**Official 2009 NBA Draft Thread** (ON RIGHT NOW) | Page 17

crzy · 2009-01-14T20:53:46-08:00

NBA DRAFT June 25, 2009. 7 p.m. ET 2009 Draft: POST-Combine Top 50 Big Board (updated June 23) 1) Blake Griffin, PF/C, Oklahoma, Sophomore 2) Ricky Rubio, PG, DKV Joventut, Spain 3) Hasheem Thabeet, C, UConn, Junior 4) Tyreke Evans, PG/SG, Memphis, Freshman 5) Jonny Flynn, PG, Syracuse, Sophomore 6) Brandon Jennings, PG, Lottomatica Roma, Italy 7) Jrue Holiday, PG/SG, UCLA, Freshman 8) Demar DeRozan, SF, USC, Freshman 9) James Harden, SG, Arizona St., Sophomore 10) Jordan Hill, PF, Arizona, Junior 11) Earl Clark, SF, Louisville, Junior 12) Jeff Teague, PG/SG, Wake Forest, Sophomore 13) Terrence Williams, SG/SF, Louisville, Senior 14) DeJuan Blair, PF/C, Pittsburgh, Sophomore 15) Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke, Junior 16) Ty Lawson, PG, UNC, Junior 17) Eric Maynor, PG, VCU, Senior 18) Patrick Mills, PG, St.Mary's, Sophomore 19) Stephen Curry, PG/SG, Junior, Davidson 20) James Johnson, SF/PF, Wake Forest, Sophomore 21) Rodrique Beaubois, PG, Cholet, France 22) Austin Daye, PF, Gonzaga, Sophomore 23) Chase Budinger, SF, Arizona, Junior 24) BJ Mullens, C, Ohio State, Freshman 25) Sam Young, SF, Pittsburgh, Senior 26) Tyler Hansbrough, PF, UNC, Senior 27) Wayne Ellington, SG, UNC, Junior 28) Marcus Thornton, SG, LSU, Senior 29) Darren Collison, PG, UCLA, Senior 30) Jermaine Taylor, SG, Central Florida, Senior 31) Dionte Christmas, SG, Temple, Senior 32) Jodie Meeks, SG, Kentucky, Junior 33) DaJuan Summers, SF/PF, Georgetown, Junior 34) Victor Claver, PF, Pamesa Valencia, Spain 35) Omri Casspi, SF, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel 36) Taj Gibson, PF, USC, Junior 37) Toney Douglas, PG, Florida St., Senior 38) Nick Calathes, PG/SG, Florida, Sophomore 39) Jerel McNeal, SG, Marquette, Senior 40) Jeff Pendergraph, PF, Arizona St., Senior 41) Josh Heytvelt, PF, Gonzaga, Senior 42) Danny Green, SF, UNC, Senior 43) DeMarre Carroll, SF/PF, Missouri, Senior 44) Derrick Brown, PF, Xavier, Junior 45) Sergio Llull, PG/SG, Real Madrid, Spain 46) Jack McClinton, PG/SG, Miami, Senior 47) Nando Del Colo, PG/SG, Cholet, France 48) AJ Price, PG, UConn, Senior 49) Jonas Jerebko, SF, Angelico Biella, Sweeden 50) Dante Cunningham, PF, Villanova, Senior ***POSITIONAL RANKINGS***2009 Point Guards 1) Ricky Rubio, PG, DKV Joventut, Spain 2) Jonny Flynn, PG, Syracuse, Sophomore 2) Brandon Jennings, PG, Lottomatica Roma, Italy 4) Ty Lawson, PG, UNC, Junior 5) Patrick Mills, PG, St.Mary's, Sophomore 6) Eric Maynor, PG, VCU, Senior 7) Rodrique Beaubois, PG, Cholet, France 8) Darren Collison, PG, UCLA, Senior 9) Toney Douglas, PG, Florida St., Senior 10) AJ Price, PG, UConn, Senior --------------------------------------------------------- 11) Curtis Jerrells, PG, Baylor, Senior 12) Milos Teodosic, PG, Olympiakos, Serbia 13) Tyrese Rice, PG, Boston College, Senior 14) Jeremy Pargo, PG, Gonzaga, Senior 15) AJ Abrams, PG, Texas, Senior 2009 Combo (PG/SG) Guards 1) Tyreke Evans, PG/SG, Memphis, Freshman 2) Jrue Holiday, PG/SG, UCLA, Freshman 3) Jeff Teague, PG/SG, Wake Forest, Sophomore 4) Stephen Curry, PG/SG, Junior, Davidson 5) Nick Calathes, PG/SG, Florida, Sophomore 6) Sergio Llull, PG/SG, Real Madrid, Spain 7) Jack McClinton, PG/SG, Miami, Senior 8) Nando Del Colo, PG/SG, Cholet, France 9) Lester Hudson, PG/SG, Tenn. Martin, Senior --------------------------------------------------------- 10) Milenko Tepic, PG/SG, KK Partizan Belgrade, Serbia 2009 Shooting Guards 1) James Harden, SG, Arizona St., Sophomore 2) Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke, Junior 3) Wayne Ellington, SG, UNC, Junior 4) Marcus Thornton, SG, LSU, Senior 5) Jermaine Taylor, SG, Central Florida, Senior 6) Dionte Christmas, SG, Temple, Senior 7) Jodie Meeks, SG, Kentucky, Junior 8) Jerel McNeal, SG, Marquette, Senior --------------------------------------------------------- 9) Wesley Matthews, SG, Marquette, Senior 2009 Small Forwards 1) Demar DeRozan, SF, USC, Freshman 2) Earl Clark, SF, Louisville, Junior 3) Terrence Williams, SG/SF, Louisville, Senior 4) James Johnson, SF/PF, Wake Forest, Sophomore 5) Chase Budinger, SF, Arizona, Junior 6) Sam Young, SF, Pittsburgh, Senior 7) DaJuan Summers, SF/PF, Georgetown, Junior 8) Omri Casspi, SF, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel 9) Danny Green, SF, UNC, Senior 10) DeMarre Carroll, SF/PF, Missouri, Senior 11) Jonas Jerebko, SF, Angelico Biella, Sweeden 12) Paul Harris, SF, Syracuse, Junior 13) Emir Preldzic, SF, Fenerbahce Ulker, Slovenia 14) Vladimir Dasic, SF/PF, KK Budoncnost Podgorica, Montenegro --------------------------------------------------------- 15) Luigi Datome, SF, Lottomatica Roma, Italy 16) Micah Downs, SG/SF, Gonzaga, Senior 17) Lee Cummard, SF, BYU, Senior 2009 Power Forwards 1) Blake Griffin, PF/C, Oklahoma, Sophomore 2) Jordan Hill, PF, Arizona, Junior 3) DeJuan Blair, PF/C, Pittsburgh, Sophomore 4) Austin Daye, PF, Gonzaga, Sophomore 5) Tyler Hansbrough, PF, UNC, Senior 6) Victor Claver, PF, Pamesa Valencia, Spain 7) Taj Gibson, PF, USC, Junior 8) Jeff Pendergraph, PF, Arizona St., Senior 9) Josh Heytvelt, PF, Gonzaga, Senior 10) Derrick Brown, PF, Xavier, Junior 11) Dante Cunningham, PF, Villanova, Senior 12) Milan Macvan, PF/C, KK Hemofarm, Serbia 13) Alade Aminu, PF, Georgia Tech, Senior 14) Jeff Adrien, PF, UConn, Senior 15) Leo Lyons, PF, Missouri, Senior 16) Henk Norel, PF, DKV Joventut, Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------- 17) Jon Brockman, PF, Washington, Senior 18) Robert Dozier, PF, Memphis, Senior 2009 Centers 1) Hasheem Thabeet, C, UConn, Junior 2) BJ Mullens, C, Ohio State, Freshman 3) Goran Suton, C, Michigan St., Senior --------------------------------------------------------- 4) Slava Kravtsov, C, BC Kyiv, Ukraine 5) Garret Siler, C, Augusta St., Senior 6) Chris Johnson, C, LSU, Senior 7) Luke Nevill, C, Utah, Senior [ Edited by crzy on Jun 25, 2009 at 16:39:34 ]

May 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM

#241

4ML
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^^^^^

Thanks crzy. I agree, I really don't want Monta to play a lot of PG either. What we need is a big PG who can guard the 2. I just want Nellie to LEAVE. I don't know if Brandon Jennings can guard the 2. What do you think about that? How do you see Brandon Jennings and Monta play together? I haven't seen him play at all, but looked up that he has great athleticism and quickness.

May 11, 2009 at 10:48 AM

#242

LumpiaJeff
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^^ Jennings and Monta together would be such an explosive backcourt but would be a handicap on defense...

May 11, 2009 at 10:52 AM

#243

vrabbit
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Originally posted by SF69ers:
^^ Jennings and Monta together would be such an explosive backcourt but would be a handicap on defense...

which is why we shouldn't pick him

May 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM

#244

LumpiaJeff
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Originally posted by Conejo:
Originally posted by SF69ers:
^^ Jennings and Monta together would be such an explosive backcourt but would be a handicap on defense...

which is why we shouldn't pick him

Might be the BPA if Tyreke Evans is gone.

May 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM

#245

crzy
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Originally posted by Conejo:
Originally posted by SF69ers:
^^ Jennings and Monta together would be such an explosive backcourt but would be a handicap on defense...

which is why we shouldn't pick him

This is a weak draft. We can't worry about "fit" or "need".

If Brandon Jennings is the best player available, we'd better take him.

Just collect as much talent as possible, and eventually we can package that talent for a star player.

May 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM

#246

valrod33
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i hope the twolves win the lotto and we get blake griffin we would be starting Jefferson, Love and Griffin, man that would be nice

May 11, 2009 at 12:12 PM

#247

crzy
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Originally posted by valrod33:
i hope the twolves win the lotto and we get blake griffin we would be starting Jefferson, Love and Griffin, man that would be nice

You couldn't play them on the court at the same time. All three of the them play the same position. And none of them are true centers.

But you'd have great trade bait.

May 11, 2009 at 12:16 PM

#248

valrod33
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sure we could, jefferson was playing center last year, with k love and power forward griffin would be our 3, i dont think grifiin is the 6-10 he is listed at, but you are right about trade bait, i wonder what we could get cuz we need a solid pg

May 11, 2009 at 12:30 PM

#249

crzy
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Al Jefferson played center, but he isn't a true center. And defensively, he's a liability.

And Blake Griffin cannot play the 3.

[ Edited by crzy on May 11, 2009 at 12:32 PM ]

May 11, 2009 at 12:39 PM

#250

crzy
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Curry to the Knicks?

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A rumor that has been gaining steam is that the Knicks will select Stephen Curry with their 8th pick. We've received word that there could be truth to this from inside sources claiming that Curry chose to put his name into the draft this year based on the Knicks assuring Curry that they would use their lottery selection to draft him.

Obviously a lot could happen between now and the draft. The Knicks could always win the lottery (they're not using a top 3 pick on him) or trade their pick.

But it appears to be a legitimate possibility that if the Knicks have the 8th pick on draft night they will use it on Curry. Curry's game would fit extremely well in Mike D'Antoni's wide open style and his scoring ability would be enhanced.

Curry at 8 is a huge reach, IMO.