1. Who will be the 2nd pick?
Should be Rubio. Will be Thabeet.

2. Who will be the biggest bust?
By how high he will go, Jordan Hill. Maybe not in total. I think the draft has quite a few guys with bust potential.

3. Who will go more than 7 picks too high?
Tyler Hansbrough and Jordan Hill. Could have been Jennings but looks like he will go low enough so he still has upside.

4. Who has Ridiculous Upside?
Demar DeRozan (unfortunately also has ridiculous downside, see bust potential)

5. Why is Scott Schroeder the man? His poem writing abilities?
His dedication to issues other bloggers don’t care about but are still interesting

6. What are your extended thoughts on the NBA D-League?
I want the Blazers to buy a team?

7. Who is your favorite, not best, player in the draft? Why?
Ricky Rubio. Best floor vision and passing skills since Nash/Kidd. If he goes to OKC they become my third team although I hate Bennett and the move from Seattle.

8. Which mock draft is more agreeable through 27 picks? SBN’s own, or BDL’s version?
SBN

9. What’s my favorite color?
Um, judging from the color scheme here: Red?

10. Which trade thus far will have the biggest impact next season?
Shaq. At least it will make the Suns implode. Maybe he becomes the Big Enabler to Wade, Kobe and LeBron

Tie Breaker: Which player will soon be traded that hasn’t been traded yet?
Kirk Hinrich

1- Thabeet
2- BJ Mullens, Stephen Curry? (he’s not a PG of the future, which is probably what you want at #6 or so)
3- Jrue Holiday (if he does go in the top-10), Tyler Hansbrough (if he does go #11 or #16), half the guys that go from picks #20-30
4- Jeff Teague
5- Sure, poem writing. And because he promoted my fanpost to the main page.
6- Under-utilized by some of the teams, not well advertised by the NBA
7- Jonny Flynn & T-Will. Heart & defense for the win!
8- Neither of them… Thabeet isn’t getting past #3, and Rubio isn’t going #2
9- Red or something like that
10- Jefferson, Bowen & Oberto to the Spurs for Kurt Thomas
Tie Breaker-

1. Maciej Lampe

2. Austin Daye, by a mile

3. Austin Daye, by a mile

4. Ricky Rubio

5. Don’t refer to yourself in the 3rd person, you pompous ass.

6. The D-League is the next frontier in NBA development. Major League Baseball has already got their development system in spades, and it’s only a matter of time before the NBA realizes the benefits of a 1:1 team to affiliate ratio, therefore giving NBA GMs a place to develop players, help players recover from injury, and go searching for fresh talent. Every other big time sport seems to get this, but the NBA hasn’t quite gotten there. It’s only a matter of time before they come along.

7. Need you really ask…G baby, aka Jerome Henderson. If he slides to the Bulls it could be epic, then even you would have to like him.

8. SBN baby, all the way.

9. Man-ass flesh-color.

10. Jefferson to the Spurs….dream come true for him.

Tie Breaker: Rajon Rondo, the Celtics are shopping him hard. Any team that lands him and two other peices, you have an automatic contender.

1. Who will be the 2nd pick?
Thabeet

2. Who will be the biggest bust?
B.J. Mullens. He’s awful.

3. Who will go more than 7 picks too high?
B.J. Mullens. He’s awful. I mean, really REALLY awful. It’s like if you took Kosta Koufos and took away all of his athletic ability.

4. Who has Ridiculous Upside?
Brandon Jennings. He’s not a great shooter, a bit careless with the ball, but you can teach that stuff. You can’t teach athleticism and quickness, and he’s got absurd quantities of both.

5. Why is Scott Schroeder the man? His poem writing abilities?
Because when I see his name, I think of Ricky Schroeder, then Silver Spoons, then that absurd train they had in their house.

6. What are your extended thoughts on the NBA D-League?
It’s cool. I really, really don’t understand why the NBA hasn’t taken the plunge and fully funded it - they draft all these schmoes like Mullens with the knowledge that they aren’t ready to play in the NBA. Why not let them play somewhere instead of paying them gobs of cash to sit around?

7. Who is your favorite, not best, player in the draft? Why?
Derrick Brown. I like big guys who can shoot, but also aren’t afraid to play inside. That sucker can leap out of the building too.

8. Which mock draft is more agreeable through 27 picks? SBN’s own, or BDL’s version?
SBN. Of course.

9. What’s my favorite color?
Argyle.

10. Which trade thus far will have the biggest impact next season?
Shaq to Cleveland. Though they still don’t have any answer for Howard or Garnett.

Tie Breaker: Which player will soon be traded that hasn’t been traded yet?
Rondo.

1. Who will be the 2nd pick?

Thabeet

2. Who will be the biggest bust?

Jordan Hill

3. Who will go more than 7 picks too high?

Terrence Williams

4. Who has Ridiculous Upside?

DeMar DeRozan

5. Why is Scott Schroeder the man? His poem writing abilities?

Yes.

6. What are your extended thoughts on the NBA D-League?

Wish more NBA GMs would act like they’ve heard of it.

7. Who is your favorite, not best, player in the draft? Why?

Brandon Jennings… if dude can bring back flat tops, it will be the most important contribution to the game since the three point line.

8. Which mock draft is more agreeable through 29 picks? SBN’s own, or BDL’s version?

SBN. Though I think At the Hive messed up BDL’s by randomly taking a different player at 21. What a bunch of imbeciles.

9. What’s my favorite color?

Pink.

10. Which trade thus far will have the biggest impact next season?

Shaq to Cavs.

Tie Breaker: Which player will soon be traded that hasn’t been traded yet?

Amar’e.

I thought it’d be way more exciting here…

Griffin. Expected.
Thabeet. Expected, but dumb. Should’ve traded down.

expected.

Rubio in the next 3 picks

That would be nice. I wonder what Minny would do if that happened.

Rubio & Curry?

I’m not like anyone else"

made me laugh.

question is which one?

I can only imagine how bad that defense is gonna be. But damn are they gonna score a lot!

Knicks fans!

And Curry and his “I want to play for the Knicks”

Interesting… Buh-bye David Lee

I laughed at every team that passed on Rubio. Still hoping for some major trade.

I’m also hanging out with my old pals over Hardwood Paroxysm.

So much for him falling

SLAMonlineRumor (via @langwhitaker) Rubio to Knicks for Jordan Hill and Nate Robinson

NateRob is a PG too, right?

Emaciated

The Timberwolves??? Are they holding a PG tryout?

this pick is going to Denver

Yay!

Denver will get Charlotte’s first-round pick next season if the Bobcats make the playoffs. If they don’t, Charlotte keeps it. The pick would then be protected by a sliding scale, where Charlotte would retain it if it’s in the top 12 in 2010, top 10 in 2011, top eight in 2012 and top three in 2013. Charlotte would have no protection for the pick in 2014.

hate these new hats for all the teams?

BLAIR IS THERE