This should be a good pick for the Nets though. They can go inside/outside with Lopez and Vince Carter, and Devin Harris is one of the more exciting young guards in the league.
8:35 PM: Pacers take Jerryd Bayless. Larry Bird will be trying his hardest to keep him away from Jamaal Tinsley, and murderers.
8:41 PM: Sacramento takes Jason Thompson from Rider University. David Stern tells us that Jason is not here. He’s the first senior taken, so his experience should help Sacramento right away.
8:43 PM: The big news in other sports for the past couple of days has been the maple bat controversy brewing over in MLB.
Last night on Baseball Tonight, Buster Olney said it is only a matter of time before somebody gets “maimed or killed.”
I’m glad we’re all thinking rationally about this. You’re right Buster, it’s been 88 years since somebody died on a baseball field, the Baseball Gods thirst for blood.
8:46 PM: Portland, the most surprising team in the NBA last season, takes Brandon Rush. Good pick, this guy is experienced and can shoot the lights out.
On a completely unrelated note, the guy who coached my high school basketball team is now working as a scout for the Blazers. How come I didn’t get a call?
8:49 PM: Stephen A. Smith seems to be trying to bait the new draftees into saying something ridiculous, but it isn’t working. And he’s not shouting as loud as he usually does. Something must be wrong.
8:51 PM: Golden State takes Anthony Randolph out of LSU. He definitely helped his team win a lot of games last season. And my goodness, he is tall and skinny.
On another Golden State note, I hope they pull the trigger on the Baron Davis trade with Detroit, for Billups and ‘Sheed.
As much as I love ‘Sheed, it would be really entertaining to see him and Stephen Jackson sharing a court next season.
8:55 PM: We interrupt this draft for two minutes of Dick Vitale screaming at you. I feel like I did something to upset him that I don’t know about.
8:57 PM: Phoenix takes Robin Lopez, who apparently has several hyenas rolling with him tonight. Phoenix could use some interior defense, which Lopez will bring. A nice foil to Amare Stoudemire.
9:03 PM: Philly takes Mareese Speights from Florida. Jay Bilas likes his strength but not his motor.
9:08 PM: Roy Hibbert goes to Toronto, and most likely Indiana because of the trade. Funny, had he gone pro a year earlier he probably would have been a lottery pick, now he’s not even at the draft.
Jay Bilas seems to like him. Jay Bilas obviously didn’t see Hibbert take a crap against Davidson, a team whose average height is something like six-foot-one.
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