Unless someone get's lucky and wins the NBA Draft Lottery for the first 3 picks, it should be Utah at 4th, Portland at 5th, Milwaukee at 6th and New York at 7th. You figure Andrew Bogut, Marvin Williams (if he declares) and Chris Paul will be the first 3 players selected.

What will the Jazz do? Do they go for Chris Taft to replace Carlos Boozer? Do they go for 19 year old 7'3" Lithuanian Center Martynas Andriuskevicius or another foreign player like Tiago Splitter or Fran Vazquez? Remember they did sign Mehmet Okur last summer but he doesn't start. Or might they go for Gerald Green? I think the Jazz might play it safe and select a PG like Deron Williams or Reymond Felton. I think D.Williams is a Jerry Sloan type of halfcourt PG.

What will the Blazers do? I think they are set on Green, unless the Jazz take him. Or they might go for Andriuskevicius, who trained with Arvyas Sabonis, a Portland favorite. The Blazers are in rebuilding mode and could afford to wait a year or two for Andriuskevicius to develope. They might also like the other two foreign big's, Splitter and Vazquez.

What will the Bucks do? Green is sure to be gone. No way he get's passed the Jazz or Blazers. Would the Bucks take Andriuskevicius if he's there? I think since they want to convince Michael Reed to resign, they need a more NBA-ready player. Their frontline is pretty dule and they have a lot of FA's including Dan Gadzuric, Zaza Pachulia, Toni Kukoc and Dan Santiago. I think they would go for Taft.

What will WE do? OK, worst case scenerio - Green and Taft are gone. Not to mention Andriuskevicius. But Splitter and Vazquez are still there. Would Isiah Thomas take a foreign player? Like the Bucks, we need a player that can step in next season and play. It's difficult and rare for a foreign big to have an impact in his first season. And there have been a few busts the last few years - Darko Milicic, Nikoloz Tskitishvili to name a few. I don't see Zeke taking a foreigner, even Andriuskevicius. So all and all, I think we're going to end up with Granger. And it makes a lot of sense. Tim Thomas and Penny Hardaway are entering their last years of their contracts and Trevor Ariza is a FA. We need some depth at SF and Granger is a senior who is ready to play. He's also a good fit at 6'8" who plays with fire at both ends.

How do you see it playing out as of right now?

This draft is very wide open. While Bogut is the clear no. 1, its not a given he won't bust!

some team in the first 10 picks will make out like a bandit after Bogut.

This is the kind of draft that can make you a legend! It would still needs at least a year to really grade it, but with two no. picks, this is Isiahas year to shine.

or in two years, be shone!

i think your projections seem to be pretty much the way i see things going down...we need to get lucky & move up into the top 3, bottomline.

We all know how badly the Knicks could use Green or a big (Bogut, Taft) but the big thing is, neither Marvin Williams nor Chris Paul have declared yet and I'm not so sure Marvin Williams is a definate. Roy Williams has said that he has told Marvin that he could benefit from another year in college and most of the team these kids listen to their coaches. Theirs no doubt he'd be in the top3, if he chose and its hard to pass up, but I know he is 50/50 in his status. I hope both Marvin and Paul do come out to push more talent down to when the Knicks draft so that either Green or Taft are available to Isiah.

Briggs, that's assuming the Jazz don't move up to the top three and get a crack at Paul or Bogut. and that Portland doesn't move up to the top three and just take Green there.

But, assuming the Jazz are 4th, Blazers are 5th and Knicks are 6/7, what else would we have to give the Jazz to move up? $3million? The Spurs 2006 pick? Sweetney?

Nobody likes Danny Granger? I know we need a big but I'm not too high on anyone not named Andrew Bogut. Plus I think we'll get a better player in the summer through a trade. I'm not sold on Chris Taft, Tiago Splitter, Fran Vazquez or Johan Petro. I'd take Granger over all of them, maybe except Taft.

The worst team hardly ever gets the number 1 draft pick. i see the knicks gettin the #3 pick and trading itfor a player and another pick in the top 10

The Knicks will get the 4th or 5th pick in this draft...Which in my opinion is just good enough....Marb's jersey number will bring us good luck...#5.......

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

The worst team hardly ever gets the number 1 draft pick. i see the knicks gettin the #3 pick and trading itfor a player and another pick in the top 10

Posted by Knick2001:

The Knicks will get the 4th or 5th pick in this draft...Which in my opinion is just good enough....Marb's jersey number will bring us good luck...#5.......

I don't see that happening at all. The Knicks will settle for the 7th pick.

we can either get 1,2,3,7,8,9,10 not 4,5,6

Posted by BigAppleStar3:

Nobody likes Danny Granger? I know we need a big but I'm not too high on anyone not named Andrew Bogut. Plus I think we'll get a better player in the summer through a trade. I'm not sold on Chris Taft, Tiago Splitter, Fran Vazquez or Johan Petro. I'd take Granger over all of them, maybe except Taft.

I've been touting Danny Granger here for weeks. I think he's a really good all around player and is gonna be a very nice contributor for some team. We need talented size thouhgh...I'd have to take Taft or Splitter first.