What the hell is going on? Every sports site feels a need to bust out mock drafts no matter how ridiculous it is right now. I know, plenty of interest, condensed news cycles, and of course competition from the fact that one sports site does it so all the rest must do so as well. Still, the draft boards are all over the frickin’ place without any rhyme or reason.

Don’t buy into any of it right now. Definitely not until after more workouts and the Orlando camp. Whatever. I aggregate, you decide.

SI.com’s mock draft has Aaron Gray completely missing from the list because as they say at the introduction:

And don’t forget that early entry candidates have until June 18 to withdraw their names from consideration from the draft. Determining who will withdraw is an educated guess as well. For now, we expect the majority of international early entry candidates to withdraw, as well as prospects like Aaron Gray, Arron Afflalo, Nick Fazekas, Daniel Gibson and Richard Roby. Culling information from NBA insiders, this mock draft reflects those assumptions.

I want to believe.

Typing of which, I believe Greg Doyel at CBS Sportsline purposefully did his mock draft with the emphasis on mock.

Most mock drafts, they’re going to tell you how the 2006 NBA Draft might go. Me? I’ll tell you how it should go.
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13. Philadelphia 76ers

Aaron Gray, C, Pittsburgh: Patrick O’Bryant ate him up in the NCAA Tournament, an outcome that still shocks me. Was that a fluke? Not sure, but I’m going out on a limb and saying Gray will be a better pro. But neither will be all that good.

He has O’Bryant going at #19

Tony Mejia, who covers the NBA for CBS Sportsline is more traditional and puts Gray at #22 to the Nets like so many others.

A little less than 5 weeks until the actual draft. About 3 1/2 until the deadline to withdraw.