NBA Mock Draft, Picks 13-20

     Although a versatile, defensive, and fast C who can play in transition may be one of their biggest needs, they have others as well.  At one point during the season they were forced to pick up Gordan Giricek, who won't make it as a starter.  Word on the street is that the Suns have a liking for Rush in their future.  Rush has some ball handling issues, but he has a solid jumper, even with hands in his face, and he shoots 41.9% from 3-point range. He also rarely commits the foul displaying disciplined defense. Since his ACL injury, he should be looking much better in the NBA then how he performed in college

        16. Philadelphia 76ers - Donte Greene, Syracuse SF/PF

     Philadelphia have the 23rd best ppg, worst 3 point%, 23rd most assists, and the  worst FT% in the NBA, they have their work cut out for them.  The 76ers have Dalembert, Miller and Iguodala starting in their lineup and the proper backups for most of them, leaving PF and SG/SF looking for a starter to regenerate their offense. The best 3 point shooter in Philly is backup PG/SG Louis Williams at 36%.

I like Donte Greene because he's 6'9'' and he hits 34.5% of his three's, he has the explosiveness to take it to the rim, extremely athletic, and is an excellent perimeter shooter and he's just a freshman.  He reminds me a lot like Kevin Durant just without as much productivity, the only down fall is that Greene may require good coaching to become a great player.  Greene with his frame and height makes him a versatile threat and may take the pressure off of the other 3 point shooters.

        17. Toronto Raptors - Roy Hibbert, Georgetown C

     The Raptors are third to last in rebounds, and other than that, they look good offensively, defensively they are mediocre, which is where they should look to make most of their improvements. 

The only area with a real weakness may be center, where undeveloped Bargnani lays, and behind him Nesterovic is getting up in age.  The Raptors are most likely looking for a center that can hold his own in the paint, is outstanding defensively, along with some sort of offensive production and thats exactly what Hibbert is best at.

There's questions about his conditioning and being foul prone, but with the Raptors situation right now, he'll be a perfect role player defensively, somewhat of a reach, but a certain upgrade in a needed area.  McGee is available, but he's good at blocking and only blocking, he lacks a lot of awareness in many departments and is likely to be a bust, and right now the Raptors have Bargnani and are looking for a sixth man, and good defense which Hibbert will be good for.

        18. Washington Wizards - Nicolas Batum, France SF

     The Wizards are at huge risk of losing Antwan Jamison and Gilbert Arenas in free agency, although we've heard Arenas say we he will and won't come back.  So it's almost a coin flip and with Jamison's age, they are iffy on re-signing him for a big contract, but he's an integral part of the Wizards and theres few that are better than Jamison.

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