The 2005 NBA Draft
The draft has 5 blue-chippers according to my scout, and in the order of projected selection they are: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Andrew Bynum, Danny Granger, Monta Ellis.
We have pick 30, and the draft projects we will take Earl Barron.
We very happily select Lou Williams with the 30th pick. He's straight outta HS, so he could take a couple years to develop, but he looks like a good scorer/ball handler.
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2005 Draft Order Draft Preview
# Team Selection Pos
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1 Milwaukee Bucks Monta Ellis PG
2 Portland Trail Blazers Chris Paul PG
3 Washington Wizards Deron Williams PG
4 Cleveland Cavaliers Andrew Bynum C
5 Seattle SuperSonics Danny Granger SF
6 Miami Heat Charlie Villanueva PF
7 San Antonio Spurs Francisco Garcia SG
8 Boston Celtics David Lee PF
9 Phoenix Suns Raymond Felton PG
10 New York Knicks Andrew Bogut C
11 Milwaukee Bucks Channing Frye PF
12 Golden State Warriors Marvin Williams PF
13 Memphis Grizzlies Amir Johnson PF
14 Minnesota Timberwolves Jose Calderon PG
15 Orlando Magic Sarunas Jasikevicius PG
16 Philadelphia 76ers Nate Robinson PG
17 Indiana Pacers Hakim Warrick PF
18 Detroit Pistons Andray Blatche C
19 Atlanta Hawks James Singleton SF
20 Los Angeles (LAL) Lakers C.J. Miles SG
21 Dallas Mavericks Jarrett Jack SG
22 Los Angeles (LAC) Clippers Luther Head PG
23 Sacramento Kings Gerald Green SF
24 Denver Nuggets Johan Petro C
25 Utah Jazz Rashad McCants SG
26 Houston Rockets Linas Kleiza SF
27 Charlotte Bobcats Sasha Pavlovic SG
28 Chicago Bulls Brandon Bass PF
29 New Jersey Nets Ronny Turiaf C
30 Toronto Raptors Louis Williams SG
The Offseason
Interesting to note that the #1 pick of 2 years ago, LeBron James, 2 year team option was not picked up and he's a FA.
Mike Sweetney is the only guy who got rotation minutes who is an FA - a 2nd round pick, his 2 year contract ran out. We technically don't have his Bird Rights, but it's saying we can go over the cap and sign him for more than the minimum? Can anyone explain that one?
We offer him a 2 year deal, also offer Kapono the minimum, which is what he's asking for. It hurt when he had to play 37 minutes in the Game 6 Finals, but as long as he's the 8th or 9th guy, he can certainly shoot the lights out.
We re-sign them both, along with adding some depth but largely this is the same team. BTW, the Clips were able to re-sign Lebron, which I'm happy about.
We brought in a bunch of guards to appease Marmel.
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Toronto Raptors Potential
Player Pos Age Cur Pot Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Orb Drb Psd Prd Stl Blk
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Adonal Foyle C 30 D D D F D F B C B F D A
Anderson Varejao C 23 C C C F C D A A B C B B
Darius Miles C 24 D D C F D D D D D D D C
Tim Duncan PF 29 A D B F D D B A A D D B
Jonathan Bender PF 24 C D B C D D D C C D D B
Mike Sweetney PF 23 D D C F D F B C C F D C
Donnell Harvey PF 25 C D C F D F C C C D D C
Jason Kapono SF 24 C B A A C D D D D D D F
Metta World Peace SF 25 B C B B C C D C C A A C
Derek Anderson SF 31 C B A A B C D D D B A F
Dwyane Wade SG 23 A B B C C B D C C B A B
Leandro Barbosa SG 22 D B A B D D F F F C C F
Eddie House SG 27 C B A A C D F D D B B F
Louis Williams SG 19 B B B C B D F D D B B F
Steve Nash PG 31 D B A B B A F D F D D F
Our lineup will be
Duncan
Varejao
World Peace
Wade
Nash
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Bender
Kapono
Barbosa
Anderson
Anderson has regressed a little. We also send Miles & Williams to the D-LG