Most of First-Round Nba Picks Will Be Non-College Selections

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If Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady and Steve Francis are in the process of being traded, a draft loaded with post-teen prospects is a sideshow but, ready or not, here it is.

The draft is now a developmental exercise with little star power. It's no less important, because it's still how almost all players enter the league, but it's a lot wilder.

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Most of First-Round Nba Picks Will Be Non-College Selections

There was never a class as young as this one. This mock draft has eight preps, one junior college player and eight foreign players. Barring upsets, this will be the first time that most of the first- rounders aren't from college.

The projected star of the class, however far away his day may be, is Dwight Howard, a 6-foot-9, 18-yea...

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