconsistent workouts since then. I think he&#8217;ll probably go to the Knicks at #8 or the Bucks at #10 unless players slip that those teams can&#8217;t pass up (i.e. Curry for the Knicks and Hill for the Bucks).</p>
<p>&#8211; There is a lot of fluidity in picks #4 through #8, which makes sense considering there are so many point guards jockeying for position. Rubio is the biggest unknown and has only worked out for Sacramento, Curry really saw his stock climb after the season and appears to be a favorite of Minnesota, Golden State and New York, Evans reportedly dominated in the Minnesota and Sacramento workouts, and Jennings has turned in a couple of great workouts for Golden State and New York. </p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Paulsen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chad Ford and Draft Express updated their mocks, so it&#8217;s a good time to take another look at the consensus. I also added Rotoworld&#8217;s most recent mock to the equation, and added a column (&#8220;consensus&#8221;) that makes a pick if two or more of the mocks agree on a player. A few random thoughts&#8230; &#8211; [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&#038;page=MockDraft-090616" target="_blank">Chad Ford</a> and <a href="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2009/" target="_blank">Draft Express</a> updated their mocks, so it&#8217;s a good time to take another look at the consensus. I also added Rotoworld&#8217;s <a href="http://rotoworld.com/content/features/column.aspx?sport=NBA&#038;columnid=47&#038;articleid=32947" target="_blank">most recent mock</a> to the equation, and added a column (&#8220;consensus&#8221;) that makes a pick if two or more of the mocks agree on a player.</p>
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<p>A few random thoughts&#8230;</p>
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<p>&#8211; I was confused about DE&#8217;s prediction that the Grizzlies will take Harden, when they already have Mayo at off guard, so I emailed the site about it. Jonathan Givony had this to say: &#8220;I think they move Mayo to the 1 (his natural position) and use Harden at the 2.&#8221; Mayo&#8217;s shot-to-assist ratio and A/TO ratio don&#8217;t support this theory, but one could argue that Mayo had to launch all of those shots last season to keep the Grizzlies competitive. He&#8217;s just 6&#8217;4&#8243; and certainly has the athleticism to play the point, but does he have the mindset?</p>
<p>&#8211; What are the Warriors going to do at #7? Supposedly, they made a promise to Monta Ellis that they wouldn&#8217;t draft a point guard, so that leaves DeRozan and Hill potentially at #7. This is a point guard heavy draft, especially in the top 10 or 12, so they&#8217;re sort of painting themselves into a corner. The top PGs won&#8217;t work out for them, so if Hill is on the board, I think they take him.</p>
<p>&#8211; Any chance of the Bucks landing Hill at #10 seem slim at best given the rumored interest from the Warriors and the Knicks. If they stand pat, they&#8217;re looking at a point guard (with Ramon Sessions already on the roster) or maybe DeJuan Blair and his questionable knees. If I&#8217;m John Hammond, I&#8217;m dangling Charlie Villanueva and the #10 pick out there in an attempt to move up and grab Hill. I&#8217;ve said time and time again that Sessions has all the tools to be a top 10 point guard in the NBA.</p>
<p>&#8211; There are only three picks that all four mocks agree on: Griffin at #1, DeRozan at #9 and Henderson at #12. It will be interesting to see if all three picks come in.</p>
<p>&#8211; Nobody has any idea what the Suns are going to do at #14. Is Steve Kerr holding his cards closely to his chest or is he as confused as the rest of us? (Regular readers know that I am no fan of Kerr&#8217;s management thus far, as evidenced by <a href="https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/02/04/are-the-suns-thinking-about-trading-amare/">this</a> and <a href="https://www.scoresreport.com/2008/12/19/suns-makeover-a-work-in-progress/" target="_blank">this</a>.)</p>
<p>&#8211; Kevin Pritchard might be looking for more of an impact at point guard, but I think Darren Collison would be a good fit with the Blazers. He can run an offense, plays great defense and can hit the open shot. He&#8217;s like Steve Blake, but he isn&#8217;t quite as good of a shooter. (He&#8217;s a much better defender, however.)</p>
<p>&#8211; I love Sam Young in the bottom third of the round. He has the potential to be a Josh Howard-type if he puts the work in. The Kings could really use him at #23.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Both ESPN (Chad Ford) and NBADraft.net updated their mock drafts today, so it&#8217;s a good time to update our consensus mock draft. (Come on, DraftExpress and DIME, your mocks are getting stale!) A few things to note: &#8211; Whether or not Jordan Hill slips might depend on what happens with James Harden. If he&#8217;s there [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both ESPN (Chad Ford) and NBADraft.net updated their mock drafts today, so it&#8217;s a good time to update our consensus mock draft. (Come on, DraftExpress and DIME, your mocks are getting stale!)</p>
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<p>A few things to note:</p>
<p>&#8211; Whether or not Jordan Hill slips might depend on what happens with James Harden. If he&#8217;s there at #5, the Wizards could very well take him, and the teams picking #6 through #9 will probably pass on Hill, leaving him for the Bucks at #10. As a Bucks fan, I&#8217;d be happy if the team got Hill in the draft and re-signed Ramon Sessions.</p>
<p>&#8211; It doesn&#8217;t look like Ricky Rubio is too keen on going to Memphis, but he probably won&#8217;t slip past the Kings at #4. If the Thunder see Russell Westbrook as their point guard of the future (which is what Chad Ford is reporting), then it wouldn&#8217;t make sense for OKC to draft him, though they could try to trade down and pick up a good player in the process. They could trade down to #5 and grab Hill, but the Wizards aren&#8217;t looking to trade up.</p>
<p>&#8211; Brandon Jennings&#8217; range in this consensus is #7 to #14. Expect that to change as he does a few individual workouts. He was considered the top talent in his class by many coming out of high school, but his stock has slipped some since he played (inconsistently) over in Italy this season. </p>
<p>&#8211; The four mocks have the Warriors taking four different point guards. It just goes to show what kind of depth there is at the position this year.</p>
<p>&#8211; Of these four mocks, the one I trust least is DIME. From Earl Clark going #6 to the Jazz passing on Hansbrough at #20, there are a few headscratchers. I&#8217;d like to see an updated mock from DIME.</p>
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