2003-2004 Dallas Mavericks?

[Cooley]

Similar to last year, a record number of quality International players are expected to dominate the 2003 draft. This draft is deep, tall and athletic.

The Mavs, though picking at the end of the draft, should pick up a great prospect. Additionally, Mark Cuban will make a run at Clipper free agent center Michael Olowokandi. Miami Heat's Alonzo Mourning and/or the Jazz's Karl Malone. My sleeper free agent is New Orleans Jerome Moiso (6-10)

Early entrants for NBA Draft

Player Year Height School

Chris Alexander Junior 7-1 Iowa State

Carmelo Anthony Freshman 6-7 Syracuse

Mario Austin Junior 6-9 Mississippi State

Ronald Blackshear Junior 6-5 Marshall

Chris Bosh Freshman 6-10 Georgia Tech

Lamar Castile Sophomore 6-2 C.C. of Beaver County (Pa.)

Ndudi Ebi HS Senior 6-9 Westbury Christian (Texas)

Rod Edwards Junior 6-1 Ouachita Baptist

Andre Emmett Junior 6-5 Texas Tech

Carl English Junior 6-5 Hawaii

T.J. Ford Sophomore 5-10 Texas

Zac Fray Sophomore 6-6 Santa Ana

Jonathan Hargett Freshman 5-11 West Virginia

David Hamilton Junior 6-9 Salem International

Jarvis Hayes Junior 6-7 Georgia

Sani Ibrahim Freshman 6-10 Southern Idaho

Maurice Jackson Junior 6-9 Texas-Permian Basin

LeBron James HS Senior 6-8 St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio)

Richard Jeter Sophomore 6-6 Atlanta Metropolitan

Chris Kaman Junior 7-0 Central Michigan

James Lang HS Senior 6-10 Central Park Christian (Ala.)

Antonio Lawrence Freshman 6-4 San Jose State

Erazem Lorbek Freshman 6-10 Michigan State

Ricky Minard Junior 6-4 Morehead State

Marcus Moore Junior 6-6 Washington State

Simeon Naydenov Junior 6-6 Louisville

Jameer Nelson Junior 6-0 Saint Joseph's

Travis Outlaw HS Senior 6-9 Starkville

Jason Parker Junior 6-2 Tulsa

Kendrick Perkins HS Senior 6-10 Clifton J. Ozen (Texas)

Brian Polk Junior 6-4 Temple

Josh Powell Sophomore 6-9 North Carolina State

Rick Rickert Sophomore 6-11 Minnesota

Luke Ridnour Junior 6-2 Oregon

Robert Smith Junior 6-7 N.C. Wesleyan

Mike Sweetney Junior 6-8 Georgetown

Chris Thomas Sophomore 6-1 Notre Dame

Charlie Villanueva HS Senior 6-10 Blair Academy (N.J.)

Dwyane Wade Junior 6-4 Marquette

Mo Williams Sophomore 6-1 Alabama

Doug Wrenn Junior 6-6 Washington

Nick Zachery Junior 6-3 Arkansas-Little Rock

International entrants for NBA Draft

Player Team Country Height Born

Mauricio Aguiar Cordon Uruguay 6-6 1983

Pero Antic AEK Greece 6-10 1982

Malick Badiane Langen Germany 6-10 1984

Leandro Barbosa Bauru Tilibra Brazil 6-3 1982

David Brkic Virtus Bologna Italy 6-11 1982

Carlos Delfino Skipper Bologna Italy 6-6 1982

Boris Diaw-Riffiod Pau Orthez France 6-7 1982

Aleksandar Djuric Kapfenberg Austria 6-11 1982

Viktor Khryapa CSKA Moscow Russia 6-9 1982

Maciej Lampe Universidad Comp. Spain 6-11 1985

Kresimir Loncar Benetton Treviso Italy 6-10 1983

Darko Milicic Hemofarm Vrsac Serbia-Montenegro 7-0 1985

Misan Nikagbatse Snaidero Udine Italy 6-5 1982

Zaur Pachulia Ulker Turkey 6-11 1984

Aleksandar Pavlovic Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 6-7 1983

Mickael Pietrus Pau Orthez France 6-6 1982

Zoran Planinic Cibona Zagreb Croatia 6-7 1982

Pavel Podkolzine Varese Italy 7-4 1985

Alassane Savadogo Kadiogo Bulls Burkina Faso 6-10 1982

Sofoklis Schortsanitis Iraklis Greece 6-9 1985

Blagota Sekulic Partizan Serbia-Montenegro 6-9 1982

Nedzad Sinanovic Zenica Celik Bosnia-Herzegovina 7-1 1983

Luka Sjekloca Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 6-11 1984

Jon Stefansson TBB Trier Germany 6-4 1982

Szymon Szewczyk Braunschweig Germany 6-10 1982

Christos Tapoutos AEK Greece 6-7 1982

Remon Van de Hare F.C. Barcelona Spain 7-2 1982

Anderson Varejao F.C. Barcelona Spain 6-10 1982

Slavko Vranes Buducnost Serbia-Montenegro 7-4 1983

Aleksander Vujacic Snaidero Udine Italy 6-6 1984

Xue Yuyang Flying Dragons

Hong Kong China 7-0 1982

[The AFLAC Duck]

if you can get alonzo morning to a small deal for maybe a couple mil a year, its a small gamble with possibly a big payout. If he can get healthy and stay healthy and even return to 70% of what he once was, I can guarantee you he'll have double the stats LaFrentz and Bradley put up every night.

[IronMan4]

I think they want PJ Brown more than Mourning and Olowakandi. Olowakandi will ask for the max, and somebody will probably give it to him. Moiso would be good too.

[UNT Playa]

I wonder how much Malone and Morning would command?

[CMJ]

I wouldn't think much for Alonzo because of his recent health history.

[IronMan4]

First on my list is Juwan Howard. He is nasty, rebounds, is strong, and brings interior offense which they need more than interior defense. The interior defense will be fine if the perimeter defense improves, which is why it is crucial to re-sign Raja Bell.

[PerryG2480]

I think P. J. Brown, Malone, or Howard are the most likely. Mourning is a gamble, but I agree could have a huge payout. The thing is...any of these guys make us better. Another step or two in the right direction and we're championship calibur (look how close we got this season). I agree that defense will again be a focus...Raja Bell needs to stick around, he hustles and is a pesky defender.