The NFL Draft is upon us, which means some poor 340-pound sucker is going to spend 4 hours in the green room or eight hours at home with relatives and friends waiting for his name to be called. Mel Kiper will come out of his burrow. People will stay glued to their television sets for hours waiting for the next left tackle from Podunk State to be picked.
I don’t get it.
The NBA does the draft right. Just a couple minuts between first-round picks, then they race through the second round like hyenas.
What does this have to do with the NBA playoffs?
Well, back in 1968, Pat Riley was an 11th-round draft opick of the Dallas Cowboys — even though he had not played college football (although he was a star quarterback in high school in Rome, N.Y.) Safe to say he made the correct choice choosing basketball over football, and it’s about time we give him some credit for turning LeBron James into the superforce he has become.
I spoke a lot about Riley on the Big O show on 640-AM in Miami this evening, and we went around the league touching on everything from the purity of Stephen Curry’s shot to the unfairness of living on the East Coast and having to sacrifice sleep to see the best of the eight playoff series.
The interview touches on a ton of things, including the matter of Prop 30 in California (the new millionaire’s tax) that I believe will have an impact on Dwight Howard’s free agency choice this summer. Hope you enjoy.
I like it when folks come together and share thoughts.
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So Nets and Bull are Boring??? Best Defense in post season. Should go 7 games, once PJ Carlesimo learns not to play Evans with Wallace. Evans minutes need to be severely reduced and Hump and Blatche should get those minutes. Also Toko Shengelia should be active vs. Bulls.