Chad Ford's "who's in the draft"

[CBAreject]

Don't know if this has been posted. Note that Sean May is 'out of the draft'.

IN THE DRAFT

(Players who have declared for the 2005 draft)

Alex Acker, SG, Jr., Pepperdine#

Nemanja Aleksandrov, SF/PF, 18 yrs, Serbia

Martynas Andriuskevicius, PF/C, 19 yrs, Lithuania

Sean Banks, SF, So., Memphis

Andray Blatche, PF, HS Sr., NY

Andrew Bogut, PF/C, So., Utah

Ike Diogu, PF, Jr., Arizona State#

Rudy Fernandez, SG, 19 yrs, Spain

Mike Hall, SF, Jr., George Washington#

Bryan Hopkins, PG, Jr., SMU#

John Gilchrist, PG, Jr., Maryland#

Dwayne Jones, C, Jr., St. Joseph's#

Erazem Lorberk, PF/C, 21 yrs, Slovenia

Pops Mensah-Bonsu, PF, Jr., George Washington#

J.R. Morris, SG, Jr., Seton Hall

T.J. Parker, PG, Jr., Northwestern

Drago Pasalic, PF, 21 yrs, Croatia

Johan Petro, C, 19 yrs, France

Dusan Sakota, SF, 19 yrs, Greece

Marcus Slaughter, SF, So., San Diego State#

Tiago Splitter, PF, 20 yrs, Brazil

Steven Smith, SF, Jr., LaSalle#

Chris Taft, PF, So., Pittsburgh

Marko Tomas, SG, 19 yrs, Croatia

Roko Ukic, PG, 21 yrs, Croatia

Charlie Villanueva, SF/PF, So., UConn

Tiras Wade, SG, Jr., Louisiana-Layfayette#

Kennedy Winston, SF, Jr., Alabama#

LIKELY TO DECLARE

(Players who are leaning strongly toward declaring for the 2005 draft)

Hassan Adams, SG, Jr., Arizona

Deji Akindele, C, So., Chicago State

Juan Jose Barea, PG, So., Northeastern

Andrea Bargnani, SF/PF, 20 yrs, Italy

Guillermo Diaz, PG/SG, So., Miami

Monta Ellis, PG/SG, HS Sr., MS

Raymond Felton, PG, Jr., North Carolina

Francisco Garcia, SG/SF, Jr., Louisville

Gerald Green, SG, HS Sr., TX

Ersan Ilyasova, SF, 18 yrs, Turkey

Jarrett Jack, PG, Jr., Georgia Tech

Linas Kleiza, SF/PF, So., Missouri

Carl Krauser, PG, Jr., Pittsburgh

Anthony Roberson, PG, Jr., Florida

Nate Robinson, PG/SG, Jr., Washington

Curtis Stinson, PG/SG, So., Iowa State

Vladimir Veremeenko, PF, 20 yrs, Belarus

Deron Williams, PG, Jr., Illinois

Louis Williams, SG, HS Senior, GA

Antoine Wright, SG, Jr., Texas A&M

SITTING ON THE FENCE

(Players pondering a jump to the NBA)

Brandon Bass, PF, Jr., LSU

Ronnie Brewer, PG/SG, So., Arkansas

Mardy Collins, PG, Jr., Temple

Micah Downs, SF, HS Sr., WA

Semih Erden, C, 19 yrs, Turkey

Richard Hendrix, PF, HS Sr., AL

Amir Johnson, PF, HS Sr., CA

Mohammed Kone, C, So., Southern Idaho

Rashad McCants, SG, Jr., North Carolina

CJ Miles, SG, HS Sr., TX

Randolph Morris, C, Fr., Kentucky

Chris Paul, PG, So., Wake Forest

Kosta Perovic, C, 20 yrs, Serbia

JJ Redick, SG, Jr., Duke

Matt Walsh, SG/SF, Jr., Duke

Martell Webster, SG, HS Sr., WA

Shelden Williams, PF, Jr., Duke

Marvin Williams, SF/PF, Fr., North Carolina

Bracey Wright, SG, Jr., Indiana

Julian Wright, F, HS Sr., IL

OUT OF THE DRAFT

(Top prospects who are unlikely to enter this year)

Josh Boone, C, So., UConn

Dee Brown, SG, Jr., Illinois

Nik Caner-Medley, SF, Jr., Maryland

Rodney Carney, SF, Jr., Memphis

Paul Davis, PF, Jr., Michigan State

Nick Fazekas, PF, So., Nevada

Taj Gray, PF, Jr., Oklahoma

Torin Francis, PF, Jr., Notre Dame

Rudy Gay, SF, Fr., UConn

Daniel Gibson, PG, Fr., Texas

J.R. Giddens, SG, So., Kansas

Mile Ilic, C, 21 yrs, Serbia

Sean May, PF, Jr., North Carolina

Josh McRoberts, F, HS Sr., IN

Adam Morrison, SG/SF, So., Gonzaga

Juan Palacios, SF, Fr., Louisville

Rajon Rondo, PG, Fr., Kentucky

Sergio Rodriguez, PG, 19 yrs, Spain

Peja Samardziski, C, 19 yrs, Macedonia

Craig Smith, PF, Jr. Boston College

Marcus Williams, PG, So., UConn

Uros Tripkovic, PG, 19 yrs, Serbia

[Packfill]

Villanueva reeks of "wasted talent due to poor attitude."

[Lascar78]

I couldn't agree more. Just like Martynas A. reeks of undeserved hype by people who haven't seen him play.

I think Villanueva will be a sort of Darius Miles. Meaning that he has all of the athletic goods and is pretty good at almost everything, but not great at anything, without the work ethic to groom himself into a star at any position. It's too early to tell for sure of course, but that's the vibe I've gotten from him. I'm sure he could help us, but I don't see him being worth a lottery pick, much less a top 4 pick.

[Lascar78]

I guess the interesting ones are Jack, Felton, Green as likely, and Paul McCants and Morris as on the fence

[jezmund]

Has anyone seen Rudy Fernandez play? Is he at all Ginobili-ish? Maybe BK works it out where we end up with Deron Williams and Sean May using the #1 pick if we get it.