| Seattle's Draft May Give Insight Into Their Free Agency Plans Authored by Ryan Bennett - June 26, 2005 - 9:28 pm
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The Sonics are most likely going to take Garcia, Head or Jack here. Taft will most likely end up with the Kings and Simien most probably will be a Rocket. The other picks seem like projects, Garcia, Head and Jack will be able to contribute right away.
At 48, I could see David Lee or Jason Maxiell being picked up. It may be that the Sonics lose Reggie Evans in free agency too, so an aggressive big man may be a good pick here.
www.nbadraft.net doesn’t even have Jawad Williams going in the draft. He would be an excellent pick up at number 55. I see Jawad as one of the best players in the draft. If he can become more consistent, I could see him being a fulltime starting small forward in the league. I honestly believe he could make Rashard Lewis expendable.
Whatever the Sonics do on draft night, they can’t really go wrong, the draft is so deep, and they don’t have to many holes to fill. If they can pick up Jarrett Jack, Jason Maxiell and Jawad Williams, the Sonics will score an ‘A’ from me for their draft night.
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