The NBA Draft, As It Happened

I think he’s soft, and they should have taken Darrell Arthur if they wanted to go big. I can’t wait to see LeBron dunk over him 30 times the first time they meet.


9:13 PM: Washington takes JaVale McGee from Nevada. The next Nick Fazekas? Check back when the Wizards are losing to Cleveland again this coming postseason.


9:15 PM: Looks like Jerryd Bayless and Ike Diogu are traveling from Indy to Portland, and Brandon Rush and Jarrett Jack are heading to Indy.

I feel bad for Rush, I really like him. Andy Katz is interviewing him, and he sounds…less than excited.


9:20 PM: Darrell Arthur continues getting the Brady Quinn treatment, with the LeBrons taking JJ Hickson out of NC State.

I was hoping for Kosta Koufos to go here. Pair him with Big Z, and you’ve got the most physically awkward-looking pair of big men ever.


9:25 PM: Jay Bilas tells us that Charlotte should take Kosta Koufos.

They don’t, instead taking Alexis Ajinca from St. Etienne, France. Fran Fraschilla tells us that in a one-on-none workout in Dallas two weeks ago, he was unstoppable.

But he hasn’t actually produced in a French league yet. So French Yi then? Alright.

Meanwhile, David Stern is looking for someplace private for Darrell Arthur to cry.


9:30 PM: Stu Scott mispronounces Mo Ager’s name while explaining why New Jersey is on the clock again (the Jason Kidd trade, which killed Dallas).

The Nets decide to take Ryan Anderson out of Cal, the Pac-10’s leading scorer from last season.

And yet, he was not being talked about as a first-rounder by anybody. Seems like he’s a good shooter though, and that certainly can’t hurt the Nets.

Meanwhile, I flip over to ESPN2 to check on the MLS game, and find that it is being pre-empted by a WNBA game that has gone to double overtime.

Instead of overtime, the WNBA should just have a ‘do or die’ rule. First team to hit a shot from half court wins. It would speed up the games, and not upset me as much right now.


9:38 PM: Jeff Van Gundy, who could easily be mistaken for a husky, middle-aged woman if you were making that guess based solely on his voice, says that Orlando needs guard help.

They oblige by taking Courtney Lee, who was the star on Western Kentucky’s surprising team.


9:42 PM: Utah takes Kosta Koufos, who wears the biggest shorts I’ve ever seen.

Good pick for Utah though, he’ll only add to a frontcourt that already has Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, and Andrei Kirilenko.


9:47 PM: Seattle is picking for the second time tonight.

Pick Darrell Arthur, I shout at my TV.

They don’t listen, instead taking Serge Ibaka from the Congo.

According to ESPN, he’ll probably keep playing in Spain for a few years and then will move to the NBA.

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