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06-28-2005, 01:11 PM
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/36403/20050628/a_dunleavy_trade_could_follow_a_warriors_selection _of_a_sf/
With the No.9 pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors select ...
A replacement for the player they took six slots higher three years ago?
Ten months after basically giving away one of his best players — Erick Dampier — in a sign-and-trade, Warriors chief decision-maker Chris Mullin must weigh his options with another of his regulars — Mike Dunleavy — this off-season as the former Duke standout prepares for his fourth NBA season.
Mullin has never given an indication Dunleavy will be anything but a lifelong Warrior, but tonight Mullin's actions will speak louder than his words when he picks from a short listfrom Sports 1
of mostly frontcourt players in making Golden State's ninth lottery pick in the past 11 years.
Without question, New Mexico small forward Danny Granger is at or near the top of Mullin's wish list.
The 6-foot-81/2, 225-pounder had to default from a private workout with the Warriors last month because of a sore toe.
At the time, the 22-year-old didn't have much to prove. He was solidly entrenched in the top seven in almost every early draft projection, and the Warriors already had a pretty good small forward in Dunleavy.
But things have changed.
First off, Granger solidly outperformed another of Mullin's favorites, Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick, in a head-to-head workout in Chicago two weeks ago.
And though the Warriors got more interested, it appears some others started looking elsewhere. With prep standout Gerald Green and Arizona big man Channing Frye now projected to land — along with Utah's Andrew Bogut, North Carolina's Marvin Williams, Wake Forest's Chris Paul and Illinois' Deron Williams — in the top eight, Granger finds himself dueling with Warrick, Spain's Fran Vazquez, North Carolina's Raymond Felton and two other high-schoolers, Andrew Bynum and Martell Webster, for the two vacancies ahead of the Warriors.
Sensing the possibility of Granger slipping to No.9, Mullin called him back
With the No.9 pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors select ...
A replacement for the player they took six slots higher three years ago?
Ten months after basically giving away one of his best players — Erick Dampier — in a sign-and-trade, Warriors chief decision-maker Chris Mullin must weigh his options with another of his regulars — Mike Dunleavy — this off-season as the former Duke standout prepares for his fourth NBA season.
Mullin has never given an indication Dunleavy will be anything but a lifelong Warrior, but tonight Mullin's actions will speak louder than his words when he picks from a short listfrom Sports 1
of mostly frontcourt players in making Golden State's ninth lottery pick in the past 11 years.
Without question, New Mexico small forward Danny Granger is at or near the top of Mullin's wish list.
The 6-foot-81/2, 225-pounder had to default from a private workout with the Warriors last month because of a sore toe.
At the time, the 22-year-old didn't have much to prove. He was solidly entrenched in the top seven in almost every early draft projection, and the Warriors already had a pretty good small forward in Dunleavy.
But things have changed.
First off, Granger solidly outperformed another of Mullin's favorites, Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick, in a head-to-head workout in Chicago two weeks ago.
And though the Warriors got more interested, it appears some others started looking elsewhere. With prep standout Gerald Green and Arizona big man Channing Frye now projected to land — along with Utah's Andrew Bogut, North Carolina's Marvin Williams, Wake Forest's Chris Paul and Illinois' Deron Williams — in the top eight, Granger finds himself dueling with Warrick, Spain's Fran Vazquez, North Carolina's Raymond Felton and two other high-schoolers, Andrew Bynum and Martell Webster, for the two vacancies ahead of the Warriors.
Sensing the possibility of Granger slipping to No.9, Mullin called him back