1	Sacramento	Blake Griffin	So.
2	Washington	Ricky Rubio	Intl.
3	LA Clippers	Hasheem Thabeet	Jr.
4	Oklahoma Cty	Jordan Hill	Jr.
5	Minnesota	James Harden	So.
6	Memphis	        Demar DeRozan	Fr.
7	Golden St.	Brandon JenningsIntl.
8	New York	Earl Clark	Jr.
9	Toronto	        Gerald HendersonJr.
10	Milwaukee	Jonny Flynn	So.
11	New Jersey	Wayne Ellington	Jr.
12	Charlotte	Chase Budinger	Jr.
13	Indiana	        Stephen Curry	Jr.
14	Phoenix	        James Johnson	So.

Posted by Paladin55:

Mullens is a guy who will have to really impress the Knicks brass in his workout, if we are going to draft him.

Hard to believe that he will go into the workouts without having added a few moves to impress people with.

Is he intelligent enough in terms of understanding the game? Does he have the toughness an NBA center needs? Why wasn't he more of a shot blocker in college, and why did he play so little?

The guy is an amazing athlete, and seems to have some skill, but he plays like a SF in the body of a center.

I can't see the Knicks taking him, but if they saw something special in him in his workout with us, I would not go crazy if we took him.

Denadre Jordan blocked a lot more shots in his first year in the NBA than he did at Texas AM. Javale Mcgee is also an athletic 7 footer who was drafted much farther back than his talent. 7 footers just come along slower than smaller guys. You have to do some projection with Mullens--there is no doubt about it--you have to SEE what his potential can become. You can see in his HS clips the way he can run the floor--his mid range jump shot his ability to rebound and block shots--his touch inside both soft and tough when needed. You can see the tremendous length.
With a team that is so desperate for an athletic big men--boy I would give him every opportunity to prove it to me.

Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by nixluva:

This draft isn't the "end all, be all" as far as building this team. Why take a lesser talent when you can get the BPA and try to the upgrade the overall talent level of the team. You can't get desperate just cuz the team has been losing for so long. If the big man is there then so be it, but not if he's a risky pick like Mullens.

After last year draft, no pick the Knicks make should be consider risky. A 6'10 player that plays on the perimeter and is void of low post moves on the off chance that he can take guys off the dribble that are smaller and the same size than him and also hope that he can eventually play at the PF spot because he is still "growing" and his body may or may not allow him to put on bulk. Oh yeah, I forgot about how he is going to develop in the post and become a good defender in the post as well as the perimeter because well because he is just special. Yeah that pick wasn't risky.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by rvwink:

Common Sense?

Common sense suggests that you avoid focusing only on how athletic a player is, and how badly you need an upgrade at the position he plays. A significant part of your evaluation should be certified on the player's production when he played, how strong his motor is, and how high his basketball IQ is. I feel strongly that Mullen is simply not the right answer for the Knicks this year.

That's BS--you cant teach size and athleticism and it's pretty rare to have both. You have to use prognostication when evaluating a very young player--simply you do NOT have enough information to make a reasonable evaluation off of 1 year--you have to have the ability to project. What you are saying is Mullens basketball growth stopped at 10 points and 5 rebounds as a freshmen 18 year old and thats not the case. Thats why the NY Knicks cant draft well and they are arrogant enough to let it continue. Thats why we take Gallinaris over Randolphs and Fryes over Bynums

Lets be real--the Knicks organization has been brutal in the draft for a long time with a little saving grace late in the first round.

I like 4 players in this draft where the Knicks are[obviously we are not getting guys 1-7]-- Evans Derozan Mullens and Flynn--lets see how stupid I look in a couple of years. Unfortunately I think it is very possible Evans and Derozan are part of the top 7 That leaves me with Flynn and Mullens and size wins out.