WRG 2010 Mock Draft - #10 Indiana Pacers

 
Apparently we came to terms with LeBron not coming to Indianapolis early on, because we have 12 players signed through next season.

We also love our big program college players.  We have two National Players of the Year and our players have made eleven All-American squads.  If we were eligible to go to the Final Four, we would be close to a lock!

Of course, that means our players were in college long enough to cash in all those honors, and that's really the problem.  We have savvy, mature players who work hard, but we are at a talent deficit against almost every team in the league.

So with this pick we would like to add a player who represents the first step in changing that.

To be honest, we would be better off trading some of our players and trying to move up a few spots, but at this pick there are still a few high-ceiling young  players we can develop.

Highest on our board are a couple of big men, so we will take the one that can play the four and fits best with our H&H frontcourt - Hibbert and Hansbrough.  He's a familiar face to the latter, backing up the iconic star at North Carolina.  We believe those roles will eventually be reversed for us.

With the tenth pick, the Indiana Pacers select Ed Davis.  We still love our big program players, but this time the player we are taking will hopefully have a lot more future accolades than past ones.

 Thousands of Ed Davises have lived in Indiana, 

but none have ever dunked a basketball.