Breaking Down (Parts of) The NBA Draft

Normally, I would use this oppourtinity to supplement the already content-rich http://1shiningmoment.blogspot.com/, however, I wouldn't want to hold contributors RK and PS responsible for my intoxicated thoughts. The NBA Draft is officially less than one week away from starting, and there is the usual smattering of retarded thoughts going around about the prospects and their abilities.



Point one: Mike Conley Jr. is overrated. Being compared to Tony Parker means that a player has a lot of quickness and no outside shot. Put Tony Parker on one of the lottery teams, and you have a light skinned and funny talking T.J. Ford on your team. Who wants that?

Point two: Joakim Noah still can't shoot. You would think teams would have learned from the Stromile Swift and Tyrus Thomas lottery picks that you should never waste a top five pick on a guy who can't put the ball in the bucket. Imagine going to your local rec center, and wasting your first pick on a guy whose only asset is rebounding. You're going to be really pissed when that motherfucker decides to jack up every shot that hits their hands because they are wide open. In the NBA, what's to keep teams from backing off of Noah every time he leaves his four foot comfort zone? The only positive for his early entry is we, as a sports community, finally have a player who actually deserves to get Rudy T'd on the court. Please, Ron-Ron. Read my blog. Knock this bitch out the first time you see him.

Point three: Bill Simmons is still an asshat. Not much to say here, but Simmons is less knowledgable than my wife.

Point four: Brandon Wright is overrated...just like Marvin Williams. Can anybody explain what's so special about this motherfucker? Living in the heart of ACC country, I have yet to see Wright show anything on the court that is worthy of a lottery selection. Sure, he's 19 and could develop into an all-star, but at the same time, he doesn't have the intensity that would convince me that he will be an all-star. If you look at players who look ready for the NBA who play in college, they tear through their opposition. Do you think Greg Oden would have been shown up by James Gist and Kenny Ibekwe this past year? That happened to Wright when he went to College Park this February. Avoid this darky like the plauge.

(and,yes, I am fully aware that he's likely to turn into a 16 time all-star, and seven time MVP. Just color me unimpressed. And drunk)