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.

WRG Mock Draft, #19: Atlanta Hawks

We have a lot of question marks this off-season. Mike Bibby, Zaza Pachulia, Flip Murray, and Marvin Williams are all free agents. We drafted Acie Law a couple years ago, after passing on Deron Williams and Chris Paul, but aren't thrilled with the progress (saying he's made progress is being nice) he's made. We still have a glaring hole at point guard. Mike Bibby has been a nice stopgap fix, but he's 31 years old, and we don't have any other point guards that we feel comfortable trusting.

Center is also a position we could use help at. If Pachulia leaves, we are in a big bind. Al Horford can play some minutes, but he's more of a 4. We aren't really thrilled at any of the center options in this guard heavy draft, so we don't want to go this direction with the 19th pick. BJ Mullens is on our board, but after the major screw ups we've pulled in past drafts, we don't want to take that risk.

We look to the point guards, and one point guard on our list is above the others at this pick. We lightly considered Jeff Teague, but we want more of a sure thing in someone who has produced over a period of time, and hasn't just had one big year.

With the 19th pick, the Atlanta Hawks select:

Get Low, Get Low!

Eric Maynor, PG, VCU

Maynor has improved his game throughout his time at VCU, and is remembered for making a huge shot to sink Duke in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore. We feel that we FINALLY found our point guard of the future, and view Maynor as a solid guard, who will have a long career and knows how to run a team.

The Utah Jazz are on the clock.