Mocking The 2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft will take place on June 28 in New York. The Bobcats hold two first round picks (No. 8 and 22) in this year's draft, so a lot could happen in the next few hours and bobcatsbasketball.com is keeping you posted on mock drafts on the web leading up to the big event. The following are the consensus lottery picks (and No. 22 pick) of 18 mock drafts from around the web, followed by the complete first round mock drafts we've come across already.
Update (06.28): The 2007 NBA Draft is less than 24 hours away and rumors are flying all over the Internet about who is drafting who, what picks are going where and which players might be changing uniforms soon. We’ve updated 10 of the 18 mock drafts we’ve been following, so make sure to check them out before the draft kicks off tonight.
As far as the changes we’ve seen, Mike Conley Jr. continues his climb up the mock draft lists and is now slated to go fourth overall, while Brandan Wright continues his slide and has now dropped to fifth. In the lottery, Joakim Noah (eighth) and Al Thorton (11th) have also jumped up one spot, and Jeff Green (ninth) and Julian Wright (12th) are slipping.
The biggest change has come with Wilson Chandler, who has now leapfrogged five spots up to No. 28 and is projected to go late in the first round.
At No. 22, the Bobcats are now projected to select 6-6, 172-pound shooting guard Rudy Fernandez from Spain, with Sean Williams jumping up to No. 20 and Derrick Byars falling to No. 23.
Who will the Bobcats take? Stay tuned to bobcatsbasketball.com as we update you on draft night.
Update (06.21): With the NBA Draft now one week away, changes are coming fast and furious in mock drafts around the web. Since our last update four days ago, 10 of the mock drafts have had massive overhauls, and we've also added three more mocks to bring our total to 18 now.
So where are the changes taking place? Well, while the14 players projected to go in the lottery remain the same, eight of the players in those picks have moved their average position. Al Horford, Mike Conley Jr., Jeff Green and Spencer Hawes have all moved up at least one spot, with Conley making the biggest jump in the lottery, moving from seventh overall to fifth. Meanwhile, Brandan Wright, Yi Jianlian, Joakim Noah and Julian Wright have all slid at least one position, with Yi the only one falling two spots from fifth to seventh.
The Bobcats projected picks have also changed according to the 18 mocks. Green moves in at No. 8, bumping Noah from the spot he's held since we first started compiling all the mock drafts. At No. 22, Charlotte is now projected to be targeting Sean Williams, as Derrick Byars has moved up one spot to No. 21.
Update (06.17): It's been 12 days since we updated the 15 mock drafts around the web, and 10 of the mock drafts have changed since then. Much of that change has taken place in the latter part of the first round, where it is difficult to find much agreement on who will go where at the June 28 NBA Draft. The 15 mocks combine to have a total of 45 different players taken in the first 30 picks, perhaps showing just how deep this draft will be.
Despite all the changes, there hasn't been much movement at the top with the top 14 picks in the overall mock draft remaining the same, and the only change seeing Jeff Green move into the No. 9 spot and Julian Wright falling back a spot to No. 10 overall. FanBall.com has finally given in and moved Greg Oden to the top spot, meaning all 15 drafts now have Oden and Kevin Durant going one-two in the draft.
Thaddeus Young, who was in Charlotte to work out with Corey Brewer and Al Thorton on Wednesday, is moving up many draft boards, and at No. 15, is just one spot outside of being a potential lottery pick.
The biggest surprise in the past two weeks? How about Sean Deveney of The Sporting News dropping Joakim Noah 10 spots from No. 7 to No. 17 overall in is latest mock draft. Still, Noah remains slotted at the Bobcats No. 8 pick in the compilation of the 15 drafts.
Update (06.05): With the NBA Pre-Draft Camp over and Ante Tomic's withdrawl from the draft on Sunday due to a dispute with his Croatian team, we had to make some changes to our overall mock draft predictions. In all, four mocks have been updated in the past two days. The Bobcats are still projected to have Joakim Noah fall to them at No. 8, and the only shakeup in the lottery picks was Corey Brewer moving to No. 6 overall and Mike Conley Jr. falling to No. 7 overall. Conley slipped from No. 3 to No. 6 in the ESPN mock and fell from No. 7 to No. 11 on CollegeHoops.net and NBADraft.net, allowing Brewer to leapfrog him.
With Tomic now out of the draft, Derrick Byars has returned to the No. 22 spot for the Bobcats, but Marco Belinelli and Morris Almond are also making a charge.
Sidenote: Draft Express.com finally gave in and moved Greg Oden to the top spot in place of Kevin Durant. The folks at FanBall.com are now the only ones in our pool of 15 mock drafts that have Durant going ahead of Oden.
Update (06.03): We've added three new mock drafts to the list from The Sporting News, NBC Sports and Fanball.com, as well as updated five of the mock drafts, and surprisingly there has been no change in the potential lottery picks. The first 14 slots have held true to form, with the Bobcats still slated to grab Joakim Noah. The biggest change for Charlotte is that Ante Tomic, the 7-2 center from Croatia, has replaced Derrick Byars at the No. 22 spot.
Updated: June 27, 2007
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OdenOhio State 7-0, 245 Freshman
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DurantTexas 6-9, 190 Freshman
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HorfordFlorida 6-10, 245 Junior
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Conley Jr.Ohio State 6-1, 170 Freshman
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WrightNorth Carolina 6-9, 210 Freshman
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BrewerFlorida 6-9, 185 Junior
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JianlianChina 7-0, 246 Age: 19
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NoahFlorida 6-11, 230 Junior
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GreenGeorgetown 6-9, 225 Junior
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FernandezSpain 6-6, 172 Age: 22
DraftExpress -- 06.26 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Joakim Noah 5. Jeff Green 6. Mike Conley Jr. 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Corey Brewer 9. Brandan Wright 10. Yi Jianlian 11. Acie Law 12. Al Thorton 13. Nick Young 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Julian Wright 17. Sean Williams 18. Jason Smith 19. Rudy Fernandez 20. Thaddeus Young 21. Tiago Splitter 22. Daequan Cook 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Marco Belinelli 25. Morris Almond 26. Nick Fazekas 27. Derrick Byars 28. Jared Dudley 29. Petteri Koponen 30. Josh McRoberts
SI.com -- 06.26 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Joakim Noah 5. Corey Brewer 6. Brandan Wright 7. Mike Conley Jr. 8. Jeff Green 9. Yi Jianlian 10. Julian Wright 11. Nick Young 12. Al Thornton 13. Spencer Hawes 14. Acie Law 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Thaddeus Young 17. Tiago Splitter 18. Javaris Crittenton 19. Jason Smith 20. Derrick Byars 21. Rudy Fernandez 22. Morris Almond 23. Daequan Cook 24. Marco Belinelli 25. Josh McRoberts 26. Glen Davis 27. Dominic McGuire 28. Gabe Pruitt 29. Pettori Koponen 30. Kyrylo Fesenko
ESPN Insider -- 06.25 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Mike Conley Jr. 5. Yi Jianlian 6. Jeff Green 7. Joakim Noah 8. Corey Brewer 9. Spencer Hawes 10. Brandan Wright 11. Acie Law 12. Al Thorton 13. Nick Young 14. Julian Wright 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Thaddeus Young 17. Jason Smith 18. Gabe Pruitt 19. Rudy Fernandez 20. Javaris Crittenton 21. Josh McRoberts 22. Sean Williams 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Tiago Splitter 25. Derrick Byars 26. Nick Fazekas 27. Morris Almond 28. Jared Dudley 29. Pettori Koponen 30. Marco Belinelli
Sportsline 1 -- 06.20 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Yi Jianlian 4. Al Horford 5. Mike Conley Jr. 6. Brandan Wright 7. Corey Brewer 8. Julian Wright 9. Joakim Noah 10. Spencer Hawes 11. Jeff Green 12. Al Thornton 13. Nick Young 14. Acie Law 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Jason Smith 17. Josh McRoberts 18. Thaddeus Young 19. Javaris Crittenton 20. Derrick Byars 21. Sean Williams 22. Tiago Splitter 23. Daequan Cook 24. Kyrylo Fesenko 25. Morris Almond 26. Rudy Fernandez 27. Wilson Chandler 28. Arron Afflalo 29. Marco Belinelli 30. Marc Gasol
Sportsline 2 -- 06.20 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Al Horford 5. Brandan Wright 6. Yi Jianlian 7. Corey Brewer 8. Joakim Noah 9. Spencer Hawes 10. Jeff Green 11. Julian Wright 12. Al Thornton 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Nick Young 16. Jason Smith 17. Sean Williams 18. Rodney Stuckey 19. Derrick Byars 20. Acie Law 21. Josh McRoberts 22. Morris Almond 23. Gabe Pruitt 24. Daequan Cook 25. Rudy Fernandez 26. Ramon Sessions 27. Tiago Splitter 28. Jared Dudley 29. Marco Belinelli 30. Glen Davis
Sportsline 3 -- 06.25 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Mike Conley Jr. 5. Corey Brewer 6. Joakim Noah 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Brandan Wright 9. Al Thorton 10. Yi Jianlian 11. Jeff Green 12. Julian Wright 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Nick Young 16. Jason Smith 17. Rodney Stuckey 18. Acie Law 19. Derrick Byars 20. Morris Almond 21. Josh McRoberts 22. Marco Belinelli 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Rudy Fernandez 25. Sean Williams 26. Nick Fazekas 27. Daequan Cook 28. Tiago Splitter 29. Arron Aflalo 30. Stephane Lasme
Inside Hoops -- 06.25 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Mike Conley Jr. 5. Jeff Green 6. Corey Brewer 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Joakim Noah 9. Brandan Wright 10. Yi Jianlian 11. Acie Law 12. Al Thorton 13. Nick Young 14. Julian Wright 15. Javaris Crittenton 16. Jason Smith 17. Thaddeus Young 18. Josh McRoberts 19. Rodney Stuckey 20. Tiago Splitter 21. Morris Almond 22. Marco Belinelli 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Sean Williams 25. Alando Tucker 26. Glen Davis 27. Rudy Fernandez 28. Gabe Pruit 29. Jared Dudley 30. Nick Fazekas
ProBasketballNews -- 06.25 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Al Horford 5. Mike Conley Jr. 6. Brandan Wright 7. Corey Brewer 8. Jeff Green 9. Yi Jianlian 10. Al Thorton 11. Javaris Crittenton 12. Nick Young 13. Rodney Stuckey 14. Acie Law 15. Spencer Hawes 16. Tiago Splitter 17. Sean Williams 18. Julian Wright 19. Thaddeus Young 20. Josh McRoberts 21. Gabe Pruitt 22. Jason Smith 23. Derrick Byars 24. Daequan Cook 25. Marco Belinelli 26. Wilson Chandler 27. Rudy Fernandez 28. Zabian Dowdell 29. Jared Dudley 30. Glen Davis
CollegeHoops.net -- 06.25 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Brandan Wright 5. Yi Jianlian 6. Mike Conley Jr. 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Corey Brewer 9. Joakim Noah 10. Julian Wright 11. Javaris Crittenton 12. Jeff Green 13. Al Thorton 14. Acie Law 15. Nick Young 16. Thaddeus Young 17. Josh McRoberts 18. Jason Smith 19. Rudy Fernandez 20. Rodney Stuckey 21. Sean Williams 22. Gabe Pruitt 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Marco Belinelli 25. Derrick Byars 26. Morris Almond 27. Aaron Gray 28. Arron Aflalo 29. Tiago Splitter 30. Daequan Cook
RealGM -- 06.26 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Al Horford 5. Brandan Wright 6. Corey Brewer 7. Jeff Green 8. Nick Young 9. Joakim Noah 10. Yi Jianlian 11. Spencer Hawes 12. Al Thorton 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Acie Law 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Julian Wright 17. Sean Williams 18. Jason Smith 19. Daequan Cook 20. Javaris Crittenton 21. Josh McRoberts 22. Derrick Byars 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Rudy Fernandez 25. Morris Almond 26. Glen Davis 27. Tiago Splitter 28. Marco Belinelli 29. Ramon Sessions 30. Gabe Pruitt
Yahoo! -- 05.23 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Yi Jianlian 4. Corey Brewer 5. Brandan Wright 6. Al Horford 7. Mike Conley Jr. 8. Joakim Noah 9. Spencer Hawes 10. Tiago Splitter 11. Acie Law 12. Julian Wright 13. Jeff Green 14. Thaddeus Young
MSNBC.com -- 06.20 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Mike Conley Jr. 5. Brandan Wright 6. Corey Brewer 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Julian Wright 9. Joakim Noah 10. Jeff Green 11. Acie Law 12. Yi Jianlian 13. Al Thornton 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Thaddeus Young 16. Jason Smith 17. Josh McRoberts 18. Sean Williams 19. Rodney Stuckey 20. Glen Davis 21. Jermareo Davidson 22. Nick Young 23. Marc Gasol 24. Tiago Splitter 25. Morris Almond 26. Alando Tucker 27. Arron Afflalo 28. Jamon Gordon 29. Derrick Byars 30. Marcus Williams
FOX Sports 1 -- 06.19 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Brandan Wright 4. Al Horford 5. Jeff Green 6. Mike Conley Jr. 7. Spencer Hawes 8. Corey Brewer 9. Yi Jianlian 10. Joakim Noah 11. Javaris Crittenton 12. Julian Wright 13. Al Thorton 14. Acie Law 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Nick Young 17. Sean Williams 18. Thaddeus Young 19. Josh McRoberts 20. Jason Smith 21. Gabe Pruitt 22. Rudy Fernandez 23. Marco Belinelli 24. Ramon Sessions 25. Daequan Cook 26. Derrick Byars 27. Tiago Splitter 28. Morris Almond 29. Glen Davis 30. Nick Fazekas
FOX Sports 2 -- 06.18 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Al Horford 5. Corey Brewer 6. Brandan Wright 7. Julian Wright 8. Jeff Green 9. Yi Jianlian 10. Joakim Noah 11. Spencer Hawes 12. Al Thorton 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Acie Law 15. Jason Smith 16. Nick Young 17. Josh McRoberts 18. Derrick Byars 19. Rodney Stuckey 20. Javaris Crittenton 21. Rudy Fernandez 22. Marco Belinelli 23. Morris Almond 24. Sean Williams 25. Daequan Cook 26. Marcus Williams 27. Gabe Pruitt 28. Nick Fazekas 29. Tiago Splitter 30. Glen Davis
NBADraft.net -- 06.26 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Brandan Wright 5. Yi Jianlian 6. Mike Conley Jr. 7. Jeff Green 8. Joakim Noah 9. Corey Brewer 10. Al Thorton 11. Acie Law 12. Spencer Hawes 13. Nick Young 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Julian Wright 17. Jason Smith 18. Thaddeus Young 19. Rudy Fernandez 20. Derrick Byars 21. Daequan Cook 22. Tiago Splitter 23. Wilson Chandler 24. Marco Belinelli 25. Alando Tucker 26. Arron Afflalo 27. Josh McRoberts 28. Marc Gasol 29. Aaron Brooks 30. Sean Williams
SportingNews.com -- 06.13 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Brendan Wright 5. Jeff Green 6. Corey Brewer 7. Mike Conley Jr. 8. Yi Jianlian 9. Al Thorton 10. Spencer Hawes 11. Acie Law 12. Julian Wright 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Nick Young 15. Rodney Stuckey 16. Derrick Byars 17. Joakim Noah 18. Josh McRoberts 19. Alondo Tucker 20. Javaris Crittenton 21. Tiago Splitter 22. Jason Smith 23. Morris Almond 24. Marco Belinelli 25. Glen Davis 26. Sean Williams 27. Reyshawn Terry 28. Rudy Fernandez 29. Dominic McGuire 30. Aaron Gray
NBC Sports -- 06.26 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Al Horford 4. Joakim Noah 5. Yi Jianlian 6. Mike Conley Jr. 7. Corey Brewer 8. Brandan Wright 9. Spencer Hawes 10. Jeff Green 11. Acie Law 12. Julian Wright 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Al Thorton 15. Javaris Crittenton 16. Jason Smith 17. Josh McRoberts 18. Rudy Fernandez 19. Nick Young 20. Derrick Byars 21. Rodney Stuckey 22. Morris Almond 23. Sean Williams 24. Tiago Splitter 25. Marco Belinelli 26. Daequan Cook 27. Alondo Tucker 28. Arron Afflalo 29. Gabe Pruitt 30. Petteri Koponen
Fanball.com -- 06.23 1. Greg Oden 2. Kevin Durant 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Al Horford 5. Yi Jianlian 6. Brandan Wright 7. Corey Brewer 8. Joakim Noah 9. Spencer Hawes 10. Jeff Green 11. Al Thorton 12. Julian Wright 13. Thaddeus Young 14. Javaris Crittenton 15. Nick Young 16. Jason Smith 17. Acie Law 18. Josh McRoberts 19. Rodney Stuckey 20. Sean Williams 21. Tiago Splitter 22. Gabe Pruitt 23. Morris Almond 24. Rudy Fernandez 25. Marcus Williams 26. Nick Fazekas 27. Glen Davis 28. Marco Belinelli 29. Petteri Koponen 30. Taurean Green
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