Moody not selected
Ha, like you were expecting a news story? No, Christian Moody was not selected in the 2006 NBA Draft, although I was holding out hope that the Knicks would pick him to fill up their frontcourt after that egregious Renaldo Balkman selection in the first round (was this guy even going to get drafted?!). But, alas, they didn't, and Mr. Moody must now consider a career overseas, and my sources tell me he is actually doing this.
What got me most excited about the draft (besides the horrendous interviews) was the way the Celtics postured themselves to collect AI, perhaps trying to package two of these three players--Sebastian Telfair, Al Jefferson, or Theo Ratliff. Pierce could then move to the 3...but would there be enough shots? Certainly they would look better on paper, especially with the improvements Delonte West has made and the emergence of Ryan Gomes, the Celts have some solid role players--now they just need Kendrick Perkins to get his act together and they have a playoff team. But throw Iverson into the mix, the results could either be splendid or catastrophic. Let's hope for the former for our boy The Truth. But I'm rooting for the deal.
Unfortunately, Raef Lafrentz was dealt away from Paul to the Jailblazers, who also picked up Aldridge, English former grocery-sacker Joel Freeland, and Brandon Roy--when you can snare perhaps the two best ready-to-go guys in the draft(Aldridge and Roy, no offense Joel), I'd call it a good night. Oh, and did I mention the man pulling the strings for the TrailBlazers was none other than former Jayhawk KEVIN PRITCHARD!!! So at least Raef's got that goin' for him. Which is nice.
On the Kirk Hinrich front, the Bulls originally drafted LaMarcus Aldridge (who planted a Longhorns cap on David Stern on the podium--grrrrrr) but traded him to the Blazers for the fourth selection, Tyrus Thomas. Now Hinrich has a super athlete that can be on the receiving end of his flawless lobs and intentionally-left-short jumpers. Beautiful.
For the NBA Champion Miami Heat and Big Dub, they had no draft picks...but it's because they traded them for Shaq. And if you haven't caught amnesia in the last two weeks, you all know what happened with that. Even if they had draft picks, they wouldn't play 'till '07-'08, right Pat Riley? You are a terrible dancer.
Billy Thomas may be on the Wizards again...I dunno, July 1 is the big roster day. Some question marks about where Jacque will find himself...the Nets picked up PG Marcus Williams, which I imagine would significantly curtail Jacque's minutes. I just hope he locks his laptop up safe.
Scot Pollard...guys I didn't bother to look up Scot Pollard. If you HAVE to know about him, please e-mail me at cgoble@ku.edu.
Well, as you can probably see, no Jayhawks were selected (no Jeff Hawkins? Didn't they see that TCU game 2 years ago? En fuego!), but the Jayhawks helped shape this draft. From Kevin Pritchard to how low PJ Tucker and Daniel Gibson were drafted to the dramatic rise of Bradley FC Patrick O'Bryant, the Jayhawks left a huge impression on this draft. Well, in an analytical sense. You get it, don't you? Cuz you wouldn't read this far if you didn't get it, right?
Uh, Rock Chalk
-Corby nation
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Ha, like you were expecting a news story? No, Christian Moody was not selected in the 2006 NBA Draft, although I was holding out hope that the Knicks would pick him to fill up their frontcourt after that egregious Renaldo Balkman selection in the first round (was this guy even going to get drafted?!). But, alas, they didn't, and Mr. Moody must now consider a career overseas, and my sources tell me he is actually doing this.
What got me most excited about the draft (besides the horrendous interviews) was the way the Celtics postured themselves to collect AI, perhaps trying to package two of these three players--Sebastian Telfair, Al Jefferson, or Theo Ratliff. Pierce could then move to the 3...but would there be enough shots? Certainly they would look better on paper, especially with the improvements Delonte West has made and the emergence of Ryan Gomes, the Celts have some solid role players--now they just need Kendrick Perkins to get his act together and they have a playoff team. But throw Iverson into the mix, the results could either be splendid or catastrophic. Let's hope for the former for our boy The Truth. But I'm rooting for the deal.
Unfortunately, Raef Lafrentz was dealt away from Paul to the Jailblazers, who also picked up Aldridge, English former grocery-sacker Joel Freeland, and Brandon Roy--when you can snare perhaps the two best ready-to-go guys in the draft(Aldridge and Roy, no offense Joel), I'd call it a good night. Oh, and did I mention the man pulling the strings for the TrailBlazers was none other than former Jayhawk KEVIN PRITCHARD!!! So at least Raef's got that goin' for him. Which is nice.
On the Kirk Hinrich front, the Bulls originally drafted LaMarcus Aldridge (who planted a Longhorns cap on David Stern on the podium--grrrrrr) but traded him to the Blazers for the fourth selection, Tyrus Thomas. Now Hinrich has a super athlete that can be on the receiving end of his flawless lobs and intentionally-left-short jumpers. Beautiful.
For the NBA Champion Miami Heat and Big Dub, they had no draft picks...but it's because they traded them for Shaq. And if you haven't caught amnesia in the last two weeks, you all know what happened with that. Even if they had draft picks, they wouldn't play 'till '07-'08, right Pat Riley? You are a terrible dancer.
Billy Thomas may be on the Wizards again...I dunno, July 1 is the big roster day. Some question marks about where Jacque will find himself...the Nets picked up PG Marcus Williams, which I imagine would significantly curtail Jacque's minutes. I just hope he locks his laptop up safe.
Scot Pollard...guys I didn't bother to look up Scot Pollard. If you HAVE to know about him, please e-mail me at cgoble@ku.edu.
Well, as you can probably see, no Jayhawks were selected (no Jeff Hawkins? Didn't they see that TCU game 2 years ago? En fuego!), but the Jayhawks helped shape this draft. From Kevin Pritchard to how low PJ Tucker and Daniel Gibson were drafted to the dramatic rise of Bradley FC Patrick O'Bryant, the Jayhawks left a huge impression on this draft. Well, in an analytical sense. You get it, don't you? Cuz you wouldn't read this far if you didn't get it, right?
Uh, Rock Chalk
-Corby nation
P.S. Shameless plug for new advertising:
"Boy, I sure do love checking my plantinum Rolex deluxe, IMO the finest on the market, while I'm driving in my gunsilver Range Rover. My, what a fantastic combination of consumer product and automobile. Also, there is ample room for my Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo and Gibson ES-335 with Satin Finish, both top of the line guitars with clean action and immaculate design"--Corby nation
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