NBA Draft Recap

Some random thoughts after watching the NBA Draft last night:

First off, how funny was it to see commissioner David Stern announce trades as if they were breaking news when ESPN had already announced them hours before? Quite honestly I was surprised that Stern didn't let us know that the U.S. had just captured Saddam Hussein.

Also, I think it's really pathetic that the players have to wear the cap of the team that they get drafted by even if they already know that they've been traded to another team. That's about as pointless as using a condom when having sex with a pregnant lady.

The highlight of the night was definitely the exchange between ESPN host Dan Patrick and commissioner Stern. It all started when Patrick and his co-hosts ripped several picks. Stern then came out and before making the next pick said some kind of snide comment. Patrick then had the greatest comeback of all time when he said, "you know, I've always liked (NFL commissioner) Tagliabue better."

Move over Dwayne Wade. Rudy Gay is about to take over your title of having the highest selling jersey in the NBA. After all, every fudgepacker from Ryan Seacrest to Mike Piazza is going to want one of his jersies to show off their gay pride.

Speaking of Gay does his fall in the draft mean that every team that passed over him was homophobic?

After Rutgers guard Quincy Douby got drafted did anybody else immediately think back to that old Budweiser ad campaign when they had a bunch of penguins singing, 'Doby, doby, do"?

How long do you think it'll be until someone asks Shaquielle O'Neal to comment on number one overall pick Andrea Bargnani and he responds by saying that he thought that was the name of the horse who beat Barbaro in the Preakness?

The biggest shock of the night was the Knicks passing over UCONN point guard Marcus Williams with the 20th pick in favor or taking some guy that no one has ever heard of before. Perhaps Thomas thought he was picking Rolando Blackman and not Renaldo Balkman.