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2006 NBA DRAFT

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By Shawn Siegel

shawn@collegehoops.net

June 29th, 2006

 

NBA Draft: Mock Draft Competition

 

Which site had the best Mock Draft?  I took a look at how CHN's Mock Draft fare against the three other site's whose NBA Draft information I respect: Chad Ford's mock on ESPN.com, NBADraft.net, and DraftExpress.com.

 

In general, this year's Draft was much more predictable than last year's Draft.  With so many trades, comparing the mock's is a bit less effective than usual.  This is because a draft might have projected a player to go in position X to team Y, only to find the player get drafted in a different position but still end up with the same team.  Regardless, for the first time ever Chad Ford's mock draft actually performed well.  Chad picked an impressive 13 guys dead on, though 4 of his first rounders went in round two (2nd worst). 

 

Overall, I give Chad Ford's Mock Draft the edge this year, followed by my own mock draft in a virtual tie with NBADraft.net, and DraftExpress.com a distant 4th.

 

Standings

Total Difference
espn.com 1st
nbadraft.net 2nd
collegehoops.net 3rd
draftexpress.com 4th
 
1st Rounders
collegehoops.net 1st
nbadraft.net 1st
espn.com 3rd
draftexpress.com 4th
Within 2 Spots
espn.com 1st
collegehoops.net 2nd
draftexpress.com 3rd
nbadraft.net 4th
Within 5 Spots
espn.com 1st
collegehoops.net 2nd
nbadraft.net 3rd
draftexpress.com 4th
   
Dead On
espn.com 1st
draftexpress.com 2nd
collegehoops.net 3rd
nbadraft.net 3rd
   
Off By 10+
nbadraft.net 1st
collegehoops.net 2nd
espn.com 2nd
idraftexpress.com 4th
   

Total (less points is better): 1st) ESPN (9 points), 2nd) CHN (13 points), 3rd) NBADraft.net (13 points), 4th) DraftExpress (21 points)

 

Check out the 2005 Mock Draft Success & 2004Mock Draft Success page to see how each Mock did in previous years


Actual 2006 NBA Draft

Pick Player
1 Andrea Bargnani
2 LaMarcus Aldridge
3 Adam Morrison
4 Tyrus Thomas
5 Shelden Williams
6 Brandon Roy
7 Randy Foye
8 Rudy Gay
9 Patrick O'Bryant
10 M. Saer Sene
11 JJ Redick
12 Hilton Armstrong
13 Thabo Sefolosha
14 Ronnie Brewer
15 Cedric Simmons
16 Rodney Carney
17 Shawne Williams
18 Olexsiy Pecherov
19 Quincy Douby
20 Renaldo Balkman
21 Rajon Rondo
22 Marcus Williams
23 Josh Boone
24 Kyle Lowry
25 Shannon Brown
26 Jordan Farmar
27 Sergio Rodriguez
28 Maurice Ager
29 Mardy Collins
30 Joel Freeland

2006 Shawn Siegel (CHN) Mock Draft

Pick Player Actual Diff.
1 Andrea Bargnani 1 0
2 Tyrus Thomas 4 2
3 Adam Morrison 3 0
4 LaMarcus Aldridge 2 2
5 Shelden Williams 5 0
6 Rudy Gay 8 2
7 Brandon Roy 6 1
8 Randy Foye 7 1
9 Patrick O'Bryant 9 0
10 Cedric Simmons 15 5
11 JJ Redick 11 0
12 Hilton Armstrong 12 0
13 Marcus Williams 22 9
14 Mouhamed Saer Sene 10 4
15 Ronnie Brewer 14 1
16 Thabo Sefolosha 13 3
17 Rodney Carney 16 1
18 Shawne Williams 17 1
19 Rajon Rondo 21 2
20 Shannon Brown 25 5
21 Oleksiy Pecherov 18 3
22 Jordan Farmar 26 3
23 Alexander Johnson 45 22
24 Sergio Rodriguez 27 3
25 Kyle Lowry 24 1
26 Quincy Douby 19 7
27 Maurice Ager 28 1
28 Marcus Vinicius 43 15
29 Guillermo Diaz 52 23
30 Joel Freeland 30 0

Difference of 117 spots

27 of 30 1st Rounders Predicted

18 within 2 positions

25 within 5 spots

7 guys dead on

3 guys off by 10+ spots

2 guys off by 20+ spots

2005 Final Chad Ford (ESPN) Mock

Pick Player Actual Diff.
1 Andrea Bargnani 1 0
2 LaMarcus Aldridge 2 0
3 Adam Morrison 3 0
4 Tyrus Thomas 4 0
5 Shelden Williams 5 0
6 Brandon Roy 6 0
7 Rudy Gay 8 1
8 Randy Foye 7 1
9 Ronnie Brewer 14 5
10 Mo. Saer Sene 10 0
11 JJ Redick 11 0
12 Hilton Armstrong 12 0
13 Cedric Simmons 15 2
14 Rodney Carney 16 2
15 Shawne Williams 17 2
16 Thabo Sefolosha 13 3
17 Marcus Williams 22 5
18 Oleksiy Pecherov 18 0
19 Patrick O'Bryant 9 10
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