Kahn's NBA mock draft - CBS SportsLine

Pick	Team	Player	Ht	Pos	School
1.	Washington	Kwame Brown	6-11	C	Glynn (HS) Academy (Ga.)
Whether the Wizards decide to keep the pick or not, Brown has become the consensus best overall player. He's big, talented and can move. With the impending zone defenses, no team can have enough big, quick players.
2.	L.A. Clippers	Tyson Chandler	7-0	F-C	Compton (Calif.) Dominquez HS
Contrary to all this fawning over Eddy Curry, the Clippers just couldn't pass on this local product. When all was said and done, they wanted him to stay home and grow with the other young talent on this team.
3.	Atlanta	Shane Battier	6-9	F	Duke
The Hawks love him. They have done nothing but rave, and either this is a huge smoke screen to guarantee them one of the bigger players, or they have their small forward for the next 10 years. We'll go with the latter.
4.	Chicago	Eddy Curry	6-11	C	Chicago Thornwood (HS)
This is a natural fit, if someone who weighs 280-plus pounds coming out of high school can fit anywhere. He is very large, has soft hands and good agility. What nobody knows is whether he's cut from a similar cloth as Shaquille O'Neal or Kevin Duckworth. One way or another, it will require plenty of material.
5.	Golden State	Pau Gasol	7-1	F-C	Barcelona
Gasol has all the talent and versatility of the younger guys taken ahead of him, with an even better track record because he's been competing in Europe. But he won't be 21 until next month, so the youth and potential growth make him a great pick for the Warriors moving forward.
6.	Vancouver/Memphis	Eddie Griffin	6-11	F	Seton Hall
On one hand, Griffin's attitude remains a question mark, which is why he didn't go earlier. He punched out teammates the past two seasons, crushing his teams and hurting his value going forward. On the other hand, the Grizzlies sure could use some toughness inside, provided he's inflicting pain on the other team.
7.	New Jersey	Jason Richardson	6-7	G-F	Michigan State
The Nets need a big guard to develop next to Stephon Marbury. He's the best shot they have at bringing somebody in with star potential at that position considering the knee problems of Kerry Kittles and Kendall Gill's age.
8.	Cleveland	Rodney White	6-9	F	UNC-Charlotte
The Cavs are thrilled to have a player of this quality to put on their front court. He's tough, has good ball skills and most importantly plays hard. He'll hit the 15-footer and no doubt that range will expand as he matures.
9.	Detroit	Joe Johnson	6-8	F	Arkansas
He has all the skills you could want a small forward or big guard to have and is very similar to Jamal Mashburn. But he doesn't have the gaudy numbers that Mash had because he just doesn't play very hard. It will be interesting to see if he has more energy than he showed Nolan Richardson.
10.	Boston	Vladimir Radmanovic	6-10	F-C	FMP Zelznik (Yugoslavia)
Great workouts caused his stock to soar. He's got a variety of skills and great touch for a player his size. Only 20, he already weighs 230 and will get stronger. There is a rumbling of Portland trading for this pick or No. 11 from the Celtics for Dale Davis and the 19th pick.
11.	Boston	Kedrick Brown	6-7	F	Okaloosa-Walton (Fla.) CC
Brown was allegedly promised by the Celtics that they would take him here. It's a little hard to believe, but that's what the word is at the moment. Why they would do that is hard to figure out, unless, of course, the word is wrong.
12.	Seattle	Troy Murphy	6-11	F	Notre Dame
Murphy is another guy who has blown away the coaches and general managers with his individual workouts. He lost weight from the regular season and has gotten himself into condition that shows he very well maybe the kind of inside/outside threat that Raef LaFrentz has turned out to be.
13.	Houston	Richard Jefferson	6-8	F	Arizona
Again, great workouts have pushed Jefferson up the charts and into the lottery for a Rockets team that needs a multi-faceted small forward to complement the high-scoring guard tandem of Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley.
14.	Golden State	Michael Bradley	6-10	F-C	Villanova
This gives the Warriors a great package of young talent up front to build around, considering the growth of Antawn Jamison last season. Bradley is a gifted inside scorer with great hands. Now if they can only find a point guard, they'll be set up to grow for the future at all positions.
15.	Orlando	Loren Woods	7-1	F-C	Arizona
He's a natural on the weak side defensively, but because he's so soft inside, there is question where he'll ultimately play in the NBA. But the zone defense possibilities help a guy his size with so much natural talent. It can mask his sweet disposition.
16.	Charlotte	DeSagana Diop	7-0	C	Oak Hill (HS) Academy (Va.)
He is enormous and his stock has dropped dramatically as time has gone along. His workouts have shown he is overweight, his skills are not developed at all, and there are those who don't believe the Senegal native is actually 18, as is being claimed at the moment. But there is potential ... maybe.
17.	Toronto	Brendan Haywood	7-0	C	North Carolina
The Raptors like Zach Randolph, but will need a center to replace Antonio Davis, who is certain to leave as a free agent. Haywood, however, has sent out so many red flags by picking and choosing workouts, and not improving a lick from his sophomore through senior year.
18.	Houston	Stephen Hunter	7-0	C	DePaul
Hunter may even go higher than this considering how well his workouts have gone. For some reason, the light bulb went on after the season ended. He is very tall and agile, but you have to wonder about a guy this size, who hardly contributed at all for his college team, that suddenly decides it's time to play.
19.	Portland	Zach Randolph	6-8	F	Michigan State
This is low for Randolph, a wonderfully gifted athlete, and a steal for the Blazers if he remains at this spot. But this is a rare draft when there are so many big players, that anyone who needs a big guy just can't pass him up. Randolph brings lots of versatility and upside for this team with much age at this position.
20.	Cleveland	Jason Collins	7-0	C	Stanford
The Cavs are in desperate need for a center now that Zydrunas Ilgauskas' career is clearly in question. Adding another 7-footer like Collins to challenge young Chris Mihm is a must at this point as this team develops.
21.	Boston	Jamaal Tinsley	6-2	G	Iowa State
Tinsley's stock has fallen dramatically, as he has blown off workouts. His uneven career and background have the teams at the top of the draft backing off. But he's a player and is a steal with the 21st pick, when a lot of people thought the Celtics might take him in the lottery.
22.	Orlando	Tony Park	6-2	G	Paris (France) Basket Racing
Here's the youngest European point guard to enter the draft, and a lot of people have fallen in love with his court sense and quickness over the past couple of weeks. Maybe it's because there are no good point guards in the draft. Whatever the case, this is someone who can develop for Doc Rivers.
23.	Houston	Kirk Haston	6-10	F	Indiana
Haston gives the Rockets more size up front and some shooting range from their front court, which Rudy T always likes to have the way Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley drive. Haston could give them more versatility in the front court off the bench, similar to what Matt Bullard used to do, only better.
24.	Utah	Joseph Forte	6-4	G	North Carolina
Forte is slipping a bit because of concern for his overall game beyond just shooting the ball. The Jazz need all the help they can get out of this draft with their aging core, and this is a guy with potential to be a great scorer if put in the right situation.
25.	Sacramento	Jeff Trepagnier	6-4	G	USC
Trepagnier was a victim of circumstances during his senior year, when the man, who is now his father-in-law, co-signed a loan. It knocked him off the team, then made it tough for him to return. But great draft camps and a good attitude have pushed him back into the first round.
26.	Philadelphia	Gilbert Arenas	6-3	G	Arizona
He's just what the Sixers need ... another shooter to take the heat off Allen Iverson. Arenas needs to improve his ballhandling, but he's too good an athlete not to develop the requisite skills to play with the best little man in the NBA today.
27.	Vancouver	Antonis Fotsis	6-10	G	Panathinaikos (Greece)
The Grizzlies have nothing to lose with this pick and Fotsis is another in a long line of European deep shooters who must develop the rest of his game. They need players and this would be a good gamble.
28.	San Antonio	Omar Cook	6-1	G	St. John's
The Spurs will want a new young speedy point guard with Avery Johnson at the end of the road. Cook can't shoot, but has great quickness, is an exceptional passer. The Spurs hope he will improve his shooting in time.

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