"Danny Ainge's Mock Draft-2002"-NBA.com

[JB]

>
>> <http://www.nba.com/draft2002/ainge_mock_draft.html>
>>
>>  Danny Ainge's Mock Draft
>> Every player dreams of hearing his name called on draft night. NBA 
>> veteran and TNT broadcaster Danny Ainge got to experience it twice. 
>> One of the few athletes who have been drafted by two professional 
>> sports teams, he was selected by the NBA’s Boston Celtics in 1981 and 
>> MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays in 1977.
>>
>> Ainge went on to enjoy a 14-year career as an All-Star in the NBA, 
>> winning two championships with the Celtics. Then he got to experience 
>> the draft from the other end of the bench, as the Suns' head coach 
>> for three seasons. Now Ainge is involved in his third different draft 
>> role, from an analyst's perspective as he presents his predictions 
>> for the first round of the 2002 NBA Draft.
>>
>> "This is one of the strangest drafts," Ainge says. "The middle of the 
>> draft is pretty strong. (Jiri) Welsch, (Kareem) Rush, (Melvin) Ely, 
>> (Jared) Jeffries, (Dan) Dickau and (Juan) Dixon could all be good 
>> impact players right away.
>>
>> Danny Ainge's 2002 Mock Draft
>> 1. Houston 	Yao Ming, China - "It is a little troubling that he is 
>> 7-5 and not a shot blocker, though he has great presence and a great 
>> touch."
>> 2. Chicago 	Jay Williams, Duke
>> 3. Golden State 	Mike Dunleavy, Duke
>> 4. Memphis 	Drew Gooden, Kansas
>> 5. Denver 	Caron Butler, Connecticut
>> 6. Cleveland	Chris Wilcox, Maryland
>> 7. New York 	Curtis Borchardt, Stanford
>> 8. LA Clippers 	Amare Stoudemire, Cypress Creek HS
>> 9. Phoenix 	Maybyner "Nene" Hilario, Brazil
>> 10. Miami 	Dajuan Wagner, Memphis
>> 11. Washington 	Qyntel Woods, Northeastern Mississippi CC
>> 12. LA Clippers 	Jared Jeffries, Indiana
>> 13. Milwaukee 	Nicoloz Tskitshivili, Georgia
>> 14. Indiana 	Kareem Rush, Missouri
>> 15. Houston 	Jiri Welsch, Czechoslovakia
>> 16. Philly 	Melvin Ely, Fresno State
>> 17. New Orleans 	Dan Dickau, Gonzaga
>> 18. Orlando 	Marcus Haslip, Tennessee
>> 19. Utah 	Carlos Boozer, Duke
>> 20. Toronto 	Juan Dixon, Maryland
>> 21. Portland 	Dan Gadzuric, UCLA
>> 22. Phoenix 	Fred Jones, Oregon
>> 23. Detroit 	Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenia
>> 24. New Jersey 	Casey Jacobsen, Stanford
>> 25. Denver 	Rod Grizzard, Alabama
>> 26. San Antonio 	Ron Murray, Shaw University (Div. II)
>> 27. LA Lakers 	Sam Clancy, USC
>> 28. Sacramento 	Nenad Krstic, Yugoslavia
>>
>> 	Sleeper of the Draft
>> Amare Stoudemire - He could be the best player of the draft when all 
>> is said and done in their NBA careers.
>>
>>
>