About us
Podcast
DDD
College Football
Rick's Corner
Pro Football
Baseball
Basketball
C.O.W. Page
Hockey
Irate Fan Rant
Soccer
Fan of the Week
Olympics
Fan Pics
Humor
Staff
Other Sites
Calendar
Champions Database
07-08 Bowls
06-07 Bowls
Old Stuff
e-mail me
2011 NBA Draft

 
NBA Draft
Round 1
Pick Team Player Position School/ (Country) Notes
1 Cleveland Kyrie Irving PG Duke Great player to build around
2 Minnesota Derrick Williams PF Arizona Big man - will help a lot with front court scoring
3 Utah Enes Kanter C (Turkey) Jazz get the big steal of th night
4 Cleveland Tristan Thompson PF Texas Motor, motor, motor - lots of hussle here
5 Toronto Jonas Valanciunas C (Lithuania) Raptors were shocked Cleveland didn't take him
6 Washington Jan Vesely SF (Czech Republic) Not a bad building block for Wiz, but more needed
7 Sacramento - T Bismack Biyombo PF (Spain) Nobody knew much about him before draft - time will tell
8 Detroit Brandon Knight PG Kentucky Great defender  much needed in Detroit
9 Charlotte  Kemba Walker SG UConn Battler - just about single-handedly carried UConn to Big East title this year.
10 Milwaukee - T Jimmer Fredette SG BYU Shooter McGavin would love this guy
11 Golden State Klay Thompson SG Washington State Mychal's son - good basketball genes run in this family
12 Utah Alec Burks G Colorado  
13 Phoenix Markieff Morris PF Kansas Battler inside - improved outside shooting every year - could be the big surprise of the draft
14 Houston Marcus Morris PF Kansas Turnaround jumper in the post is strong
15 Indiana Kawhi Leonard SF San Diego State That's some serious wingspan 87"
16 Philadelphia Nikola Vucevic C Southern Cal Big dude - mad skills
17 New York Iman Shumpert PG Georgia Tech Surprising pick - not sure about this one
18 Washington Chris Singleton SF Florida State Great defense - but don't the Wizards need scoring?
19 Charlotte - T Tobias Harris PF Tennessee Could be a sleeper, but we'll see
20 Minnesota Donatas Motiejunas PF (Lithuania) ???
21 Portland Nolan Smith SG Duke 2nd Dukey taken this round  great at attacking basket
22 Denver Kenneth Faried PF Morehead State Big rebounder - great defensive effort on the floor
23 Houston Nikola Mirotic SF (Serbia) Another forward?  Really?
24 OK City Reggie Jackson PG Boston College Quick, explosive, slashing scorer
25 Boston Marshon Brooks SG Providence 6'5" - fast, shooter, ridiculous
26 Dallas Jordan Hamilton SF Texas great shooter and rebounder - stamina needs work
27 New Jersey JuJuan Johnson PF Purdue Needs to be a bit bigger, but can he grow more?
28 Chicago Norris Cole PG Cleveland State Good in transition and defense, great instincts
29 San Antonio Cory Joseph PG Texas Not a great shooter or finisher - kind of a surprise at this point in the draft
30 Chicago Jimmy Butler SF Marquette Feel good story for the draft

 

Round 2 with notes will be posted on Friday along with the rest of the draft






|About us| |Podcast| |DDD| |College Football| |Rick's Corner| |Pro Football| |Baseball| |Basketball| |C.O.W. Page| |Hockey| |Irate Fan Rant| |Soccer| |Fan of the Week| |Olympics| |Fan Pics| |Humor| |Staff| |Other Sites | |Calendar| |Champions Database| |07-08 Bowls| |06-07 Bowls| |Old Stuff|