Peter Visco currently works as a consultant in the Washington, DC / Baltimore area and specializes in Finance / Accounting and Investment Management Consulting. His real passion, however, has always been sports. His day starts and ends with North Carolina basketball, but he also is an avid follower of many other sports, from football to basketball to tennis to horse racing. With the 2006 NBA Draft steadily approaching and the list of entrants somewhat firmly in place, it's time to take a first pass at a two-round mock draft.
With the June 18th deadline for draft prospects approaching, and workouts and pre-draft camps in full swing, I decided to take my first cut at the first 2 rounds of the 2006 NBA Draft.
Please note that this mock draft does not take into account any possible trades and assumes that certain players will return to school based on rumors from pre-draft workouts.
With that in mind, let's get to the (mock) picks.
Round 1
1. Toronto: LaMarcus Aldridge (Texas)
2. Chicago (from New York): Tyrus Thomas (LSU)
3. Charlotte: Adam Morrison (Gonzaga)
4. Portland: Brandon Roy (Portland)
5. Atlanta: Marcus Williams (Connecticut)
6. Minnesota: Rudy Gay (Connecticut)
7. Boston: Andrea Bargnani (Italy)
8. Houston: JJ Redick (Duke)
9. Golden State: Patrick O’Bryant (Bradley)
10. Seattle: Ronnie Brewer (Arkansas)
11. Orlando: Randy Foye (Villanova)
12. New Orleans: Shelden Williams (Duke)
13. Philadelphia: Cedric Simmons (NC St)
14. Utah: Shannon Brown (Michigan St)
15. New Orleans (from Milwaukee): Rodney Carney (Memphis)
16. Chicago: Tiago Splitter (Brazil)
17. Indiana: Rajon Rondo (Kentucky)
18. Washington: Mouhamed Saer-Sene (Senegal)
19. Sacramento: Hilton Armstrong (Connecticut)
20. New York (from Denver): Shawne Williams (Memphis)
21. Phoenix (from L.A. Lakers): Quincy Douby (Rutgers)
22. New Jersey (from L.A. Clippers): Alexander Johnson (Florida St.)
23. New Jersey: Kyle Lowry (Villanova)
24. Memphis - Mardy Collins (Temple)
25. Cleveland: Sergio Rodriguez (Spain)
26. L.A. Lakers (from Miami) - Jordan Farmar (UCLA)
27. Phoenix: Olexsiv Pecherov (Ukraine)
28. Dallas: Thabo Sefolosha (Switzerland)
29. New York (from San Antonio): Josh Boone (Connecticut)
30. Portland (from Detroit): Marcus Vinicius (Brazil)
Round 2
31. Portland: Leon Powe (California)
32. Houston (from New York): James Augustine (Illinois)
33. Atlanta: Paul Davis (Michigan St.)
34. L.A. Clippers (from Charlotte): Maurice Ager (Michigan St.)
35. Toronto: Guillermo Diaz (Miami Fl)
36. Boston: Jose Juan Barrera (Northeastern)
37. Minnesota: Daniel Gibson (Texas)
38. Golden State: James White (Cincinnati)
39. Milwaukee (from Houston): Richard Roby (Colorado)
40. Seattle: Hassan Adams (Arizona)
41. Orlando: Aaron Gray (Pittsburgh)
42. Cleveland (from Philadelphia): Mike Gansey (West Virginia)
43. New Orleans: Rudy Fernandez (Spain)
44. Orlando (from Milwaukee): Steven Smith (LaSalle)
45. Indiana: Brad Newley (Australia)
46. Utah (from Chicago): Paul Millsap (Louisiana Tech)
47. Utah: Yemi Nicholson (Denver)
48. Washington: Denham Brown (Connecticut)
49. Denver: Justin Williams (Wyoming)
50. Orlando (from Sacramento): Rashad Anderson (Connecticut)
51. L.A. Lakers: Steve Novak (Marquette)
52. L.A. Clippers: Marcus Slughter (San Diego St.)
53. Seattle (from Memphis): Dee Brown (Illinois)
54. New Jersey: Taj Gray (Oklahoma)
55. Cleveland: PJ Tucker (Texas)
56. Toronto (from Miami): Ryan Hollins (UCLA)
57. Minnesota - Darius Washington (Memphis)
58. Dallas: Nick Fazekas (Nevada)
59. San Antonio: Bobby Jones (Washington)
60. Detroit: Carl Krauser (Pittsburgh)
Also considered: Will Blalock (Iowa St.), Bobby Brown (CS Fullerton), Yotam Halperin (Israel), Allan Ray (Villanova), Lior Eliyahu (Israel), Damir Markota (Croatia), Curtis Stinson (Iowa St.), Kevin Pittsnogle (West Virginia), Solomon Jones (South Florida), JP Batista (Gonzaga), Kosta Perovic (Serbia), Gerry McNamara (Syracuse), Marco Killingsworth (Indiana), Eric Hicks (Cincinnati), Marcus Sommerville (Bradley), Brandon Bowman (Georgetown), Daniel Horton (Michigan), Renaldo Balkman (South Carolina), Chris Quinn (Notre Dame), Taquan Dean (Louisville), Thomas Gardner (Missouri), Craig Smith (Boston College), JR Pinnock (George Washington), Pops Mensah-Bonshu (George Washington), Terrell Everett (Oklahoma), David Noel (North Carolina), Matt Haryasz (Stanford), Dan Grunfeld (Stanford).