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MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Round 1: Randy Foye, SG, Villanova (No. 7, acquired from Boston via Portland) Round 2: Craig Smith, PF, Boston College (No. 36)
Minnesota (via Suns) Loukas Mavrokefalidis, C, Greece (No. 57)
Analysis: This was a good draft for the Wolves, though I thought they should've kept Brandon Roy.
Actually, from what I've heard, the Wolves selected Roy for the Rockets. The Rockets were going to select Foye and send him to Minnesota along with either Luther Head or a future first-round pick. But the Blazers knew what was going on, selected Foye and forced the trade of Foye for Roy.
Foye is an excellent pick, however. He should be able to come in immediately and play both the one and the two for Minnesota and provide a big scoring boost in the backcourt.
I'm not a huge Craig Smith fan, but Loukas Mavrokefalidis is interesting. He has great size and is putting up pretty impressive numbers in Greece.

Grade: B+
 
Quien said:
wuts celtics?
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Round 1: Rajon Rondo, PG, Kentucky (No. 21, acquired from Phoenix) Round 2: Leon Powe, PF, California (No. 49, from Denver)
Analysis: I was a huge fan of the Celtics' draft last year. This year? Not so much.
I've been high on Rondo all year and think he was a steal at No. 21, so that's an "A."
And I like the acquisition of Leon Powe in Round 2. If he stays healthy, he'll have a solid NBA career.
But I'm not a Sebastian Telfair fan. While you do have to factor in the fact that the Celtics saved some money in this deal, they could've kept Randy Foye (their pick at No. 7 before trading for Telfair) or traded for Brandon Roy (the Wolves' pick at No. 6). Both, in my opinion, will be better NBA players than Telfair. If they keep Telfair, I think they will regret it down the road.
However, if the Celtics are going to turn around and use Telfair and Theo Ratliff to help them acquire Allen Iverson (the hot rumor late Wednesday night), then the grade goes up dramatically. We'll just have to wait and see.
Grade: B
 
culpepper2chambers said:
can someone post portlands?
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Round 1: LaMarcus Aldridge, PF, Texas (No. 2, acquired from Chicago) Brandon Roy, SG, Washington (No. 6, acquired from Minnesota)
Sergio Rodriguez , PG Spain (No. 27, acquired from Phoenix)
Joel Freeland, PF, England (No. 30, acquired from Detroit)
Analysis: Six trades. Wow. They get points for just having the guts to pull that off in one night.
They get more points for having the fortitude to stand up to a mob of "Draft the 'Stache" groupies who wanted Adam Morrison in Portland.
But what gets them an "A" grade, ultimately, is the quality of the players they ended up with.
They started the night with the No. 4, No. 30 and No. 31 picks. They ended it with LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Raef LaFrentz, Joel Freeland and Sergio Rodriguez.
Of the four, Roy is my favorite pick, and I like the way they maneuvered to get him. The Blazers caught wind of the Wolves' plan to take Roy and trade him to the Rockets. So Portland drafted the guy the Wolves wanted, Randy Foye, forcing the Wolves to send Roy to Portland for Foye.
And the trade to No. 2, while it might have seemed unnecessary, took a player they didn't want off their roster and got them the assurance that they were getting the guy ranked No. 1 on their board.
Freeland and Rodriguez have a lot of potential and could be excellent assets in a couple of years.
Blazers fans might be disappointed that Morrison is in Charlotte, but the truth is that this is one of the better moments the Blazers have had in the last five years. Aldridge and Roy have a chance to be stars, and the Blazers rid themselves of another bad chemistry guy in Sebastian Telfair.
If they find a way to dump Darius Miles and Zach Randolph this summer, the purge will be complete. Paul Allen needs to give the GM job permanently to Kevin Pritchard. He earned it Wednesday.

Grade: A
 
Slappy8800 said:
orlando?
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Round 1: J.J. Redick, SG, Duke (No. 11) Round 2: James Augustine, PF, Illinois (No. 41)
Analysis: The Magic got their man in both the first and second rounds.
Redick is the best shooter in the draft and Augustine is an excellent second-round pick because of his athleticism, size and willingness to do the dirty work.
But I wonder why the Magic didn't opt for a bigger, more athletic two-guard like Ronnie Brewer, Rodney Carney or Thabo Sefolosha. All three will have a better career than Redick, I believe. None of them can shoot the way Redick does, but all of them have many more dimensions to their game, including defense, ballhandling, athleticism and versatility.
And neither of them has a herniated disk in his back.
Grade: : B-
 
Chavez Ravine said:
What was the Laker's analysis?


thanks
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Round 1: Jordan Farmar, PG, UCLA (No. 26) Round 2: Acquired Danilo Pinnock, SG, George Washington (No. 58) from Dallas Mavericks for future second-round pick.
Analysis: I think Jordan Farmar will be a solid point guard in the pros, and I think the triangle offense will be good to Farmar. He's a solid shooter, ballhandler and defender, though not great at anything.
Don't expect him to do too much in L.A. next year. After all, we know Phil Jackson isn't fond of rookies.
Grade: B
 
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