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BasslineSpin.com June 26, 2010 part
II ...Scottie Reynolds, the
first player to be a First Team All-America selection yet go undrafted since
the 1976 NBA-ABA merger, will play with the Phoenix Suns summer team. ...I
have not yet been able to track down where Tyler Smith will play. The Tennessee swingman is
versatile and tough. Someone needs to get him on a summer roster ASAP. ...Jerome Randle of California will hoop with the
Wizards summer squad. Forget his size. Randle is a certified shooter and
ball-handler that will excel in the NBA. ...Sylven Landesberg will play for the Sacramento Kings
Las Vegas Summer League team. Landesberg is capable of getting to the hole in
a similar fashion to Tyreke Evans. ...Ben Uzoh, who was one of our favorite sleeper Point Guards
has signed up to play with New jersey in the summer. ...Michigan guard Manny Harris is down with the Celtics for the hot
months. ...Matt Bouldin, the
highly skilled Gonzaga combo-guard has a deal with the summer Bulls. ...One
unconfirmed report has speedy UConn guard Jerome Dyson headed
to the Wizards for the summer. If true, Dyson will join former Duke Point
Guard Jon Scheyer in
D.C. June 26, 2010 ...Our
top rated players that did not get drafted are accepting invites to NBA
Summer League rosters. Vermont’s Marqus Blakely - who
we think is a first-round talent—has signed on with the Clippers. ...Duke big
man Brian Zoubek is
scheduled to play with the Nets in the Orlando Summer League. ...Mikhail Torrance was not drafted in part due to a
heart condition known as “athlete’s heart”.
The classy Alabama Point Guard looks to have agreed to ball for the
summer Bobcats. ...Aubrey Coleman led
the nation in scoring at Houston. So far I have not been able to track down
where he will play this summer. June 25, 2010 ...Don’t
believe the hype if ANYONE declares “winners and losers” as it relates to
franchises in the 2010 NBA Draft. We do not know now. What we can do is look
back at the 2005 NBA Draft. ...There
were seven players selected that are either stars or superstars. Chris Paul should have been the number one pick.
Instead he went fourth behind #1 Andrew Bogut, #2 Marvin Williams, #3 Deron Williams. D-Wil should have been second
followed by David Lee—who
was taken 30th. Bogut probably should have gone fourth with Danny Granger fifth. Granger was a steal at #17.
...Andrew Bynum is
sixth in this five-year hindsight exercise. He was actually selected tenth by
the Lakers. From a value standpoint our hindsight seventh pick, Monta Ellis was the best pick of the 2005 NBA
Draft. Dude was snatched at #40 in 2005. …The next tier of players begins
with the hindsight eighth pick. (It becomes subjective as all get up so just
roll with it.) #8 Ersan Ilyasova. You
might say, “huh?”. Ilyasova is coming off a terrific season for the Bucks and
he ranked as the eighth most efficient Small Forward in the NBA in 2009-10.
Ilyasova was the 36th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. ...Lou Williams of the
Sixers probably should have been the ninth pick. He went 45th. Jarrett Jack is our hindsight tenth pick. The
pro’s pro ranked 20th (EFR) in 2009-10 among Point Guards. Jack was taken
22nd. ...The eleventh pick in the
do-over is Nate Robinson.
“Little Nate” went 21st in `05. ...Andray Blatche
should have been 12th. He was the 49th pick in 2005. ...13th should have been Linas Kleiza. He was actually picked 27th. ...Raymond Felton was picked fifth but 14th would have
been about right for the former North Carolina star. ...We’ll go with Marcin Gortat as the should-have-been 15th pick.
Gortat made nearly six million dollars to play behind Dwight Howard this season past. He has roughly 28
million still coming to him after a massive haul last summer in free agency.
Gortat was the 57th pick in 2005. ...Brandon Bass is the
16th choice in this do-over of 2005. Bass was chosen 33rd on the forrealla.
...We’ll go with Francisco Garcia as the
should-have-been 17th pick. Cisco went 23rd in `05. ...Ryan Gomes comes in as the 18th pick in the
do-over. Traded to Portland yesterday, Gomes was originally the 50th pick in
2005 by the Boston Celtics. ...Ronny Turiaf gets
the nod as the 19th selection in the re-do. He went 37th in 2005. ...The most
subjective pick in our do-over is Charlie Villanueva slipping
to 20th (not hating—just not a fan. He was only the 49th rated PF in
2009-10). Charlie V was seventh in 2005. ...Painfully for the Atlanta Hawks,
we rate Marvin Williams as the
should-have-been 21st pick. ...Hakim Warrick feels
right as the 22nd pick. He was 19th in `05. ...Give us C.J. Miles 23rd in the
do-over. Miles, who still has not touched his potential, was grabbed at #34
in 2005 by Utah. That closes out that “tier”. We will close out the do-over
first round with: #24 Channing Frye (8th
in `05), #25 Martell Webster (6th
in `05), #26 Jason Maxiell (26th
in `05), #27 Sean May (13th
in `05), #28 Antoine Wright (15th
in `05), #29 Joey Graham (16th
in `05), and #30 Johan Petro (25th
in `05). ...Be sure to follow us
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