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I started doing previews for the NBA Draft. I started previewing as many picks as possible. Unfortunately, I was only able to finish eight articles

After the fifth pick, my predictions were way off. So I start off at the sixth pick all the way up to the 60th. At the end, I will finish with 62 articles in the series.

We’re at the 13th pick for the Toronto Raptors.

The Toronto Raptors are now on the clock as they hold the 13th pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

The Raptors know that Chris Bosh is leaving and they can’t leave Andrea Bargnani as their only productive big man.

Toronto needs to rebuild and find a new guy to fill in the spot at power forward.

It would seem that they would look at North Carolina’s Ed Davis and Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson. Who shall it be?

The Raptors draw in their pick as commissioner David Stern heads up to the podium to announce the team’s pick.

“With the 13th pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, the Toronto Raptors select Ed Davis out of North Carolina.”

Davis was needed and is a tall, but very lean, power forward. Davis would be the guy you need for points by the rim and down low, along with those rebounds.

I liked the pick.

But what bothers me about Davis is if he can be productive enough and can stay  consistent. Along with that, he needs to build some muscle, badly.

You can’t compete at PF when you are about 225 pounds. Davis will need to bulk up, but if he can be dominant, Chris Bosh can be a distant memory.

With Davis, the starting five may play out like this:

PG: Jose Calderon/Jarrett Jack 

SG: Leandro Barbosa

SF: DeMar DeRozan

PF: Ed Davis

C: Andrea Bargnani

The Raptors will also need Bargnani to play some defense and bulk up a bit too, so he and Davis can become one of the top frontcourt duos.

Davis is going to be beneficial pick. I’d like to see how he performs for the 2010-11 season.

Welcome to the NBA, Ed Davis!

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