2007 NBA re-draft: The way it should have been
The 2007 NBA draft will be remembered mostly for what happened with the top two picks when the Portland Trail Blazers passed on Kevin Durant in favor of Greg Oden. KD will go down as one of the best scorers basketball has ever seen and a multi-time champion while Oden’s career lasted just three seasons due to injuries.
That year’s class also featured one of the biggest steals in second-round history, Marc Gasol, who went No. 48 overall and would go on to become a champion, Defensive Player of the Year and 1st Team All-NBA member.
Besides Durant and Gasol, the 2007 draft was pretty weak in star talent, as Joakim Noah and Al Horford were the only other selections who’d go on to post special careers.
Below, we re-draft the 2007 class.
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 2
Career earnings: $314,170,742
Career stats: 27.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 4.3 apg, 49.6 FG%, 38.4 3P%
Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 48
Career earnings: $185,786,591
Career stats: 14.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.4 apg, 48.1 FG%, 36.0 3P%
AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn
Actual position: No. 3
Career earnings: $243,228,232
Career stats: 13.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 51.5 FG%, 36.0 3P%
Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 4
Career earnings: $229,541,596
Career stats: 14.8 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.0 rpg, 43.9 FG%, 38.2 3P%
Mike Ehrmann/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 9
Career earnings: $139,035,960
Career stats: 8.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.3 bpg, 49.1 FG%
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 12
Career earnings: $132,718,742
Career stats: 12.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 50.2 FG%, 33.2 3P%
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 5
Career earnings: $76,934,810
Career stats: 12.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 44.8 FG%, 33.9 3P%
Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 23
Career earnings: $73,745,287
Career stats: 12.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 44.3 FG%, 34.1 3P%
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 22
Career earnings: $62,197,534
Career stats: 7.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 46.3 FG%, 39.3 3P%
Actual position: No. 27
Career earnings: $61,084,429
Career stats: 10.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.8 apg, 45.0 FG%, 38.6 3P%
Actual position: No. 18
Career earnings: $49,155,000
Career stats: 9.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, 42.4 FG%, 37.6 3P%
Actual position: No. 7
Career earnings: $54,175,934
Career stats: 8.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 42.5 FG%, 28.4 3P%
Actual position: No. 8
Career earnings: $39,928,084
Career stats: 7.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 60.7 FG%
Actual position: No. 28
Career earnings: $47,016,000
Career stats: 7.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 55.5 FG%
Actual position: No. 16
Career earnings: $39,375,829
Career stats: 11.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 41.8 FG%, 37.6 3P%
Actual position: No. 31
Career earnings: $48,927,163
Career stats: 10.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 53.5 FG%
Actual position: No. 56
Career earnings: $36,276,568
Career stats: 10.3 ppg, 4.1 apg, 2.7 rpg, 43.4 FG%, 31.6 3P%
Actual position: No. 15
Career earnings: $48,557,071
Career stats: 12.6 ppg, 3.6 apg, 2.9 rpg, 42.3 FG%, 30.0 3P%
Actual position: No. 26
Career earnings: $19,913,114
Career stats: 9.7 ppg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 rpg, 41.3 FG%, 37.0 3P%
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $32,031,999
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.9 apg, 41.4 FG%, 37.3 3P%
Actual position: No. 37
Career earnings: $34,288,647
Career stats: 5.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg, 46.3 FG%, 34.0 3P%
Actual position: No. 10
Career earnings: $49,219,853
Career stats: 8.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.9 apg, 45.7 FG%, 35.0 3P%
Actual position: No. 20
Career earnings: $36,919,993
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 0.7 apg, 46.8 FG%, 33.3 3P%
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $46,687,150
Career stats: 8.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.8 apg, 40.6 FG%, 37.1 3P%
Actual position: No. 35
Career earnings: $34,716,665
Career stats: 8.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.9 apg, 44.7 FG%
Actual position: No. 24
Career earnings: $5,676,523
Career stats: 9.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 39.9 FG%, 36.0 3P%
Actual position: No. 6
Career earnings: $14,085,936
Career stats: 7.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 40.4 FG%, 33.3 3P%
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $10,970,388
Career stats: 9.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 42.2 FG%, 38.2 3P%
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $23,377,987
Career stats: 2.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 51.3 FG%
Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images
Actual position: No. 1
Career earnings: $24,322,868
Career stats: 8.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.2 bpg, 57.4 FG%
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