Draft Night is one of the most exciting nights on the NBA calendar. For many teams and their fans, it offers hope and it symobizes change. It gets our minds thinking, as we plan out moves which could re-mould our favorite teams to make that push for the elusive championship that we each strive for.

RealGM kicks the proceedings off by offering you insight into the major players who could be that key piece which transforms your favorite team. Do you like the player? If so, make him yours by building your own draft scenarios by using RealGM's Draft Simulator, which gives you full control of who goes where.

Jamar Butler Of Ohio State Butler has a great perimeter shot and can already shoot from NBA range. He is deceivingly quick and would be a perfect third point guard.

Mike Taylor Of Iowa State He is an inventive dribbler and uses it and his quickness and elevation to create his own shot. He is definitely a scoring point guard and is acrobatic in the air and has a smooth shot from distance.

Mike Green Of Butler Green has big of a bag of tricks at the point guard position as anyone in this draft. He clearly maximizes his athletic abilities on the floor, but he misses a lot of layups when he gets to the rim due to his lack of size.

Gary Forbes Of UMass Forbes looks like an undersized small forward who won’t be able to knife into NBA lanes with the ease he did in college. Many of those shots he got off in conference play ended up getting blocked against athletic teams.

Sonny Weems Of Arkansas Weems is one of the best athletes in the draft and uses that athleticism well in the way he cuts to the bucket and finishes slams.

Shan Foster Of Vanderbilit Foster is an excellent shooter who moves extremely well without the ball but needs to improve his creation off the dribble. He does shoot it well off the dribble, but his dribble moves are not nearly elusive enough.

Jamont Gordon Of Mississippi State Gordon is probably the scrappiest player in this draft and would be a top-10 pick if you wanted to play five-on-five on the blacktop up in Rucker at midnight following the draft.

Kyle Weaver Of Washington State Weaver is an excellent defender and will be able to guard three positions in the NBA due to his length, quickness, and mentality.

Ryan Anderson Of California Anderson can extend the floor as a terrific spot-up shooter and has decent agility and foot speed, but he slightly labors with the ball.

George Hill Of IUPUI Hill is another second rounder from a small school who has the potential to be a solid rotation player in the backcourt.

Will Daniels Of Rhode Island Daniels is one of the cleverest scorers in the draft and could become a second round sleeper.

Courtney Lee Of Western Kentucky Lee is a mid-range specialist who should be ready to contribute offensively right away.

JR Giddens Of New Mexico Giddens is not the greatest shooter of the draft, but he is plenty athletic enough as a slasher and defender to make an immediate impact.

Richard Hendrix Of Alabama Hendrix has finely tuned NBA-ready skills at the power forward position and one of the best set of hands in the draft.

Mario Chalmers Of Kansas Although there is a humongous gap between him and Derrick Rose as well a space behind D.J. Augustin, he has the makings of a solid starter at the position.

Luc-Richard Mbah a Moute Of UCLA Mbah a Moute is one of the best defenders in this draft and has shown enough promise offensively to believe he can develop on that end of the floor.

Serge Ibaka Of L'Hospitalet Ibaka is very agile and quick footed although he still has a distance to go on some of his basic basketball coordination.

Davon Jefferson Of USC Jefferson will likely fall into that multi-dimensional and ever increasingly useful Jamario Moon niche.

Bill Walker Of Kansas State Like Mike Conley last season, Bill Walker is one of the more talented perennial bridesmaids to ever come into the NBA.

Alexis Ajinca Of Hyères-Toulon Ajinca has as a great chance of becoming the best center in this draft because he has the best overall skill set on both sides of the ball.

Chris Douglas-Roberts Of Memphis Douglas-Roberts is a prime example of an excellent college shooting guard with questions about whether or not he has enough tools to succeed on the NBA level.

Jason Thompson Of Rider Thompson moves like a pro player already, and because of that and his size, his lack of experience against top competition will be largely irrelevant.

Kosta Koufos Of Ohio State Koufos already has an offensive skill set few 7-footers ever achieve, and he should improve physically.

Ty Lawson Of North Carolina Lawson’s game is almost completely predicated on the extreme speed of his dribble. His injury concerns are the biggest thing keeping him from the lottery.

J.J. Hickson Of N.C. State Hickson is a throwback classic power forward, who isn’t a high-flying athlete, but has a strong 80’s NBA body.

Joey Dorsey Of Memphis There are few people in the world that can combine such a staggering amount of strength and athleticism as Dorsey, but how will that apply to his play in the NBA?

Roy Hibbert Of Georgetown Hibbert is not the reincarnation of Jabbar or even Ewing, but he is skilled enough offensively and should develop sufficiently on defense to be a fringe starter.

DeVon Hardin Of California For a team that needs a muscled defender who can finish open dunks and alley-oops strongly and not much else, Hardin is worth looking at.

Nicolas Batum Of Le Mans Batum will grow into his body gradually and will eventually have the ideal body for an NBA wing who can score anywhere on the floor.

Nathan Jawai Of Cairns Taipans Jawai is an intriguing big out of Australia who is very big and very strong but is also very raw and will get every chance to make it in the NBA.

Brandon Rush Of Kansas Rush has superb lateral maneuverability in the air, which comes from great balance and body control and is one of the more polished wing products in the draft.

O.J. Mayo Of USC In an NBA in which very few players can create their own offense, Mayo will be elite and the gap separating him from Rose and Beasley may end up closing.

Robin Lopez Of Stanford Lopez's offensive game is still only good in pieces and fragments, and he hasn’t put it all together in a dependable way.

Donte Greene Of Syracuse Greene would have benefited from an extra year in college more than any other player in this draft, but his skills and upside are hard to ignore.

Chase Budinger Of Arizona Budinger is one of the purest shooters and best athletes in this draft, but he has been accused of disappearing for long stretches.

Javale McGee Of Nevada McGee is a rare American 7-footer who is able to play like a guard offensively, almost like those European bigs.

Joe Alexander Of West Virginia Alexander combines elite athleticism and a pure offensive game to emerge as one of the draft’s elite versatile scorers.

Darrell Arthur Of Kansas Arthur has as impressive of a motor on both sides of the floor as anyone in this entire draft, which pairs with his athleticism and very good shot.

Eric Gordon Of Indiana The imperative for Gordon’s career (and draft value) will be if he can consistently score against long NBA defenders and if he can develop into a point guard.

Marreese Speights Of Florida With impeccable strength, athleticism, and balance, there is not a power forward prospect in this draft outside of Beasley who is more NBA-ready yet can still develop into an All-Star.

D.J. Augustin Of Texas Augustin is preposterously quick and nimble with the dribble, maintaining it effectively to create shots for himself and teammates with his gunslinger mentality.

Danilo Gallinari Of AJ Milano Gallinari has a superb handle and plays the game like he’s 6-3 instead of his listed 6-9. He is one of the safest picks in the draft, but how high is his ceiling?

Anthony Randolph Of LSU Randolph will become another one of those multi-dimensional forwards that can do anything and everything on the floor.

Derrick Rose Of Memphis Rose is a point guard in the truest sense of the word who will make his teammates better just like the true legends of the position.

Michael Beasley Of K-State Michael Beasley will almost immediately become one of the NBA's best inside/outside scorers due to a great face-up game and his technique down low.

Russell Westbrook Of UCLA With superb athleticism and instincts, Westbrook should consistently make the types of plays on both sides of the floor that we only see from the very elite.

Jerryd Bayless Of Arizona While more of a scoring guard, Bayless has demonstrated the mental maturity to eventually run the point and is the third best prospect in the draft.

DeAndre Jordan Of Texas A&M There may not be a player in this draft who will have a bigger progression between the Jordan we see on day one in the VSL and the five-year veteran Jordan.

Kevin Love Of UCLA People rave about Kevin Love's passing, low post moves, and feel for the game while critics cite his lack of length, quickness, and elevation.

Brook Lopez of Stanford For a team looking for a well-developed offensive game at center, Brook Lopez is the 2008 Draft’s best option.