Jay Bilas tells us that Mayo wants to be a basketball player. I could have sworn that he wanted to be a fireman.
7:50 PM: I think OJ Mayo has some serious Chris Webber potential. He’s got a freaking circus following him to the NBA, plus it’s highly likely that his college career never officially happened. Nice suit, though.
7:54 PM: The Seattlahoma City Supercowpokes pick Russell Westbrook. Westbrook gives fellow UCLA “alum” Kevin Love an awkward man-hug before going to greet David Stern.
My big question: is he the black Scot Pollard?
8:01 PM: The Grizzlies take Kevin Love. Will he remind us of Bryant ‘Big Country’ Reeves? No.
This is a pretty good pick for Memphis. He’s smart, he can rebound, and his passing will help them run.
8:03 PM: And the Knicks are on the clock! Who will they take? How long will their fans boo the pick? Will they ever forgive Spike Lee for latching onto the Lakers bandwagon?
8:06 PM: Apparently Kevin Love’s uncle Mike is the lead singer of the Beach Boys. Cool. I’m serious, their non-offensive vocal harmonies are soothing.
8:07 PM: The answers to my Knicks questions: Danilo Gallinari. They haven’t stopped, probably because they still remember Maciej Lampe. I hope not.
8:10 PM: They’re still booing. This is impressive. They’re booing even though he ‘likes to win and play hard, and New York is the best city in the world.’ Molto bene.
8:12 PM: In a staggering show of professionalism, I’ve almost missed who the Clippers decide to take.
Eric Gordon, from Indiana.
Are you kidding me? Anybody who followed the Big Ten this year should be disgusted by the tank job that Indiana pulled for Dan Dakich.
They’re showing highlights of him scoring on Michigan and Penn State, both perennial NIT contenders.
As a Michigan State student, I saw him play plenty. I’m not impressed by him. Tended to take a lot of bad shots, plus he’s the ugliest guy to be drafted out of the Big Ten since Greg Oden.
8:18 PM: To fill the massive void left by Chairman Yi, the Bucks take Joe Alexander out of WVU. A good player, but it’s scary to think of how good he could be had he stayed in school to polish his game.
Bob Huggins decided to turn him into a post player before the start of the last season, so he’s young. Young but promising. Playing for Herb Kohl may kill him.
8:25 PM: DJ Augustin becomes the next rookie that Larry Brown will bury on the bench and forget about. He’s a good player, but do they need him with Raymond Felton already on the roster? Interesting.
8:29 PM: Stern announces that New Jersey has taken Brook Lopez.
He’s a good player, but he could stand to gain 10-20 pounds. In the East, that won’t matter, but a 250-lb. center won’t cut it against the West.
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