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[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Well the NBA Draft came and went and once again provided us with entertaining moments and comedy through the roof. I watched the whole thing, did multiple imitations of Stephen A Smith and laughed at the ridiculousness that is a Dick Vitale monologue. All while being amazed at Jay Bilas’s hairline. A great, great night. Here were the top 10 moments:
1. Without a doubt, the highlight of the night was the buildup and anticipation of the New York Knicks’ draft pick, followed by the deflation when the name Renaldo Balkman was announced to the Madison Square Garden crowd. As long time readers of the blog know, I LOVE Balkman and think he will be a good NBA player. But picking him at 20 is ridiculous. Balkman, when not playing Humpty Hump’s body double, seemed to have a little bit of support from Spike Lee who kept insisting he was a “sleeper”, but I dont even know if Spike believed it. You know that no one believes in you when the considerate Jay Bilas continually makes fun of you. Long live the Humpty Hump!!!!
2. There were lots of interesting tidbits about Adam Morrison that came through during the evening. The fact that he is the new face of EA Sports (”Yeah I cried, but when I get to the NBA, other people will be crying too!”) is sort of bizarre….unless of course you consider that the only fact I know for certain about Morrison is that he is good at Halo. Dick Vitale of course blew a gastket praising Morrison, but the highlight of his evening had to be Stuart Scott. While interviewing Morrison, Stuart Scott uttered a phrase that will never be repeated on a future draft night. When speaking about Morrison’s diabetes he said, “have you sought out advice recently from Chris Dudley?” Enjoy that, because Cy Young’s wins record will be beaten before that is repeated.
3. Great watching the saga of Marcus Williams, the laptop stealin’, doughnut eatin’, turnover makin’ point guard who was the official draft slider of the night. I always thought of Williams as an arrogant, punk kid (likely because he did commit grand theft), but then I spoke to three high school recruits recently who spoke about they considered Williams as a mentor. So he cant be that bad….well at least he hasnt been that bad since his momma moved in with him. Didn’t you love that interview? Mom told the interviewer that she “had to get her mom on” and moved in with Marcus during his last year of college. Man you KNOW that had to cramp Marcus’s style. Cant get drunk, have women over, rob jewelry stores….a real burden on the college experience.
4. Is it just me or was the girl that Patrick O Bryant of Bradley kissed on the lips fourteen years old? I mean I love playing the “Is it a mom versus is it a girlfriend?” game at the draft, but I have never thought that we would have a “Is it the girlfriend or the little sister?” game on our television screens. She truly looked fourteen and Bryant kissed….not in a sister way, but in a “you my girl” way. This needs to be investigated.
5. You gotta love Jay Bilas, who has the best way to put kids down for traits that he doesnt like. About the least heralded first overall pick ever, Andrea Bargnini, he said, “he cant’ rebound, post up or bully people, but otherwise he is a great first pick.” TRANSLATION: He is soft and will be mediocre. About Bobby Simmons he said, “there are some things he does well, but others he truly needs to work on.” TRANSLATION: This guy is a player from the Triangle so I wont be harsh….but he will not be good. And my favorite about Tyrus Thomas, “he needs to improve his understanding of the game.” TRANSLATION: He is a moron.
6. Once again, the foreign players showed up in droves. ESPN has attempted to help the average fan understand the guys that no one knows by bringing in Fran Fraschilla, whose expertise on foreign players is about the most specific niche an analyst can have, to tell us about some of the players. But once again, I am skeptical of ALL these guys. They all look the same to me, tall and lanky and shooting threes. I am told that all will be as good as Dirk Nowitski, but I know that most will make Darko look like Magic. This holds true for no one more than Mohammad Sene who averaged 3 POINTS A GAME IN BELGIUM. Read that phrase again and then ask yourself why Seattle would take him 10th. The NBA is run by people who Bilas would say “need to improve their understanding of the game.”
7. I was suprised to see Rudy Gay fall as low as he did. Memphis did a great job trading up to get him as I think if he ever focuses, he can be one of the best players from the draft. As for Houston, do they really believe that Battier for Gay is a fair trade. I mean Battier and Gay are synonomous as words, but that does not mean they are equal as players.
8. The little factoids about the players all entertain me. But you can also tell when a player is really uninteresting and ESPN can find nothing worthwhile to say about them. For Hilton Armstrong, the ESPN graphic stated that “he once played a game when he was 16 with two left shoes.” I cant decide if this is the most trivial or most amazing fact I have ever heard.
9. Hard to see our man Dickie V absolutley RIP on Rajon Rondo. Because there are no high school kids for Vitale to claim are being picked too high, he took up the bandwagon of Marcus Williams and bemoaned how far he fell. Part of that led him to say that all Rajon does is “pound the ball on the floor” and that he cant shoot “at all”, likening him to a “.220 hitter who comes to spring training and says he will learn to hit.” Harsh criticism from Mr. Positive. But at least now Rajon can actually pay for that car he was driving….I kid, because I love.
10. Finally, I always the annual viewing of the melancholly of a kid being drafted by the Utah Jazz. This time it was Ronnie Brewer who got up when his name was announced and had a look on his face that said, “Come on, UTAH! I just spent my whole college career in Arkansas and now I have to go to Utah….what is Wyoming not available. I was supposed to go to Orlando and Redick Utah. I mean come on, why not pick Kevin Pittsnogle or another Curtis Borschdt….this is bullsh**!!”
I love the draft and want it to happen again very soon.
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June 28th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
It’s clear that Balkman got some GREAT advice about keeping his name in the NBA draft and not returning to South Carolina.
June 28th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
Martha Stewart type of advice
June 29th, 2006 at 2:18 am
Not only did the Rockets give up Battier, but Swift too. Now, Swift has done nothing to show he is worthy of more than 20 minutes a night, but still, if he and Gay ever decided to care that could be one of the most lopsided trades in a while.
Understand that Seattle took Sene because it needed someone to push Petro and Swift in their summer league. Whereas Collison is already a bust, those guys have not proved themselves worthy of the label yet.
I was kind of disappointed Rondo got traded to the Cs. For the second year in a row we had a PG taken by PHX who could have fit perfectly only to find out that he was headed elsewhere.
The last two tall, white sharpshooters taken in the Top 6 were Wally the Male Model and Mike Miller. They were both more athletic than Morrison and how have they fared? Exactly.
Hats also off to ORL who took the one guy who could approach being as bad of a draft pick as last year.
June 29th, 2006 at 2:23 am
Is it true that the comments are now fixed so that you can see every word you type? Good show. Jolly good show.
In other news I will post here instead of emailing, I randomly had dinner with Mark Sweet last week. Nothing much else to tell. I asked him if he had been reading the blog and when he said no I saw no reason to continue to acknowledge his existence. Done and done.
June 29th, 2006 at 7:16 am
Like most people, I don’t watch the NBA. I’m not about to start, either, but I do know enough about it to know that the Knicks
selection of Renaldo Balkman at 20 was absurd. Renaldo Balkman? Correct me if I’m wrong, but he didn’t even START consistently
last season for the 66th best team in the country.
At least he’s gone. I need to be able to focus all of my hatred on Joakin Noah.
June 29th, 2006 at 8:11 am
Watching Michael Jordan break down Adam Morrison psychologically is my #1 subplot for the upcoming seasons. Should be facinating.
June 29th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
To add to the ripping of Rondo is Dan Wetzel with his draft winners and losers article on Yahoo. He described him as “an inconsistent, undersized point guard who in two years at the University of Kentucky showed he still needs at least two years to become anything.” But he did find an upside for the floundering franchise that is the Celtics, “On a positive note, Rondo did just oversee two of the worst seasons in UK history, so he has that working for him.”
June 29th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
If only he closed it out with…”which is nice.” But come on, two of the worst? He can’t be serious.
June 29th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
2005 = 28-6 and Elite 8. Hardly one of the worst seasons in UK history.
2006 = 22-13. Worst season since 1990. But NOT WORSE than 1989. 1987. 1985. 1979. 1976. 1974. 1967. 1965. 1963. 1961. Or 1960.
July 1st, 2006 at 8:18 pm
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