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| Analysis Team Insight Player Insight Rankings Team Rankings Player Rankings Draft Day Tips and Strategies Sleepers Who to Avoid NBA Draft Draft News Rookie Watch Analysts Dan Barile "The Q" "The Product" Links Yahoo Fantasy Basketball NBA.com ESPN.com NBA Draft.net |
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| How did a player as good as Caron Butler slip to the 10th pick? Read Nightmare on Draft Night" by The Q to see where he should have gone. |
| Is Yao Ming the next dominant big man? Read "Yao Ming: Next Great Center or Yinka Dare by The Q to find out. |
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| The first three picks Yao Ming, Jay Williams and Mike Dunleavy we already knew would happen. From there on though nothing was predictable. First Caron Butler dropped to no.10 with the Heat. This was the biggest steal of the draft because Caron will make an instant impact and should have been drafted in the 3-5 range. Then the next guy to slip drastically was Qyntel Woods. Qyntel looked like a sure lottery pick with his comparisons to Tracy McGrady.Off the court problems doing drugs possibly with Lamar Odom had him slip to no.21 with the Blazers. One other player who slipped was Ron Grizzard. He fell all the way to no.39 to Washington while many saw him going 20-25. Two guys who really moved up in the draft were Fred Jones of Oregon and Ryan Humphrey of Notre Dame. Jones was taken 14th by the Pacers,which seemed very early for an undersizes shooting guard. Humphrey was taken 19th by Utah and then traded to Orlando along with Jamal Sampson for Curtis Borchardt the 18th pick. Many trades were also made at the draft. The big trade was between Denver and New York. New York sent Marcus Camby,Mark Jackson and Nene Hilario to Denver and they received Antonio McDyess and Frank Williams.To read about more draft trades and trade rumors Click Here. |
| 2002 NBA Draft With Dan Barile |