9.30am

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-espn.html

NBA site is down for me. Might have some tough traffic ahead of it today.

Anyone know what a clipper is?

griffin must've known he was gonna get selected number 1 by clippers but he wears purple n black, maybe he heard he was gonna drop to number 4 in sacramento.

Griffin goes #1 as expected.

A clipper is a ship.

ESPN's DraftCast appears to be the page to follow.

Harden at 3.....Everyone thinking Rubio at 3...

gotta feel for rubio not ending up at sacramento and ending up at snow central minnesota.

NBA.com is down so check out http://espn.go.com/ instead.

#4 Tyreke Evans to Kings
#5 Ricky Rubio to Timberwolves

RUBIOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

YES! Apparently his buyout has been lowered - so he should be able to come over (if he really wants to - PLEASE WANT TO RICKY! ;))

Minnesota just took two point guards. Rubio and Flynn

Could we see them trade Flynn

Peeps on RealGM are pointing out that Sac took Tyreke (when they already have a star swingman - Martin) and Munny have Rubio stitched up... Two somewhat misplaced picks = trade?

nba.com isnt actually down, someone stuffed up

nba.com -> www.nba.com -> wwww.nba.com/draft2009 - which doesnt work

nba.com

No. 10 Bucks select Brandon Jennings. Being at home with pig flu has it's advantages....

No. 11 Nets select Terrence Williams.

Screw you New Jersey.......

At 12 TR's Bobcats took Gerald Henderson.

Happy with Henderson as plan B...

13 Pacers picked Tyler Hansbrough. Bit of a shame as the Pacers really needed a PG.

14 Suns pick Earl Clark.

15 Pistons pick Austin Daye. Now just waiting for the second round for Patty....

Every year my Pistons seem to pick a guy I've never heard of.

Seems Patty Mills will likely be second rounder with the likes of Jrue Holiday, Eric Maynor, Jeff Teague and Ty Lawson still to come

At 16 Bulls pick James Johnson.

Does anyone think Mills should have stayed in college now? With so many PG's in this draft it might have been better for him to wait another year maybe.

yup

3 Austin Daye is a lot like Prince very tall skinny 3 point shooter played in the same conference as Mills

Can Mills actually stay in college if he doesn't get picked? I mean, did he hire an agent and that kind of thing?

Very good pick for Philly in Holiday.

Who thinks Minnesota wanted a Point Guard out of this draft?

minnesota have now picked 3 pg's

3, Mills is committed. He missed his chance to pull out of the draft a couple of weeks ago. I think he should have gone around one more time with St Mary's as well. He'll get picked up, but looking almost certain to be 2nd round, which means no guarantees in his contract.

I hope mills gets selected by a team that hasn't already picked a PG, because then he'd be the third PG in many cases.

Good news for Mills 4 PG's have been pick in a row

Minny are very frustrating. I'm still a big fan of Al Jefferson, so I was hoping they would draft well to get him an exciting suppporting cast.

I really hope they have a good deal up their sleeve, because a backcourt of Rubio and Flynn is just ridiculously undersized.

I was originally hoping they would trade up for Harden and then find a PG like Curry with the #6.

Switching for Tyreke might be a good option for Minny, but doubt that was planned in advance, because straight after Minny took Rubio and Flynn, Kahn said he planned on keeping both. If there was already a deal in place with a team that had picked, I don't think he would have said that.

Maybe minnesota will take mills in the second round

Is anyone else's NBA page not working?

Is anyone else's NBA page not working?

5 PGs in a row!

lets hope minnesota dont take mills at 28

another point taken

Skin - they still have #28 ... Mills to Minny at #28 to complete their collection!!! ;-)

nba page not workin 4 me either.

Maybe minnesota will take mills in the second round

That dallas/portland trade is weird.

I feel a lot more confident Mills will be picked in the first round, still a lot of teams needing point guards seeing Minny are stealing them all.

The Blazer must have really liked this Victor Claver guy, to give up three picks to get to #22 to get him.

Victor Claver? Looks like what could have been for Joe Ingles, if he had sold himself better. Oh well, still a small hope he gets drafted late in the 2nd.

Shaq was all class with everything he said in his interview there.

Fingers crossed Mills could go to Dallas, they are in need of a PG

C'mon PATTY!!!!!!!!!

Is anyone watching on ESPN? Is Mullens the last of the invited players?

Yeah, Dallas would be a good spot for Mills at this point. If not - gulp - I'd be happy if the Lakers got him... you have no idea how hard it is for me to say that!

I think the last guy in the green room was actually Holiday. Think its empty now

Haven't the Lakers sold the 29th pick??

Dallas need a PG but take BJ Mullens

Damn you Dallas!

Damn Mullens to Dallas, I think I gave him the kiss of death

Hadn't heard that Lakers sold the #29. Anyone else heard that?

Rodrigue Beaubois (PG) France just went ahead of Mills

I thought I read it on one of the many things I have been looking at this morning I could be wrong, I am now hoping Lakers or Clevland for Patty

If they're trading the picks anyway, why didn't Dallas just pick Beaubois and leave Mullins for OKC?

One of the other posters on this site kept talking up Patty to the Bulls, it is nearly time

Rumours that the Knicks have bought the 29th... Not confirmed anywhere.

Minnesota have stated they are looking to trade Ty Lawson

Thanks TR i thought I was going crazy

Minnesota has traded Ty Lawson to the Nuggets.

bilas sez mills is 8th best available leftover, whilst im biased i dont agree at all.

last year the 2nd round wasnt televised from memory, or does stern simply not read out the names?

Can anyone tell what the hell the Kahn and the Wolves are thinking...

I'm hoping a mega trade is in the works. Why would you take Rubio, Flynn and Lawson???

they get the second in charge to read out the names in the second round

Cheers Humpa....

Humpa, who does Minnesota Get for Ty Lawson

you wouldn't think the Minny will take another PG so it will be down to lakers and clevland. If the NY have got the lakers pick we could Patty in the Big Apple if not I will think the lakers will pick Calathes and leave him in Greece

oh yeh that's right, and he gets to try n pronounce all the 7ft projects from strange eastern european countries year in-year out. Saves stern looking like a goose.

Come on Lakers and Cleveland, pick up Mills. I assume one of them will take Blair though. Cant see him being passed up.

Lakers Toney Douglas (SG) Florida State

Got no Idea who this is.
there would be some very worried young men at the moment

TR and Big Sexy you were right - Lakers just picked some guard for the Knicks.

Dejuan Blair's knees must be really stuffed.... Talked about as a lottery selection and has tumbled...

Budinger to Cleveland? Need more shooters - Wally is done.

Minnesota got the Nuggets lottery protected Bobcats pick, which they acquired last season.

Blair is a great rebounder and inside scorer in college, and is 6'7", 265lbs. You know, just like Danny Fortson was.

Fortson was better than Blair in college, and decent in his first few years in the NBA, but then got exposed once he didn't expand his game. I like Blair (I'm a Pittsburgh fan), and hopefully he can do something beyond what he's shown so far, or else he won't be anything but an undersized (height wise) big man role player in the NBA.

If there's doubts about his knees (when he's not an amazing athlete for his size to begin with), then it's no suprise IMO that he's dropped this far.

Well its second round for Mills who must be kicking himself

Cleveland Select Christian Eyenga (SF) Congo

Who the f**k is Christian Eyenga

There were 56% votes of "F" for Cleveland's pick (on ESPN Draft Cast). How many Aussies must have voted!

yup I did

Whoever was advising Mills should be shot - Blind Freddy could see this was a draft massively heavy in PGs and his workouts were by most accounts less than impressive. He should have gone back to school - now, no guarantees. Very disappointing.

Annex1 I would think that Mills would have a promise from a team in the second round for him to stay in

Disappointing for Mills and Aussie ball so far. I would love to know why he decided to stay in the draft. Was he promised first round and screwed? Did he fall on draft day for some unexpected reason? Or did Patty just feel he wanted/ needed to make some cash now and so decided to go professional regardless?

I think hindsight is a wonderful thing.

However, if Mills went back to college its not guaranteed he would have done better in college then he did this season. He could have suffered a massive injury killing his career. His college kind of sucks so he would continue to get limited exposure. They are all variables he would have weighed up and he would have been expecting to have been in the first round year so to me he made the right decision but was just unlucky.

I believe this will make Mills even more determined to prove him self so it could be for the best!

I can see Blair doing a 'Boozer' or a 'Millsap'.

Danny Ferry needs to be shot for the 30th pick.

Any predictions on which teams might pick up Mills in the 2nd round?

I just want to Add the 36ers are looking for a PG if he doesn't get picked :-)

how can a guy averaging 13 pts in spanish 2nd div get drafted so highly?

Don't toy with me Big Sexy.

Mills to San Antonio with Brett Brown

From my recollection ESPN showed the entire second round last year, just not Nathan Jawai's pick!! Came back from an ad break and it was all done - expecting Mills to be drafted as I type and ESPN are in another ad!!

Ingles to San Antonio with Brett Brown at Round 2 Pick 23

has mills signed to play in europe or somethin, how does he not get picked yet?

Ok I was wrong with my Mills theory.

Tough to see a good fit for Mills right now. Perhaps the Lakers could still take him with their 2nd rounder? Detroit or Charlotte are also possible, but Mills would be behind younger guys, rather than behind an ageing superstar who he could learn from.

Well so much for the San Antonio and Brett Brown theory.

And as far as Mills going back into college and getting hurt etc - that already happened, remember? You can talk all you like about risk and whatever, but the fact is clear - this was a PG heavy draft and he wasn't seen at this time as a genuine floor leader at the next level. Maybe we've all overrated him as well, but nonetheless, a year in college developing his PG skills would have done him nothing but good IMO for his future prospects.

This was a gigantic mistake by Mills and whoever was advising him, no ifs and buts about it.

really isnt looking good

Mills to Milwaukee for the "All Aussie" connection???

Nope. Bucks went for Meeks, who had that unbelievable 54 point game last season in college.

The way this is going, Mills could fall all the way to my Celts at 58 - we need a backup PG if they don't keep Marbury and I'd be quite happy with him backing up Rajon.

we're up 2 pick 41 and no Mills anywhere, you would think he would have only stayed if a team had given a promise of a pick

So sad?? If he gets drafted in the second round it doesn't matter if you go 31 or 60.

He will get drafted don't you worry bout that.

Ok that is REALLY bad news now. Lakers just took FKN Patrick Beverley - some scrub American playing in the UKRAINE ahead of Mills. Doesn't say much for how scouts view Mills.

if he was asian or spanish he woulda gone top 15, racist bloody americans. This is weird, but you can't blame him, he improved dramatically from season 1 to 2 and went great in olympics. It's just bad luck so far.

Annex1 - would love Mills to go to my fav team too. Problem is that he probably wouldn't get much of a shot there for a couple of years. Unless Ainge really DOES trade Rondo?!?!

Hello Cleveland at Round 2 Pick 16, maybe he was guaranteed a spot with Cleveland.

The point is (pardon the pun) is that there was an expectation he'd be a first round pick. The fact that he's fallen this far is extremely disappointing if you expected him (as a lot of people including Mills presumably did) to go a hell of a lot earlier.

LOL Guam - Americans racist against Aussies... what a joke. Its not bad luck when Mills goes this low.

Either Mills was poorly advised about where he would get drafted or he decided he needed to make the jump to the pros this year for some reason (could be money or something).

Beantown - true, Doc doesn't like playing the rookies. But I actually like the fit, especially if Marbury goes, and I love the idea of Rondo speed being subbed for even more speed in Mills.

it isn't looking that great for Mills at the mo

Alright Annex - lets dare to dream ;-) ... Mills to the Celtics at #58 !!!

i was actually joking, but i do think he has been very unlucky and no one in this forum could have possibly predicted him going this low.

How about if Ingles gets drafted before Mills

Ingles is now rated the best small forward left on the board

Phoenix picks the dud brother for the second year in a row.

Hpoenix and there up tempo game would suit Mills well.

if ingles n mills get picked by spurs i'm gonna take up crack again to celebrate.

it must be tough on mills sitting there hoping his names gonna get called

Did all the GM just walk away thinking Mills had already been selected.

I'm still staggered that a guy who did well at last Olympics and was rated at as high as 20th in First round so drop so far. He also put up better stats than Rubio at Olympics.

Portland took him finally

portland, thats a good fit i reckon.

Twitter feed of people talking about Mills.

He's gone at #55 to Portland.

Not really pleased with the Pistons trading Buddinger for a future pick. I really like him and think he could be a good player in the future with his outstanding athleticism.

Beantown, just on whether Mills could go back to college - if he didn't hire an agent and went undrafted, he actually could have gone back. He wouldn't have been able to enter another draft, but as Randpolh Morris did, could have played NCAA and been an NBA free agent, able to sign with a team at any time.

Gotta feel sorry for Mills, but you'd think he will find a spot on a roster.

Portland might be okay Mills. Still west coast, a good organisation, and its not like they are stacked at PG.

C'mon Ingles... hope you sneak into one of the last picks

Unsuprisingly IMO, Ingles remains undrafted.

Thanks 24 I didn't realise that. Pretty sure Mills hired an agent though didn't he?

Anyhoo, he got drafted... lets see how he goes in POrtland

Ingles to the 36ers! :-)

Portland? A good fit?

They have Steve Blake, Sergio Rodriguez, Jerryd Bayless at PG, and the Brandon Roy spends alot of time at the Point.

No room for Mills, I'm afraid. Only hope is they were picking for soemone else, and trade Mills for a future second round pick or similar.

Shin Splints - pretty sure I heard Rodriguez was traded earlier. I said 'might be okay' because there weren't really any good places left for him to land at the point. Its not great for him, but what I like is that Blake is not seen as the long-term solution and Bayless does not seem to have won the Blazers coaching staff over yet - he is also not a true PG. So Patty will have to work hard, but I see him as having some chance, because he can offer a different skill set to the team.

The Blazers are young, quick and a playoff team - of all teams I was thinking they would suit Mills better than most, let's hope he gets to prove the other 29 teams wrong for looking past him - GO PATTY!!

I hope thats you Coach Nate!

Im pretty sure blakes contract expires soon, Mills is quality at the worst he can be a solid backup in the NBA right now, he can contribute as much as Anthony Johnson does for orlando or Jacque Vaughan for the Spurs. Hes ready to play now. 55 is way too low

Shin Splints, they have traded Rodriguez earlier today to Kings for rights to swap Picks 31 and 38, then took Power Forward Jeff Pendergraph, so still achance for Mills to 'stick'