TZ Minus 13: With The 1st Pick Of The 2008 NBA Draft, The …
It’s May 20th and I’m sitting in New Jersey with representatives from each of the 14 lottery teams. From up close I can tell that Pat Riley has indeed had botox. Brandon Roy seems to be a really nice guy, and I chat Kevin McHale up about coming to Sacramento to work with Spencer Hawes and Shelden Williams on their low post games, though McHale gets confused, thinks that I am tryintg to trade him Hawes and Williams and responds by offering Al Jefferson, Al Roker and Al Yankovic.
We are all seated behind our podiums. Michael Heisley is spinning around and around in his chair and yelling “wheee!!!” Chris Mullin has been shooting wads of paper into a trash can and has made 37 in a row. Elgin Baylor has dozed off and is snoring lightly, his head resting peacefully on Donnie Walsh’s shoulder. Clay Bennett keeps trying to relocate his seat.
The ceremony begins. Golden State gets drawn first, followed by Portland. Indiana gets pulled next, meaning that we’ve jumped into the top three! The rest of the teams get pulled in order until we get to the Knicks, who have also jumped into the top three. Miami winds up with the 3rd pick…the Knicks get the 2nd pick…and we win the #1 pick!!!
Jim Gray asks me who I think we should take with the pick. While giggling like a school girl I manage to blurt out “Joe Kleine!” Then I compose myself and state, “Hey, I’ve done my part. Now it’s up to the Maloof’s, Geoff Petrie and the coaching staff to decide. I do like Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose , though.”
So the pick is ours! Who do you like, and why?
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Is conscription immoral?
No, if you sincerely disagree with the war being fought, or are sincerely a pacifist.The first thing we should do is draft every person 18-40 in the top 1% economic class. Watch how fast America becomes a pacifist country.
Why should we be taking away a scholarship slot from an actual student athlete?All rules like this do is force someone who has no interest in obtaining a college education take the spot of someone who does. The vast majority of college basketball players will not play in the NBA. For them, basketball is a ticket to a free degree or an audition for a team overseas who’ll pay them a fraction of what the signing bonus of one of these mega-hyped prospects looking to go pro right out of high school. Why should these kids be denied a scholarship? Because David Stern has a problem with 18 year olds wearing crooked hats at press conferences? It’s straight bullshit.The fact NBA wants to deny people qualified to do a job based on their age seems amazingly discriminatory to me and I hope someone tries to sue.
I’m not saying you have to stay in (or even GO to) college to be great in the NBA. I’m saying it would make the college game more exciting, a la the days of MJ at North Carolina. And as a fan of both college and NBA hoops, I’m all for it.
Clearly not.Amendment 13, Section 1: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”SCOTUS’s opinion on the issue of conscription as slavery was essentially, “It’s so patriotic it’s obviously not involuntary servitude.” Reality be damned, shipping someone off to a foreign land because their name came up isn’t involuntary, and making them a cog in a well-oiled military machine isn’t servitude!
Or like Kobe, KG, or Dwight Howard? Oh, wait…
man what a shame no one on this site likes sports. i mean i know we’re nerds, but no one else follows football??
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