Bloggystyle -- The Greatest

So the draft finally went down after all the hoopla and hysteria last night, and it proved to be just as surprising as predicted. I've since recovered from my embarassment of calling Billups vs. Parker a wash, and built up my ego by pointing out that I correctly predicted 14 of the 15 series and the Spurs still won with Chauncey playing badly in Game 7.

Anyway, here are my rants and raves about the draft.

Bucks take Bogut

Despite the great white stiff label, Bogut ended up being the consensus choice, especially after Marvin Williams had to take 2 breaks during a 45 minute session in Milwaukee last week. Bogut's workouts went better than Marvin's, and so this choice had to be made.

The semi-retarded ESPN Insider, Chad Ford, passes off Marvin Williams as the best player in the draft like it was a fact, even though Marvin played backup to 3 of the next 12 individuals drafted last year, and even though Marvin is only 18 and clearly a project who will take years to develop. What a dunce.

The Point Guards

So there was a run on point guards, with Deron Williams even surpassing Paul with the Jazz taking him 3rd. Both will be good, although ESPN's comparison of Paul's college numbers to Baron Davis's in an effort to make him look like a better 1 than Davis for New Orleans was the dumbest damn thing I saw all night.

Felton at 5 for Charlotte was the first horrible pick of the night, seeing as how Felton probably could be had by Charlotte at 13. I guess taking local products (they also grabbed May) was more important than building a winner.

Worst Pick of the Night

The Raptors taking Charlie Villenueva at #7, when he was slated for the mid lottery. And even the mid lottery was too high for this dreg. Villenueva is the same dipshit that considered skipping college and half-assed his workouts so badly that scouts actually walked out of the gym in the middle of them. He then ran his mouth after signing with UConn and let Gordon and Okafor do all the work.

Villenueva is going to be a bust. A Tractor Traylor type bust, and I should know.

Upside

The worst part about the NBA draft is that there are usually only a handful of players who make an impact on the league each year. Even in the vaunted 2003 draft or the 1996 draft, probably the 2 best drafts in the last 15 years, only about 1/4 of the players drafted become regular rotation players.

But here is just an excerpt of what this draft class would provide if the analysts were correct.

Jason Maxiel/a mini-Ben Wallace
Martynas Andriuskevicius/once considered a top five pick.
Ike Diogu/Elton Brand
Koroley/a Toni Kukoc type
Ilyasova/could be a Andrei Kirilenko type of forward
Louis Williams/an Iverson knockoff.
Martell Webster/a Glen Rice-type player

2 of those players were lottery picks, and yet all of them sound like they should have been a top pick. And of course, most of the above players will never amount to anything in the NBA.

It's definitely time for free agency.