However, I don’t think we will be picking a undersized point guard who is primarily a scorer. Augustin wouldn’t be an improvement over any of our current point guards, so why bring him in? I like Kyle Weaver but I don’t know much about the other two guys.

I also sorted my Mock Draft so that we can see snapshots of each teams draft Take Aways.

Pick NBA Team Player Ht. School Position
30 Boston Celtics Joe Alexander 6’8” West Virginia SF
60 Boston Celtics Antonio Anderson 6’6” Memphis GF
8 Charolette Bobcats Nicolas Batum 6’8” France SF
38 Charolette Bobcats Joey Dorsey 6’9” Memphis FC
9 Chicago Bulls Brook Lopez 7’0” Stanford C
39 Chicago Bulls Courtney Lee 6’5” Western Kentucky SG
19 Cleveland Cavaliers Roy Hibbert 7’2” Georgtown C
51 Dallas Mavericks Hasheem Thabeet 7’3” Conneticut C
20 Denver Nuggets Jason Thompson 7’0” Rider PF
29 Detroit Pistons DeVon Hardin 7’0” California C
59 Detroit Pistons Wayne Ellington 6’5” North Carolina SG
14 Golden State Warriors Kevin Love 6’10” UCLA FC
44 Golden State Warriors Mario Chalmers 6’2” Kansas PG
25 Houston Rockets JaVale McGee 7’0” Nevada C
11 Indiana Pacers Marreese Speights 6’11” Florida C
41 Indiana Pacers Bill Walker 6’5” Kansas State GF
6 Los Angeles Clippers Russell Westbrook 6’3” UCLA G
58 Los Angeles Lakers Josh Shipp 6’5” UCLA SG
5 Memphis Grizzlies DeAndre Jordan 7’0” Texas A&M C
28 Memphis Grizzlies J.J. Hickson N.C.State PF
34 Memphis Grizzlies Earl Clark 6’9” Louisville PF
2 Miami Heat Michael Beasley 6’9” Kansas State PF
52 Miami Heat Jamont Gordon 6’3” Mississippi State G
7 Milwaukie Bucks Danilo Gallinari 6’9” Italy SF
37 Milwaukie Bucks Omer Asik 6’11” Alpella Istanbul C
3 Minnesota T’Wolves O.J. Mayo 6’5” USC SG
31 Minnesota T’Wolves Serge Ibaka TAU Vitoria PF
10 New Jersey Nets Eric Gordon 6’4” Indiana G
21 New Jersey Nets Brandon Rush 6’7” Kansas GF
40 New Jersey Nets D.J. White 6’9” Indiana PF
27 New Orleans Hornets Shan Foster 6’6” Vanderbilt GF
57 New Orleans Hornets Nikola Pekovic 6’11” Belgarde C
1 New York Knicks Derrick Rose 6’4” Memphis PG
35 New York Knicks Ryan Anderson 6’10” California F
22 Orlando Magic Chris Douglas-Roberts 6’7” Memphis GF
16 Philadelphia 76ers Tywon Lawson 6’0” North Carolina PG
15 Phoenix Suns Kosta Koufos 7’0” Ohio State C
49 Phoenix Suns Sonny Weems 6’6” Arkansas SG
54 Phoenix Suns Malik Hairston 6’6” Oregon GF
13 Portland Trailblazers D.J. Augustin 6’0” Texas PG
33 Portland Trailblazers Kyle Weaver 6’6” Washington State GF
36 Portland Trailblazers Nathan Jawai 7’0” Australia FC
55 Portland Trailblazers Goran Dragic 6’4” Union Olympia PG
12 Sacramento Kings Chase Budinger 6’7” Arizona GF
42 Sacramento Kings Marty Luenen 6’9” Oregon FC
45 Sacramento Kings Davon Jefferson 6’8” USC F
26 San Antonio Spurs Donte Green 6’8” Syracuse SF
47 San Antonio Spurs Omri Casspi 6’8” Maccabli Tel Aviv SF
4 Seattle Super Sonics Jerryd Bayless 6’3” Arizona PG
24 Seattle Super Sonics Alexis Ajinca 7’0” France C
32 Seattle Super Sonics John Riek 7’1” Winchendon H.S. C
43 Seattle Super Sonics Lester Hudson 6’3” Tennessee-Martin G
50 Seattle Super Sonics Semih Erden 7’0” Ulker Istanbul C
56 Seattle Super Sonics J.R.Giddens 6’5” New Mexico State G
17 Toronto Raptors Anthony Randolph 6’11” LSU F
23 Utah Jazz Robin Lopez 7’0” Stanford C
46 Utah Jazz Bryce Taylor 6’5” Oregon GF
53 Utah Jazz Ante Tomic 7’1” Croatia C
18 Washington Wizards Darrell Arthur 6’10” Kansas PF
48 Washington Wizards Richard Hendrix 6’8” Alabama PF

I don’t like any of the PG’s available. I see us trading the pick, or trading for a PG that we can use, or keeping what we have.

I think you jumped the gun a bit prematurely. I know that this is the slow part of the season, but you probably should of waited until Tues, because, no offense, this doesnt really mean much right now.

Like I said I hate to rain on the parade but up until the 20th the mock drafts are at best a crap shoot. I still love ya man no worries.

Can you imagine a Boozer, Lopez, AK47 frontline in a couple years with Ronnie Brewer and Okur coiming of the bench?

Chicago would be a lot of fun with Joakim Noah AND Brook Lopez.

But I would really like to explore the idea of trading picks for future picks instead. As in add no more rookies to this squad and maybe get a real good pick down the road to help sustain the dynasty (he he).

I just don’t see him as being NBA quality.

Augustin’s a good player, no doubt, so he’d be a decent pick-up at 13. Westbrook might be reachable through trades, and I prefer him.

I think it’s a tweener pick in this draft. You can draft for need, but there could be four other players available, that are better than the guy your drafting. With that said, no way you don’t draft Kevin Love, if he’s available. Imagine Paul Millsap or Ronny Turiaf with the ability to sink a three or make a pass that will remind you of Arvydas Sabonis. I’ll take that off the bench for years and years.

Robin Lopez on the Jazz just feels right, doesn’t it?

Only thing I disagree with a bit is Lopez slipping that far just because he’s a center prospect. Most agree he is projected to go at the 3-5 range, because centers usually just get that high pick advantage regardless of team need, and he is hands down the top center prospect.

That’s the way to do a mock draft: Not just say best player goes first, second-best goes second, et cetera,
but picking from the standpoint of the team likely to hold each respective pick,
and then removing that player from the available pool for the next pick.

In particular, you accurately note how point guard is a prime need for so many teams likely picking ahead of us
(although I think Minnesota should also be on that needs-a-PG list).
Some people here seem to think Westbrook may be available at 13, and you have him going at SIX.
That’s just about right, and I think Augustin goes higher, too, for the same reason.
Even Lawson has about a 50/50 chance of going top-twelve because of the point-deficient lottery teams.