Reviewing the 2006 NBA Draft

Ranking of the 26 rookies who played college basketball in 2005-06 and at least 500 minutes in the NBA in 2006-07

PAWS = Position Adjusted Win Score

Rookies 2006-07

Team

Rank

College

PAWSmin

Rank

NBA WP48

Rank

Draft

NBA

Wins

Produced

NBA

WP48

College

PAWSmin

Draft

Position

Paul Millsap

Utah

1

3

25

5.5

0.178

0.244

45

Tyrus Thomas

Chicago

2

9

3

2.1

0.105

0.238

4

Shelden Williams

Atlanta

3

8

4

3.5

0.110

0.218

5

Renaldo Balkman

New York

4

1

14

5.8

0.262

0.175

20

Brandon Roy

Portland

5

4

5

6.7

0.159

0.167

6

Rajon Rondo

Boston

6

2

15

7.2

0.189

0.121

21

LaMarcus Aldridge

Portland

7

13

1

1.9

0.064

0.104

2

Ronnie Brewer

Utah

8

5

10

1.7

0.122

0.097

14

Craig Smith

Minnesota

9

7

21

3.6

0.113

0.096

36

Adam Morrison

Charlotte

10

26

2

-6.7

-0.139

0.094

3

Leon Powe

Boston

11

6

26

1.7

0.113

0.082

49

Rudy Gay

Memphis

12

22

7

-0.1

-0.003

0.081

8

Shawne Williams

Indiana

13

20

13

0.2

0.017

0.075

17

Cedric Simmons

New Orleans/Oklahoma City

14

25

11

-1.2

-0.106

0.075

15

Randy Foye

Minnesota

15

14

6

2.1

0.053

0.071

7

Josh Boone

New Jersey

16

10

17

1.3

0.095

0.063

23

Alexander Johnson

Memphis

17

17

24

0.5

0.035

0.061

43

Rodney Carney

Philadelphia

18

23

12

-0.6

-0.025

0.058

16

J.J. Redick

Orlando

19

11

8

0.9

0.066

0.057

11

Hilton Armstrong

New Orleans/Oklahoma City

20

15

9

0.7

0.050

0.048

12

Marcus Williams

New Jersey

21

19

16

0.5

0.019

0.042

22

Mardy Collins

New York

22

21

19

0.0

0.003

0.035

28

Daniel Gibson

Cleveland

23

16

23

0.9

0.046

0.018

42

David Noel

Milwaukee

24

24

22

-1.3

-0.077

0.015

39

Solomon Jones

Atlanta

25

18

20

0.3

0.019

0.013

33

Jordan Farmar

LA Lakers

26

12

18

1.5

0.065

-0.057

26