NBA mock draft

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Yeah, I got some time to waste tonight...Interesting to see some of the Big XII related players. No more High Schoolers you haven't heard of. I probably watch too much college basketball, but here are my thoughts in blue.
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Round 1:

1. Charlotte Rudy Gay 6-8 220 SF UConn So. I knew he was good, but I didnt know #1 overall type good. Guess he gets the $$$ windfall since O.J. Mayo can't go pro.

2. *Chicago Adam Morrison 6-8 220 SF Gonzaga Jr. The next "Larry Legend" or the next "Keith Van Horn" I'm not sure. He certainly has a well-rounded all around offensive game. I think he's more like Nowitzki than the other two guys. Guess he and Kirk Hinrich will battle each other for the worst haircut in the NBA.

3. Atlanta LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11 245 PF Tex. So. He's really difficult to defend. He also has the tools to be an elite defender. Fortunately for the rest of the Big XII, he hasn't figured that out yet. It'll be too bad for him if he has to rot away in Atlanta for a couple of years. I don't think Atlanta needs him and Marvin Williams. They need to draft a guard here.

4. Portland Andrea Bargnani 6-11 240 PF Italy 1985 Well, he's tall and Italian. Maybe he'll be better than Darko Milicic? I'd never take a foreign player this high unless you have some real evidence.

5. Orlando JJ Redick 6-4 190 SG Duke Sr. I'm surprised he's this high. He and Morrison will definitely be 1-2 in the Player of the year contest, but I've heard scouts knock him for getting shut down by longer, athletic players like Memphis' Rodney Carney.

6. *Toronto Rodney Carney 6-7 205 SF Memphis Sr. Speaking of Carney, this is a good spot for him. Would work well with the ultra-quick Chris Bosh.

7. Seattle Tyrus Thomas 6-9 218 PF LSU Fr. I though Glen Davis was their best player? I guess it's like last year with Marvin Williams/Sean May. Must have some upside. LSU is a team I haven't watched yet. Puzzled that they lost to Houston, but gave UCONN all they wanted in Stoors.

8. *Boston Shelden Williams 6-9 250 PF Duke Sr. I think he's overrated this high on the board. He'll be a serviceable backup IMO, but he should slide down the board after a while.

9. Houston Ronnie Brewer 6-7 217 SG Arkansas Jr. [not sure he's this good. I can think of about 10 players in the Big XII I'd rather have.

10. Chicago Randy Foye 6-3 205 PG Villanova Sr. He's legit and talented. If Nova hits their shots they are unbeatable.

11. *Minnesota Mardy Collins 6-6 205 PG/SG Temple Sr. Haven't seen Temple play. Good history of picks there though.

12. Sacramento Rajon Rondo 6-2 171 PG Kentucky So. He should NOT go in the draft until he has an outside jump shot. Big mistake if he does IMO.

13. Golden St. Aaron Gray 7-0 270 C Pittsburgh Jr. He's tall, but so was Chenowith.

14. Philadelphia Richard Roby 6-6 190 SG Colorado So. He's pretty good, could get a lot better on D. I hadn't heard he was leaving early. I guess it's not as if his teams going to get better next year though.

15. Utah Brandon Roy 6-5 195 SG Washington Sr. This guy is one of the only reasons UW is even decent this year. He's ready.

16. *Phoenix Maurice Ager 6-4 180 SG Mich. St. Sr. Shouldn't Mich. St be better with all of their talent and experience?

17. Washington Daniel Gibson 6-2 190 PG Texas So. There he goes. Done in 2, just like TJ Ford. He can really shoot. I'm not sure he's the playmaker that Ford was though.

18. *New York Josh Boone 6-10 237 PF UConn Jr. I think this guy goes up higher on the board after UCONN's tourney run.

19. *NO/OK City Tiago Splitter 6-11 236 PF Brazil 1985 Just what Ok city needs, Brazilians.

20. Indiana Rudy Fernandez 6-6 172 SG Spain 1985 Never heard of him.But at least Pacer fans can shout "RU-DY, RU-DY!"

21. New Jersey Kevin Pittsnogle 6-10 255 PF WV Sr. Yes! Fear the Pittsnogle.

22. NO/OK City Paul Davis 6-10 260 PF/C Mich. St. Sr. Again I ask, shouldn't Mich. St. be better?

23. Memphis Hilton Armstrong 6-11 235 C UConn Sr. UCONN's frontline is a monster. That being said, one of the three will probably be a bust. My money's on this guy.

24. *NewJersey Marcus Vinicius 6-9 220 SF Brazil 1984 Brazil is really representing in the draft. Half of these guys will never show up or be out of the league in 2 years. It remonds me of what Jason Kapono said one time "I should have dropped out of school... grown a beard... moved to Europe and change my name to Kaponovich... I would have been a lottery pick."

25. Cleveland Nick Fazekas 6-11 235 PF Nevada Jr. His team's underacheivement has started to affect his draft stock. He needs a couple of W's in the Tourney to move up.

26. *LA Lakers Marco Killingsworth 6-7 268 PF Ind. Sr. seems awfully low for a guy that displays this much ability. That's be a steal for the Lakers. Surely someone will wise up.

27. Phoenix Mike Gansey 6-4 205 SG W. Virginia Sr. Solid, if unspectacular player. Very Hinrich-esque.

28. *New York Matt Haryasz 6-10 230 PF Stanford Sr. Stanford's not that good this year and neither is this guy.

29. Dallas Hassan Adams 6-4 201 SF Arizona Sr. Really? Really? . talk about underacheivement.

30. *Portland Taj Gray 6-8 235 PF Oklahoma Sr. I think he's better than this. Long and quick. His teams' performance hurts his stock too.

Round 2 to follow.