We mentioned yesterday that outside of Travis Outlaw (and he's on the bubble) the Blazers have retained nobody from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 drafts. Hindsight is 20-20 but we're going to give you the benefit of it. Here's the project:
The 2002-2004 drafts are listed in their entirety below. (Click at the bottom of the post to see them.) Using only our first-round picks build the team we should have drafted. This is not supposed to be an exercise in picking the best stat players. Anybody can do that. Really build a team that makes sense as a unit along with the other players we have and tell us why.
Again, use only our FIRST ROUND picks and make them in the same spot we actually drafted! The second rounds of each draft are listed only for reference. You are free to use our first rounders to select anyone who fell to the second round.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
2002 Draft
Round 1
- Houston Rockets Yao Ming
- Chicago Bulls Jay Williams
- Golden State Warriors Mike Dunleavy
- Memphis Grizzlies Drew Gooden
- Denver Nuggets Nikoloz Tskitishvili
- Cleveland Cavaliers Dajuan Wagner
- New York Knickerbockers Nene Hilario
- Los Angeles Clippers Chris Wilcox
- Phoenix Suns Amare Stoudemire
- Miami Heat Caron Butler
- Washington Wizards Jared Jeffries
- Los Angeles Clippers Melvin Ely
- Milwaukee Bucks Marcus Haislip
- Indiana Pacers Fred Jones
- Houston Rockets Bostjan Nachbar
- Philadelphia 76ers Jiri Welsch
- Washington Wizards Juan Dixon
- Orlando Magic Curtis Borchardt
- Utah Jazz Ryan Humphrey
- Toronto Raptors Kareem Rush
-
Portland Trail Blazers Qyntel Woods
- Phoenix Suns Casey Jacobsen
- Detroit Pistons Tayshaun Prince
- New Jersey Nets Nenad Krstic
- Denver Nuggets Frank Williams
- San Antonio Spurs John Salmons
- Los Angeles Lakers Chris Jefferies
- Sacramento Kings Dan Dickau
- Golden State Warriors Steve Logan
- Chicago Bulls Roger Mason
- Memphis Grizzlies Robert Archibald
- Denver Nuggets Vincent Yarbrough
- Milwaukee Bucks Dan Gadzuric
- Cleveland Cavaliers Carlos Boozer
- New York Knickerbockers Milos Vujanic
- Atlanta Hawks David Andersen
- Houston Rockets Tito Maddox
- Washington Wizards Rod Grizzard
- Washington Wizards Juan Carlos Navarro
- Los Angeles Clippers Mario Kasun
- Milwaukee Bucks Ronald Murray
- Portland Trail Blazers Jason Jennings
- Chicago Bulls Lonny Baxter
- Philadelphia 76ers Sam Clancy
- Memphis Grizzlies Matt Barnes
- Utah Jazz Jamal Sampson
- Milwaukee Bucks Chris Owens
- Seattle Supersonics Peter Fehse
- Boston Celtics Darius Songaila
- Portland Trail Blazers Federico Kammerichs
- Minnesota Timberwolves Marcus Taylor
- Miami Heat Rasual Butler
- New Jersey Nets Tamar Slay
- Dallas Mavericks Mladen Sekularac
- San Antonio Spurs Luis Scola
- San Antonio Spurs Randy Holcomb
- Sacramento Kings Corsley Edwards
Round 1
- Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James
- Detroit Pistons Darko Milicic
- Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony
- Toronto Raptors Chris Bosh
- Miami Heat Dwyane Wade
- Los Angeles Clippers Chris Kaman
- Chicago Bulls Kirk Hinrich
- Milwaukee Bucks T.J. Ford
- New York Knickerbockers Mike Sweetney
- Washington Wizards Jarvis Hayes
- Golden State Warriors Mickael Pietrus
- Seattle Supersonics Nick Collison
- Memphis Grizzlies Marcus Banks
- Seattle Supersonics Luke Ridnour
- Orlando Magic Reece Gaines
- Boston Celtics Troy Bell
- Phoenix Suns Zarko Cabarkapa
- New Orleans Hornets David West
- Utah Jazz Aleksandar Pavlovic
- Boston Celtics Dahntay Jones
- Atlanta Hawks Boris Diaw
- New Jersey Nets Zoran Planinic
-
Portland Trail Blazers Travis Outlaw
- Los Angeles Lakers Brian Cook
- Detroit Pistons Carlos Delfino
- Minnesota Timberwolves Ndudi Ebi
- Memphis Grizzlies Kendrick Perkins
- San Antonio Spurs Leandro Barbosa
- Dallas Mavericks Josh Howard
- New York Knickerbockers Maciej Lampe
- Cleveland Cavaliers Jason Kapono
- Los Angeles Lakers Luke Walton
- Miami Heat Jerome Beasley
- Los Angeles Clippers Sofoklis Schortsanitis
- Milwaukee Bucks Szymon Szewczyk
- Chicago Bulls Mario Austin
- Atlanta Hawks Travis Hansen
- Washington Wizards Steve Blake
- New York Knickerbockers Slavko Vranes
- Golden State Warriors Derrick Zimmerman
- Seattle Supersonics Willie Green
- Orlando Magic Zaza Pachulia
- Milwaukee Bucks Keith Bogans
- Houston Rockets Malick Badiane
- Chicago Bulls Matt Bonner
- Denver Nuggets Sani Becirovic
- Utah Jazz Maurice Williams
- New Orleans Hornets James Lang
- Indiana Pacers James Jones
- Philadelphia 76ers Paccelis Morlende
- New Jersey Nets Kyle Korver
- Toronto Raptors Remon Van de Hare
- Chicago Bulls Tommy Smith
- Portland Trail Blazers Nedzad Sinanovic
- Minnesota Timberwolves Rick Rickert
- Boston Celtics Brandon Hunter
- Dallas Mavericks Xue Yuyang
- Detroit Pistons Andreas Gliniadakis
- Orlando Magic Dwight Howard
- Charlotte Bobcats Emeka Okafor
- Chicago Bulls Ben Gordon
- Los Angeles Clippers Shaun Livingston
- Washington Wizards Devin Harris
- Atlanta Hawks Josh Childress
- Phoenix Suns Luol Deng
- Toronto Raptors Rafael Araujo
- Philadelphia 76ers Andre Iguodala
- Cleveland Cavaliers Luke Jackson
- Golden State Warriors Andris Biedrins
- Seattle Supersonics Robert Swift
-
Portland Trail Blazers Sebastian Telfair
- Utah Jazz Kris Humphries
- Boston Celtics Al Jefferson
- Utah Jazz Kirk Snyder
- Atlanta Hawks Josh Smith
- New Orleans Hornets J.R. Smith
- Miami Heat Dorell Wright
- Denver Nuggets Jameer Nelson
- Utah Jazz Pavel Podkolzine
- New Jersey Nets Viktor Khryapa
- Portland Trail Blazers Sergei Monia
- Boston Celtics Delonte West
- Boston Celtics Tony Allen
- Sacramento Kings Kevin Martin
- Los Angeles Lakers Sasha Vujacic
- San Antonio Spurs Beno Udrih
- Indiana Pacers David Harrison
- Orlando Magic Anderson Varejao
- Chicago Bulls Jackson Vroman
- Washington Wizards Peter John Ramos
- Los Angeles Clippers Lionel Chalmers
- Atlanta Hawks Donta Smith
- Seattle Supersonics Andre Emmett
- Orlando Magic Antonio Burks
- Atlanta Hawks Royal Ivey
- Chicago Bulls Chris Duhon
- Toronto Raptors Albert Miralles
- Boston Celtics Justin Reed
- Seattle Supersonics David Young
- Atlanta Hawks Viktor Sanikidze
- New York Knickerbockers Trevor Ariza
- New Orleans Hornets Tim Pickett
- Charlotte Bobcats Bernard Robinson
- Portland Trail Blazers Ha Seung-Jin
- Miami Heat Pape Sow
- Sacramento Kings Ricky Minard
- Memphis Grizzlies Sergei Lishouk
- Dallas Mavericks Vassilis Spanoulis
- New Jersey Nets Christian Drejer
- San Antonio Spurs Romain Sato
- Miami Heat Matt Freije
- Detroit Pistons Rickey Paulding
- Houston Rockets Luis Flores
- Los Angeles Lakers Marcus Douthit
- San Antonio Spurs Sergei Karaulov
- Minnesota Timberwolves Blake Stepp
- Indiana Pacers Rashad Wright