A lot of us on this board are always hyping espn page 2's Bill Simmons, and here's a great chance to read one of his columns. It's a recap of last year's draft written in June, and it's easy to see why his stuff is so entertaining to read. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/010628.html Check it out if you have a little time. You'll be glad you did if you have never read his stuff before.
9:24 p.m.: Pitino believes the Celts could be looking at "Troy Parker" at No. 21. Troy Parker? Wasn't he in "Boogie Nights"? Hey, at least Pitino wasn't in charge of the last four drafts in Boston or anything. Um ... I think his dad meant Tony Parker, but damn, his dad is good.
9:22 p.m.: The Haywood pick prompts a classic exchange between Barkley and Kenny: Chuck jokes that MJ was Carolina's last great player when Kenny (a UNC grad) fires back, "Hey, you keep talking and I'll blind you with my championship rings." Good stuff ... nothing beats ChuckTV. He raises everyone's game. Can't somebody slash one of his hamstrings so he can't make an NBA comeback? Classic
This is too funny. 8:20 p.m.: During a TNT commercial graphic for "Classic trades in NBA history," Ernie reminds us that the Sonics and Bulls swapped Olden Polynice for Scottie Pippen 14 years ago today. "That was fair," Barkley deadpans.
Every time Hubie laughs out loud, Abbie inexplicably sniffs her own rear end. This has been going on for years. Just thought I'd mention it. ROTFLMAO!
This is another great one from Andy Dolan, who is more or less the Chicago Sports Guy: http://www.desipio.com/features/2001nbadraft.htm Start from the bottom and move up.
That's pretty funny, but it seems that guy had to eat some serious crow about the Gasol trade. I didn't think it was a good trade at the time, but I at least thought that Gasol had a decent chance to be a good player. This guy made it sound like Gasol would have been lucky to do one thing right the entire season. The pancake bit about Uncle Buck was brilliant.
