NBA DRAFT Tomorrow Night
As the NBA draft sneaks up on us and takes place tomorrow night it comes with a bit of disinterest compared to other years. We just finished up one of the best NBA finals in a long time with a great game 7. We have the World Cup going on in full force with the USA doing very well for once. We have baseball hitting it’s stride as we get to the summer months and now comes the NBA draft.
We have a couple great questions early in the draft that will dictate a lot of what happens later. Where will Demarcus Cousins fall? What about Derrick Favors? Who do the Nets take #3? The Jazz have the 9th pick of the draft and nobody has a clue who they will take but so much of what is done early changes everything for other teams later in the round.
John Wall is certain to go #1 to the Wizards who will than have to try and play Wall and Arenas at the same time. Both need the ball to be effective and both are true guards. WAll can guard a bigger guard to a degree but not a strong off guard like Dwyane Wade. But the Wiz have to play Arenas because has the 2nd most worthless contract in Washington behind Albert Haynesworth. Nobody wants Arenas.
Evan Turner isn’t a clear #2 but he’ll probably go #2 to the Sixers but they have the same dilemma. The Sixers have a point forward with a big contract in iguodala and he has limited interest as well. Will Turner run the point in Philly or play off guard? Can he shoot well enough to be an off guard? NO. He’s a playmaker and is a great player but he isn’t a shooting guard. He became a lotto pick when Thad Matta gave him the ball and let him run the team.
#3 is the Nets and they have a big decision to make. They are in a good spot but a spot they could screw up. Do they take Wesley Johnson, the sweet stroke from Syracuse or do they go big with either Cousins or Favors? Cousins is a clear talent and to me is the best player in the draft, but he’s a head case. He could slide here for a couple picks and nobody would think anything of it but if Cousins go to the Nets then they have Lopez and Cousins in the middle and that’s about as good as it gets in the NBA.
Lives will change forever tomorrow and I look forward to watching it unfold.
