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Yes, its early. Months away from having actual games to watch, my mind begins to wander.
This, my friends, is what the off-season is for.
Sure, its important to get a trade or a free agent signing in…there’s that draft thing that we should probably pay attention to.
But really…its a time to predict. To guess. Because that’s all we are ever doing. It’s a guess. And this is a good thing, because if we already knew, actually watching the games would be a bit boring right? [click to continue…]
The fascinating thing about the days leading up to a NBA Draft is the “experts”, the movers and shakers in many franchises’ war rooms, start to believe the hype around the young adults that they are about to make very rich. No matter if you are Blake Griffin, Eric Maynor, Wayne Ellington, or Brandon Jennings, the team that selects those players are drafting as much on potential as anything else. In essence, the word potential is the optimism that all 30 teams have at the start of training camp. Title contenders feel they have the potential of winning it all, while some very bad teams feel new players and a new attitude can equal the potential of having a special season. Our latest, and next to last Mock Draft(last one on Thursday, just hours before the actual one), shows little movement at the top, however some players are starting to see their names bounce in and out of the lottery.
1. Clippers – Blake Griffin – The only drama surrounding this pick is whether being named to be the coverboy for NCAA 2010 video game will cause a Madden-like curse. [click to continue…]
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