Wednesday, June 23, 2004
NBA Draft...
Here is my breakdown of the NBA Draft:
So, the Magic have Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley, and Kelvin Cato. Who better for them to draft than Emeka Okafor? The next Ben Wallace (with a little more offense) could really help shape the Magic into at LEAST a 30 win team. The problem is Mobley is incredibly overrated and Francis doesn't seem to be any less selfish than usual. So bad things are in store for South Florida.
Next up are the Charlotte Bobcats. They have a nice core to build around, solid players like Gerald Wallace and Jason Kapono. Drafting Dwight Howard . He's a supposedly solid prep player with a work ethic better than most. And he's a Jesus freak, so he's got that going for him. But the problem is all HS players are just a roll of the dice, except for LeBron, who we all knew was going to be good (but not this soon). So Howard will give them an extra 10 wins. That puts them around 12 wins. By the way, why didn't Charlotte get the first pick overall? They're an expansion team, a new kid on the block, and you're giving them the fourth pick? I'm sorry, but the Bulls, Clippers, and Magic all have themselves to blame for their fucked up teams. At least Charlotte can blame a terrible owner.
In third place, the Bulls have options upon options. They can draft Deng, Iguodala, or Ben Gordon, or they could trade their pick for a 'veteran' like Al Harrington or they could move down for two picks later in the draft. And for a couple months, we can all pretend like the Bulls are going to be better this year. The fact is that Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler are going absolutely nowhere in this organization because they haven't earned anything and still started; Skiles wants the team players who fit his system instead of fitting his system around the best possible players (the hallmark of a bad coach); and the only good player we have is Kirk Hinrich. Jamal Crawford has to get the hell out of there. Look for the Bulls to trade for Harrington and give up the pick. Harrington will get 12 pts. and 6 boards a game, and the Pacers will get Gordon or Livingston who will go on to put up huge numbers. But I won't blame the Bulls for passing them up, because if they had drafted them, they would be terrible. Oh well. The Bulls win 25 games, and by midseason, half the team will be gone. Hinrich will have an ever-so-slightly better season, Skiles will not be fired until the season afterwards, and by that time we will have sucked the life out of everyone in the organization, and will have to start rebuilding again- year 8. But I won't complain, because I have six titles in my memory and you all have none. Unless you are a Lakers fan, in which case you have black mucus pumping through your arteries and will soon be dead.
In fourth place, the Clippers will draft Shaun Livingston (if still around) and continue to suck, because they're the Clippers. But seriously... they should have been good last year, and they have the talent to be good this year. What's the problem? I don't know. I blame the coaches, because Elton Brand and Quentin Richardson alone should be enough to win you 27 games. Plus add Corey Maggette and you should have 35 right there. Will Livingston make the difference? I doubt a prep player can do much to add life to this organization, so maybe they should go with Gordon.
Anyway, four picks is enough. I will analyze the draft after it happens.
So, the Magic have Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley, and Kelvin Cato. Who better for them to draft than Emeka Okafor? The next Ben Wallace (with a little more offense) could really help shape the Magic into at LEAST a 30 win team. The problem is Mobley is incredibly overrated and Francis doesn't seem to be any less selfish than usual. So bad things are in store for South Florida.
Next up are the Charlotte Bobcats. They have a nice core to build around, solid players like Gerald Wallace and Jason Kapono. Drafting Dwight Howard . He's a supposedly solid prep player with a work ethic better than most. And he's a Jesus freak, so he's got that going for him. But the problem is all HS players are just a roll of the dice, except for LeBron, who we all knew was going to be good (but not this soon). So Howard will give them an extra 10 wins. That puts them around 12 wins. By the way, why didn't Charlotte get the first pick overall? They're an expansion team, a new kid on the block, and you're giving them the fourth pick? I'm sorry, but the Bulls, Clippers, and Magic all have themselves to blame for their fucked up teams. At least Charlotte can blame a terrible owner.
In third place, the Bulls have options upon options. They can draft Deng, Iguodala, or Ben Gordon, or they could trade their pick for a 'veteran' like Al Harrington or they could move down for two picks later in the draft. And for a couple months, we can all pretend like the Bulls are going to be better this year. The fact is that Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler are going absolutely nowhere in this organization because they haven't earned anything and still started; Skiles wants the team players who fit his system instead of fitting his system around the best possible players (the hallmark of a bad coach); and the only good player we have is Kirk Hinrich. Jamal Crawford has to get the hell out of there. Look for the Bulls to trade for Harrington and give up the pick. Harrington will get 12 pts. and 6 boards a game, and the Pacers will get Gordon or Livingston who will go on to put up huge numbers. But I won't blame the Bulls for passing them up, because if they had drafted them, they would be terrible. Oh well. The Bulls win 25 games, and by midseason, half the team will be gone. Hinrich will have an ever-so-slightly better season, Skiles will not be fired until the season afterwards, and by that time we will have sucked the life out of everyone in the organization, and will have to start rebuilding again- year 8. But I won't complain, because I have six titles in my memory and you all have none. Unless you are a Lakers fan, in which case you have black mucus pumping through your arteries and will soon be dead.
In fourth place, the Clippers will draft Shaun Livingston (if still around) and continue to suck, because they're the Clippers. But seriously... they should have been good last year, and they have the talent to be good this year. What's the problem? I don't know. I blame the coaches, because Elton Brand and Quentin Richardson alone should be enough to win you 27 games. Plus add Corey Maggette and you should have 35 right there. Will Livingston make the difference? I doubt a prep player can do much to add life to this organization, so maybe they should go with Gordon.
Anyway, four picks is enough. I will analyze the draft after it happens.
# posted by Stuart @ 1:33 AM 
