NBA Draft Thoughts

While watching the NBA draft unfold, a few thoughts...

First off, its going to be pretty tough for the Clippers to underachieve again next year. Blake Griffin gives them a lot of good, young players. Don't get me wrong--I still think Mike Dunleavy can have this team back in next year's lottery; it's a tradition unlike any other (outside the city limits of Detroit). But he definitely has his work cut out for him.

Minnesota realizes you can't play 4 point guards at a time, right? Ok, so they're supposed to move Ty Lawson, but still-- Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn and Sebastian Telfair are all pretty similar, right? By the way, in the last 12 years, 3 NYC PGs for the Wolves-- Starbury, Telfair and now Jonny Flynn. Mixed results across the board... not to mention Rubio dropping a third person refrence in his interview with Mark Jones: "I'm Ricky Rubio. I'm not like anyone else."
Well then...

Interesting how the Warriors basically C-blocked the Knicks for Steph Curry. You don't suppose Don Nelson is still bitter about that Jamal Crawford trade with New York, huh? Nah...
Speaking of the Warriors, not a big fan of AC Law, but if they can spin some players around to get Stoudamire from the Suns... Golden State will be the most exciting team to watch in the league. If Anthony Randolph gets more minutes, the GSW will be back-- mark my words.

What's with Brandon Jennings not being at the draft, only driving over once he got picked for the photo op? For someone who made waves about being a primma donna after skipping college for Europe, this isn't excatly refuting the point. So how exactly do the Bucks expect him to be happy in Milwaukee? I guess he's supposed to be pretty good, but I have to think a guy that jumps ship to go to Italy over the NCAAs will be counting down the days until he can get the hell out of Wisconsin.

Look, I'm glad Dick Vitale loves Tyler Hansbrough, but are we really thinking this was a good pick for a lottery team? So many point guards to choose from... hmm, nope. No, I've got to have the UNC version of Christian Laettner on my team. Gotta do it.

When they interviewed Steve Kerr about the Suns' moves, he looked about as thrilled as a guy whose wife just guilted him into eating a salad at a steakhouse. He'll get a free pass for the team's pending collapse because the media loves him and the owner is a cheapskate, but if I'm Steve Nash, I'm finding out where Kerr parked his car, and I'm slashing his tires.

When the Mavs took BJ Mullens, it took a solid seven seconds before anybody had anything to sa, before Jay Bilas got coerced into saying, "well, he just needs to learn the game of basketball." That can't be a good sign.