The Official 2007 Raptor Talk NBA Mock Draft

Posted by RaptorTalk at 6/26/2007 10:21 PM and is filed under NBA Draft
  By Andrew Dubowec

Here is the RaptorTalk NBA 2007 Mock Draft arriving a little early - less than an hour before Wednesday officially arrives.

RaptorTalk has examined the ranking averages of four of the top mock drafts as the basis for our final selections. Those mock drafts considered are Chad Ford's ESPN Insider, Draft Express, NBA Draft.net and Inside Hoops. Then we factored in our own selections and hunches to create the Official RaptorTalk NBA 2007 Mock Draft.

                        

With a few exceptions, we found a lot of consensus in the first 15 picks and see no reason that the draft should not play out that way. Most boards are in almost complete agreement over the top four or five selections.

Corey Brewer could move up a few spots and Joakim Noah might also climb a couple of rungs. Both Florida stars could go back to back. We're not buying the hype around Yi Jianlian and Spencer Hawes and expect them to drop a little from where they were on the more optimistic draft boards.

The back end of the draft is more difficult to forecast. We don't think Tiago Splitter will go in the first round due to buy-out issues overseas. Another potential surprise? Try Gabe Pruitt. Expect Pruitt to climb into the top 20, even though many projected him as a late first rounder or even an early second round pick.


                           2007 Raptor Talk NBA Mock Draft

NBA Team Player/Position From
1. Portland Greg Oden, C Ohio State
2. Seattle Kevin Durant, SF Texas
3. Atlanta Al Horford, PF Florida
4. Memphis Mike Conley Jr., PG Ohio State
5. Boston Jeff Green, F  Georgetown
6. Milwaukee Corey Brewer, G Florida
7. Minnesota Joakim Noah, F/C Florida
8. Charlotte Brandan Wright, F North Carolina
9. Chicago Yi Jianlian, C China
10. Sacramento Spencer Hawes, PF Washington
11. Atlanta Acie Law, PG Texas A&M
12. Philadelphia Al Thornton, SF Florida State
13. New Orleans Nick Young, SG USC
14. LA Clippers Thaddeus Young Georgia Tech
15. Detroit Rodney Stuckey East Washington
16. Washington Julian Wright, SF Kansas
17. New Jersey Jason Smith, F/C Colorado State
18. Golden State Javaris Crittenton, G Georgia Tech
19. LA Lakers Gabe Pruitt, G USC
20. Miami Josh McRoberts, F Duke
21. Philadelphia Sean Williams, PF/C Boston College
22. Charlotte Rudy Fernandez, SG Spain
23. New York Wilson Chandler, F DePaul
24. Phoenix Marco Belinelli, SG Italy
25. Utah Daequan Cook, SG Ohio State
26. Houston Jared Dudley, SF Boston College
27. Detroit Morris Almond, SG Rice
28. San Antonio Derrick Byars, SF Vanderbilt
29. Phoenix Petteri Koponen, SG Finland
30. Philadelphia Nick Fazekas, PF Nevada


This promises to be a draft with more wheeling and dealing than most, which means that there could be some very surprising picks made where teams who just traded into the draft will select on need and not for BPA. Of course, those types of moves are the ones that no one can predict and they ensure that no mock draft will ever be anywhere near 100% accurate.

Thursday, June 28th will be a very interesting day in the NBA!

 

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