How many great PGs are Atlanta going to give up? They said they won't take Acie law at 11th as well... sigh.

What time in OZ does it start?

What time does it get started?

Here is a link to a streaming site that has the draft live.

http://www.myp2p.eu/NBA.htm

The first link is working for me.

It's starts at 9:00am EST.

add garnett to the warriors...that is looking pretty serious...and they mentioned before denver are trying to get in the top 10 and are willing to part with camby (idiots)

Surprise surprise..........

Oden 1 and Durant 2.

Now it gets interesting

what are atlanta doing..ANOTHER FORWARD...whhhyyyyy??

Al Horford at 3...

Draft going to form so far.

conley - great fit for memphis i.m.o...my mock draft is already buggered...at least i got the first two right

officially done! FINALLY! ray ray to the celts for wally and dalonte...and boston will pick jeff green for the sonics

That keeps Paul in Boston then.

IMO Ainge is an idiot. What the hell is he doing?

Bucks took Yi.

Does anyone think an deal involving Amare will actually get done?

Expect the City of Milwaukee to be demolished by the Chinese government, unless they selected him to trade...

ainge is an idiot - but this trade isnt bad...they cant move pierce coz of his beast of a contract - u wanna try and win with him...or at least have some decent players around him...with a lineup of rondo,allen,pierce,jefferson...and then if they can get the kirelinko deal done...thats a good team in the east...corey brewer to the wolves..i got that right!

I have a feeling the Bucks only picked Yi for a trade later.

wait...no i didnt

TR - How you feel about Brandan Wright? I think he is actually a good fit for the Cat's.

Allen for West, Green and Wally? Im not sure I like it. They better keep Lewis around now..

http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nbadraft/draftCast/index


Bulls pick Noah

God Damn It!!!!!

Wright might be going to minnesota yet?

Can someone explain to me why Seattle wanted Green with the 5th pick when they have just picked Durant and still have Lewis?? Surely Wright, Noah or Li would've been better?

Enjoy that DB5 haha!

Yeah, would of preferred Brewer, but oh well. Puts Emeka at the centre position. I think it's a good pick given our position.

well i dont expect lewis to be back if they drafted durant...still they look veeeerrry thin...probably shouldve gone with a big

i think noah to the bulls is the worst pick so far..it makes no sense to me

Could they be using Wright as a trade prospect?

Not sure. I think more of a McMay trade.

Jules, I think history has shown you have to draft the best player, not for need. (Do I have to bring up the drafting of Sam Bowie?). Al H is the third best player in the draft. Easier to trade for a gaurd than a quality big man.

I don't think the Amare trade will happen. Will any other big man make phoenix better? Maybe, but not by much. Better to keep Amare.

And I agree Bizzy, I think the Bucks will trade Yi. Yi didn't work out there and has already expressed a desire to go elsewhere...

The Hawks got their PG... Law III.

good pick.

Atlanta - Acie Law

Good pick by Atlanta at 11.

I like Acie Law IV, reckon he will be awesome in 2-3 years.

damn, just HOW many Acie Law's are there. I thought he was the III, but he's the IV.

In-breeders.......

Thad Young to the 76ers... hmmmm, don't know about that.... What about Iggy???

Just read on ESPN that the Bucks GM is the son of Del Harris, who is currently the Chinese National Team coach! May explain the Yi selection?

Hopefully trade bait there Bizz..

Poor pick otherwise, JP will have something up his sleeve though hopefully...

Any shed some light on my earlier question re Seattle and Green? (Post #140050)

Interesting... There are so many sub-plots to the Yi thing... The Del Harris link, the chinese governement pressure to go to a high Chinese populated city (and to not sit on the bench), the questions on his age, the questions on his talent....

I still think he will never really kick on and be a good player. I think he will one of the busts of the draft...

Sacramento taking Hawes _ 7 footer cant be good for Schensh chances this year!!

Poor guy - first his team last yr,Portland, get no 1 and choose Oden , now Sacramento at no 10 a center too.

Clippers with Thornton. I would of thought they would of gone with Crittenon. They need a PG.

Williams at 17 by the Nets. The kid has top 5 talent, but bottom second round issues...

Nets can afford to take a risk!!! If he cleans up, could be the steal of the draft....

HOLY SHIT!!!

The Knicks have agreed in principle to acquire Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones from the Blazers for Channing Frye and Steve Francis

are u reffering to noah to the bulls...or horford? coz if ur reffering to horford - yeah hes a beast...but their last like...4 1st round picks have all been F's...i dont know - just thought they couldve looked elsewhere...and if its noah..come on...tyrus thomas, ben wallace...they have enough energy guys that have little offence or no offence at all

yeah saw that - the knicks fans in the draft went crazy - FINALLY! the knicks do something half good...bye bye massive contract francis has...hello big dominante power forward..that is probably the best move they've made that i can remember

lakers did well at 19

Wow big trade!!!!!! Why the hell do they want to give away Z-bo for Francis??? They must really want Frye!!!

Also, on Yi: "Milwaukee GM Larry Harris has even suggested that their owner, a U.S. Senator [Herb Kohl], would deliver Yi diplomatically if he refuses to come."

WOW..... Can you say "international incident???"

Lakers take Crittenton. The Zen Master and his big point guard theory is alive and kicking.

Jason Smith drafted at 20 by Miami.

SOOOO HAPPPPY.....

He's worked so hard in the NBL over all these years and he is a great guy. His brother may be a little jealous but.....oh wait, what does it mean where it says "Colorado State"??????????

`cats got a steal in at 8 in Wright... Might take a few years - but he could be one of the best players in this draft... I am wondering why Minny took Brewer (hello Jared Jeffries V.2) ahead of him - i have a sneaking suspicion there`s a trade not far off being consumated for KG... Personally i think Minny shouldn`t have taken Brewer - but i`m not privvy to McHale`s thoughts...

Frye for Randolph is a good move on Portlands part. Randolph is a black hole and wouldnt work well with Oden IMO. Frye is more versatile and has potential to be a very good player.

Just got home from work... I like that trade for Ray Allen for the c's, not really sure why the sonics went with Green at number 5 though. The knicks trade is great, how they managed to get any value for steve francis i'll never know. Brandon Wright for the bobcats will be a great pick i think.

if the suns took a guard, isnt that extremely bad for newley? why would they take a second guard when they already have nash too?

Man if Boston can get KG too... They have 3 all-stars and can go deep in a weak conference.

Can't find any info on the NY trade??? If it's true I can't get over Isiah actually coming off on top in a trade.

The Knicks-Portland trade came off Real GM, but the site has now sh*t itself...

Why is it so good for the Knicks. I know Francis is a problem but they gave up their top ten pick from last year for a guy who seems to have some serious off court problems. I'm not sure that being in NY is going to help those! Guess knicks fans have to hope that Randolph benefits from the change of scenery and concentrates on the on court stuff (which he is very good at and should dominate the East)

AS AT 1140AM TODAY.

Portland Trail Blazers Greg Oden, Center, Ohio State
Seattle SuperSonics Kevin Durant, Forward, Texas
Atlanta Hawks Al Horford, Forward/Center, Florida
Memphis Grizzlies Mike Conley Jr., Guard, Ohio State
Boston Celtics Jeff Green, Forward, Georgetown
Milwaukee Bucks Yi Jianlian, Forward, China
Minnesota Timberwolves Corey Brewer, Forward, Florida
Charlotte Bobcats Brandan Wright, Forward, North Carolina
Chicago (from New York) Joakim Noah, Forward/Center, Florida
Sacramento Kings Spencer Hawes, Center, Washington
Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana) Acie Law IV, Guard, Texas A&M
Philadelphia 76ers Thaddeus Young, Forward, Georgia Tech
New Orleans Hornets Julian Wright, Forward, Kansas
Los Angeles Clippers Al Thornton, Forward, Florida State
Detroit Pistons (from Orlando) Rodney Stuckey, Guard, Eastern Washington
Washington Wizards Nick Young, Guard/Forward, Southern California
New Jersey Nets Sean Williams, Forward/Center, Boston College
Golden State Warriors Marco Belinelli, Guard, Italy
Los Angeles Lakers Javaris Crittenton, Guard, Georgia Tech
Miami Heat Jason Smith, Forward/Center, Colorado State
Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver) Daequan Cook, Guard, Ohio State
Charlotte Bobcats (from Toronto) Jared Dudley, Forward, Boston College
New York Knicks (from Chicago) Wilson Chandler, Forward, DePaul
Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland) Rudy Fernandez, Guard, Spain
Utah Jazz Morris Almond, Guard, Rice
Houston Rockets
Detroit Pistons
San Antonio Spurs
Phoenix Suns
Philadelphia 76ers (from Dallas)

True, TMC...

But I think Isiah has done well with Curry and could do well with Z-bo too. That's a lot of inside scoring!!! It also sheds the salary of a washed up guard who imploded in Orlando.

Frye also didn't step up last year like everyone thought he would. Bu you have guarenteed 20 and 10 with Z-Bo. If he doesn't go Ron Artest on us, NY fans should be happy.

Arron Afflalo is a gun. Shame i hate the pistons!

Coopz, I think the suns traded/sold the pick to the blazers... not 100% sure on that yet.. Newley still has a chance there I think.

The Portland - Knicks trade probably makes sense for both teams. Each team gave up (and received) a locker-room headache, but I think a Frye/Aldridge/Oden frontline looks intimidating for many years to come, while Francis could (perhaps, maybe) give their backcourt a bit of a boost.

Randolph is a quality low post scorer & decent rebounder, so the Knicks will benefit from that. I think teams will have trouble guarding both Curry & Z-Bo on the low block.

Re the Celtics - Sonics trade, again, I think it probably suits both teams. I assume 'Shard Lewis won't be making his way back to the Sonics now? They'll be loaded at the forward spots. I think in an ideal world, Wally is best suited to being a 6th man at this point, and I really think Green & Durant will be good running mates. Both are winners/big game players & should compliment each other well. I think you could run them together at the 3 & 4 spots a lot of the time.

West will also be handy as I think he's a starter-level guy, albeit not an exceptional one. Ridnour & Watson are a decent point combo who offer different things (IE both are one way players, just at opposite ends of the court) & Wally can play some minutes at the 2 spot.

Collison, Wilcox & Fortson will share minutes up front. One would hope Collison could finally step up to being a consistent starter-level guy, but I'm not sure he will be at that level.

For the Celtics, well, they get Ray Allen. Allen/Pierce/Jefferson is a pretty formidable combo, but I think they'll end up like the Nets - 3 player teams don't get it done & they don't have a Jason Kidd playing point.

Seems to have been a couple of other trades  Philly, Miami & Phoenix seem to have traded their 1st rounders?

Splitter to the Spurs is a coup. A few years back he was touted as a potential high lottery pick. I suspect he'll fill a void at backup 4 when/if Horry retires.

Espn.com is saying that the Blazers are planning to buy out Francis' contract and make him a free agent this summer. If that happans which team would go after a guy like him?

at school at the moment.. wats happening/happened soo far

Maccabi Tel Aviv if he's lucky ;-)

Houston will take a run at Francis if he becomes a FA.

TR - G-Wallace is becoming an unrestricted FA.

this is bell shit. Why do phoenix keep trading their picks for cash?

I agree, Afflalo is awesome.

Splitter to the Spurs!!! Prob best young big man overseas at the moment. Small buyout, could be a solid NBA big guy in 3-4 years. Still young...

Spurs love the overseas picks!!! And have done real well with them to date....

I'm pleased with the 2 picks the Pistons made this draft.

Already have Maxiell and some other young guys, will be good again in a few years.

Spurs with another awesome Euro pick. I wonder if they'll trade Scola's right now...

Not to worried about Wallace become a free agent. Only us and Atlanta can offer him what he wants finacially. Orlando can as well but it impacts on resigning Darko and their run at Vince. We can match anything (within reason) and offer him more years. I'm expecting he'll resign with us for around $55 mill over 5.

Awesome Mock draft from Simmons/Ford. They weren't too far off!!!

Couple good comments:
"when Yi practices during the season, will his NBA team have to play 5-on-4 and use a chair as the fifth guy"

"You know what else is interesting? Noah would have been the first or second pick in last year's draft ... so basically, the Bulls would end up with two of the top three from the 2006 draft for the right not to pay Eddy Curry way too much money. Thank you, Isiah!"

Full story:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=nbamockdraft/070627

Bizzy, forget Maxiell, the young stud in the Pistons stable is Amir Johnson.

The Pistons had a good draft, a very nice combo guard in Stuckey aka Baby BBBBillups and a steady guy in Afflalo. Both good kids and hard workers by all reports.

The Honka Playboy, Koponen is the last pick in the 1st round.

The 76ers just drafted finish guard
Petteri Koponen, according to his profile he played for the:

"Honka Espoo Playboys (Finland)" last season.

Hello Ladies !

Correct TR, Amir is a complete stud. Hopefully he will see some more minutes this season.

Brandan Wright to the Warriors for J-Rich.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2007/news/story?id=2920330

I heard a story that the Bucks will be making a serious run at Amir as he's a restricted free agent.

He rippes the D league a new one when he plays there.

Spurs get TIAGO at 28 (gold)
picked up Parker at the same spot a few years back.

Another Interpreter position available at SPURS ?

YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to Charlotte Mr Richardson

That fixes our SG problem.....

This draft just go soooo much better for us.

Thought you would like that TR, since MJ took over Charlotte has become my 2nd team right behind Detroit.

And for all this time, I thought you were a Cavs fan Bizzy. Haha.

Some decent 2nd round pickups - Fazekas to Dallas should be handy, Glen Davis could contribute in the NBA, or be another widebody bust (Seattle has traded this pick?) and McRoberts has the tools to be a solid complimentary player in the league, but has some traits seen in guys who've been NBA busts. Worth a punt in the 2nd round though, IMO.

That's a great trade. Love it...

PG: Felton
SG: Richardson
SF: Wallace (priority resigning)
PF: May
C: Emeka

6th: Morrison (bum....)

Now if we can trade BK and Morrison or May for a legit powerforward or centre then we are well on the way for a good year.

Well Done MJ......

Wow, the longest serving member of the team that beat Dallas in the playoff is traded!!!

That must be a kick in the guts for Richardson! Also what does it say about thier confidence in Morrison?

Very well done MJ....

Now just have to keep Gerald

Morrison is a bum... I'd trade him for a homeless dude and a packet of McDonalds cookies.....

Derrick Byars has had a huge slide. Originally projected as a mid first rounder....

Still unselected in the second round and we are at pick 12.

I thought someone would of grabbed Aaron Gray and Marc Gasol by now.

Those cookies are worth more that Morrison TR!

You would probably have to sweeten that deal with some cash too TR ;)

Sun Yue!!! Hahaha - Kupchak must have knocked his head this morning... If Kobe kills himself do they not have to pay out his contract or something???

He is a 22year old CBA ***All Star*** though - what wraps...

Is it just me or might this be more a case of pandering to the Chinese market?

ahhh, the clippes first now makes a bit of sense, they select Jared Jordan in the second. That's a pretty smart pick.

Lakers just picked up Marc Gasol.

Bulls with Aaron Gray...
not bad, thought he would go in the first round...

How do you guys think Newley's chances are looking, few 2 guards still left...

Getting to crunch time for Newley now...

i dont know.... i dont want him to be drafted i want him to play for the 36ers,,

6 picks remaining :S

Houston !!!!

Newley to Houston... Yeah Baby Yeah. I am soo stoked for the man. Great work

Newley picked by Houston at pick 54

He's drafted.......... good job!!!

wow, to be honest, I wasn't expecting that!

Well done!! Must have impressed at workouts.

BUT..... Will they sign him?!?!

Don't count your chicken's yet, anon #140143. He hasn't been signed, yet. May still come back.

well done, stoked for him.

wasnt expecting that higher pick.

even if he never plays a game for the 6ers, at least we can watch him in USA, if he gets any minutes, which he should if signed.

The Trailblazers will have another dissppointing season i have no doubt ...they have drafted a whole new team and i dont believe they will have the chemistry...also i am very dissappointed that Craig Bradshaw did not get selected..i hoped he would sneak in late 2nd round but unfortunetly not..

Portland will struggle for the next year, maybe 2. But with the team they have, they might be the west's elite in just a few short years

thats if fox or espn put the games on tv, not like the finals!

Houston paid cash for that 54th pick... could that mean they were pretty keen on getting their hands on Newley?

it could just mean they wanted someone else, but then the person got drafted before so they drafted newley, hope they lik him though and he does keep playing in the nba, good luck lewley in the summer league.

Jules u mentioned sumthing about a Kirlenko trade. Whats that all about?