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C6 — The Berkshire Eagle, Tuesday, June 28, 2005
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2005 NBA Draft
Eagle’s Mock Draft
First Round
1. Milwaukee
2. Atlanta
3. Portland
4. New Orleans
5. Charlotte
6. Utah
Andrew Bogut, C, Utah
Marvin Williams, F, UNC
Gerald Green, SG, High School
Deron Williams, PG, Illinois
Chris Paul, PG, Wake Forest
Channing Frye, C, Arizona
M. Williams
may have
more potential, but a
good center is
hard to find.
That should
make Bogut
the top pick.
Blazers will
probably trade
this pick to
Utah or the
Lakers, but
they may be
holding it just
in case Marvin
Williams slips.
Deron Williams
will get a long
look here, but
Marvin may
turn out to be
too good a
player to pass
up with this
selection.
His stock has
risen, while
Paul’s has fallen. He’s not
as good an
athlete as
Paul, but he’s
a more mature
total package.
The Charlotte
front-office
can rejoice
behind a player with boxoffice pull and
on-court talent. It’s a winwin situation.
Frye had
tremendous
workouts that
made him a
lottery lock.
Utah might
trade up for a
much-needed
point guard.
7. Toronto
8. New York
9. Golden State
10. L.A. Lakers
11. Orlando
12. L.A. Clippers
Danny Granger, SF, New Mexico
Fran Vazquez, PF, Spain
Ike Diogu, PF, Arizona St.
Andrew Bynum, C, High School
Martell Webster, SG, High School
Yaroslav Korolev, SF, Russia
Another player
whose stock
has improved
a lot as of
late. Granger
comes to the
NBA fully polished after his
college career.
They don’t need
a guard, so
they might
take the best
forward available. Diogu
had a muchheralded college career.
Knicks likely
want Frye, but
the Jazz could
steal him.
Fans might
complain, but
Vazquez is the
top foreign
player.
The Lakers
need a PG
and a C.
Rampant
rumors were
that they had
promised
Bynum they’ll
take him here.
The Magic need
a shooter after
trading Cuttino
Mobley in
mid-season. It
looks like
Webster or
Antoine Wright
will be picked.
Taking the skinny international guy can be
a hit-or-miss
proposition. If
the Clippers
take him, it’s
more likely to
be a miss.
13. Charlotte
14. Minnesota
15. New Jersey
16. Toronto
17. Indiana
18. Boston
Joey Graham, F, Oklahoma St.
Antoine Wright, SG, Texas A&M
Sean May, PF, UNC
Raymond Felton, PG, UNC
Ryan Gomes, SF, Providence
Hakim Warrick, F, Syracuse
Graham can
step right in
next year and
make a contribution. The
Celtics would
love him, but
he won’t be
around.
May had a
great ending
to an otherwise disappointing college career.
Can he make
it as a forward
in the NBA?
Looking for a
replacement
for Latrell
Sprewell.
Wright is probably the top
college shooting guard in
the draft.
The biggest
drop in the
draft. Nobody
from 11-15
needs a point
guard. Toronto
gets an insurance policy for
Rafer Alston.
Gomes had a
great college
career at PF.
The move to
SF in the NBA
creates questions. Celtics
worked him
out twice.
Fit for the type
of up-tempo
style the
Celtics want to
run. Other
possibilities
are Jack,
Simien or
Gomes.
19. Memphis
20. Denver
21. Phoenix
22. Denver
23. Sacramento 24. Houston
Julius Hodge, G, N.C. State
Rashad McCants, SG, UNC
Ersan Ilyasova, SF, Turkey
Johan Petro, C, France
Charlie Villanueva, PF, UConn
Typical Jerry
West pick: a
college senior
with a good
attitude. It
helps that he’s
got a nice
handle and a
good shot.
The replacement for the
soon-to-beKnick, Quentin
Richardson.
Don’t need a
center with
Etan Thomas’
arrival.
The Nuggets
can use a
shooter. He
has a load of
attitude questions, but he
has the talent
to be in the
lottery.
Will provide
help for Nene
and Marcus
Camby. Hasn’t
developed
much since he
came on
scouts’ radar
two years ago.
Villanueva has
the talent to
be a top-five
player, but he
was hit-ormiss until the
final months
of his short
college career.
Wayne Simien, PF, Kansas
Simien was
plagued by
injuries often
during college.
If he stays
healthy, he’ll
provide some
brute strength
next to Yao.
25. Seattle
26. Detroit
27. Utah
28. San Antonio 29. Miami
30. New York
Jarrett Jack, PG, Georgia Tech
Martynas Andriuskevicius, PF/C, Lith.
Roko Ukic, PG, Croatia
Francisco Garcia, SG, Louisville
Luther Head, PG, Illinois
Could be the
ultimate steal
of the draft for
the Sonics.
The only negative people
find in his play
are his
turnovers.
Could he be
paired with
Darko Milicic
in three years?
At 7-3, he
could go in
the teens, but
he needs time
to develop.
Boston Celtics
First-Round Draft Picks
Since 1957
Year-Pick Name, College
1957-8 Sam Jones, NC Central
1958-8 Ben Swain, Tx. Southern
1959-8 John Richter, NC State
1960-8 Tom Sanders, NYU
1961-9 Gary Phillips, Houston
1962-7 John Havlicek, Ohio St.
1963-7 Bill Green, Colorado St.
1964-7 Mel Counts, Oregon St.
1965-7 Ollie Johnson, San Fran.
1966-8 Jim Barnett, Oregon
1967-11 Mal Graham, NYU
1968-12 Don Chaney, Houston
1969-9 Jo-Jo White, Kansas
1970-4 Dave Cowens, Florida St.
1971-10 Clarence Glover, W. Kent.
1972-10 Paul Westphal, USC
1973-17 Steve Downing, Indiana
1974-17 GlennMcDonald, L.Beach
1975-17 Tom Boswell, S. Carolina
1976-16 Norm Cook, Kansas
1977-12 Cedric Maxwell,UNC Cha.
1978-6 Larry Bird, Indiana St.
-8 Free Williams, Port. St.
1979
No first-round pick
1980-3 Kevin McHale, Minnesota
1981-23 Charles Bradley, Wyoming
1982-23 Darren Tillis, Cleveland St.
1983-21 Greg Kite, BYU
1984-24 Michael Young, Houston
1985-20 Sam Vincent, Mich. St.
1986-2 Len Bias, Maryland
1987-22 Reggie Lewis, N’eastern
1988-24 Brian Shaw, UCSB
1989-13 Michael Smith, BYU
1990-19 Dee Brown, Jacksonville
1991-24 Rick Fox, UNC
1992-21 Jon Barry, Georgia Tech
1993-19 Acie Earl. Iowa
1994-8 Eric Montross, UNC
1995-14 Eric Williams, Providence
1996-6 Antoine Walker, Kentucky
1997-3 Chauncey Billups, Col.
-6 Ron Mercer, Kentucky
1998-10 Paul Pierce, Kansas
1999
No first-round pick
2000-11 Jerome Moiso, UCLA
2001-10 Joe Johnson, Arkansas
-11 Kedrick Brown, JUCO
-21 Joseph Forte, UNC
2002
No first-round pick
2003-16 Troy Bell, Boston College
-20 Dahntay Jones, Duke
* Both were traded for Marcus
Banks and Kendrick Perkins.
2004-15 Al Jefferson, High School
-24 Delonte West, St. Joe’s
-25 Tony Allen, Oklahoma St.
The Jazz want
to trade their
sixth pick to
the Blazers for
a PG, but they
could find the
fifth-best one
in the draft
waiting here.
The holes in the
champs are
hard to find.
Garcia is the
best player
available if he
slips this far. If
not, look for a
foreign pick.
Salim Stoudamire, SG, Arizona
Had the best
jump shot in
college last
year and the
numbers back
him up. He’ll
get plenty of
open looks on
this team.
Former No. 1 Picks
Other Players to Watch
Point Guards
Ender Arslan, Turkey, 6-3, 166
Darren Brooks, S. Illinois, 6-3, 205
Will Bynum, Georgia Tech, 6-0, 185
Will Conroy, Washington, 6-2, 190
Travis Diener, Marquette, 6-1, 175
Daryl Dorsey, JUCO, 6-1, 185
Monta Ellis, High School, 6-3, 175
Daniel Ewing, Duke, 6-3, 185
John Gilchrist, Maryland, 6-3, 195
Orien Green, Louisiana-Lafayette, 6-5
Marcelo Huertas, Brazil, 6-3, 185
John Lucas, Oklahoma St., 5-11, 165
Aaron Miles, Kansas, 6-1, 175
Ronnie Price, Utah Valley St., 6-2, 190
Filiberto Rivera, UTEP, 6-2, 175
Anthony Roberson, Florida, 6-2, 180
Nate Robinson, Washington, 5-8, 180
Chris Thomas, Notre Dame, 6-1, 180
Amir Johnson, High School, 6-9, 210
Mindaugas Katelynas, UT-Chattanooga,
6-9, 225
Linas Kleiza, Missouri, 6-8, 222
Milan Majstorovic, Serbia, 6-9, 240
Stefano Mancinelli, Italy, 6-8, 214
Rawle Marshall, Oakland, 6-7, 190
Glen McGowan, Pepperdine, 6-9, 230
Carlos Powell, South Carolina, 6-7, 220
Omar Thomas, UTEP, 6-5, 205
Dijon Thompson, UCLA, 6-7, 195
Lucas Tischer, Brazil, 6-9, 230
Chevon Troutman, Pittsburgh, 6-7, 240
Matt Walsh, Florida, 6-7, 205
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin, 6-8, 240
Jawad Williams, UNC, 6-9, 218
Kennedy Winston, Alabama, 6-6, 230
Shooting Guards
Alex Acker, Pepperdine, 6-5, 185
Alan Anderson, Michigan St., 6-6, 220
Kelenna Azubuike, Kentucky, 6-5, 220
Eddie Basden, Charlotte, 6-5, 205
Keith Langford, Kansas, 6-4, 215
Jackie Manuel, UNC, 6-5, 192
C.J. Miles, High School, 6-6, 207
Tre Simmons, Washington, 6-5, 200
Donell Taylor, UAB, 6-6, 180
Tiras Wade, Louisana-Lafayette, 6-6,
195
Von Wafer, Florida St., 6-5, 210
Louis Williams, High School, 6-1, 175
Bracey Wright, Indiana, 6-3, 210
Nikos Zisis, Greece, 6-5, 200
Small Forwards
Sean Banks, Memphis, 6-8, 210
Mike Bell, Florida Atlantic, 6-9, 210
Sharrod Ford, Clemson, 6-9, 225
Mickael Gelabale, France, 6-7, 210
Angelo Gigli, Italy, 6-0, 207
Quemont Greer, DePaul, 6-7, 240
Associated Press
Juan Mendez of Niagra is a possible pick in the second round of the
NBA Draft. The forward scored over 2,000 points in college.
Second Round Draft Order
31. Atlanta
32. L.A. Clippers (from Charlotte)
33. New Orleans
34. Utah
35. Portland
36. Milwaukee
37. L.A. Lakers (from New York
through Atlanta and Charlotte)
38. Toronto
39. L.A. Lakers
40. Golden State
41. Orlando
42. L.A. Clippers
43. New Jersey
44. Orlando (from Cleveland)
45. Philadelphia (from Detroit)
His stock is rising. The Illiniproduct could
fit in with a
Knicks’ backcourt that has
plenty of players, but nothing special.
46. Indiana
47. Minnesota
48. Seattle (from Memphis)
49. Washington
50. Boston
51. Utah (from Chicago through Hou.)
52. Denver
53. Boston (from Sacramento
54. New York (from Houston)
55. Seattle
56. Detroit
57. Phoenix (from Dallas through
New Orleans)
58. Toronto (from Miami)
59. Atlanta (from San Antonio)
60. Utah (from Phoenix)
Power Forwards
Mustafa Al-Sayyad, Fresno St., 6-9,
240
Brandon Bass, LSU, 6-8, 240
Murilo Becker, Brazil, 6-10, 255
Andray Blatche, High School, 6-11,
240
Yiannis Bouroussis, Greece, 7-0, 247
Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont, 6-9, 250
Pavelas Cukinas, Lithuania, 6-10, 241
Deng Gai, Fairfield, 6-9, 250
Chuck Hayes, Kentucky, 6-6, 240
Axel Hervelle, Belgium, 6-8, 230
David Lee, Florida, 6-9, 230
Kresmir Loncar, Croatia, 6-11, 245
Erazem Lorbek, Italy, 6-10, 240
Jeremiah Massey, Kansas St., 6-7, 215
Jason Maxiell, Cincinnati, 6-7, 260
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma St., 6-8, 240
Juan Mendez, Niagara, 6-8, 245
Drago Pasalic, Croatia, 6-11, 236
Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi St., 6-9,
240
Rob Rothbart, France, 7-1, 225
Uros Slokar, Italy, 6-10, 238
Chris Taft, Pittsburgh, 6-10, 260
Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga, 6-10, 249
Centers
Deji Akindele, Chicago St., 6-11, 236
Moussa Badiane, East Carolina, 6-10,
215
D’or Fischer, West Virginia, 6-11, 255
Marcin Gortat, Germany, 7-0, 250
Edu Hernandez, Spain, 7-0, 245
Jared Homan, Iowa St., 6-9, 250
Mile Ilic, Serbia, 7-1, 240
Dwayne Jones, St. Joseph’s, 6-10, 242
Mohammed Kone, JUCO, 6-11
Randolph Morris, Kentucky, 6-11, 250
Matt Nelson, Colorado St., 7-0, 255
Luke Schenscher, Georgia Tech, 7-1,
255
Ante Tomic, Croatia, 7-1, 237
Since 1966
Year — Name, Team, College
2004 — Dwight Howard, Orl.,High
School
2003 — LeBron James, Cle., High
School
2002 — Yao Ming, Hou., China
2001 — Kwame Brown, Wash., High
School
2000 — Kenyon Martin, N.J., Cin.
1999 — Elton Brand, Chi., Duke
1998 — Michael Olowokandi, L.A.
Clippers, Pacific
1997 — Tim Duncan, S. Ant., WFU
1996 — Allen Iverson, Phil., G’town
1995 — Joe Smith, Golden St., Md.
1994 — Glenn Robinson, Mil., Pur.
1993 — Chris Webber, Orl., Mich.
1992 — Shaquille O'Neal, Orl., LSU
1991 — Larry Johnson, Char., UNLV
1990 — Derrick Coleman, N.J., Syr.
1989 — Pervis Ellison, Sac., Louis.
1988 — Danny Manning, L.A.
Clippers, Kansas
1987 — David Robinson, S. Ant.,
Navy
1986 — Brad Daugherty, Clev., UNC
1985 — Patrick Ewing, N.Y., G’town
1984 — Akeem Olajuwon, Hou.,
Hou.
1983 — Ralph Sampson, Hou., Vir.
1982 — James Worthy, L.A. Lakers,
UNC
1981 — Mark Aguirre, Dal., DePaul
1980 — Joe Barry Carroll, Golden
St., Purdue
1979 — Earvin Johnson, L.A.
Lakers, Mich. St.
1978 — Mychal Thompson, Port.,
Minnesota
1977 — Kent Benson, Mil., Indiana
1976 — John Lucas, Hou., Maryland
1975 — David Thompson, Atl., NC
St.
1974 — Bill Walton, Port., UCLA
1973 — Doug Collins, Phil., Ill. St.
1972 — LaRue Martin, Port., LoyolaChicago
1971 — Austin Carr, Clev., N. Dame
1970 — Bob Lanier, Det., St. Bona.
1969 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mil.,
UCLA
1968 — Elvin Hayes, Hou., Houston
1967 — Jimmy Walker, Det., Prov.
1966 — Cazzie Russell, N.Y., Mich.
Predictions, information and design
— Matt Martinelli