2007 NBA Draft Live Blogging. Check out my mock draft from earlier this morning.

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9:44 PM: Congrats to all of those ballers selected in tonight’s first round. A rather unsurprising draft with just two trades. The trade of Ray Allen to the Celtics was even boring unless your a Celtics fan and it made your blood boil to acquire a 32 year old soft shooting guard.

9:39 PM: Philadelphia 76ers select Petteri Koponen, PG, Finland, with the thirtieth pick. A guy from Finland got selected before Duke’s Josh McRoberts? I find that pretty amusing. Mr. McRoberts, perhaps you should have stayed at Duke for another year.

9:30 PM: Phoenix Suns select Alando Tucker, SF, Wisconsin, with the twenty-ninth pick. A great pick and team player. A steal this late in the draft. He was a first teamer all-American last year. Earlier last season experts had Tucker as a top five pick for this draft. Phoenix has a deep track record of getting good quality with their draft picks.

9:24 PM: San Antonio Spurs select Tiago Splitter, PF, Brazil, with the twenty-eighth pick. The Spurs continue to be more international than Angelina Jolie’s family. I have read about Splitter for years and supposedly he is a lottery type of talent but restrictions with his current contract with Brazil caused him to fall in the draft.e

9:19 PM: Detroit Pistons select Aaron Afflalo, SG, UCLA with the twenty-seventh pick. Aaron turned pro early and is at the draft and walking down to shake hands. I would be nervous being there at the draft and being selected this close to the second round when the deputy commissioner takes over and starts announcing the draft picks.

9:12 PM: Houston Rockets select Aaron Brooks, PG, Oregon with the twenty-sixth pick. A super quick small point guard who can run the pick-n-roll and score when he has to.

9:03 PM: Utah Jazz select Morris Almond, SG, Rice, with the twenty-fifth pick. A very prolific scorer.

8:56 PM: Phoenix Suns select Rudy Fernandez, SG, Spain, with the twenty-fourth pick. Portland has bought the pick from the Suns. So Rudy will be going to Oregon to join Oden and Bradon Roy.

8:53 PM: New York Knicks select Wilson Chandler, F, Depaul, with the twenty-third pick. Spike Lee predicted this one moments before Stern went to the podium. I am waiting to see where Pau Gasol’s younger brother Marc goes now. Hopefully he will go in the first round before I have to move on to the gym for the night.

8:47 PM: Charlotte Bobcats select Jared Dudley, SF, Boston College, with the twenty-second pick.

8:41 PM: Philadelphia 76ers select Daequan Cook, SG, Ohio State, with the twenty-first pick. Word from ESPN is that Cook and Smith will be switching teams.

8:36 PM: Miami Heat select Jason Smith, PF, Colorado State, with the twentieth pick.

8:29 PM: Los Angeles Lakers select Javaaris Crittenton, PG, Georgia Tech, with the nineteenth pick. Kobe Bryant has to be thrilled with the Lakers taking a point guard for the second straight year. Crittenton is a tall point guard that can create his own shot. A good selection based on talent.

8:22 PM: Golden State Warriors select Marco Belinelli, G, Italy, with the eighteenth pick. A tall guard who has been pro in Italy for five years. He scored 25 on Team USA last year during the World Championships.

8:16 PM: New Jersey Nets select Sean Williams, F, Boston College, with the seventeenth pick. A troubled past and legal history with marijuana but he is going to Jay Z’s team so it’s more than welcomed.

8:14 PM: TRADE- New York Knicks have traded Steve Francis and Channing Frye to the Portland Trailblazers for Zach Randolph and Dan Dickau.

8:10 PM: Washington Wizards select Nick Young, SG, USC, with the sixteenth pick. Nick slipped a bit but a great addition by the Wizards. He could create a nasty scoring combo with Gilbert Arenas. Young shot 44% from the three point line last year.

8:05 PM: Detroit Pistons select Rodney Stuckey, G, Eastern Washington, with the fifteenth pick. He can take his time adjusting to the Pistons and they won’t ask too much out of him early on. He can score and the Pistons could use another guy who can put the ball in the hoop.

7:58 PM: Los Angeles Clippers select Al Thornton, PF, Florida State, with the fourteenth pick. Great pick this late in the draft. Some mocks had him going as early as the eighth pick. He will help legitimize the Clippers front line with Chris Kaman and Elton Brand. The Clippers still need to add another point guard to back up Sam Cassell.

7:53 PM: New Orleans Hornets select Julian Wright, F, Kansas, with the thirteenth pick. Not too familiar with Julian but I like what the Hornets have been doing of late. The Hornets playing all of their games at home this year should help boost their record as well.

7:46 PM: Philadelphia 76ers select Thaddeus Young, SF, Georgia Tech, with the twelfth pick. A very raw player who should be a great second option to Andre Igoudala who blossomed into a terrific score and all-around player last year. The Memphis native is young and raw but should develop into a great NBA player.

7:38 PM: Atlanta Hawks select Acie Law IV, PG, Texas A&M, with the eleventh pick. They probably would be better off with Conley but adding Horford and Law makes the Hawks a lot better in one night. Law’s size in the big boy’s league could create a problem for him. His passing skills and blow by defender ability are weak.

7:32 PM: Sacramento Kings select Spencer Hawes, C, Washington, with the tenth pick. I have no clue what the Kings are doing. Their new coach Reggie Theus is going to need a lot of luck. Kind of bad when you are seven feet tall and don’t average your height in rebounds. Sacramento is quickly becoming the most boring team in the league.

7:25 PM: Chicago Bulls select Joakim Noah, C/PF, Florida, with the ninth pick. A great pick and Noah should fit in mighty well with the 49 win Bulls from last season. Their front line is nasty now with Noah joining Ben Wallace, Tyrus Thomas and P.J. Brown if he stays on board.

7:17 PM: Charlotte Bobcats select Brandan Wright, PF, North Carolina, with the eighth pick. Michael Jordan adds another Tarheel to the Bobcats. Some debate whether Wright or Joakim Noah would have been a better pick here. Jay Bilas seems to think he is a steal this late in the draft.

7:09 PM: Minnesota Timberwolves select Corey Brewer, SF, Florida, with the seventh pick. I love Brewer and he would fit in great with Kevin Garnett if he stays in Minny. If so the Wolves have to get rid of Ricky Davis. The Wolves will be a pretty nasty team on defense witih Corey.

7:03 PM: Milwaukee Bucks select Yi Jianlian, PF, China, with the sixth pick. He is the Chinese version of Brad Lohaus for you retro NBA fans. I hear mixed things about this guy. At the sixth pick he is not a bad selection. I would have taken a chance on him at sixth. Wolves will pick Brewer next.

6:56 PM: Boston Celtics select Jeff Green, PF, Georgetown, with the fifth pick. Green will go to the Seattle Sonics and team up with Kevin Durant. Ray Allen is a great shooter but I have always thought he has been over rated. It will be interesting to see how Allen mixes with Paul Pierce for Boston. I feel Bill Simmons will be PISSED!

6:51 PM: Memphis Grizzlies select Mike Conley, Jr., PG, Ohio State, with the fourth pick. Ok! I am breathing a bit better. I can live with this but I am not for certain he won’t be traded later tonight. The Grizz need a powerful rebounder and shot blocker. A trade of Ray Allen to the Celtics for the #5 Jeff Green, Wally World and Delonte West is about to go down..

6:45 PM: Atlanta Hawks select Al Horford, PF, Florida, with the third pick. They should have picked Mike Conley, Jr but got caught up in Horford’s rise last week. Perhaps they trade Horford later tonight. Great my Grizzlies are on the clock now. Why do I have the feeling that this new GM from Boston is about to totally screw this up?

6:41 PM: Seattle SuperSonics select Kevin Durant, SF, Texas, with the second pick. He is my favorite player in this draft and I would have taken him with the first pick. A great guy and even better basketball player.

6:36 PM: Portland Trailblazers select Greg Oden, C, Ohio State, with the first pick.

6:33 PM: David Stern is one of the most boring commissioners ever, perhaps only topped by Bud Selig. Probably time for a change and for Stern to step down but I don’t feel his ego will let him retire short of death. While we are cleaning house get rid of ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith as well. Easily the most annoying commentator ever.

6:30 PM: As a GM I would still have a theory to never draft a guy that looks 20 years older than myself and whose legs are different lengths, especially carrying 300 lbs. on them. Seattle is blessed to have the #2 pick. They can’t mess it up that way.

6:26 PM: Four minutes to the draft and still no trade of Kevin Garnett or Kobe Bryant. The Golden State Warriors of all teams have entered the Garnett sweepstakes.

6:19 PM: The 2007 edition of the NBA Draft is about to begin. Hopefully the first two teams will not waste any time and make Greg Oden and Kevin Durant the first two selections.

Feel free to drop comments during or after the draft about your team or any of the players selected or traded.