Updated: June 25, 2009, 8:58 PM ET

Dick Vitale's Mock Draft

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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