Just had a good look

[John <fozzyrocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I just had an opportunity to take a good look at a lot of the players 
who are going to be drafted tomorrow... Compiled this list... Some shock 
omissions from my top 29 to be sure, but, hey, its just my feelings. Not 
my expected order for them to be drafted in, either.

Player                Best            Worst

LeBron James        Magic/Kobe combo        Ron Harper
Carmelo Anthony        Walker/Hill combo        Derrick McKey
Darko Milicic        Dirk with Defense        Vlad Stepania
Chris Bosh            among KG / Duncan        Jon Bender
T.J. Ford            Kidd/Iverson combo    Brevin Knight
Dwayne Wade            Mitch Richmond        Anthony Peeler
Kirk Hinrich        Sam Cassell            Howard Eisley
Mickael Pietrus        poor mans MJ        Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Jarvis Hayes        Allan Houston        Eric Piatkowski
Aleksander Pavlovic    Taller Ray Allen        Ron Mercer
Marcus Banks        Baron Davis            Keyon Dooling
Mike Sweetney        Elton Brand Lite        Gary Trent
Chris Kaman            Rik Smits            Joel Przybilla
Reece Gaines        Penny Hardaway        old Ron Harper
Nick Collison        Troy Murphy            Michael Bradley
Maciej Lampe        poor mans Dirk        poor mans Garrity
Kendrick Perkins        Eddy Curry-lite        Olumide Oyedeji
Zarko Cabarkapa        didn't see much of him but slot fits here
Boris Diaw            more assertive Joe J    poor mans Joe Johnson
Luke Ridnour        smarter White Choc    Dan Dickau rookie
Ndubi Ebi            better Jerome Williams    Just another lightweight tall
David West            Brian Grant type        Lawrence Funderburke
Travis Outlaw        Lamar Odom            Darius Miles of 02-03
James Lang            The expected O. Miller    Oliver Miller II
Zoran Planicic        Euro Magic Johnson    poor man Lamar Odom
Carlos Delfino        next Manu Ginobili    just another swingman
Brian Cook            Healthy Pervis        Sam Perkins lite
Mo Williams            Mike Bibby-lite        Miles Simon
Troy Bell            Speedy Claxton deluxe    Keyon Dooling lite

The omissions with NBA Draft.net predicted positions

Sofoklis Schortsianis (19) - best: Karl Malone very-lite .. worst: 
Mutombo without the defense
Zaur Pachulia (21) -  I just dont like the look of him - far too awkward
Josh Howard (26) - Prefer a flyer like Bell or Mo Williams
Jerome Beasley (28) - Prefer the other of Bell or Mo Williams

Out of the guys in the bottom 9 of 29 I wouldn't mind seeing us take Ebi 
or Outlaw or Lang at 20. Would actually show that they have a plan in 
effect and I wouldn't blame Jim O'Brien if he didn't give them major 
minutes next season. Likewise with Perkins. So long as they weren't left 
to rot (eg. Kedrick Brown most of the first two years).

Likelihood of trade - Quite Possibledepending on what other teams are 
offering for Antoine. Would not be surprised to see a trade involving 
Tony Battie or Tony Delk. Something surprising - with the Celtics 
purportedly looking at drafting Marcus Banks *and* looking into signing 
Mateen Cleaves imho there has to be a trade involving Tony Delk on the 
table. His value will never be as high as it is right now as he just had 
a tremendous playoffs. Makes me believe that the purported Delk + 20 to 
NJ for Rogers + 22 is really on the table [Nets looking to get a quality 
backup to Kidd and a 3rd SG backup] or a similar trade. If this were to 
go down then expect the Celtics to take Perkins at 22 (financially 
speaking better to get him at 22 instead of 20) while also adding a 
solid forward prospect while the Nets would snatch up either Carbarkapa 
or Planicic.

Cheers,

John