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NBA Draft projections

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Posted: Saturday May 20, 2000 09:28 PM

ATLANTA (CNNSI.com) -- Jason Kapono? Paul McPherson? Names you thought you'd see in the NBA Draft -- just not this year.

With a possible record number of underclassmen set to declare for the draft when the deadline passes Sunday night, draft boards in NBA personnel offices must surely be changing by the minute. Hence, so does ours.

Our guess is, some underclassmen who declared will return to school before the June 21 deadline to do so and still keep their eligibility. In the meantime, here's how the first round might look:

Lottery Lot
An early look at the top 13 prospects for the June 28 NBA Draft:
Player	Height	Pos.	School
1. Kenyon Martin	6-9	PF	Cincinnati
Which is worse -- senior season-ending injury or going to the Clippers?
2. Stromile Swift	6-9	PF	LSU
One of few underclassmen who scouts were happy to see come out.
3. Chris Mihm	7-0	C	Texas
Obviously hard to pass up, but skills are still raw by NBA standards.
4. Marcus Fizer	6-8	PF	Iowa St.
Came out after a monster junior year but could get even stronger.
5. Courtney Alexander	6-5	SG	Fresno St.
The pure scorer will endure some 1-for-10 nights but pour in 30 on others.
6. Joel Przybilla	7-1	C	Minnesota
A project after quitting mid-sophomore year, but with tremendous upside.
7. Darius Miles	6-9	PF	East. St. Louis, Ill. (HS)
Freakishly athletic, but biggest question about Miles is his work ethic.
8. Quentin Richardson	6-6	SF	DePaul
Stock has dropped slightly since last year, but still a highly versatile pick.
9. Mike Miller	6-8	SF	Florida
Disappointing Final Four only detracts a tad from definite star potential.
10. DerMarr Johnson	6-9	SG	Cincinnati
A possible star who can shoot and rebound but will need a couple years.
11. Morris Peterson	6-6	SG	Michigan St.
Swingman could excel in his old college role as 6th-man sparkplug.
12. Mateen Cleaves	6-2	PG	Michigan St.
Floor general may have erased some doubts with gutsy Final Four.
13. Jerome Moiso	6-10	C	UCLA
Still unproven, but scouts can't pass up his size.
* -- underclassman yet to declare

Filling out the first
Player	Height	Pos.	School
14. Erick Barkley	6-0	PG	St. John's
15. Etan Thomas	6-9	C	Syracuse
16. Desmond Mason	6-6	SF	Oklahoma St.
17. Keyon Dooling	6-3	PG	Missouri
18. Mamadou N'diaye	7-0	C	Auburn
19. Ernest Brown	7-0	C	Indian Hills (Iowa) CC
20. Donnell Harvey	6-9	PF	Florida
21. Jason Collier	7-0	C	Georgia Tech
22. C. Carrawell	6-6	SG	Duke
23. Soumaila Samake	7-2	C	Cincinnati Stuff (IBL)
24. Jason Kapono	6-7	SF	UCLA
25. Scoonie Penn	5-10	PG	Ohio St.
26. JaRon Rush	6-7	SF	UCLA
27. Hanno Mottola	6-9	PF	Utah
28. A. J. Guyton	6-1	PG	Indiana
29. DeShawn Stevenson	6-5	SG	Fresno, Calif. (HS)

Best of the Rest: Harold Arceneaux, SG, Weber State; Craig Claxton, PG, Hofstra; Ed Cota, PG, North Carolina; Schea Cotton, Alabama; Khalid El-Amin, PG, UConn; Johnny Hemsley, SG, Miami; Mark Karcher, SG, Temple; Brandon Kurtz, C, Tulsa; Dan Langhi, SF, Vanderbilt; Mark Madsen, PF, Stanford; Dan McClintock, C, N. Arizona; Jamaal Magloire, C, Kentucky; Pete Mickeal, SF, Cincinnati; Eduardo Najera, SF, Oklahoma; Chris Porter, SF, Auburn; Lavor Postell, SG, St. John's; Michael Redd, SG, Ohio St.; Matt Santangelo, PG, Gonzaga; Jeryl Sasser, TCU; Jabari Smith, C, LSU; Bootsy Thornton, SG, St. John's.

 

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