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By djcfla1, Section NBA
By David J. Cohen Last night the draft proved to be as interesting as advertised. The mega deals didn't go down during the draft but a mega move did take place afterwards. Now on to the report cards: (4100 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
Team By Team Breakdown of Draft Picks After year two of the NBA's "one-and-done" experiment, a new crop of kids will be collecting millions of dollars, having their name plastered across ugly overpriced shoes and either joining the list of draft busts or draft steals. Though this draft wasn't as deep as drafts past, it still had a lot of quality players available. But, as they always do, NBA GM's and big wigs will find a way to screw up the future of their franchise. Here's a report card of the winners and losers from Thursday night. (1 comment, 3238 words in story) Full Story By djcfla1, Section NBA
By David J. Cohen The NBA draft is extremely crucial toward building success and ultimately championships. Every team is one great pick away from possible glory. However, this year the draft shook out in an order that hurts many of the teams. If trades don't happen early and often a lot of square pegs could find themselves in round holes. Here is a mock draft rundown of what the teams should do, and then what I think they will end up doing if they are picking at their respective spots. (5018 words in story) Full Story By kirbygarlitos, Section NBA
On the heels of the NBA Draft Lottery, teams are probably starting to rack their brains out trying to position themselves to make the most out of their selections. Fortunately, a know-it-all-like myself has never had a problem giving my two cents on what each lottery team should - or should not - do when the draft night rolls along. These picks, however, are chosen without consideration to any potential trades. If any trade happens with at least one of these 14 teams, then all bets are off. So without further ado, here's my take on what each team's General Manager should do to strike gold in the draft.
"IF I WERE..." (1509 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
The Guru Predicts The 2008 NBA Draft Lottery The ping-pong balls are done bouncing and the Association has once again found a way to make all the conspiracy theorists, like myself, concoct new assumptions about its self-serving manipulation. But far be it from me to ever question Mr. Stern or the integrity of his league, you know the league with the betting refs, the painfully predictable games, and the one that once employed Tom Tolbert; that league. But I digress. The next crop of "one-and-dones" is ready to start collecting millions of dollars while trying to avoid the ranks of Kwame Brown, Darius Miles, and Michael Olowokandi. But unlike the aforementioned busts, this next generation of kids can at least say they know what a college gym looks like. I still think the NBA should extend the age limit rule to two years removed from high school, forcing these kids to actually take notes in class instead of doodling sketches of their first ugly, over-priced shoe. There I go getting off topic again... Here's how I think June's lottery will shake out: (1 comment, 1898 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
Team By Team Breakdown of Picks This year's NBA draft was considered to be one of the deepest we've seen in a long while. Normally I'd disagree with the experts and Jay Bilas, but this time they were right. The new age limit rule has made all of these young kids go to someone's college for at least a year and play against some better competition. But no matter how deep a draft might be, some teams will still find a way to screw up their draft night and their franchise's future. Here is a report card of the winners and losers from last Thursday night. (2 comments, 1908 words in story) Full Story By kroberts, Section NBA
Everyone knows second round picks in the NBA Draft are no sure things. They don't have guaranteed salaries, and they damn sure don't have a guaranteed roster spot. Each second round player has to earn his stripes in summer league action and show his team he was worth the pick, and more, that he's worth keeping around. (467 words in story) Full Story By Trevor, Section NBA
by Trevor Freeman So I'm at Pat O'Brien's and I'm playing a little Beirut. In walk some kids who look to be fresh out of college and eventually my group engages them in some friendly "Beirut" banter. In my first game against a solid twosome, I offer a "we're playing 21 cups" in a cocky manner. Being a veteran I felt that my experience would better translate in a 21 cup game. The youth responded, "No problem, old-timer". The game begins and me and my partner who are both staring 30 in the eye got off to a great start and held on for a close win. Following this we played two more games and the college kids whupped us. What does this have to do with the NBA Draft? Nothing really.......well except for the fact that there are a bunch of young kids about to put a whupping on some veterans.
People look at this draft as being all about Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. However there are some nice value plays in here as I think both Al Horford and Corey Brewer will be big-time contributors. (2 comments, 3282 words in story) Full Story By kroberts, Section NBA
The NBA Draft is soon approaching, and if you ask me, is not getting the attention it deserves. Sure, there's the top two that everyone is talking about: Oden and Durant. But after them, a lot of these players are going unnoticed or flying way too far under the radar. I have taken it upon myself to enlighten the public on what players should be drafted this year. One thing I refuse to do, unlike NBA GM's, is fill the end of the second round with European project players. Each player at each pick is a player that truly deserves to be there. (5 comments, 1833 words in story) Full Story By Trevor, Section College
by Trevor Freeman
For the next month and a half, Kevin Durant will be inundated with people whispering that he would be a fool to not declare for the NBA Draft. They will tell Durant about the $70 million that Nike will throw at him. Agents will give him the same treatment that "Vinny Chase" got when he cruelly decided to explore the option of replacing "Ari Gold". Writers will talk about how if the goal of college is to get a great education so you can get a good job, that Durant has already done enough to accomplish this goal. What nobody has done is articulate the other side. The reasoning for why he should stay in school. That's where I come in. So Kevin, if you're reading make sure you take the following five things into account before voting "yes" on the money and "no" on Texas. (8 comments, 919 words in story) Full Story
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