2010 NBA Draft Rankings: Centers

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UPDATED 7/1/09

The 2009 class of centers didn't offer much to NBA teams as only two true centers were taken in the draft. While there isn't one player with the height or defensive presence that Hasheem Thabeet brought, the 2010 crop should be much deeper.

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1. Cole Aldrich, Kansas - Scouting Report
   Height: 6-11. Weight: 245. Year: Jr.
   Projected Selection: mid-to-late lottery.
   '08-'09: 14.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg, 2.7 bpg, 59.8 FG%, 79.2 FT%
   
   
2. Solomon Alabi, Florida State
   Height: 7-1. Weight: 241. Year: So.
   Projected Selection: late lottery-mid teens.
   '08-'09: 8.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.1 bpg, 54.0 FG%, 68.0 FT%
   
   
   
   
3. DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
   Height: 6-10. Weight: 245. Year: Fr.
   Projected Selection: late lottery-mid teens.
   '08-'09: n/a
   
   
4. Jan Vesely, Czech Republic
   Height: 6-11. Weight: 240. Year: 1990.
   Projected Selection: mid first round.
   '08-'09: 4.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 51.7 FG%, 67.4 FT%
   
   
5. Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
   Height: 7-0. Weight: 245. Year: Sr.
   Projected Selection: mid to late first round.
   '08-'09: 13.8 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 58.6 FG%, 73.7 FT%
   
   
6. Miroslav Raduljica, Serbia
   Height: 7-0. Weight: 230. Year: 1988.
   Projected Selection: late first-early second.
   '08-'09: 10.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 0.2 bpg, 60.6 FG%, 74.7 FT%
   
   
7. Paulo Prestes, Brazil
   Height: 6-10. Weight: 265. Year: 1988.
   Projected Selection: late first-early second.
   '08-'09: n/a
   
   
   
   
8. A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt
   Height: 6-11. Weight: 250. Year: Jr.
   Projected Selection: late first-early second.
   '08-'09: 15.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 54.3 FG%, 69.9 FT%
   
   
9. Tony Woods, Wake Forest
   Height: 6-11. Weight: 245. Year: So.
   Projected Selection: late first-early second.
   '08-'09: 3.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.4 bpg, 56.3 FG%, 45.5 FT%
   
   
10. Michael Dunnigan, Oregon
    Height: 6-10. Weight: 255. Year: So.
    Projected Selection: late first-early second.
    '08-'09: 8.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 49.5 FG%, 57.9 FT%
    
    Other 2010 NBA Draft Center Prospects:
    
    
11. Boban Marjonovic, Serbia, 7-4, 1988
12. Dexter Pittman, Texas, 6-10, Sr.
13. Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech, 6-11, Sr.
14. Omar Semhan, St. Mary’s, 6-11, Sr.
15. Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford, 6-11, Sr.

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