[JGKoblenz]

Anyone know about foreign players for the next draft?
I think Anderson Varejao have good chance to be in the first round. I saw him playing in Brazil and I think he can make more impact then Nene Hilario if he got more strong.

 

[rainman]

they seem to come out of nowhere about two months before the draft.nbadraft.net has a mock that lists some of them.the 2004 mock is loaded with them.while i havent a clue how anyone can project that far ahead it is obvious that more and more are coming over.

 

[pharcyde]

Malick Bidaine

I made a post about him, check it out. He'll be the next big thing, or at least one of them. Sounds like a Garnett/Olajuwon kind of player.

 

[Quasi-Quasar]

I see the following players figuring into the 2003 and 2004 drafts somewhere, mostly 1st rounders:
Zaur Pachulia 6-11 240
Carlos Delfino 6-7 192
Mickael Pietrus 6-7 210
Florent Pietrus 6-7 225
Zoran Planinic 6-6 182
Yotam Halpurn 6-7 185
Eduardo Sonseca-Hernandez 7-0 260
Marc Gasol 7-1 270
Kresimir Loncar 7-0 235
Kosta Perovic 7-1 230
Darko Milicic 7-0 225
Meciej Lampe 6-10 215
Blagota Sekulic 6-10 208
Christos Topoutos 6-8 210
Chrisjan Drejer 6-8 205
Sani Becirovic 6-5 190
Johan Petro 6-11 220
Tahrou Sani 6-8 240 (although his age is in question '85 vs. '86)
Pape Sow 6-9 230
Xiu Yuyang 7-0 230
Zeng Tengdong 7-1 240
Anderson Varejao 6-11 230
Ratis Grafs 6-11 220
Sophocles Schortsianitis 6-10 260
Misan Nikagbatse 6-4 180
David Steffel 6-10 220
Andrew Glyniadakis 7-1 280

and there are more I'm forgetting

 

[cmd34]

the kid from france looks athletic as heck and china has another 7 footer. i think the next big foreign star will be darko milicic but as of now they are saying he can't be drafted until 2004.