Updated: June 25, 2009, 8:58 PM ET
Dick Vitale's Mock Draft
Sitting here at the Broken Egg, trying to project this year's draft...
My friends, this is as challenging a draft as I have seen. There aren't many impact superstars in this group, but there are a lot of solid players capable of contributing down the line.
You may get a player as No. 20 that turns out to be as good as the one picked at five or six. That just shows how close this group is in terms of talent.
Well, let me give it a shot. Here is how I see the action coming down on Thursday. I feel confident that I will get the first one right, but then it becomes a crapshoot. Don't be surprised if you see several trades made on draft night...Minnesota has already made noise and there should be more to come:
| Dickie V. NBA Mock Draft | ||
| Team | Player | College |
| 1. LA Clippers | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
| 2. Memphis | Hasheem Thabeet | Connecticut |
| 3. Oklahoma City | Ricky Rubio | Spain |
| 4. Sacramento | Tyreke Evans | Memphis |
| 5. Minnesota | Jordan Hill | Arizona |
| 6. Minnesota | Stephen Curry | Davidson |
| 7. Golden State | James Harden | Arizona St. |
| 8. New York | Jonny Flynn | Syracuse |
| 9. Toronto | DeMar DeRozan | USC |
| 10. Milwaukee | Jrue Holiday | UCLA |
| 11. New Jersey | Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina |
| 12. Charlotte | Gerald Henderson | Duke |
| 13. Indiana | Eric Maynor | VCU |
| 14. Phoenix | Brandon Jennings | Italy |
| 15. Detroit | Earl Clark | Louisville |
| 16. Chicago | Terence Williams | Louisville |
| 17. Philadelphia | Ty Lawson | North Carolina |
| 18. Minnesota | B.J. Mullens | Ohio State |
| 19. Atlanta | Jeff Teague | Wake Forest |
| 20. Utah | Chase Budinger | Arizona |
| 21. New Orleans | DeJuan Blair | Pittsburgh |
| 22. Portland | Omri Casspi | Israel |
| 23. Sacramento | Austin Daye | Gonzaga |
| 24. Dallas | Darren Collison | UCLA |
| 25. Oklahoma City | Sam Young | Pittsburgh |
| 26. Chicago | Wayne Ellington | North Carolina |
| 27. Memphis | Toney Douglas | Florida St. |
| 28. Minnesota | James Johnson | Wake Forest |
| 29. LA Lakers | DaJuan Summers | Georgetown |
| 30. Cleveland | Derrick Brown | Xavier |
