WRG Mock Draft #21: New Orleans Hornets

Depth is an issue for us. We have issues at almost every position. CP3 needs help. David West and Tyson Chandler are our starting front-court, but they are injury prone, and we don't really have any quality backups on the front-line.

James Posey is the only quality backup we have, and one of the best bench players in the league, but the player who starts in front of him is also aging and injury prone (Peja Stojakovic). Antonio Daniels is an adequate backup at the point, especially since we don't need him to run the show for long, as Chris Paul is one of, if not THE best point guard in the league.

We could go with a number of players in this position, but we are in a position of drafting the best player available, as we need general depth help at every position.

We could look for a long term replacement at the shooting guard position, but in a generally weak draft, the 21st pick isn't going to net us anyone that we like THAT much, so instead we are going to take a little bit of a chance on someone with potential.

With the 21st pick the New Orleans select:

Being 7 foot just made me millions of dollars!

BJ Mullens, C, Ohio State

BJ Mullens addresses help in the frontcourt, and although many people fear that he's years away, we love grabbing someone with his potential at the 21st pick. We are confident that Chris Paul will speed up his development, as well as supply him with easy dunks, especially with Mullens' combination of height and athleticism, at the rim. If Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler can regularly connect on a gazillion alley oops every year, we are foaming at the mouth to see how many this athletic mustachioed man can.

The Dallas Mavericks are on the clock.