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Summers is a good sleeper pick, but Daye was taken about 15 picks too high.
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They picked up two of my favorite players in the draft in Rubio and Flynn, and by doing so, screwed it up, likely driving Rubio to play in Europe. As exciting as Rubio is (and he is going to be special), Flynn is everything that he isn't - strong and athletic, with an NBA ready body. If I were an 18 year old Rubio, the prospect of competing with Flynn for minutes would make me want to stay in Spain too.
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The Spurs seem to always do well without the benefit of low draft picks, and 2009 looks no different. Any college basketball fan will remember DeJuan Blair outplaying #2 pick Hasheem Thabeet this past season. For whatever reason the entire NBA passed on this guy and he went in the second round. He should be a quality rotational guy for the Spurs next year. Jack McClinton was a great scorer at Miami, and should be another "Eddie House" type of backup. The Spurs might not have picked up any stars in this draft, but for no risk I think they got some guys who should contribute to an already great team.
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I've been hearing people saying Evans will have the type of success Derrick Rose did in Chicago this past year. While they came from the same school and both did the one and done thing, I don't think they are similar players. Rose is a natural point guard, and Evans is more of a slashing two guard. Evans turned the ball over too much at Memphis, and unfortunatley he might be asked to play point for the Kings. Evans might have a great career, but I don't think he is a good fit for Sacramento. Casspi is an unknown and Brockman is a tough low-post guy. Sacramento will likely improve next year, but thats only because they were so awful, seventeen wins, last season.
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Who knows how Victor Claver will turn out, but a 6-11 small foward certainly sounds intriguing. Maybe he will be the next Dirk, or maybe just another lanky European kid who can't cut it. The Blazers have three second round choices in Cunningham, Pendergraph, and Mills, but with such a young, solid team already, I don't see those guys having much impact on Portland's roster.
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I don't know enough about Earl Clark to judge him myself, but experts seem to like the pick for Phoenix's system. I'll be rooting for Taylor Griffin to make the Suns' squad. He isn't nearly the explosive player that his little brother is, but he played really well at Oklahoma.
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Jrue Holiday was a huge name coming out of high school, but he didn't really play well for UCLA this past season. He is really young, so he will have time to mature and become a good pro. However, I haven't seen enough of him yet to get excited about this pick.
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No picks for the Magic this year, but I did like their move to bring in Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee, and Tony Battie. Draft choices really weren't needed with the team they had this season.
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The Thunder/Sonics have done really well in the draft the last few years, and 2009's effort looks like it might work out for them as well. James Harden did a great job at Arizona State in his two years there, and he seems to have a game that will work well in the NBA. B.J. Mullens wasn't exactly great in his one year at Ohio State, but he has a lot of potential and there weren't a lot of good center prospects after the first two picks. I'm not sold on Mullens being an NBA success, but I think Harden will do very well. If both of these guys work out well, the Thunder could have all five starters on their team coming from their last three drafts. Thats an incredibly productive couple of years, and creates a potentially great core of young players with Westbrook, Durant, and Green.
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I don't think Douglas or Hill will either be stars in the NBA, but both players should do well in New York. Hill is an athletic big man, and should do well coming off of the bench. Toney Douglas is a great scorer who plays with a lot of intensity. The up-tempo style that Mike D'Antoni likes to play seems like a good fit for his game. The Knicks should be improved with this draft, but not to some huge extent.
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