College basketball fans will shed many tears when the 2007 NBA Draft comes around. A lot of talented freshmen and underclassmen are projected to be picked in the draft. That of course doesn't necessarily mean they will come out, but usually a lottery pick or even a first round pick is hard to say no to. Strategically some players may pass on the 2007 draft because it will be so loaded with talent. The 2007 class has some talent (OJ Mayo, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose) but the talent is not as overwhelming as this year (Oden, Durant, Florida Juniors, 2006 McDonalds team)
These are early projections in mock drafts! They are by no means guarantees...
Here are two preliminary mock drafts:
Freshmen projected in the first round
* Greg Oden
* Kevin Durant
* Brandan Wright
* Spencer Hawes
* Hasheem shot-blocking Thabeet (one of the coolest names in NCAA hoops this year)
* Daequan Cook
* Thaddeus Young
* Darrell Arthur
Sophomores projected in the first round
* Julian Wright and Brandon Rush
* Josh McRoberts (overrated Dookie imho but that's just me :-)
* Dominic James
* Tyler Hansbro (oops Hansborough)
* M-Will (Marcus Williams)
* Rodney Stuckey of Eastern Washington. Make sure you watch him this season!
* Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Juniors projected in the first round
* Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer and Al Horford
* Jason Smith, one of the least known talented 7-footers. Make sure you watch Colorado State this year at least once (if you can find them on TV, which may not be easy)
* Ron Steele (although the injuries may raise durability questions)
* JR Giddens (Hello Bill Self!)
* Sean Williams (can't argue with his shot-blocking)
* Big Baby Glen Davis
* Nick Young
* Jeff Green
* Richard Roby
* DeVon Hardin (although his injury may delay his NBA entry)
8 comments:
JR Giddens not ready for the pros yet. Takes bad shots and too selfish
I have only seen him play once this season (against Bob Tech, oops Texas Tech), so I can't comment on his game as far as the NBA.
Obviously the mock drafts are early, and the earlier in the season, the more speculative they are, for example, they may be assuming that he makes enough progress during the season to get drafted.
I haven't seen or heard any of you mock draft guys say anything about the gaurd Zabian Dowdell from VT. He has size and quickness, shoots 40+ from three, 2.7 assist to turnover,and he defends--5 steals a game in ACC play. what are you guys evaluating
Well I don't know if Mock Draft writers are reading this blog. I was only writing up the possible/potential impact the NBA Draft could/would have on college teams based on early mock draft projections by the mock draft websites above. I personally do not have a mock draft :-)
This Dowdell kid is for real. Each team in the NBA can use a guy like him with his shooting touch, driving ability and consistency. True sleeper. Should be a top pick in the draft
Indeed, after last night's game, his stock will go up up up and away and jump up the mock drafts, and people who don't even know where VaTech is will be singing his praises :)
What might this draft look like if only Jrs and Srs could enter the draft? Think about those in the NBA who be in this draft if they hadn't gone already-C.Paul, Lebron, etc.
Indeed, it would be a very very deep draft. But even without them this year it could potentially be backloaded since the high-school players had to wait it out last year.
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