The NBA Draft is tonight at 7pm on TNT (good historical recap here)…here’s hoping for lots of crazy trades accompanied by zingers from Sir Charles, the Jet, and EJ (Inside is far and away the best sports program on television.) As noted yesterday, Knicks pick seventh.
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Selective Service.
With trade winds blowing around the NBA, ESPN offers its final mock draft before the real deal tomorrow night. Looks like the Knicks may indeed pull off a legit big man in Maryland’s Chris Wilcox or (possibly) Brazilian phenom Nene, although I’d think “baby Iverson” Dajuan Wagner is still on their list too. Either way, I’m expecting NY to unload at least half their litany of undersized PF’s (Thomas, ‘Spoon, Harrington) and backup PG’s (Jackson, Ward, Eisley) sometime this summer.
Maybe in 2006.
As everyone knows, England and the US went down together in World Cup action Friday. A very disappointing evening, although at least we Yanks can hold our heads high (unlike the ’98 fiasco.) I’d say it’s Brazil’s to lose at this point, although South Korea is clearly exhibiting great mojo this Cup. In other sporting news, the NBA draft is on Wednesday, which along with the final four Cup games should proved oases of sporting excitement amid another long baseball summer. Ah well, at least there’s always the MLS.
A level field.
While the US gets better at soccer, the rest of the world catches up in basketball. Looks like NBA GM’s had better brush up on the language skills.
It’s over.
Lakers take a 3-0 lead in the Finals. Ho-hum…when’s the draft again?
Technical Foul.
Who knew Ralph was a Sacramento fan? Nader gets on the NBA about the lousy officiating in Game 6. Great stuff.
Noooooo…
I must say, the Laker OT win over Sacramento kinda put a damper on my week. Despite Bibby’s heroics, both Christie and Peja deserve consideration for the All-Choke Hall of Fame. Ah well, at least it’s easy to know who to root for in the Finals.
Woohoo!…mmm, ugh.
Senegal upsets France in the opening morning of the World Cup and New Jersey defeated Boston in the NBA…Nevertheless, for all the early underdog wins, the Lakers victory kinda took the edge off the evening (and the Avalanche…what happened to them?) Ah, well – Sacramento still has the floor in Game 7. All I know is getting up at 7am for the Cup opener was rough. And tomorrow’s game is at 5…
World Basketball Association.
Mike Wise surveys the global take-over of the NBA. (I find it amusing the rest of the Kings call Turkoglu “Justin Timberlake.”)
Rah, Rah.
Y’know, between the World Cup beginning in the morning and two NBA conference final elimination games in the evening (in which both of my favored choices are up,) tomorrow might just be the best sports day ever. I’m going to have to rearrange my desk so it faces the TV or something.