In light of the negative response to my recent mock draft, I thought it would be interesting to look at some previous classes and see how my philosophy is reflected in the way these players turned out (no, of course you don't know my NBA philosophies, but they shouldn't be too hard to figure out after reading this). I'm going to start with 2000, and probably go up through 2005.

Disclaimer: I made the decision to do this before I looked at these classes, I didn't go searching around the internet for things that conveniently rationalized my previously stated opinions.

1. Nets - Kenyon Martin -- I won't penalize them (or the Nuggets) for his injuries. Kenyon is a very solid player who never should've been drafted at no. 1. His offensive game only blossomed in his senior year, and he can never be a truly dominant defender (too small for post players, too slow for 3's), so what's the surprise? He's a 3rd option, at best, and he'll only win a title if his next contract reflects his actual talents and not his lofty position in the 2000 Draft.

2. Grizzlies - Stromile Swift -- A lanky, athletic, under-sized player who knows as much about offense as Mike Brown. NBA teams have always tried to make him a center (which is a commentary on his basketball skills), even though his only chance to make it was as an energizing defender of 3's and 4's off the bench. Would've been fine as a late 1st-rounder.

3. Clippers - Darius Miles -- Forget the injuries and the legal troubles. How many 6'9" 200-pounders have been vital components of Championship winners? Tayshaun Prince is the best example, but he's the 4th offensive option on his team ... on a good day. If you compound the character issues, Miles was one of the riskiest picks of the draft, with very little potential reward.

4. Chicago - Marcus Fizer -- Another under-sized power forward, whose skills are so limited that he couldn't possibly be converted to a 3, and is far too small to be converted to a 5. This is the *4th pick* in the draft and Chicago picked a guy who could be no better than Udonis Haslem.

5. Magic - Mike Miller -- He's turned out alright, but was he worth the 5th pick? He was a skinny, athletically-limited shooter. He was destined to be a role-player; or, at best: a *really good* role-player.

6. Hawks - DerMarr Johnson -- Hurray! Another 6'9" 200-pound stud with a 'good offensive toolkit' and a 'big wingspan' and 'athletic potential'. I'll ask again, how many of these guys work out? Why do we keep drafting them?

7. Cavaliers - Chris Mihm -- Alright, here's where I become casual : he's a graduate from Texas, which is probably the very worst major school at producing 1st-round draft picks, in any sport. Besides, how many white 7-footers drafted in the 10 live up to their 'potential'?

8. Bulls - Jamal Crawford -- Funny dude, he had the most character questions heading into the draft, and turned out to be the only guy who didn't hate Larry Brown for asking the Knicks to play defense ... yes, Jamal Crawford is the best pick of this draft's top-10.

9. Bucks - Joel Przybilla -- What was that thing I said about 7' white guys? Oh yeah ...

10. Clippers - Keyon Dooling -- Ick. Not much of an example for my belief that shoot-first-ball-hog point guards are poison, cause we all know how Dooling turned out.

Oh my God, I had no idea how bad this draft was going to be. Seriously ... I just looked at the rest of the 1st round, I'm going to vomit. You've just read this and are probably thinking: "what 'philosophy' nonsense were you talking about, ####! This draft just flat-out sucked!"

But here's the thing, we should've known that most of these guys would suck ...undersized power forwards, 7' stiffs, lanky sticks ... these guys fit profiles that are bound for disaster, or, at the very best, solid role-players.