NBA Draft 2009

6/21: NBA Draft this Thursday. Updates coming non-stop the next few days. While you think about the upcoming draft, please say a prayer for 1st overall pick Blake Griffin (I mean, he is going to the Clippers after all...)

My big board of NBA prospects (top 43)

My mock draft (round 1)

1. Blake Griffin - PF - Oklahoma - 6'10

2. Ricky Rubio - PG - Spain - 6'3

3. Hasheem Thabeet - C - Uconn - 7'3

4. Tyreke Evans - SG - Memphis - 6'5

5. Jordan Hill - PF - Arizona - 6'10

6. Jonny Flynn - PG - Syracuse - 6'0

7. James Harden - SG - Arizona st - 6'4

8. Brandon Jennings - PG - Italy - 6'2

9. Demar DeRozan - SG - USC - 6'6

10. Stephan Curry - SG/PG - Davidson - 6'3

11. Earl Clark - SF - Louisville - 6'8

12. DeJuan Blair - PF - Pitt - 6'7

13. James Johnson - PF - Wake forest - 6'8

14. Gerald Henderson - SG - Duke - 6'5

15. Terrance Williams - SF/SG - Louisville -  6'6

16. Jrue Holiday - PG - UCLA - 6'3

17. Eric Maynor - PG - VCU - 6'2

18. Jeff Teague - PG - Wake forest - 6'2

20. Ty Lawson - PG - North Carolina - 6'0

19. BJ Mullens - C - Ohio st - 7'0

21. Wayne Ellington - SG - North Carolina - 6'4

22. Sam Young - SF - Pitt - 6'6

23. Tyler Hansborough - PF - North Carolina - 6'8

24. Austin Daye - SF - Gonzaga - 6'10

25. DeJuan Summers - SF - Georgetown - 6'8

26. Chase Budinger - SG/SF - Arizona - 6'7

27. Patty Mills - PG - St.Mary's - 6'0

28. Omri Casspi - SF - Israel - 6'9

29. Nick Calathes - PG - Florida - 6'5

30. Toney Douglas - PG - Florida St. - 6'2

30. Jonas Jerebko - PF - Sweden - 6'9

31. Taj Gibson - PF - USC - 6'10

32. Marcus Thornton - SG - LSU - 6'4

33. Darren Collison - PG - UCLA - 6'0

34. Derrick Brown - SF - Xavier - 6'8

35. Jodie Meeks - SG - Kentucky - 6'4

36. Jeff Pendergraph - PF - Arizona St - 6'10

37. Jermaine Taylor - SG - Central Florida - 6'4

38. Jerel McNeal - SG - Marquette - 6'3

39. Josh Heytvelt - C - Gonzaga - 6'11

40. Chris Johnson - C - LSU - 6'11

41. Jon Brockman - PF - Washington - 6'7

42. Jeff Adrien - PF/SF - Uconn - 6'6

43. AJ Price - PG - Uconn - 6'2