Talk:2006 NBA draft

Hey I have a question. Can the Bobcats get the #1 pick? I read somewhere that expansion teams can not select 1st until 4 or 5 years after they have joined the league. Is this true? If so I might need a verifiable source before editing the page. Thanks!

Cheesehead Fan 03:43, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

• I think they are eligible this year--the first two years they were not. --EngineerScotty 23:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Actually, looking at NBA.com, they were eligible last year (they wound up #4). Only in their first year were they lottery-ineligible--in 2004 they were given the 4th pick. --EngineerScotty 22:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Trades

If someone who knows why some teams traded away their pick, it should be added to the article using a footnote. For example, a footnote explaining the the Knicks traded their pick to the Bulls for some player in return for their pick. Pepsidrinka 23:32, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

To the guy who edited my entry on Tyrus Thomas, I wasn't making a prediction. They said on the broadcast that the Bulls were taking Aldridge to trade to Portland for Thomas. That was not a prediction, but fact. ChrisSimpson 23:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Please wait for the official announcement from the NBA Commisioner, David Stern. Opinions and projections by Andy Katz, Jay Bilas, etc. are not appropriate for Wikipedia. Again, please wait an extra minute or so for the official announcement by the NBA. hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 00:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Mock drafts

I added several links to well-known mock drafts (there are probably several others which could be added as well). All of these are published by sources generally considered reliable in basketball (they're not just some fan's blog, in other words), and are frequently quoted elsewhere.

Please don't delete these links as spam; I'm not affiliated with any of these. Given that "mock drafts" are mentioned as the article, these links are relevant.

--EngineerScotty 17:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Trades

Man! Are these trades getting confusing or what?

I can hardly keep up with it. ChrisSimpson 00:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Changed the Logo

Changed it to the generic logo without the ad for Sprite. This is in keeping with what the NBA is doing on their site. The draft is 'presented' by Sprite but for encyclopedic purposes I don't think history will care about that. KsprayDad 01:08, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Good for you! Mindman1 00:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Foye-Roy deal

Rumor is the T-wolves got cash in that deal (wouldn't make sense otherwise - why wouldn't they just take Foye at #6?). I won't add it because I don't have a verifiable source right now, but I think it's worth including once it's sourced properly. | 209.6.25.96 01:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC) (I have an account, I'm just not signed in)

Player from England

In the chart, Joel Freeland has two flags; one of the United Kingdom and one of England. Only the Flag of England should be shown (and not the Union Jack), as the home nations of the UK compete in sport separately; there is no UK basketball team. (Likewise, players from Puerto Rico don't have the Stars and Stripes next to their name; even though PR is a Commonwealth of the United States--Puerto Rico fields its own teams in international sporting competition, so Puerto Rican players should be shown with the Puerto Rican flag. --EngineerScotty 19:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I was gonna ask the same thing, but since there is no unified UK governing body, the Union jack has to go. I'll be changing it. --Howard the Duck 10:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Undrafted players

I'd like to get someone else's opinion on the notability of the players under the undrafted players heading. Commonmen 02:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)