Ty Lawson vs the rest of the PGs/Combos

Yesterday I gave you the full recap of the four players from Chapel Hill heading to the NBA Draft, today I am going to begin to look at how each of them is fairing compared to other players at their position. First one up is going to be Ty Lawson, which means I will be looking at some other point guards/combo guards to see what the mocks believe players at his position will go before him and who will go after. Since it sounds a bit more complicated that it is let’s get it going so that you know what I am talking about…

At Pro Basketball News (05/08/09) they see the top PGs/Combos going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 2nd)
#2 T. Evans (picked 6th)
#3 B. Jennings (picked 7th)
#4 S. Curry (picked 8th)
#5 T. Lawson (picked 9th)
#6 J. Flynn (picked 14th)
#7 E. Maynor (picked 17th)

At Ridiculous Upside (05/08/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 1st)
#2 B. Jennings (picked 5th)
#3 T. Evans (picked 7th)
#4 T. Lawson (picked 8th)
#5 J. Flynn (picked 10th)
#6 S. Curry (picked 16th)

At The Draft Review (05/08/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 2nd)
#2 B. Jennings (picked 8th)
#3 S. Curry (picked 11th)
#4 T. Evans (picked 12th)
#5 J. Flynn (picked 14th)
#6 E. Maynor (picked 15th)
#7 T. Lawson (picked 17th)

At Warrior Works (05/07/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 1st)
#2 J. Holiday (picked 7th)
#3 B. Jennings (picked 8th)
#4 T. Evans (picked 10th)
#5 S. Curry (picked 11th)
#6 T. Lawson (picked 13th)
#7 J. Flynn (picked 15th)

At Hoops World (05/07/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 2nd)
#2 J. Holiday (picked 4th)
#3 B. Jennings (picked 7th)
#4 T. Evans (picked 8th)
#5 S. Curry (picked 12th)
#6 T. Lawson (picked 14th)
#7 J. Flynn (picked 17th)

At Sports2Debate (05/07/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 1st)
#2 T. Lawson (picked 5th)
#3 T. Evans (picked 7th)
#4 B. Jennings (picked 10th)
#5 E. Maynor (picked 17th)
#6 S. Curry (picked 20th)
#7 J. Flynn (picked 26th)

At Draft Tek (05/07/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 5th)
#2 B. Jennings (picked 7th)
#3 S. Curry (picked 8th)
#4 T. Lawson (picked 9th)
#5 J. Holiday (picked 13th)
#6 E. Maynor (picked 15th)
#7 J. Flynn (picked 17th)

At Draft Xpress (05/07/09) they see the top PGs going in this order:

#1 R. Rubio (picked 2nd)
#2 B. Jennings (picked 6th)
#3 S. Curry (picked 9th)
#4 T. Lawson (picked 10th)
#5 J. Flynn (picked 11th)
#6 J. Teague (picked 17th)
#7 E. Maynor (picked 18th)

Some thoughts about what I found after checking these comparisons:

Out of eight mocks four had six (or more) point guards/combo guards in the lottery, three had five, and just one had four. That to me means that these bloggers are believing that this draft will focus more on the floor generals (or combo players) more than the big men. Could it be a trend change or just the exception to the rule? Probably neither, since this could be the draft that has good guards in it and they are worth taking instead of “upside” of a big man who has not yet developed.

One thing is sure as I read these mocks, Rubio is going to be the first of this group to go, the rest is all up in the air. I saw Lawson go as high as fifth, being the second pick of the group, to going in the high teens and being seventh in the group. So, besides the internation guard I have to believe that whomever we see go next is still all up in the air.