Draft tidbits

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Not looking ahead, but ran across this in Andy Katz's weekly column. He
polled some scouts and GMs on possible lottery picks and these are the
popular answers. It's still early, of course, so you'll see a lot of names.
Included are a couple of junior college guys, including Kedrick's former
teammate at Okaloosa Walton.

Mark

Here you go:

A few NBA execs were polled to check their wish list and a few consensus
names were on the list if these players all declared for the draft in the
spring: junior college players Qyntel Woods (Northeast Mississippi JC) and
Kei Madison (Okaloosa-Walton, Fla.); high school seniors Amare Stoudemire
(Orlando, Florida), Carmelo Anthony (Oak Hill Academy, Virginia) and
DeAngelo Collins (Los Angeles); underclassmen Jason Williams
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=706>
(Duke), Frank Williams
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=732>
(Duke), Mike Dunleavy
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=4464>
(Duke), Curtis Borchardt
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=2729>
(Stanford), Kareem Rush
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=935>
(Missouri), Drew Gooden
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=908>
(Kansas), David West
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=346>
(Xavier), Caron Butler
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=364>
(Connecticut), Chris Wilcox
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=4458>
(Maryland), Jared Jeffries
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=738>
(Indiana), Dajuan Wagner
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=5153>
(Memphis), Rod Grizzard
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=2808>
(Alabama) and seniors Melvin Ely
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=3710>
(Fresno State) and Chris Marcus
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=3378>
(Western Kentucky). That doesn't even include Stanford junior Casey Jacobsen
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=4442>
and Mississippi State sophomore Mario Austin
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=4654>
or Kentucky senior Tayshaun Prince
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/mbasketball/player/profile?playerId=4452> . 
Woods and Madison are two of the surprise names, but according to one scout
who watched them play recently, he thinks they're a lock for the top 15. 
"Woods is like Tim Thomas because he can shoot, handle and pass -- and he's
6-8," said one scout. "Kei finishes everything and can shoot in the low post
and elevate to be a weakside shot blocker."