Re: 2004 draft

[Mark Piotrowski <markp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 22, 2004, at 10:12 PM, John Lyell wrote:

> Start getting ready! It appears to be a somewhat of a weak draft but 
> there
> are a  lot of Euro's I have never heard of. Tiago Splitter or Damir
> Omerhodzic maybe the next  Nowitski or Gasol?
>
> If we keep the picks landing 3 out of Jameer Nelson, Hakim Warrick, 
> Josh
> Childress  Darius Rice,  or Charlie Villanueva and the best Euro 
> available
> I could live with it although they are all prospects, but I like 
> Nelson's
> point skills better than Banks.
>
>
>
>
> 2004 Mock Drafts
>
> http://www.nbadraft.net/index.asp
>
> http://www.hoopshype.com/draft.htm
>
> http://probasketball.about.com/library/weekly/bl_mockdraft_a.htm
>
> http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml

One interesting prospect would be if Ainge drafted another HS Center 
with the Dallas or Detroit pick.  That way Perkins and he could go at 
each other every day in practice -- pushing each other.

My wish list  -- this far out would be:

* a junior/senior PG (jameer nelson) or PF/C (Okafor) that would be 
able to step right in and contribute (a la Boozer, tinsley, Gooden, 
even Songaila -- how i wish we'd kept him, though he'd probably be 
languishing next to Hunter).

* a foriegn player who may or may not join the team this year (a la 
Stojakovic a few years bakc)

* a Perkins-like HS/College Frosh Center prospect -- can you really 
ever have too many of them?  it insures against any one of them not 
panning out.

(the other) mark