fishmike
Posts: 53867
Alba Posts: 1
Joined: 7/19/2002
Member: #298 USA
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IN THE DRAFT (Players who have declared for the 2005 draft) Alex Acker, SG, Jr., Pepperdine# Nemanja Aleksandrov, SF/PF, 18 yrs, Serbia Martynas Andriuskevicius, PF/C, 19 yrs, Lithuania Sean Banks, SF, So., Memphis Andray Blatche, PF, HS Sr., NY Andrew Bogut, PF/C, So., Utah Ike Diogu, PF, Jr., Arizona State# Rudy Fernandez, SG, 19 yrs, Spain Mike Hall, SF, Jr., George Washington# Bryan Hopkins, PG, Jr., SMU# John Gilchrist, PG, Jr., Maryland# Dwayne Jones, C, Jr., St. Joseph's# Erazem Lorberk, PF/C, 21 yrs, Slovenia Pops Mensah-Bonsu, PF, Jr., George Washington# J.R. Morris, SG, Jr., Seton Hall T.J. Parker, PG, Jr., Northwestern Drago Pasalic, PF, 21 yrs, Croatia Johan Petro, C, 19 yrs, France Dusan Sakota, SF, 19 yrs, Greece Marcus Slaughter, SF, So., San Diego State# Tiago Splitter, PF, 20 yrs, Brazil Steven Smith, SF, Jr., LaSalle# Chris Taft, PF, So., Pittsburgh Marko Tomas, SG, 19 yrs, Croatia Roko Ukic, PG, 21 yrs, Croatia Charlie Villanueva, SF/PF, So., UConn Tiras Wade, SG, Jr., Louisiana-Layfayette# Von Wafer, G, So., Florida State# Kennedy Winston, SF, Jr., Alabama# Antoine Wright, SG, Jr., Texas A&M#
LIKELY TO DECLARE (Players who are leaning strongly toward declaring for the 2005 draft) Hassan Adams, SG, Jr., Arizona Deji Akindele, C, So., Chicago State Kelenna Azubuike, SG, Jr., Kentucky Juan Jose Barea, PG, So., Northeastern Andrea Bargnani, SF/PF, 20 yrs, Italy Guillermo Diaz, PG/SG, So., Miami Monta Ellis, PG/SG, HS Sr., MS Raymond Felton, PG, Jr., North Carolina Francisco Garcia, SG/SF, Jr., Louisville Gerald Green, SG, HS Sr., TX Ersan Ilyasova, SF, 18 yrs, Turkey Jarrett Jack, PG, Jr., Georgia Tech Linas Kleiza, SF/PF, So., Missouri Carl Krauser, PG, Jr., Pittsburgh Rashad McCants, SG, Jr., North Carolina Anthony Roberson, PG, Jr., Florida Nate Robinson, PG/SG, Jr., Washington Curtis Stinson, PG/SG, So., Iowa State Vladimir Veremeenko, PF, 20 yrs, Belarus Deron Williams, PG, Jr., Illinois Louis Williams, SG, HS Senior, GA
SITTING ON THE FENCE (Players pondering a jump to the NBA) Brandon Bass, PF, Jr., LSU Ronnie Brewer, PG/SG, So., Arkansas Mardy Collins, PG, Jr., Temple Micah Downs, SF, HS Sr., WA Semih Erden, C, 19 yrs, Turkey Richard Hendrix, PF, HS Sr., AL Amir Johnson, PF, HS Sr., CA Mohammed Kone, C, So., Southern Idaho Sean May, PF, Jr., North Carolina CJ Miles, SG, HS Sr., TX Randolph Morris, C, Fr., Kentucky Chris Paul, PG, So., Wake Forest Kosta Perovic, C, 20 yrs, Serbia JJ Redick, SG, Jr., Duke Brandon Rush, SG, HS Sr., NC Matt Walsh, SG/SF, Jr., Duke Martell Webster, SG, HS Sr., WA Shelden Williams, PF, Jr., Duke Marvin Williams, SF/PF, Fr., North Carolina Bracey Wright, SG, Jr., Indiana Julian Wright, F, HS Sr., IL
OUT OF THE DRAFT (Top prospects who are unlikely to enter this year) Josh Boone, C, So., UConn Dee Brown, SG, Jr., Illinois Nik Caner-Medley, SF, Jr., Maryland Rodney Carney, SF, Jr., Memphis Paul Davis, PF, Jr., Michigan State Nick Fazekas, PF, So., Nevada Taj Gray, PF, Jr., Oklahoma Torin Francis, PF, Jr., Notre Dame Rudy Gay, SF, Fr., UConn Daniel Gibson, PG, Fr., Texas J.R. Giddens, SG, So., Kansas Mile Ilic, C, 21 yrs, Serbia Josh McRoberts, F, HS Sr., IN Adam Morrison, SG/SF, So., Gonzaga Juan Palacios, SF, Fr., Louisville Rajon Rondo, PG, Fr., Kentucky Sergio Rodriguez, PG, 19 yrs, Spain Peja Samardziski, C, 19 yrs, Macedonia Craig Smith, PF, Jr. Boston College Marcus Williams, PG, So., UConn Uros Tripkovic, PG, 19 yrs, Serbia
**** not mentioned Ryan Gomes Danny Granger Hakkim Warrick Joey Graham
If I could get pretty much any combo of a blue player early and a purple player late I think we are heading in a good direction. The guys I color coded I have either seen and know something about or have heard enough to be comfortable with (like the pops guy)
I'm sure there are other good options out there...
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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