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NBA Draft for Year 2000:

The new era off free agency compiled with the must win now mentality has changed the way that teams approach, utilize, and rate the success of the NBA basketball draft. Teams can longer depend solely on the draft to rebuild there franchise or to put them "over the hump" in their efforts to win NBA gold. Before this new era of free agents, teams who had lottery picks, have fared well in the history of basketball. However, in this years draft there are many questions as to who will prove to be successful. The first pick of this year's draft, Kenyon Martin, is recovering from a severely broken ankle. Although he was the consensus player of the year in college, his body and ability to recover will be tested during the rigorous 82 game NBA basketball schedule. Not only did the New Jersey Nets gamble with the rules for their Kenyon Martin, but the historically conservative Utah Jazz may have taken the biggest gamble of all by taking DeShawn Stevensen, a 6 foot 5 inch guard out of high school. He may be athletic, but his lack of experience and maturity may prove to be too great of a challenge for coach Sloan and the college basketball recruited team. High school recruiting seems to be riskier than mature college basketball players. In fact, Karl Malone already stated that he was unhappy with the direction that his team has chosen and may demand a trade. This man is the former Most Valuable Player of the year and losing him may prove detrimental to the Jazz and their successful history in basketball.

Despite the draft lacking franchise type players and older college basketball players, there were several solid role players who over time may prove to be corner stones of their respective teams. The Houston Rockets may have found a replacement for Hakeem Olajuwon, who plans on retiring after next season., in Jason Collier. This seven footer, out of Georgia Tech has a sweet jump shot, can bang underneath, and inhale rebounds. The Phoenix Suns drafted Iakovous Tsakalidas, a seven foot plus center out of Greece. Fans in the valley of the sun are praying he will be able use his over sized body to contain the Laker's Shaquille O'Neal. A feat no one has been able to do. The biggest winner in this year's historical basketball draft may the Orlando Magic. Not because of who they drafted, but who they didn't. The Magic were able to trade away their draft picks and a few of their bench players in order to make room under their salary cap. Orlando has not been shy in their desire to obtain both of this year's highest profile free agents; Tim Duncan and Grant Hill. Each of these two player's will command over $9 mil per year. Orlando spent over $1 million this past weekend on entertaining the two superstars in attempt to lure them to the Magic, but that's the big money of NBA basketball and how the history of basketball is evolving.