2010 NBA Mock Draft, Version 1.0
AP Photo Many people believe this is a deep draft and it certainly deeper than initially believed, especially with all of the early declarations, but I don't think we will see the Darren Collisons, DeJuan Blairs, Rodrique Beaubois, Marcus Thorntons and Chase Budingers that we did a year ago. I see this draft as the John Wall sweepstakes, followed by very good starters/fringe All-Stars in DeMarcus Cousins and Evan Turner with question marks and role players filling out the remainder of the lottery. Beyond that, I think there are many eighth and ninth men, with many of them having more promising careers in Europe. Round 1 2. Minnesota, 199: Evan Turner, SG, Ohio State 3. Sacramento, 156: DeMarcus Cousins, C, Kentucky 4. Golden State, 104: Derrick Favors, PF, Wake Forest 5. Washington, 103: Al-Farouq Aminu, F, Wake Forest 6. Philadelphia, 53: Wes Johnson, SF, Syracuse 7. Detroit, 53: Cole Aldrich, C, Kansas 8. LA Clippers, 23: Eric Bledsoe, G, Kentucky 9. New York (To Utah), 22: Ed Davis, PF, North Carolina 10. Indiana, 11: Patrick Patterson, PF, Kentucky 11. New Orleans, 8: Greg Monroe, C, Georgetown 12. Memphis, 7: Jan Vesely, F, KK Partizan Belgrade 13. Toronto, 6: Donatas Motiejunas, C Benneton Treviso 14. Houston, 5: Hassan Whiteside, C, Marshall 15. Chicago (To Milwaukee): Ekpe Udoh, PF, Baylor 16. Charlotte (To Minnesota via Denver): Daniel Orton, C, Kentucky 17. Milwaukee (To Chicago): Xavier Henry, G/F, Kansas 18. Miami: Willie Warren, PG, Oklahoma 19. Boston: James Anderson, SG, Oklahoma State 20. San Antonio: Damion James, SF, Texas 21. Oklahoma City, Aaric Murray, C, LaSalle 22. Portland: Avery Bradley, G, Texas 23. Utah (To Minnesota via Philadelphia): Gordon Heyward, SF, Butler 24. Atlanta: Solomon Alabi, C, Florida State 25. Denver (To Memphis): Quincy Pondexter, SF, Washington 26. Phoenix (To Oklahoma City): Nemanja Bjelica, SF, Red Star Belgrade 27. Dallas (To New Jersey): Dominque Jones, SG, South Florida 28. LA Lakers (To Memphis): Gani Lawal, PF, Georgia Tech 29. Orlando: Paul George, SF, Fresno State 30. Cleveland (To Washington): Larry Sanders, PF, VCU
Second Round 32. Minnesota (To Oklahoma City): Tibor Pleiss, C, Brose Baskets 33. Sacramento: Charles Garcia, PF, Seattle 34/35. Washington: Elliot Williams, SG, Memphis 34/35. Golden State: Demetri McCamey, PG, Illinois 36/37. Detroit: JaJuan Johnson, PF, Purdue 36/37. Philadelphia (To Milwaukee): Darrington Hobson, SF, New Mexico 38/39. New York: Sherron Collins, PG, Kansas 38/39. LA Clippers (To New York via Denver): Lance Stephenson, SG, Cincinnati 40. Indiana: Terrico White, G, Ole Miss 41. New Orleans (To Miami): Miroslave Raduljica, C, Zeleznik 42/43. Toronto (To Miami): Stanley Robinson, SF, UConn 42/43. Memphis (To LA Lakers): Chris Wright, SF, Dayton 44. Chicago (To Portland): Kevin Seraphin, PF, Cholet 45. Houston (To Minnesota): Kenneth Faried, PF, Morehead State 46. Charlotte (To Phoenix): Jarvis Varnado, PF, Mississippi State 47. Milwaukee: Greivis Vasquez, PG, Maryland 48. Miami: Arnett Moultrie, PF, UTEP 49. San Antonio: Artsiom Parakhouski, C, Radford 50. Oklahoma City (To Dallas): Jerome Jordan, C, Tulsa 51. Portland (To Oklahoma City via Dallas and Minnesota): Ludovic Vaty, PF, Orleans 52. Boston: Gary Flowers, PF, Southern Miss 53. Atlanta: Samardo Samuels, PF, Louisville 54. Denver (To LA Clippers): Armon Johnson, PG, Nevada 55. Utah: Luke Babbitt, SF, Nevada 56. Phoenix (To Minnesota): Derrick Caracter, PF, UTEP 57. Dallas: Jordan Crawford, SG, Xavier 58. LA Lakers: Hamady N'Diaye, C, Rutgers 59. Orlando: Dexter Pittman, C, Texas 60. Cleveland (To Phoenix): Courtney Fortson, PG, Arkansas Chris Reina is the executive editor of RealGM. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/cr_reina.
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