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Hawks Score A C- In The 2005 DraftSo I guess that means Marvin is our guy; and that’s not a bad thing. Like I said, the kid is a potential franchise talent. Sure, he plays the same position as our other potential franchise talent(i.e. Josh Smith) but they could wind up working well together. If all else fails, the Hawks will at least be a fun team to watch again. Marv and Smoove will provide copious amounts of ESPN Top Ten highlights. All in all, I’d give the Hawks a C- for this draft. Selecting Marvin could pay off big time. He could be our savior. But the emphasis is on could. Everything with Marvin is potential. There’s no guarantee he becomes a stud, and the log jam created could cause problems in the immediate future. The selections of Stoudamire and Akyol were disappointing to say the least. We could have gotten so much more out of those picks it’s almost sickening. It was an average draft. Not great, but not terrible either. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bogut, Marvin And Deron Become The Top-3 Selections
Milwaukee had been debating whether to take Bogut or North Carolina small forward Marvin Williams with the franchise's first overall No. 1 pick since 1994, when the Bucks selected Glenn Robinson. In the end, the lure of a versatile, athletic 7-footer with Olympic experience was too much to pass up. "Adding the quality and the competitor in Andrew Bogut, we really feel we're solid in the center position," Bucks general manager Larry Harris said. The Atlanta Hawks chose Williams second, and the 19-year-old player flashed a bright smile at Stern while shaking the commissioner's hand. The 6-foot-9 small forward was a sixth man for the Tar Heels, who were expecting to have at least four players from their national championship team chosen in the first round. Illinois junior point guard Deron Williams went third to the Jazz, who sent three first-round picks -- Nos. 6 and 27 in this year's draft, plus a 2006 first-round pick -- to the Trail Blazers earlier Tuesday. The 6-foot-3 Williams was the first of several point guards chosen in the first round. New Orleans selected fourth and also chose a playmaker, picking Wake Forest sophomore guard Chris Paul, and the Charlotte Bobcats took North Carolina junior point guard Raymond Felton at No. 5. High school senior Martell Webster of Seattle Prep went No. 6 to Portland, making him the first prep player taken in a draft notable for its historical significance. It likely marked the final time high school players would be eligible to jump directly to the pros -- the route chosen by Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Jermaine O'Neal and others. Under terms of the new six-year collective bargaining agreement to take effect in July, high school players will have to wait one year after their class graduates to become draft eligible. Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Will Atlanta Take Williams, And If They Do, Will He Remain A Hawk?It’s finally here--draft day. You can feel the excitement in the air. The energy is omnipresent. It’s almost palpable. Hawks fans are especially pumped since this is our best draft selection(#2 pick) in a long, long time. Everyone’s trying to figure out what Billy Knight will do. Is Marvin Williams our guy or is a trade on the horizon? Will we keep our second round selections, or try to land another first rounder? These are extremely important questions that I’ll try to answer. Let’s just say for this scenario, the Bucks select Bogut. That means the Hawks will almost assuredly take Marvin Williams. But, that doesn’t mean we’ll keep him. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Hawks Jun 2005 Archive
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The 20-year-old Andrew Bogut was the first selection in this year's draft. Utah is the first school to have players picked first in both the NBA and NFL drafts in the same year. Quarterback Alex Smith was drafted No. 1 by the San Francisco 49ers in April.