TALE OF NINE GURUS

[Eggcentric@xxxxxxx]

This draft is so much fun that I have taken the time to compare the mocks
of NINE GURUS.  Included are DraftNet, CBSSportsline, Inside Hoops, 
ESPN (Katz/Ford), Sam Smith, NBCSports (Glier), CNNSI, The Sporting 
News (Deveney), and HoopsHype.

Following is a compilation of how said nine gurus presently rank the 
players, along with how they ranked them three weeks ago (noted in
parenthesis). 

The frenzied 11th-hour rush to so many raw but future great(?) foreign 
hopefuls is reminiscent of the infamous tech stock stampede of 1998-99. 
A little too late and maybe a little too costly?   

1    James (1)          
2    MIlicic (2)
3    Anthony (3)     
4    Bosh (4)   
5    Ford (5)    
6   Podkolzine (16)     Milicic says you are hardly able to walk
7    Wade (8)    
8    Lampe (11)         Come 2009 I will prove I was worth drafting
9    Kaman (6)          I'm the only pure center? Hmmmmm.
10  Hinrick (9)  
11  Hayes (12)   
12  Sweetney (7)        Help. I an falling and I can't get up  
13  Pietrus (10)     
14  Ridnour (13)        Steve Blake who?
15  Gaines (14)         
16  Pavlovic (22)       Great Celt workout against Steve P.  
17  Barbosa (15)        I'm only 4 yrs. away. Have patience
18  Collison (18)       Mired at 18. Where did I go wrong?
19  Cabarkapa (23)      
20  Banks (2nd round)   Formerly ranked #36. Thanks, Celts 
21  Schortsianitis (17) So what if I'm only 6 ft. 5 inches  
22  Diaw (20)    
23  West (19)    
24  Varejao (21)        Could pull out of the draft
25  Delfino (28)        Could pull out of the draft 
26  Austin (24)         
27  Ndubi Ebi (2nd-round)   
28  Khryapa (29)        Could pull out of the draft 
29  Badiane (2nd -round) Oh what one good workout can do     
 
ON THE CUSP       

Pachulia                Could pull out of the draft
Cook    
Hansen                  Ainge's favorite player?
Planinic                Underrated, should move up
Moore 
Perkins                     Go to college
Outlaw       
Beasley      
Bell                    And a tweener child shall lead us?
Howard         
Williams     
Lang