http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/index200.html HoopsVibe is the place to learn about the NBA draft, held in June each year. Our NBA draft section includes mock drafts, information on NBA prospects, and results from previous drafts.en-enhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/images/hoopsvibe_sml_logo.gifhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/NBA BAsketball, NCAA and Streetball. News, interviews, videos, wallpapers, reviews and morehttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/the-nba-college-or-overseas-ar48584.html 2008-06-30T15:16Former basketball shoe company recruiter Sonny Vaccaro retired last year but he made it very clear that he wasn t just going to sit back and let young players be taken advantage of by the NCAA. Some of the players to have attended his basketball shoe camps went to the pros right out of high school and others went to college but didn t stay very long. Now he wants to start a new trend since the NBA wants to enforce being nineteen years old or out of high school for one year. Sonny wants ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-30T15:17 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/talking-with-some-nba-draftees-ar48567.html 2008-06-28T15:19Here are some brief interviews with a few players who were drafted a couple days ago. Michael Beasley Question What s going through your mind now that you re drafted Answer Just pure excitement man I m ready to get on the court and play the game I love with my new team the Miami Heat. Question You re probably tried of this being brought up. But how do you feel when people question your attitude Answer It s nothing to me. I m a pretty good guy on and off the court. I m young and ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-28T15:19 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/2008-nba-draft-grades-ar48559.html 2008-06-28T00:56Here are my grades for this years draft. Look for more coverage later. Boston J.R. Giddens Bill Walker Semih Erden- B Charlotte D.J. Augustin Alexis Ajinca Kyle Weaver- B Chicago Derrick Rose Omer Asik- A Cleveland J.J. Hickson Darnell Jackson Sasha Kaun- B- Dallas Shan Foster- C- Detroit Walter Sharpe Trent Plaisted Deron Washington- C Golden State Anthony Randolph Richard Hendrix- B- Houston Donte Greene Joey Dorsey Maarty Leunen- B Indiana ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-28T00:57 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-final-mock-nba-draft-ar48544.html 2008-06-26T13:39Here is my final 2008 NBA mock draft. We have less than 3 hours before it starts. First Round 1.Chicago- Derrick Rose- PG 2. Miami- O.J. Mayo- PG 3. Minnesota- Michael Beasley- PF 4. Seattle- Jerryd Bayless- PG 5. Memphis- Brook Lopez- C 6. New York- Eric Gordon- SG 7. L.A. Clippers- Kevin Love- PF 8. Milwaukee- Joe Alexander- SF 9. Charlotte- Russell Westbrook- PG 10. New Jersey- Danilo Gallinari- SF 11. Indiana- Darrell Arthur- PF 12. ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-26T13:40 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/nba-draft-prospects-rising-and-falling-ar48527.html 2008-06-25T08:21Here are some players who have either improved their stock or have fallen on scouts draft boards. They are based on individual and group work outs and also pre-draft camp. Rising Joe Alexander- SF- Lottery O.J. Mayo- PG- Top 5 Russell Westbrook- Lottery Robin Lopez- C- Mid 1st Rd Kosta Koufos- C- Mid 1st Rd Brandon Rush- SF- Mid 1st Rd Marreese Speights- PF- Mid 1st Rd Mario Chalmers- PG- Mid 1st rd to Early 2nd Rd J.J. Hickson- PF- Late 1st Rd to Early 2nd Rd Alexis Ajinca- C- Mid to ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-25T08:21 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/a-random-fantasy-draft-ar48526.html 2008-06-25T06:37Last night I was in Detroit and a few friends and I decided to go to the Rec to work out and play some basketball. After playing a few pick up games I went to the lounge to buy something to drink. Across the room I noticed a loud group of guys talking about the upcoming draft so of course I went in that direction to see what the fuss was about. They were debating about the draft lottery and how it should be one big random lottery for all 30 teams not just the top losing teams. So then ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-25T06:37 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-updated-mock-draft-june-22nd-ar48512.html 2008-06-22T09:46The 2008 NBA Draft is now four days away. Here is my updated version featuring the players who are officially in the draft. First Round 1. Chicago- Derrick Rose- PG 2. Miami- Michael Beasley- PF 3. Minnesota- Kevin Love- PF 4. Seattle- O.J. Mayo- PG 5. Memphis- Brook Lopez- C 6. New York- Jerryd Bayless- PG 7. L.A. Clippers- Russell Westbrook- PG 8. Milwaukee- Joe Alexander- SF 9. Charlotte- Eric Gordon- SG 10. New Jersey- Danilo Gallinari- SF 11. Indiana- D.J. Augustin- PG 12. ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-22T09:47 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-top-twenty-draft-prospects-by-position-ar48492.html 2008-06-17T13:52Here is a list of my top 20 NBA draft prospects at each position. They could be drafted June 26th or picked up as an undrafted free agent. Point Guard 1. Derrick Rose- Memphis 2. O.J. Mayo- USC 3. Jerryd Bayless- Arizona 4. D.J. Augustin- Texas 5. Russell Westbrook- UCLA 6. Mario Chalmers- Kansas 7. George Hill- IUPUI 8. Goran Drogic- Slovenia 9. Brian Roberts- Dayton 10. Mike Taylor- Idaho Stampede 11. Drew Neitzel- Michigan State 12. Sean Singletary- Virgina 13. Anton Ponkrashov- ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-17T13:52 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/nba-draft-declaration-deadline-ar48482.html 2008-06-16T12:20Here is a list of players who have decided to either stay in this year s NBA draft or pull out of it so far as of 3 15 pm EST. The deadline is today at 5pm EST. The majority of the players have made an official decision and a few are left that have a couple hours left. Check back with HoopsVibe for an update later on. NCAA Prospects Staying in Bill Walker Joe Alexander Derrick Rose J.J. Hickson Mario Chalmers C.J. Giles D.J. Augustin Chris Douglas-Roberts Donte Greene Kevin Love ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-16T12:19 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-2009-draft-board-ar48472.html 2008-06-13T19:09Here is a list of sixty players that have a good chance of being drafted in 2009. Some players I ve listed have declared for the draft this year but haven t made it official and it s likely they ll return to school. If there is a player you think could be drafted in 2009 that s not on here feel free to share it in the comment box. 1. Blake Griffin- PF- Oklahoma 2. Demar DeRozan- SG- USC 3. Ricky Rubio- PG- Spain 4. BJ Mullens- C- Ohio State 5. James Harden- SG- Arizona State ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-13T19:10 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-updated-mock-draft-june-10th-ar48456.html 2008-06-10T15:26Here is an updated version of my mock draft. I m sure many of you may disagree with where I have placed some people but that s OK. Feel free to select the person you like in that spot. First Round 1. Chicago- Derrick Rose- PG 2. Miami- O.J. Mayo- PG 3. Minnesota- Michael Beasley- PF 4. Seattle- Jerryd Bayless- PG 5. Memphis- Brook Lopez- C 6. New York- Anthony Randolph- SF 7. L.A. Clippers- Russell Westbrook- PG 8. Milwaukee- Eric Gordon- SG 9. Charlotte- Kevin Love- PF ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-06-10T15:26 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/more-nba-draft-updates-ar48363.html 2008-06-5T20:12Here are more NBA draft updates that are being talked about at the moment. The 11 players projected to be guaranteed lottery picks in this year s draft are D.J. Augustin Jerryd Bayless Kevin Love Michael Beasley Eric Gordon Brook Lopez Anthony Randolph Derrick Rose O.J. Mayo Danilo Gallinari DeAndre Jordan. One prospect who is on the rise impressing many NBA personnel members is point guard Lester Hudson. He is very athletic has great shooting abilities ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-05-29T11:03 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/nba-draft-updates-ar48362.html 2008-06-5T20:13Here are some brief NBA draft stories being talked about at the moment. Sources close to the Timberwolves are saying Kevin McHale and his staff are trying to decide who they think is the better fit for their team. Front-court forward Kevin Love or back-court guard O.J. Mayo. Right now Kevin McHale feels like Kevin Love would be an excellent complement to Al Jefferson. Scouts have listed 15 players that are rising and falling on draft boards. The prospects that are ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-05-29T10:56 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-updated-2008-mock-draft-may-23rd-ar48331.html 2008-06-5T20:14Now that we know the exact draft order here is an updated version of my mock draft. As most of you know the top 2 spots are a toss-up. But from a couple of scouts I ve talked to the past two days it s more likely as of right now that Michael Beasley has the edge over Derrick Rose. First Round 1. Chicago- Michael Beasley- PF 2. Miami- Derrick Rose- PG 3. Minnesota- Jerryd Bayless- PG 4. Seattle- Brook Lopez- C 5. Memphis- Kevin Love- PF 6. New York- Danilo ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-05-23T15:53 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-draft/lance-s-updated-2008-mock-draft-ar47862.html 2008-06-5T20:16Most of the regular HoopsVibe readers will know I covered the draft for about a year on this site. Early this year I left but I had to stop back in to give my new updated draft so here it is. First Round 1. Miami- Michael Beasley- PF- Kansas St 2. Seattle- Derrick Rose- PG- Memphis 3. Memphis- Brook Lopez- C- Stanford 4. Minnesota- Jerryd Bayless- PG- Arizona 5. New York- Eric Gordon- SG- Indiana 6. L.A. Clippers- O.J. Mayo- USC 7. Milwaukee- Danilo Gallinari- SF- Italy ...Hoopsvibe.com - Lance Walton2008-04-8T10:23 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com