June 8, 2004
SUPERSONICS.COM has scoured the internet to find the latest mock drafts from various NBA experts. With slightly more than two weeks left until the draft, most people have the Sonics going for a center, but there are a few holdouts who see them going best player available with a guard like Arizona's Andre Iguodala or Nevada's Kirk Snyder. The most popular single player is BYU center Rafael Araujo, and the two two-round mocks don't seem to know which picks the Sonics have.

Andriuskevicius
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Gregg Doyel, CBSSportsline.com (6/7)
12. Martynas Andriuskevicius, C, Lithuania
comment: The Sonics seem destined to draft a foreign center none of us had heard of before last month.
Tony Mejia, CBSSportsline.com (5/27)
12. Andre Iguodala, G/F, Arizona
comment: The best player remaining on the board, this choice would intensify efforts to move either Ray Allen or Ronald Murray for a quality big man.

Araujo
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Dime Magazine (Jun. 4)
12. Rafael Araujo, C, BYU
comment: If the Sonics don't take a big man, they're insane. They've got enough perimeter shooters for two NBA teams, let alone one in Seattle. Araujo is very strong, and he reportedly pounded Colorado center David Harrison in private workouts. Is he good enough to be a lottery pick? Maybe not, but the Sonics need a mature center in the worst way.

Snyder
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DraftCity.com (Jun. 5)
12. Kirk Snyder, G/F, Nevada
36. Lawrence Roberts, PF, Mississippi State
42. Damir Omerhodzic, F, Bosnia
HoopsHype.com (Jun. 7)
12. Kosta Perovic, C, Serbia-Montenegro
comment: Has size, talent and the willingness to keep improving. Very unselfish. Some more pounds wouldn't hurt. Comparison: Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Steve Kyler Hoopsworld.com (Jun. 6)
12. Rafael Araujo, C, BYU

Iguodala
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NBADraft.net (May 27)
12. Andre Iguodala, G/F, Arizona
36. Lawrence Roberts, PF, Mississippi State
42. Blake Stepp, PG, Gonzaga
Sean Deveney, Sporting News
12. Rafael Araujo, C, BYU
comment: He has improved steadily. His ability to defend the paint will determine how high he goes.