The 2010 NBA Draft has come and gone… leaving a massive hole in David Kay’s heart. So how does he fill that empty void? By creating a 2011 mock draft. It’s never too early, right?
By: David Kay
Team needs have not been taken into account with this mock draft. Click on the players’ name for a complete scouting report.
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The 2010 NBA Draft has come and gone… leaving a massive hole in David Kay’s heart. So how does he fill that empty void? By creating a 2011 mock draft. It’s never too early, right?
By: David Kay
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Only one team in the Western Conference received a grade lower than a C-. Can you guess which team it was? Read this article by Peter Christian for an in-depth absolute bashing (and deservedly so) of what David Kahn did for the Timberwolves. Click on the team name for individual player grades.
Check out my Eastern Conference grades.
Click here to see my NBA Draft Trades Analysis.
By: David Kay
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The Indiana Pacers came into the 2010 NBA Draft needing to have a good night. They haven’t made the playoffs in four seasons, something not seen since the mid-80’s in Indianapolis. Coach Jim O’Brien was surprisingly given another year, while executive Larry Bird needed to make a big draft hit after missing so many times.
Mostly, the Pacers needed a solid point guard, so they were looking to trade. That trade did not come through, and the search continues. The Pacers drafted Fresno State forward Paul George, a move that raises all kinds of questions marks.
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Remember this past March when Demetri McCamey, D.J. Richardson and the rest of the Illini were talking trash to Ohio State‘s Evan Turner in Big Ten Tournament semifinal game? And Turner responded by later showing the “holding my dollars” sign at the Illini bench?
Presumably that was in reference to all the money he’ll make in the NBA come June.
Well TMZ.com indeed sent this link to the right place. Because TMZ obtained video hours after the Philadelphia 76ers took Chicago native Evan Turner as the #2 overall pick in last night’s 2010 NBA Draft – the 21-year-old and his family hit Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in NY … where he told TMZ.com how he plans to spend his new fortune.
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There were ten trades made on draft day with most of the movement coming in the late first round. ESPN does such a poor job of explaining what is going on that you might be confused as to who ended up where. Luckily, David Kay is here to break down all the trades.
By: David Kay
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Late first round trades galore, random second round picks, and my mock draft getting destroyed. After all the dust has settled, which teams are winners and which losers after the NBA Draft? Here are my Eastern Conference team grades. Click on the team name for individual player grades. Check back Saturday for my Western Conference team grades.
By: David Kay
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Evan Turner, Southside Chicago born and bred, the most written about individual in the history of The Sports Bank, and the individual athlete I’ve written about more than any other, became the sixth Ohio State player under the direction of Thad Matta, head coach of the Buckeyes, to be selected in the opening round of the annual National Basketball Association Draft in the last four seasons when the Philadelphia 76ers selected Turner with the second pick Thursday.
Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., and Daequan Cook, all freshmen from Ohio State’s 2007 NCAA runner-up squad, were taken in the opening round of the 2007 NBA Draft. Freshmen centers Kosta Koufos (2008) and B.J. Mullens (2009) also were first round selections.
By Paul M. Banks
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Portland, with the first overall pick in 2007, selected Oden. He was the first Buckeye selected with the opening pick. Conley went to the Memphis Grizzlies with the No. 4 pick and Cook was selected by Philadelphia with the 21st pick of the opening round. Koufos was taken by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd pick in the first round in 2008 while Mullens went originally to the Dallas Mavericks with the 24th pick in 2009. He was then [More …]
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I feel like my thesis is due in a couple of hours and I keep going over the final draft time and time again to make sure everything is just perfect. Now that NBA Draft is upon us, my masterpiece of a mock draft gets put to the test. Do the months and hours of research and watching college hoops pay off? Here is my latest mock draft (you can also check out my 2011 NBA Mock Draft) and I will be updating it right until the first name is actually called. Be sure to join us at The Sports Bank during the draft for our live chat and check out my live pick-by-pick grades. You can also check out my Big Board by clicking here.
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UPDATED: 6:00 CST
I feel like my thesis is due in a couple of hours and I keep going over the final draft time and time again to make sure everything is just perfect. Now that NBA Draft is upon us, my masterpiece of a mock draft gets put to the test. Do the months and hours of research and watching college hoops pay off? Here is my latest mock draft (you can also check out my 2011 NBA Mock Draft) and I will be updating it right until the first name is actually called. Be sure to join us at The Sports Bank during the draft for our live chat and check out my live pick-by-pick grades. You can also check out my Big Board by clicking here.
By: David Kay
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Merry NBA Draft Eve! Here is my final 2010 NBA Draft Big Board. This is how I would rank the players if I were an NBA general manager, NOT how I think they are ranked by others or the order they will be selected. Be sure to check back with The Sports Bank tomorrow for several updated mock drafts. We will also be live chatting during the draft and handing out live pick-by-pick grades. To put in simply, we are to the NBA Draft what Lady Gaga is to causing scenes at New York baseball stadiums.
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“And with the second pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select Evan Turner from the Ohio State University.”
That’s what you’ll hear tomorrow night as the Sixers make it official. Turner is a needed compliment to Andre Iguodala on the wing and will bring his versatility to a franchise badly in need of a go-to player.I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball’s most decorated player in Ohio State’s Evan Turner.
“His Royal Smoothness” as I often call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award (seven in total). And he could very well be the next Scottie Pippen. He’s also EASILY the most blogged about individual athlete in The Sports Bank’s history.
I’ve written so much about him during this past year, I think his mother Iris James is the only person on this Earth who knows more about Turner than I do.
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With the NBA Draft right around the corner, don’t expect to hear a lot of unknown, hard-to-pronounce, foreign names called from the podium. The recent trend of a draft filled with international prospects is on the decline, but why? The past failures of teams in drafting players from overseas certainly has something to do with it.
By: David Kay
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Plenty or rumors, trade possibilities, and jockeying for position. NBA Draft week has certainly been anything but quiet. Here is my latest mock draft (you can also check out my 2011 NBA Mock Draft.) Be sure to join us at The Sports Bank during the draft for our live chat and live pick-by-pick grades. You can also check out my Big Board by clicking here.
By: David Kay
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Plenty or rumors, trade possibilities, and jockeying for position. NBA Draft week has certainly been anything but quiet. Here is my latest mock draft (you can also check out my 2011 NBA Mock Draft.) Be sure to join us at The Sports Bank during the draft for our live chat and live pick-by-pick grades. You can also check out my Big Board by clicking here.
By: David Kay
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I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball’s most decorated player in Ohio State’s Evan Turner. “His Royal Smoothness” as we like to call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award. We all know how good he is; he’ll be the second guy picked by Philadelphia in this June’s NBA Draft after John Wall goes first overall to Washington.
We’ve already heard all about his many strengths. And he could very well be the next Scottie Pippen, but he’s still far from perfect. As transcendent as his game seems at times, there are still some flaws.
By Paul M. Banks
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This week I am eating, breathing, sleeping the NBA Draft. Ok, actually I had Honey Combs for breakfast but you get the point. The Sports Bank has everything you need to know to get ready for Thursday night’s NBA Draft. You can check our latest 2010 NBA Mock Draft by clicking here. We will also be live chatting during the draft, handing out our pick-by-pick grades as they happen, and much more so be sure to check back often this week.
Here are the final positional rankings. This is NOT the order that I think each position will be selected but rather how I rank them.
By: David Kay
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Somehow, someway I’ll get through an entire feature on former Georgia Tech power forward Derrick Favors without using the trite cliché: “he has a tremendous upside.” This 6-10, 245 power player’s game is certainly anything but tired and shopworn as his best days are yet to come. NBA scouts know it, as he’ll likely be the first “big” taken, and could go as high as #3 or #4 in the NBA Draft.
I caught up to him in Milwaukee, on the eve of his final collegiate game, a 75-66 loss to Ohio State. The freshman Favors once again displayed his biggest weakness: he fouled out.
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Happy NBA Draft week! It is crunch time. Be sure to check back with The Sports Bank as I’ll be updating my mock draft several times over the next couple days. We will also be live chatting during the draft Thursday night and providing live draft grades so join us during the festivities as well. Click on the players name for a full scouting report and click on the team’s name for a full list of off-season needs. You can also check out my 2011 NBA Mock Draft.
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