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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 12:08, 29 August 2009.

2007 NBA Draft

 * Nominator(s): Martin tamb (talk) 07:54, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I have been working on this list by following the 2008 NBA Draft which already a featured list. I think this list already meets the FL criterias and ready to be nominated. I would be glad to address any concerns about this list. Thanks! — Martin tamb (talk) 07:54, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I would like to raise an issue with the Notable undrafted players section. In the FLC review for the 2008 NBA Draft article, the section was removed because it is out of scope and the inclusion criteria is not clear. I personally prefer to remove the section, but since the older NBA Draft FLs have it, I decided to leave it to be reviewed. Please comments on this issue in the review. Thanks! — Martin tamb (talk) 05:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 15:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) "and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. " should be "broadcasted"
 * "broadcast" is correct grammar. It is an irregular verb. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) "Florida, the 2007 NCAA Basketball National Champions also tied the record set by the University of Connecticut in 2006 with five players selected in the first two rounds of the draft." A comma after Champions is needed.
 * Done — Martin tamb (talk) 08:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:13, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:13, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Note FLC is currently short of reviewers; please consider reviewing one or more on the nomination list if you have not already (this message is being posted to all running FLCs). Dabomb87 (talk) 23:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from
 * General
 * Dabs and external links check out fine.
 * The images need alternate text.
 * Alt text done — Martin tamb (talk) 07:16, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Lead
 * Al Horford, the son of former NBA player Tito Horford was drafted third by the Atlanta Hawks.[6] -- Comma after Tito's name
 * Fixed — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Lottery
 * Why not just rename this section Draft Lottery?
 * The Portland Trail Blazers, which had the seventh-worst record in the previous season, won the lottery with just 5.3% chance to win. -- No need for another link to the Blazers
 * The Seattle SuperSonics, which had the fifth-worst record, and the Atlanta Hawks, which had the fourth-worst record, obtained the second and third pick respectively. -- Same here with the link of the SuperSonics
 * Three teams who had the worst records, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks, obtained the fourth, fifth and sixth pick respectively. -- This would be better formatted as Three teams who had the worst records—the Memphis Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks—obtained the fourth, fifth and sixth pick respectively.
 * Fixed — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Key
 * This doesn't need its own section, you can just place a semicolon next to the word Key under the First round heading.
 * Fixed — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Notable undrafted players
 * The following players, who were eligible for the draft but went undrafted, have earned a full-year contract with the NBA teams for the 2007–08 NBA season. -- This should be in past tense.
 * Fixed — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Draft-day trades
 * Be consistent with the names, such as spelling out the entire names of the teams or just listing the location of the franchise (San Antonio Spurs preferred over simply San Antonio or vise versa), and stating it as the Portland Trail Blazers, like it is in the prose.
 * Fixed the note j which uses the full franchise name. Note that I prefer to use just the location for this section (except for L.A.), because adding the full franchise name would make the trades section longer and harder to read. But if you suggest that the full franchise name should be used, I'd be happy to fix them all. — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Pre-draft trades
 * I don't see the need to link to the franchises in this section nor the draft-day trades section because they are already linked in the table from which they are noted from, and its just overlinking the teams.
 * Fixed — Martin tamb (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Everything else checks out fine.-- T ru  c o   503 02:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified; list now meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   503 18:45, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Support – A worthy list now that the comments from everyone have been addressed.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 15:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

-- Crzycheetah 21:04, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * "they could obtained"→ "they could have obtained"
 * The lottery results are rounded to three decimal points in this page, but the reference doesn't round it to 3 decimals. I think it's WP:OR to show .357 instead of .36.
 * In note "r", it says "Phoenix acquired 2006 and 2007 first-round draft picks", but Phoenix did not acquire a 2007 first-round pick.
 * In note "l", the word "exchange is used twice, I suggest the first "exchange" change to "swap". Same change is needed in the second part of the "w" note.
 * Note "3" in the lottery section says that "Pick would be conveyed to Atlanta Hawks if it was not in the top ten". That pick was conveyed to the Hawks. I believe you wanted to say something else.
 * I clicked on note "a" next to Glen Davis, then read the note and wanted to get back to Glen Davis, but when I clicked on "a", it took me to Jeff Green. I suggest to add the second link for note "a' in the trades section. Take a look at note "b" in the List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks for an example of what I mean. There are many notes that are used multiple times in the tables with only one link in the trades section.
 * Same with note "b". Also in note "b", it shows "...the draft rights to to 36th pick". I don't know what to do to get rid of the second "to", I am just letting you know.
 * In note "d", "The" is doubled, as well. Weird!
 * "Denver used the 21st and 30th picks to draft Daequan Cook and Petteri Koponen" - Just add the word "respectively" at the end.
 * Current ref#5 should have "The Washington Post" in italics just like in the ref#70 "The New York Times" is.
 * I also doubt nbadraft.net and prosportstransactions.com are reliable
 * Fix the ref, fix the notes, deleted the 2 unreliable sources, found a source for the lottery probablities. — Martin tamb (talk) 22:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Support Great job!-- Crzycheetah 22:35, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments from --  SRE.K.A.L. 24 [c] --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  03:10, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "...and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN." Why not also include the Canadian broadcaster?
 * Well, since the NBA is based in the U.S., and the Draft took place there, this info isn't too outlandish. In any case, to avoid the systemic bias, I replaced with another bit of information. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:11, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well there are the Toronto Raptors. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  02:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "...the same school, the University of Florida." ", the" --> ", which was the".
 * I changed the comma to a colon instead. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:11, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "...Florida, the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Basketball champion..." "champion" --> "champions".
 * "Florida" here is being referred to as a single team rather than many individuals. The grammar is correct as is. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:11, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Just read the sentence slowly; which is correct: The Lakers were the 2009 NBA champions or The Lakers were the 2009 NBA champion?
 * Right, but here, we're using Florida, not the "Gators". You wouldn't say Los Angeles were (in US English, which is what this article is using). Dabomb87 (talk) 02:31, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll use the sentence directly from the article. Florida, the 2007 [NCAA] Basketball champions or Florida, the 2007 [NCAA] Basketball champion? Ehh...I wouldn't not support because of this, but I just want to make sure which one is right. :p --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  02:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * After reading both versions several times, I've concluded that both versions seem to make sense. Since that is so, I won't change it, as there's no real reason to. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "Another record was set when eight freshmen were drafted; all of them were taken in the first round." What was the record?
 * In the whole article, "college basketball" should refer to "U.S. college basketball", as there are other colleges around the world that have a basketball program.
 * In the "School/club team" column, one is like this: Mega Ishrana (Serbia) 1985, while all the others are like this: Beijing Olympians (ABA) (born 1985).
 * I'm going to suggest to WP:NBA if we can merge all the rounds into one table, so that the readers can sort the whole draft, instead of sorting just one round. If the readers want to sort by one round, they could just do that by sorting the rounds, then choose whichever column they want to sort.
 * Fixed them all, hopefully. Good idea about the separate rounds merged into a single table, will support that. — Martin tamb (talk) 15:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * reference #15 was published before the draft, and does not reference the sentence which it is citing. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  16:27, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It was published after the 2007 draft and before the 2008 draft and it mentioned that "A year ago, a record eight freshmen were picked in the first round." I'll try to find another better reference, but as far I remember, I think this is the best I can find when I work on the citation a few weeks ago. — Martin tamb (talk) 16:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Anyway, I found an inaccuracies in the sentence. Fixed that also. Thanks for noticing and making me re-check the reference. — Martin tamb (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Laugh out loud. My bad for not checking the reference year. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  16:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Support Read comment in the box. Nice list overall. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  16:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the 2007 draft was two years ago, I guess the blame is on me for nominating this list two years late. Thanks for the reviews. — Martin tamb (talk) 16:57, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, there is no due date, so ehh...just in case you don't watchlist WT:NBA, I suggested the merging all tables into one suggestion. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  17:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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