With who’s left and no one that can help out right now, I kinda like Batum. Though he’s unrefined he has some good tools now to grow on. He can play perimeter D, gas a nice mid-range shot (needs work on nba 3), very athletic and quick and has the ability to create his own shot. Only downside is he’s somewhat Soft and doesn’t rebound. But at 14 I like what he can become.

Who heard of Andris Biedrins, Dirk Nowitski, or Marco Belinelli before they were picked? Only guys like Mully and Nellie.

If it were my choice, i’d go with Danilo so that Marco can take him under his wing.

At that point, Gallinari seemed like a pretty good value pick. Not even getting into his skills or whatever, an added bonus of that is the Warriors would now control the Italian and Latvian fanbases.

DeAndre Jordan didn’t even show that much in the pre draft measurements or whatever. He did about as well as Brook Lopez, but as someone somewhere said Lopez has actually shown he can play basketball.

Whatever, I’ll be happy with whoever we get, I’m just a little worried about McGee and Jordan.

please no jordan, and even worse please no mcgee.

Gallinari does seem like a great pick at the spot, looks like a better shooting rashard lewis type of guy (less post skills obviously). Not too interested in CDR either, Arthur would be ok, id kill for augustin though

Just one question
Well maybe more than one question.

Why should The Warriors draft a guy that for all of his ridiculous upside, couldn;t get off the bench for a mediocre college team?

I watched a UT vs A&M game last year and Jordan was consistently out of position, outmuscled, outrebounded. In essence, he was outed. He’s got slightly more potential than POB and we all know how well that worked out.

I know that this is heresy, but I’d rather take Koufos or even Hibbert. Koufos can actually pass and shoot and get immediate minutes, while "Mr. Ridiculous Upside" is dominating the NBDL, just like POB did.

Despite the knock on Hibbert’s lack of athletic ability, he has a highly developed BB IQ, can hold his position on the block, pass really well for a big man and has soft enough hands to catch passes from Davis, et al.

The ROI on Hibbert and Koufos is immediate.

Jordan not so much.

The last thing this team needs is another scrawny, soft post player, I’ve seen quite a few of them in my day and don’t want another one especially one with all the questions marks that this guy has, he’s not motivated he didn’t really show me anything in the games I saw him play, and he didn’t seem to have any part of his game developed.

The list is a lenghty one, Victor Alexander, Joe Smith, Todd Fuller, Biedrins, Wright…. What the Warriors need right now is an enforecer, we haven’t had one since Adonal was actually playing. I would like to see us draft a player that is going to play hard, bang in the low block, grab rebounds, not give up position and I think that man is Robin Lopez.

This guy showed me some major tanacity and heart in the NCAA tournament and I believe that he will end up being a better pro than his brother. I really think that the worst part about our team as it stands now is that all of our front court players are not tough enought to bang with quality NBA front court players.

DJ Fuzzy, it’s sad that you let your cynicism (justifiable or not) get in the way of actually using some intelligence in this mock draft. Taking Jordan with this pick is foolish… you know it and you admit it but you think the Warriors brass for some reason will do it anyway.

Maybe you’re right, but I’m sick of the cynicism brother. Of course there’s the potential for the Dub’s to screw this up but there’s also the potential for them to get it right. Granted it would take some faith and a bit of imagination to throw out a scenario that actually would benifit the Dubs. But instead of using your own intelligence to suggest what a good pick might be you just take the easy/lazy way out by being cynical.

I’m bummed that you chose to represent the folks at this blog so poorly…

Let it rest brother and bring something constructive to the table…

Green is our most likely and logical pick at 14 unless, and I say unless, Kosta returns to Europe as suggested in a recent rumor. Then Jordan would be ok unless there is the slightest chance Nelson decides to he wants to coach just one more year. In that case, forget drafting another “big” project.

Jordan, Speights, and Green all seem like really rolling the dice. I guess maybe partly bc I haven’t seen them much. I really like Arthur. He’s got scoring skills and plays pretty tough inside. He dominated the Memphis big men in the title game. He kind of reminds me of David West, not great size but does everything you want from pf position and he’s a little more athletic than West (can block some shots). Just throwing it out there. I could actually see Nellie giving him some minutes this year and him being a factor pretty quick.