Draft Review - Tm10

Brian Case
1 A.Iverson Den 2 D.Granger Ind 3 G.Oden Por
5 J.Terry Dal 4 M.Beasley Mia 8 AlHarrington GS
6 A.Parker Tor 9 J. Moon Tor 12 K.Bogans Orl
7 R.Bell Pho 10 T. Murphy Ind
11 D.Fisher LAL

The Good: DMS shoots the trey like no other, refuses to turn it over and is deadly from the arc. Leading in three categories could get them in contention if they can at least be average in the other 6.
The Bad: Team's success is highly dependent on AI staying healthy again & two primo rookies playing like vets rather than the rookies they are. Greg Oden in the third is a big risk, especially since this team needs his blocks and rebounds to be huge and could use some scoring too - the outlook isn't helped by Oden's scoreless debut last night where he was a no show in the 2nd half either. Michael Beasley in the 4th was a more reasonable selection, but production and points are still needed. One silver lining is this team can weather any TO issues from the rooks and still place first.
The Ugly: FG% - all those treys come at a price and here it's the 45% shooting from the returnees, and rookie Beasley is unlikely to help a ton and it remains to be seen if Oden will shoot enough to substantially help.

Best Pick: Jason Terry was a bargain in the 5th as a quasi-point type, plus Troy Murphy (10th) is a nice upside pick who's center eligible, now playing in an up-tempo offense and not competing for minutes with Jermaine O'Neal. Danny Granger in the 2nd was also solid as he compiled the numbers last year and should benefit from Indy's new system and being the offensive focal point sans Jermaine.

This team could contend if the Rookies are legit & AI is healthy and happy. Oden needs to be a monster in the middle and produce 900 rebounds, 200 blocks and at least 1000 points plus Beasley has to be the scoring monster many think he can be. Failing that, this team may not have enough counting stats (other than 3's) to stay in the running despite the trio of strong categories.