A lot of movement out there (and not all about the draft) with 9 of the 30 first-round picks were involved in trades immediately. Some teams have put themselves in a better position for the biggest free agent summer in NBA history. But we’ve tried to focus on how teams DRAFTED, disregarding any efforts to free up cap room, trade for other players and so on. Here’s our 3MW Draft-Day Grades:

Atlanta D

Pick 27 – Jordan Crawford (SG)

Pick 53 – Pape Sy (SF).

Atlanta traded their 24^th pick to New Jersey for the Net’s 27^th. Crawford is a nice player, a good scoring combo-guard…but don’t Atlanta already have Jamal Crawford for that? The Hawks were exposed for their lack of bigs in the playoffs, yet with Hassan Whiteside, Dexter Pittman, Tiny Gallon and Daniel Orton still on the board…they took another combo guard?

Boston B-

Pick 19 – Avery Bradley (PG/SG)

Pick 52 – Luke Harangody (PF)

Bradley was quite coveted late in the draft. New York was one team who were working overtime to get a pick in the first round to nab him. We’re guessing you can say goodbye to the Nate Robinson experiment, and Bradley will get a lot of minutes backing up both Rondo & Allen. Harangody is a good pick this late, and will fit in with the Celts nicely.

Charlotte F

No picks, no trades, nothing. C’mon MJ, what’s doing?

Chicago D

Pick 17 – Kevin Seraphin (PF)

The Bulls are likely to trade Seraphin’s rights with Kirk Hinrich to the Wizards come July 8^th in a goal to give them more cap room to sign max free agents next week. Not a good draft result, but it’ll give them good capacity for a free agent. Either way, Seraphin’s not worth the 17^th pick.

Cleveland F

No picks, no trades, nothing. Wait to show Lebron how serious you are, Cleveland!

Dallas C+

Pick 25 – Dominique Jones (SG)

The Mavs traded away their second round pick to move into the first and get one of the most intriguing guard prospects in the draft. Good work to move into the first round, but not sure about the pick. They’re a little back-court heavy already, so we can probably expect a trade next week.

Denver F

No picks, no trades, nothing.

Detroit A

Pick 7 – Greg Monroe (PF/C)

Pick 36 – Terrico White (SG).

Monroe is the player the Pistons wanted. He’s very suited to Detroit and was the best big man in the draft after Cousins & Favors. But White is a STEAL! Possibly the steal of the draft.

Golden State B

Pick 6 – Ekpe Udoh (PF)

Udoh is a nice prospect and the Warriors finally had a draft where they didn’t draft a guard. GSW actually drafted for the position they need! So a good pick, but we still think Aminu or Monroe are better.

Houston B

Pick 14 – Patrick Patterson (PF)

Patterson is underrated, and could have gone higher. Is a great pick at 14, but the Rockets already have Luis Scola, so is Patterson at 6-9 going to play at centre? Or ride the pine? We will have to wait and see. Either way, they probably have taken the best player available.

Indiana C-

Pick 10 – Paul George (SF)

Pick 40 – Lance Stephenson (SG)

Pick 51 – Magnum Rolle (C)

Sorry Larry, we don’t understand. Unless you have some awesome trade in the works, you just drafted a great small forward, when you already HAVE a great small forward in Danny Granger. Lance Stephenson could prove a solid backup, and George IS a really fine player. But we just don’t see that you’ve drafted well. Sorry, Larry…we still love you, we just don’t understand you.

LA Clippers A

Pick 8 – Al-Farouq Aminu (PF)

Pick 18 – Eric Bledsoe (PG/SG)

Pick 54 – Willie Warren (PG/SG)

The Clips needed a power forward, and they needed some depth in the back-court. They got both. Aminu is a great pick and will be effective in the NBA on both ends of the court. In the backcourt, Bledsoe and Warren are similar players, both have a lot of potential, both have NBA-style games, and GMs around the league have had concerns about both of their attitudes. Admittedly, we were fans of both Bledsoe & Warren and we believe they could both turn into special players. A great draft for the Clippers.

LA Lakers B-

Pick 43 – Devin Ebanks (SF)

Pick 58 – Derrick Caracter (PF)

The Lakers had only two second round picks, and ended up with two young guys who could prove to be bargains. Ebanks early in draft talks was projected in the high-teens, whilst Caracter was a guy a lot of teams were talking about would be a good second-rounder. Lakers seem to have gotten good value for their picks here.

Memphis B+

Pick 12 – Xavier Henry (SG)

Pick 28 – Greivis Vasquez (PG)

Henry is a good addition and probably the best shooter across the board in this years draft. Henry gives the Memphis another quality offensive option and Vasquez is a tough guy who plays hard every step of the way. Vasquez could be great value at pick 28.

Miami C-

Pick 41 – Jarvis Varnado (PF)

Pick 42 – Da’Sean Butler (SF)

Only 2 picks, and more effort was going into creating cap-space on draft day than drafting picks. It’s showed, at 41 & 42, there were better options than Butler & Varnado.

Milwaukee C+

Pick 15 – Larry Sanders ( C)

Pick 37 – Darrington Hobson (SG)

Pick 44 – Jerome Jordan ( C)

Pick 47 – Tiny Gallon (PF)

Sanders, Jordan & Gallon will give the Bucks some youth in the paint to replace the departed Gadzuric. Hobson is a little unknown out of New Mexico, but comfortably played the 1, 2 & 3 in college. Some good selections for the Bucks.

Minnesota B+

Pick 4 – Wesley Johnson (SF)

Pick 30 – Lazar Haywood (SF)

Pick 39 – Nemanja Bjelica (SF)

Pick 45 – Paulo Prestes ( C)

Wes Johnson is pretty self-explanatory, he is a great, great talent. Haywood was a great scorer, rebounder & defender in college, has great upside in the NBA and kinda flew under the radar leading up to the draft. Coach Rambis & David Kahn did a lot of overseas scouting, hoping to draft a good talent that they could put on lay-away, as their roster is already brimming with young talent. Prestes & Bjelica won’t hit the NBA hardwood anytime soon. Also picked up Martell Webster & dropped Ryan Gomes. Questionable to trade the rights to Babbitt, but otherwise a good day for Sota.

New Jersey A

Pick 3 – Derrick Favors (PF)

Pick 24 – Damion James (PF)

Great work! All that talk about Favors, Cousins, Wes Johnson…who’s it going to be?!? It always should have been Favors, who is the best physical talent in the draft. The Nets then traded picks (27 for 24) to secure getting Damion James, the underrated power forward from Texas. Can’t tell you how excited we are for New Jersey to get these two power forwards. And in the process, they dropped the troublesome Chris Douglas-Roberts.

New Orleans C+

Pick 21 – Craig Brackens (PF)

Pick 26 – Quincy Pondexter (SG)

New Orleans needed more help than one player, so traded pick 11 to OKC for 21 & 26. Brackens and Pondexter could end up being good players in the NBA, but both are far from a certainty too.

New York C+

Pick 38 – Andy Rautins (PG/SG)

Pick 39 – Landry Fields (SF)

Rautins shot 40% from three in college, has endless range, is a solid on the ball defender and played on the Canadian National team. Fields had 4 solid years at Stanford, averaging 22ppg in the Pac-10 last season. It’s hard to call the Knicks, because they have so much up in the air this summer. They worked to try and get into the first round, but couldn’t. So with their 38^th & 39^th picks, they took two mature players who had good college careers.

OKC A-

Pick 11 – Cole Aldrich ( C)

Pick 31 – Tibor Pleiss ( C)

Pick 48 – Latavious Williams (SF/PF)

Pick 57 – Ryan Reid (PF)

Williams is the first D-Leaguer to be drafted into the NBA, and could prove a great role-player in the future. Draft-day trade, sending picks 21 & 26 to New Orleans for the rights to Cole Aldrich at 11. That’s brilliant for the Thunder. Aldrich is going to fit in nicely with this Thunder team and give them a little more muscle & defensive support in the middle. Pleiss likely won’t come to the NBA for another year or maybe two, Reid may not do much, but the strings pulled on draft day to get Aldrich is great work by the team at OKC.

Orlando C

Pick 29 – Daniel Orton (PF/C)

Pick 59 – Stanley Robinson (SF)

Another team who did the best with what they had. One thing Otis Smith has done, he’s drafted two good PEOPLE. Orton is very raw & unproven and Robinson didn’t impress in workouts. But both are good guys who could develop into handy role-players for an already stacked Magic team.

Philadelphia B

Pick 2 – Evan Turner (SG/SF)

With only the second pick, John Wall a certainty to go number 1, and the incredibly versatile & talented Turner available at 2… Philly weren’t going to pass on Turner, and weren’t going to screw up their only pick. Not much else to say, solid pick, no screw-ups.

Phoenix B-

Pick 46 – Gani Lawal (PF)

Pick 60 – Dwayne Collins (PF/C)

With only two picks in the draft (and in the latter part of the second round, no less) it’s acceptable that you may end up with not much to brag about. But with the 46^th & 60^th picks in the draft, the Suns have done ok. They got two young, athletic, hard-working bigs. Lawal could easily have gone in the late first round, so could end up being a bargain at 46.

Portland A

Pick 16 – Luke Babbitt (SF/PF)

Pick 22 – Elliot Williams (PG/SG)

Pick 34 – Armon Johnson (PG)

The Blazers sent Martell Webster to the T-Wolves in a draft-day trade. Webster is a nice player, but wasn’t developing to the level that the Blazers really expected. Luke Babbitt came in return, and he is a STEAL at pick 16. Babbitt will help bolster an injury prone (Oden & Pryzbilla) and aging (Juwan Howard & Marcus Camby) frontline. Williams at 22 was the guy they wanted and Armon Johnson could have gone as high as the high teens. The Blazers just got a lot younger, more versatile, and got great value in every one of their picks. Possibly the best work on draft night in the NBA was done by Portland.

Sacramento B+

Pick 5 – Demarcus Cousins ( C)

Pick 33 – Hassan Whiteside ( C)

The King may have selected to the two best centres in the draft. We’ll have to wait and see. Cousins will definitely be a force in the NBA, and Whiteside led the NCAA in blocked shots last season. Add these two young bigs to Sam Dalembert and Jason Thompson and you’ve got a good frontline. Cousins & Whiteside….we could be saying that a lot in the future.

San Antonio B-

Pick 20 – James Anderson (SG)

Pick 49 – Ryan Richards (PF)

At 6-6, a solid defender, and averaged over 20 points a game in college, there are a number of teams after pick 20 that are probably a little pissed that they didn’t get a chance to draft Anderson. Richards will likely stay in Spain for atleast another year, a good pick for a team that doesn’t necessarily need another player on the roster just yet. Spurs have picked well for their team needs right now, but could’ve used a centre too.

Toronto B

Pick 13 – Ed Davis (PF)

Only the one pick in the draft, and Toronto selected one of the best bigs available. Word was that Davis wasn’t going to get past Utah at number 9, he’s got all the tools to be a very good NBA power forward. Only question would be, why did you draft a power forward when you are trying to keep Chris Bosh? Unless you’re NOT trying to keep Bosh?

Utah C+

Pick 9 – Gordon Hayward (SF)

Pick 55 – Jeremy Evans (PF)

Utah picked a white guy (insert sarcastic comment about Utah loving white people here). Gordon Hayward is sure to be a good player, sure to be a good team-mate, sure to be coachable, but is he sure to be worthy of the number 9 spot? No. And why, when you had decent SG-SF-PF combinations in the playoffs, would you draft a SF? CJ Miles started at SF for the Jazz, and averaged 15.5ppg in the playoffs against the Lakers. We would have thought a centre would have been a better option. Evans is rather unproven, but a good shot-blocker.

Washington A

Pick 1 – John Wall (PG)

Pick 23 – Trevor Booker (PF)

Pick 56 – Hamady Ndiaye ( C)

Wizards picked John Wall with the number 1 pick…hard to go wrong there. But then they traded picks with Minnesota to move up to 23 and take Booker, whom they coveted. Smart draft-day trading to get the guy you want. Ndiaye out of Rutgers may handle himself well in the NBA, but is definitely a 56^th pick.