Draft Preview 89

[Zyme]

In Euro League news, KK Partizan was defeated in the semi finals of the Euroleague basketball tournament by Tel Aviv. Young Vlade Divac and wonderkid Žarko Paspalj with Aleksandar Đorđević and veterans Željko Obradović, Milenko Savović and Goran Grbović were considered rank outsiders when the season started, but with the development of their young talent, they looked like contenders for most of the year. Their defeat in the semis seems to have wetted the teams appetite for another run, in a post game press conference, Divac responded to the speculation of the upcoming draft, "I love where I am at right now. With the strong competition between us and KK Split for the division title, I can't see why I would not want to make another run at a title. Split won the title and we swept the season series, I really think we can win it all next year." Divac, considered one of the top prospects were he to declare for the draft, put the speculation to bed by renegotiating his contract for another two years with a one year opt out clause.

[pudgejeff]

In Euro League news, KK Partizan was defeated in the semi finals of the Euroleague basketball tournament by Tel Aviv. Young Vlade Divac and wonderkid Žarko Paspalj with Aleksandar Đorđević and veterans Željko Obradović, Milenko Savović and Goran Grbović were considered rank outsiders when the season started, but with the development of their young talent, they looked like contenders for most of the year. Their defeat in the semis seems to have wetted the teams appetite for another run, in a post game press conference, Divac responded to the speculation of the upcoming draft, "I love where I am at right now. With the strong competition between us and KK Split for the division title, I can't see why I would not want to make another run at a title. Split won the title and we swept the season series, I really think we can win it all next year." Divac, considered one of the top prospects were he to declare for the draft, put the speculation to bed by renegotiating his contract for another two years with a one year opt out clause.

Divac opts out, uh oh.

[lukeyrid13]

Still should be a good amount of bigs in this draft. Divac could move from 5-6 in this year to #2 next.

[Zyme]

Note: From this year on, I am setting the early entrant date at day 80.

In domestic news the early entry list for the draft has been released by colleges today:

Nick Anderson, Illinois, So
Jay Edwards, Indiana, So
J.R. Reid, North Carolina, Jr
Greg Grant, New Jersey, Jr

[Zyme]

With the deadline for entrant now ticking closed, the full list for the 1989 NBA draft is available. The euro invasion is in full swing with names like Sabonis, Petrovic, Sokk, and Marciulionis.

David Robinson C Navy
Arvydas Sabonis C Lithuania SSR
J.R. Reid C North Carolina
Travis Cousy C Oregon State
Gary Leonard C Missouri
Dominic Dickau C Florida State
Russell Hardaway C Weber State
Timothy Postell C Seton Hall
Adrian Caldwell C Lamar
Courtney Terpening C UNLV
Doug Roth C Tennessee
Gregory Beckman C Texas
Darian Long C Florida
Derek Colliton C Providence
Jorge Buckner C Marshall
Antonio Sabonis C Connecticut
Conner Terpening C James Madison
Tim Daniels C Fairfield
Alan Cardinal C Belmont
Cliff Robinson PF Connecticut
Stacey King PF Oklahoma
Dino Radja PF Yugoslavia
Pervis Ellison PF Louisville
Terry Davis PF Virginia Union
Tom Hammonds PF Georgia Tech
Bob McCann PF Morehead State
Alexander Volkov PF USSR
Zarko Paspalj PF Yugoslavia
Scott Meents PF Illinois
Randy White PF Louisiana Tech
Michael Smith PF Brigham Young
Anthony Mason PF Tennessee State
Brian Quinnett PF Washington State
Mike Williams PF Bradley
Mel McCants PF Purdue
Terry Dozier PF South Carolina
Torgeir Bryn PF SW Texas State
Valery Tikhonenko PF Uzbekistan SSR
Valeriy Hoborov PF Ukraine SSR
Michael Ansley SF Alabama
Glen Rice SF Michigan
Dante Green SF Wyoming
Sam Mitchell SF Mercer
Chucky Brown SF North Carolina State
Donald Royal SF Notre Dame
George McCloud SF Florida State
Blue Edwards SF East Carolina
Mario Newman SF Louisiana State
Kenny Payne SF Louisville
Nate Johnston SF Tampa
Ed Horton SF Iowa
Stephan King SF Nevada
Sean Elliott SF Arizona
Winston Bennett SF Kentucky
Dyron Nix SF Tennessee
Mike Higgins SF Northern Colorado
Raymond Brown SF Idaho
Steve Bucknall SF North Carolina
Leonard Taylor SF California
Drazen Petrovic SG Yugoslavia
Sarunas Marciulionis SG Lithuania SSR
Nick Anderson SG Illinois
Derrick Gervin SG Texas-San Antonio
Tanner Stepania SG High School
Byron Irvin SG Missouri
Brent Demler SG Pepperdine
Henry Turner SG Cal State-Fullerton
Todd Lichti SG Stanford
Jaren Jackson SG Georgetown
Kenny Battle SG Illinois
Lanard Copeland SG Georgia State
Jeff Martin SG Murray State
Doug West SG Villanova
Roy Marble SG Iowa
Stanley Brundy SG DePaul
Mike Morrison SG Loyola (Md.)
Eric Johnson SG Nebraska
Carlton McKinney SG Southern Methodist
Tim Legler SG La Salle
Tim Hardaway PG Texas El Paso
Pooh Richardson PG UCLA
Sherman Douglas PG Syracuse
Dana Barros PG Boston College
B.J. Armstrong PG Iowa
Mookie Blaylock PG Oklahoma
Charles Smith PG Georgetown
Greg Grant PG Trenton State
Byron Dinkins PG North Carolina-Charlotte
Scott Haffner PG Evansville
Delaney Rudd PG Wake Forest
John Morton PG Seton Hall
Haywoode Workman PG Oral Roberts
Stan Kimbrough PG Xavier (Ohio)
Jay Taylor PG Eastern Illinois
Jay Edwards PG Indiana
DeeAndre Enright PG Duquesne
Jeff Lebo PG North Carolina
Tiit Sokk PG Estonia SSR
Clifford Lett PG Florida

[lukeyrid13]

This is a pretty good draft. Could have been beastly had guys like: Kemp, Divac etc had come out also

[Boom]

The lottery looks nice

[Phenom]

When will we be able to see their abilities and skills?

[Zyme]

When will we be able to see their abilities and skills?

The by position top 10 will be coming out starting tomorrow. C, PF, SF, SG, PG in that order. I wont say much, but Lt jg. is amazing.

[UOducksTK1]

When will we be able to see their abilities and skills?

I'll do some touch ups and hopefully have it up by tomorrow.

[Zyme]

When will we be able to see their abilities and skills?

I'll do some touch ups and hopefully have it up by tomorrow.

I will be doing writups based upon what I have.

[Phenom]

Sweet. I love the drafts of these fantasy leagues.

[Zyme]

You look back, it is startling how few actual russians there were on the USSR national team. Mostly Lithuania, with Ukraine, Estonia and one or two Russians mixed in.

[lukeyrid13]

Lithuania and Yugoslavia had almost all of the talent. Sabonis, Marciulunas, Divac, Petrovic etc

[Phenom]

The admiral doe...