NBA Draft

[Mighty Tiger]

I don't know if anyone has posted this (sorry if that was the case) but just thought some people might be interested in how the draft went for this season

Pick 1
Sel# Team Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
1 Orlando Dwight Howard PF 6-10 240 Southwest Atlanta Christian
2 Charlotte Emeka Okafor PF 6-9 252 Connecticut
3 Chicago Ben Gordon PG 6-2 195 Connecticut
4 L.A. Clippers Shaun Livingston PG 6-7 175 Peoria Central HS
5 Washington (Traded to Dallas) Devin Harris PG 6-3 185 Wisconsin
6 Atlanta Josh Childress SG 6-7 205 Stanford
7 Phoenix (Traded to Chicago) Luol Deng SF 6-8 220 Duke
8 Toronto Rafael Araujo C 6-11 280 BYU
9 Philadelphia Andre Iguodala SG 6-6 200 Arizona
10 Cleveland Luke Jackson SF 6-7 215 Oregon
11 Golden State Andris Biedrins PF 7-0 240 BK Skonto Riga (Latvia)
12 Seattle Robert Swift C 7-0 245 Bakersfield HS
13 Portland Sebastian Telfair PG 5-11 170 Lincoln HS
14 Utah Kris Humphries PF 6-8 240 Minnesota
15 Boston Al Jefferson PF 6-9 250 Prentiss HS
16 Utah Kirk Snyder SG 6-6 219 Nevada
17 Atlanta Josh Smith SF 6-8 220 Oak Hill Academy HS
18 New Orleans J.R. Smith SG 6-6 210 St. Benedict's Prep (HS)
19 Miami Dorell Wright SF 6-7 190 South Kent Prep HS
20 Denver (Traded to Orlando) Jameer Nelson PG 6-0 190 Saint Joseph's
21 Utah (Traded to Dallas) Pavel Podkolzine C 7-5 303 Metis Varese
22 New Jersey (Traded to Portland) Viktor Khryapa SF 6-9 210 CSKA Moscow
23 Portland Sergey Monya SF 6-8 220 CSKA Moscow
24 Boston Delonte West SG 6-4 180 Saint Joseph's
25 Boston Tony Allen SG 6-4 205 Oklahoma State
26 Sacramento Kevin Martin SG 6-7 195 Western Carolina
27 L.A. Lakers Sasha Vujacic PG 6-7 193 Snaidero Udine (Italy)
28 San Antonio Beno Udrih PG 6-3 203 Breil Milano (Italy)
29 Indiana David Harrison C 7-0 260 Colorado

Pick 2
ROUND 2
Sel# Team Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
30 Orlando Anderson Varejao PF 6-10 242 F.C. Barcelona (Spain)
31 Chicago (Traded to Phoenix) Jackson Vroman PF 6-10 230 Iowa State
32 Washington Peter John Ramos C 7-4 260 Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico)
33 L.A. Clippers Lionel Chalmers PG 6-0 180 Xavier
34 Atlanta Donta Smith SF 6-7 230 Southeastern Illinois
35 Seattle (Traded to Memphis) Andre Emmett SG 6-5 230 Texas Tech
36 Orlando (Traded to Memphis) Antonio Burks PG 6-0 200 Memphis
37 Atlanta Royal Ivey SG 6-3 200 Texas
38 Chicago Chris Duhon PG 6-1 190 Duke
39 Toronto Albert Miralles SF 6-11 242 Roseto (Italy)
40 Boston Justin Reed PF 6-8 240 Mississippi
41 Seattle David Young SG 6-5 205 North Carolina Central
42 Atlanta Viktor Sanikidze SF 6-8 196 Globe Tech/Dijon (France)
43 New York Trevor Ariza SF 6-8 200 UCLA
44 New Orleans Tim Pickett SG 6-4 207 Florida State
45 Charlotte Bernard Robinson SF 6-6 210 Michigan
46 Portland Ha Seung-Jin C 7-4 325 Yonsei University (South Korea)
47 Miami Pape Sow PF 6-10 250 Cal State Fullerton
48 Sacramento Ricky Minard SG 6-4 205 Morehead State
49 Memphis Sergei Lishouk PF 6-11 232 Khimki-Opz Yuzny (Ukraine)
50 Dallas Vassillis Spanoulis PG 6-4 188 Maroussi B.C.
51 New Jersey Christian Drejer SF 6-9 230 F.C. Barcelona (Spain)
52 San Antonio Romain Sato SG 6-5 195 Xavier
53 Miami Matt Freije SF 6-9 249 Vanderbilt
54 Detroit Rickey Paulding SG 6-5 218 Missouri
55 Houston Luis Flores PG 6-2 195 Manhattan
56 L.A. Lakers Marcus Douthit PF 6-11 233 Providence
57 San Antonio Sergei Karaulov C 7-0 231 Sakha-Jakutia (Russia)
58 Minnesota Blake Stepp PG 6-4 192 Gonzaga
59 Indiana Rashad Wright PG 6-3 190 Georgia

 

[OZ_Falcon]

Charlotte had a good pick in Emeka Okafor, would of though Orlando was gonna pick him. Although Dwight Howard will do a fantastic job for Orlando anyway!

 

[Mighty Tiger]

I was thinking the same thing but I do think they have elected with the better option for this year at least!

 

[El Coconuto]

If Dwight Howard becomes the next Kevin Garnett as the pundits predict then Orlando are in great hands.

If he becomes the next Kwame Brown then oh help us! :?

 

[thewizard1o1]

Kwarme got off to the worst start possible by getting a 'old guys' coach and a team built around MJ taking his team to the playoffs, not a developing big mans team. With Jamison and Arenas to run the show i thing Kwarme could be a big improver this season.

YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
01-02 WAS 57 3 14.3 .387 .000 .707 1.10 2.40 3.50 .8 .28 .46 .75 1.80 4.5
02-03 WAS 80 20 22.2 .446 .000 .668 1.60 3.70 5.30 .7 .63 1.00 1.38 2.00 7.4
03-04 WAS 74 57 30.3 .489 .500 .683 2.40 5.00 7.40 1.5 .89 .70 1.89 1.90 10.9

11ppg and 7.5rpg isn't bad for a big guy that only 21-22.

What did we get in the trade that sent Nelson to the Magic, El C?