A few things to note about the upcoming 2013 NBA Draft.
1. I think Charlotte will trade their pick at some point
2. Cleveland will try to trade back so that they don’t draft Otto Porter #1 overall
3. Everyone will be trying to attach 2014 draft picks in every trade possible
| 1 | Cleveland | C | Nerlens Noel |
| 2 | Orlando | SG | Ben McLemore |
| 3 | Washington | PF | Anthony Bennett |
| 4 | Charlotte | SF | Otto Porter |
| 5 | Phoenix | PG | Trey Burke |
| 6 | New Orleans | SG | Victor Oladipo |
| 7 | Sacramento | G | CJ McCollum |
| 8 | Detroit | SG | Shabazz Muhammad |
| 9 | Minnesota | C | Alex Len |
| 10 | Portland | C | Cody Zeller |
| 11 | Philadelphia | PG | Michael Carter Williams |
| 12 | OKC | C | Kelly Olynyk |
| 13 | Dallas | SG | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope |
| 14 | Utah | PG | Dennis Schroeder |
| 15 | Milwaukee | PF | Dario Saric |
| 16 | Boston | PF | Mason Plumlee |
| 17 | Atlanta | C | Gorqui Dieng |
| 18 | Atlanta | SG | Allen Crabbe |
| 19 | Cleveland | SF | Sergey Karasev |
| 20 | Chicago | C | Rudy Gobert |
| 21 | Utah | C | Steven Adams |
| 22 | Brooklyn | PF | Tony Mitchell |
| 23 | Indiana | PF | Mouhammadou Jaiteh |
| 24 | New York | PG | Shane Larkin |
| 25 | LA Clippers | G | Ricky Ledo |
| 26 | Minnesota | G | Nate Wolters |
| 27 | Denver | SG | Archie Goodwin |
| 28 | San Antonio | C | Jeff Withey |
| 29 | OKC | SF | DeShaun Thomas |
| 30 | Phoenix | SF | Reggie Bullock |
| 31 | Cleveland | SG | Tim Hardaway Jr. |
| 32 | OKC | PF | Giannis Adetokunbo |
| 33 | Cleveland | PF | Lucas Nogueira |
| 34 | Houston | PG | Isaiah Canaan |
| 35 | Philadelphia | C | Mike Muscala |
| 36 | Sacramento | PG | Myck Kabongo |
| 37 | Detroit | SG | BJ Young |
| 38 | Washington | SG | Glen Rice |
| 39 | Portland | SF | Adonis Thomas |
| 40 | Portland | G | Nemanja Nedovic |
| 41 | Memphis | G | Erick Green |
| 42 | Philadelphia | PF | Kenny Kadji |
| 43 | Milwaukee | PG | Pierre Jackson |
| 44 | Dallas | PG | Lorenzo Brown |
| 45 | Portland | C | Bojan Dubljevic |
| 46 | Utah | PG | Ray McCallum |
| 47 | Atlanta | PF | Jackie Carmichael |
| 48 | Lakers | SG | Brandon Paul |
| 49 | Chicago | PF | Erik Murphy |
| 50 | Atlanta | SG | Michael Snaer |
| 51 | Orlando | G | Vander Blue |
| 52 | Minnesota | PF | Ryan Kelly |
| 53 | Indiana | G | Seth Curry |
| 54 | Washington | PF | Livio Jean-Charles |
| 55 | Memphis | PG | Peyton Siva |
| 56 | Detroit | SF | James Ennis |
| 57 | Phoenix | PF | Brandon Davies |
| 58 | San Antonio | PG | Peyton Siva |
| 59 | Minnesota | SF | CJ Leslie |
| 60 | Memphis | C | Colton Iverson |
Next best available would include …
| SF | Andre Roberson |
| SG | Carrick Felix |
| PF | Richard Howell |
| PG | Phil Pressey |
| C | Marko Todorovic |
| PF | Livio Jean-Charles |
| SF | James Southerland |
| SG | Alex Abrines |
| SG | Jordon Aboudou |
| PF | Grant Jerrett |
| PF | Alex Oriakhi |
| SF | Soloman Hill |
| SF | Tony Snell |
| C | Dewayne Dedmon |
| SG | Carrick Felix |
| SF | Rodney Williams |
| PF | Augusto Lima |
| SG | Will Clyburn |
A few additional thoughts …
1. Rookie of the year will not be whom we all think it will be; more likely a dark-horse candidate.
2. I think there will be one future star selected in the 2nd round this year – and right now my money is on the following: Tim Hardaway Jr, Pierre Jackson, or Seth Curry.
3. The D-League will have some really great competition this next year due to this draft alone.
Touching the Awesome! 