Brad’s NBA Mock Draft 2010
Posted by deaconcat08 on June 24, 2010
I’m not a big NBA fan, but the NBA draft is my favorite of all the professional drafts. It is also the only one for which I publish my own “mock draft”, as you can see below. These picks represent a hybrid what I think will happen and what should happen. For instance, I don’t think John Wall should be the top pick of the draft, but we all he is going to be so I had to put him at # 1. However, for picks that are far less certain, I tend to evaluate each team’s strengths and weaknesses and then make an educated guess as to who they should take. Here are my predictions.
Round 1
| 1 | Washington | John Wall (PG- Kentucky) |
| 2 | Philadelphia | Evan Turner (SG- Ohio State) |
| 3 | New Jersey | Wesley Johnson (SF- Syracuse) |
| 4 | Minnesota | Derrick Favors (PF- Georgia Tech) |
| 5 | Sacramento | DeMarcus Cousins (PF- Kentucky) |
| 6 | Golden State | Greg Monroe (C- Georgetown) |
| 7 | Detroit | Ekpe Udoh (PF- Baylor) |
| 8 | L.A. Clippers | Al-Faroq Aminu (SF- Wake Forest) |
| 9 | Utah | Paul George (SF- Fresno State) |
| 10 | Indiana | Ed Davis (PF- North Carolina) |
| 11 | New Orleans | Xavier Henry (SG- Kansas) |
| 12 | Memphis | Luke Babbitt (SF- Nevada) |
| 13 | Toronto | Cole Aldrich (C- Kansas) |
| 14 | Houston | Patrick Patterson (PF- Kentucky) |
| 15 | Milwaukee | Gordon Hayward (SF- Butler) |
| 16 | Minnesota | Damion James (SF- Texas) |
| 17 | Chicago | James Anderson (SG- OK St.) |
| 18 | Oklahoma City | Avery Bradley (SG- Texas) |
| 19 | Boston | Elliot Williams (SG- Memphis) |
| 20 | San Antonio | Hassan Whiteside (C- Marshall) |
| 21 | Oklahoma City | Daniel Orton (PF- Kentucky) |
| 22 | Portland | Lance Stephenson (SG- Cincinnati) |
| 23 | Minnesota | Solomon Alabi (C- Florida State) |
| 24 | Atlanta | Armon Johnson (PG- Nevada) |
| 25 | Memphis | Dominique Jones (SG- USF) |
| 26 | Oklahoma City | Tibor Pleiss (C- Germany) |
| 27 | New Jersey | Jordan Crawford (SG- Xavier) |
| 28 | Memphis | Quincy Pondexter (SF- Washington) |
| 29 | Orlando | Darington Hobson (SF- New Mexico) |
| 30 | Washington | Stanley Robinson (SF- Connecticut) |
Round 2
| 1 | New Jersey | Larry Sanders (PF- VCU) |
| 2 | Miami | Devin Ebaks (SF- West Virginia) |
| 3 | Sacramento | Jerome Jordan (C- Tulsa) |
| 4 | Portland | Lazard Hayward (SF- Marquette) |
| 5 | Washington | Trevor Booker (PF- Clemson) |
| 6 | Detroit | Keith Gallon (PF- Oklahoma) |
| 7 | Milwaukee | Kevin Seraphin (PF- France) |
| 8 | New York | Grevis Vazquez (PG- Maryland) |
| 9 | New York | Gani Lawal (PF- Georgia Tech) |
| 10 | Indiana | Eric Bledsoe (PG- Kentucky) |
| 11 | Miami | Terico White (PG- Ole Miss) |
| 12 | Miami | Craig Brackins (PF- Iowa State) |
| 13 | L.A. Lakers | Dexter Pittman (C- Texas) |
| 14 | Milwaukee | Willie Warren (SG- Oklahoma) |
| 15 | Minnesota | Mikhail Torrance (PG- Alabama) |
| 16 | Phoenix | Nemanja Bjelica (SF- Serbia) |
| 17 | Milwaukee | Jerome Randle (PG- Cal) |
| 18 | Miami | Charles Garcia (SF- Seattle) |
| 19 | San Antonio | Thomas Heurtel (PG- France |
| 20 | Dallas | Miroslav Radujica (C- Russia) |
| 21 | Oklahoma City | Sherron Collins (PG- Kansas) |
| 22 | Boston | Matt Bouldin (PG- Gonzaga) |
| 23 | Atlanta | Samardo Samuels (C- Louisville) |
| 24 | L.A. Clippers | Alexey Shved (PG- Russia) |
| 25 | Utah | Jarvis Varnardo (PF- Miss. St.) |
| 26 | Minnesota | Manny Harris (SG- Michigan) |
| 27 | Indiana | Da’Sean Butler (SF- West Virginia) |
| 28 | L.A. Lakers | Sylven Landesburg (SG- Virginia) |
| 29 | Orlando | Luke Harangody (PF- Notre Dame) |
| 30 | Phoenix | Arstiom Parakhouski (C- Radford) |
Personal Records:
Total Correct Picks (right person, right team, right #): 11 (2007)
Predicting the Draftees: 90% (2008)
Round 1 and 2 Flip Flops (the lower, the better): 4 (2008)