I wasn't able to catch much of the draft because of the basketball tourney I was at but from what I gathered, it was very interesting to say the least, especially for the local Twolves. Why on Earth do you draft two point guards back to back in the draft? I'll let David Kahn answer that one. He said, they can play together. What exactly is he smoking? Neither of those guys want to play shooting guard, they are both pure points at the NBA level. Now onto the even more confusing part...
The Twolves drafted Tywon Lawson as well and then traded him to the Nuggets. Then it was to Lawson's Carolina teammate, Wayne Ellington with the 28th pick. Next up would be Nick Calathes (a combo guard). I just don't get it. Why draft so many points? Why not mix in a DeMar Derozan with the 6th pick? Jonny Flynn will be a very good pro and probably better than Rubio but it doesn't make sense to pick him. It's basically like the Lions drafting Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez in the same draft.
One of my favorite players got picked much earlier than everyone expected, at 13. Tyler Hansbrough is going to a part of the first "White Out" since the NBA integrated. Yes, the Pacers have Danny Granger, Jarrett Jack, and Roy Hibbert but they could actually play five white guys on the court at the same. I'm not sure what that says about the Pacers or the state of Indiana but it would certainly be interesting to see.
Patty Mills got hosed. He ended up in a good situation in Portland but there is no way he should've lasted that long. He dominated the US Olympic team in last year's Olympics. CP3, Deron, and JKidd could not contain his speed. He got by them at will. I think he could do that every night in the NBA if he is given a chance. He did have 29 points and 10 assists against Steph Curry and Davidson in one of his last games, and that is after a wrist injury which made him a terrible shooter.
The US Soccer team played well for a half and it wasn't enough against Brazil. They really played hard and played like they are capable of in the first half and led 2-0. It was blantantly obvious to me that the fitness level of the Americans was no where near the Brazilians. They flat out were tired and they couldn't get the balls they were getting in the first half. You can't expect to win big games when you aren't in good enough shape. I know, I know they played a bunch of games before, but so did Brazil. Rule #76 - No Excuses, Play Like a Champion. It's simply disappointing to get teased like we did for 45 minutes and actually see what we are capable of. Benny Feilhaber needed to play all 90 minutes for the US to have a chance. He controls the ball and has a ton of savvy and doesn't seem to be afraid of handling the ball in traffic. His Plus/Minus for the Confederations Cup was extremely high and I'm sure it was tops on the US team.
Onto a sour note. The Rule of 3 apply to celebrity deaths this past week. Ed McMahon, then Michael Jackson, and it ended with Farrah Fawcett. I was a big fan of Star Search growing up and I got to see Ed in action every Saturday morning. Phil Hartman's portrayl of him on SNL was classic. "You are correct, sir!" Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, a what a talented mess he was. He was super weird but his talents were out of this world. No one had ever seen these dance moves before he brought it out on the Mike Douglass Show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRfqvwgimU. I don't have much memories of Farrah Fawcett but she sure was a beauty. On top of these three, Billy Mays, infommerical great passed away at home this morning.
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