Trying to hold down the fort here at the Project while Coup makes his way back to the Pacific Northwest. Rumors are flying left and right and it is tough to talk about stuff that in the back of your mind you feel are going to die in about three hours. But I am here and I am going to talk about it all. That’s right, this may be the most scatterbrained blog entry I have ever had in my life but I’ve got to shake the combination of the bizarre Benoit story and absolute chaos in the L. Grammar be damned.
I’m loving the Interactive Mock Draft over on ESPN.com, mainly because Chad Ford is keeping Simmons in check. Right of the bat he pretty much said everything I would have said about picking Durant over Oden AND he even threw it an analogy. Unbelievable. Chad Ford, I may disagree with your last mock draft but damnit you are good.
- By the way, is it bad that I love Maria Sharapova that I know the exact sound of her shriek? I got so excited I jumped out of my office chair to look at the TV, only to be dismayed that it was a replay of yesterday’s match. By the way, Wimbledon is one of my top 5 favorite sporting events. It is pretty much my rock right now. I can’t really put one thing on it…the grass, the white, England, who knows. I have to go before I die. My picks by the way; Sharapova and Roger Federer. One I want to marry. The other is just a freakin golden god on grass.
- Oden vs. Durant, NY Times style.
- David Aldridge talks about how great the power forwards in this draft are.
- More proof that Cleveland has no clue what the hell they are doing; they are reportedly interested in Beno Udrih. Really? Your answer to solve the point guard solution is San Antonio’s third stringer? He’s playing behind Jacque bleepin Vaughn. Unbelievable.
- Next time I call Pat Riley genius, remind me of the fact that he wanted to take Chris Kaman over D-Wade. And by the way…Miami has botched their last two picks. They can’t really afford to botch this one.
- Maybe the Hawks might actually get it right this year. Besides their half-retarded new jerseys, they could get Horford and Luke Ridnour for the #11 pick. That would…*gasp* solve BOTH of their needs. So you mean they would have a point guard, an excellent vast amount of wing players and a post presence? Too good to be true, it definitely won’t happen.
- By the way, if Seattle made that deal…won’t they be right back in the playoffs? Is it just me or is this draft going to propel some teams back into the hunt?
- My favorite ‘KG’ rumor is the one where he goes to Phoenix, Marion goes to Boston and Minnesota gets an extra pick and other guys. I know I’ve said trading Marion would be a panic trade, but if that happened the Suns would be robbing the freakin bank and getting away with it. Kind of like Clive Owen in Inside Man. I mean they have KG, Nash and Amare. They ditch one of their two monster egos. Poor Boston…they would lose their pick and end up realizing that Marion can’t actually create his own shot.
- By the way…if Phoenix could get KG and that #8 pick from the Bobcats…Steve Kerr would be Executive of the Year.
- The best part of the offseasons; GMs getting cold feet. I kind of imagine the GMs like kids in high school who get into stuff and then have to get their way out. ‘Yeah…about Monta Ellis, I’m not going to be able to do that cause my mom has the car and stuff.’
- By the way…is it just me or does it seem like Aaron Brooks worked out for every single team in the NBA? Like everytime I read an article for a team and they said who was working out that day, Aaron Brooks always popped up. I pray that man gets drafted.
- I like how Danny Ainge is refusing to trade Al Jefferson. He’s at least got it half right.
- People understand that Chauncey Billups isn’t leaving Detroit right? He just opted out to make sure Detroit gave him all the money he wants. You really think he’s going to leave the team that is a lock at the top of the East for a team that is at the bottom? Really?
- Also, nice dig by Simmons earlier saying no one in Portland watches college basketball. It’s true. We’re too busy being hippies drenched in the rain, smoking weed and feeling depressed while every Blazer goes to jail.
- Anyone else think it would be hilarious if Yi was drafted by the Bucks and was so pissed that he chokeslammed David Stern on stage…and then Yao Ming came out of nowhere to save the Commish. Then Yi got traded to (insert Western Conference team) and we’d have a Yi/Yao rivalry. If I ran sports it would be awesome.
- I love how rookies have to spew that “I just wanna be in the L, I’ll play anywhere” nonsense when everyone knows they are texting each other “If I go to Milwaukee and you end up Phoenix we’re not friends” or something like that.