2007 mock draft

I always love doing mock drafts, and I haven't paid this much attention to one since... any? It seems like I knew the top 10 since January, now that we've got college people staying and all. I had a whole list planned out for month, before the lottery went crazy ways, into the great Northwest.



Now, I'm just stumped. It's impossible to do a mock draft, despite knowing most fo the players and all the team needs. Why? Trades. There are just way too many possibilites before tonight. Who does what? Which teams pull it off? Boston, Chicago, Memphis, and Phoenix could all go different ways. So could Minnesota or Philly. Or even Charlotte. Anyone could be making deals and this it's impossible to make a complete first round. The teams picking could all switch around so easily.



Here's my morning-of take, which will undoubtedly be thrown askew by all the moves, or just from me being horribly wrong.



I'm watching you, Blazers and Sixers. Please do the right thing for once (And if that's taking Al Thornton and relaxing, I won't argue. For now.)


1 PORTLAND
Greg Oden7-0 C, Ohio State
2 SEATTLE
Kevin Durant6-10 SF, Texas
3 ATLANTA
Al Horford6-10 PF, Florida
4 MEMPHIS
Joakim Noah7-0 PF, Florida
5 BOSTON (will trade this one away)
Mike Conley6-1 PG, Ohio State
6 MILWAUKEE
Jeff Green6-10 SF, Georgetown
7 MINNESOTA (possibly traded)
Brandan Wright6-10 PF, North Carolina
8 CHARLOTTE
Corey Brewer6-8 SG, Florida
9 CHICAGO (possibly traded)
Yi Jianlian7-0 PF, China
10 SACRAMENTO
Spencer Hawes7-1 C, Washington
11 ATLANTA
Acie Law6-4 PG, Texas A&M
12 PHILADELPHIA (if they can't move up)
Al Thornton6-7 SF, Florida State
13 NEW ORLEANS
Nick Young6-7 SG, USC
14 LA CLIPPERS
Julian Wright6-9 SF, Kansas
15 DETROIT
Rodney Stuckey6-5 SG, Eastern Wash.
16 WASHINGTON
Jason Smith7-0 PF, Colorado State
17 NEW JERSEY
Josh McRoberts6-10 PF, Duke
18 GOLDEN STATE (likely traded)
Thaddeus Young6-8 SF, Georgia Tech
19 LA LAKERS
Gabe Pruitt6-4 PG, USC
20 MIAMI
Javaris Crittenton6-5 PG, Georgia Tech
21 PHILADELPHIA
Sean Williams6-10 C, Boston College
22 CHARLOTTE
Tiago Splitter7-0 PF, Brazil
23 NEW YORK
Daequan Cook6-6 SG, Ohio State
24 PHOENIX (possibly traded)
Marco Belinelli6-6 SG, Italy
25 UTAH
Arron Afflalo6-5 SG, UCLA
26 HOUSTON
Glen Davis6-9 PF, LSU
27 DETROIT
Derrick Byars6-7 SF, Vanderbilt
28 SAN ANTONIO
Rudy Fernandez6-6 SG, Spain
29 PHOENIX (possibly traded)
Petteri Koponen6-4 PG, Finland
30 PHILADELPHIA
Marc Gasol7-0 C, Spain



HONORABLE MENTION: Don't feel bad, Marcus Williams, Morris Almond, and Alando Tucker. Those last few teams need big men and all the wings in this draft are being pushed down. You'll be steals in the second round.