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Wow, less than two months after the 2009 NBA Draft, RealCollegeBasketball.com is already coming out with our 2010 NBA Mock Draft! A lot has been said about how poor the 2009 NBA Draft was, but not much has yet been said about the 2010 NBA Draft, so I will analyze that for all of you. The 2009 NBA Draft went from bad to worse as soon as we found out some of the players who announced their decisions to return to schools. Such players as Greg Monroe, Willie Warren, Al-Farouq Aminu, Cole Aldrich, Patrick Patterson, Craig Brackins, Evan Turner... Those guys were all potential 2009 lottery picks! Now they will likely be in the 2010 draft, so as them returning hurt the 2009 draft, it just strengthens the 2010 draft. It is tough to fully analyze a draft 10 months before it occurs, but I will give it a shot. From the early looks, it seems like this is a very strong class. While last year's draft had a specialty in PG's, this draft is actually quite the opposite. After star PG, and currently projected #1 overall pick John Wall, there really aren't many good PG's. However, the 2010 Draft does have a specialty of its own: PF's with high ceilings and a great offensive game.Don't believe me, let's just take a look at some of them: Ed Davis, Derrick Favors, Greg Monroe, Donatas Motiejunas, Patrick Patterson, Craig Brackins, Larry Sanders, DeMarcus Cousins, John Henson. Now that is heavy duty stuff right there! I can honestly see any of those guys being future NBA all-stars. Favors, the Freshman over at Georgia Tech who dominates the game both offensively and defensively. Ed Davis, about to be given a huge role at UNC with Tyler Hansbrough, Tywon Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green all in the NBA now. Donatas Motiejunas, who many scouts think is the next Dirk Nowitzki and really impressed in the Lithuanian Basketball League. Larry Sanders, just started playing organized basketball when he was in 10th grade and has been improving a lot each season and a force defensively and a developing post game. I could go on and on about all of these guys. |
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