Friday, June 25, 2004

from the sports guy’s draft diary, (which you must click here & read in its entirety):

...do you realize that the Clippers traded out of the No. 2 spot when there was a future All-Star center that could have been sitting there, just to pick up a second-rounder and dump a salary? Imagine being a Clippers fan? Having Elgin Baylor run your team must be like getting in the car with my mom at night, when she's careening off curbs and saying things like, "I can't believe how bad my eyes have gotten" and "We shouldn't have ordered that bottle of wine." Just constant fear.



...When it comes right down to it, there isn't a more secretly exciting phrase in sports than "The Clippers are on the clock." That's right up there with, "I'm here with Mike Tyson" and "Have you seen these pictures of Latrell Sprewell on his yacht?"

...Final reflections? Just some quickies. We heard the word "wingspan" more times than "upside" (7 to 6). We heard four new made-up draft terms: "ball-friendly," "logician," "explosion ability" and "blowbyablity." There were nearly as many high schoolers (8) and foreigners (9) taken as college players (12). Only three teams blatantly screwed up: The Clippers, Raptors and Blazers.


Grrrrreeeatttt. Ah, but we’ll see, maybe Livingston will be the next, uh, bobby hurley.

Thursday, June 24, 2004

d0 nn ie ve ga: yo
berkeleyjoe: yoooooo
d0 nn ie ve ga: payin' attention to the draft?
berkeleyjoe: clips - livingston
berkeleyjoe: i was blogging it at clipper for a lil
berkeleyjoe: ooh warriors next
d0 nn ie ve ga: yup
d0 nn ie ve ga: will we get another gilbert arenas, or another todd fuller
berkeleyjoe: who do you think they'll take
berkeleyjoe: i haven't checked this ddeep
d0 nn ie ve ga: i really haven't been paying attention
d0 nn ie ve ga: there was talk about a guy from lativa
berkeleyjoe: is that close to latoya?
d0 nn ie ve ga: they promised to pick him if he made it to the 11th spot
berkeleyjoe: andris biedrins
berkeleyjoe: they just grabbed him
berkeleyjoe: i heard he's knows as the #1 latvian pussy master
oh yeah, so chicago got their forward they wanted at #7, that luol deng guy, hmmm, seems like they hooked up. i think ben gordon will be good. that guy's like, hmmm, i don't know what he's like, but he's good.

and so is livingston, you know i went to all of peoria high school's games this year, yeah, man, his vertical, ah shit.

serially though, he's got like a 7 foot wingspan. long, like, 6'7?? almost like magic, can move and got good bball iq, kids, but skinny as hell, gotta beef him up.

go clips.
hmmm 5 out of the top 7 are coming out of college. i woulda thought more high schoolers, return of the universities in the battle of the network stars???

ok i didn't think anything i was just assuming, no research, nothing. sorry.
ok i'm actually over blogging the nba draft right now. that was way to formal. next year how bout we'll just sneak up on you and like rack a rail over your head.
here’s a picture of him, in his ol peoria high uniform, damn, he musta been kickin some ass over there, to be, like high school kid and then #4 in the draft. jesus christ i say the most retarded shit.

all this picture really shows is his running ability. what if he runs really good but like when he throws the ball at the hoop thing he like flails all over the place? oh no this is not accurate sports commentary. fuck, this is like, grand attitudinal adjustment central. fuck i should check who picked 5, was it washington?

Good job elgin!!!!! well, actually, we'll see.

Having a shitload, well, I mean, a medium amount of exclamation points, is the best way to go.

Well, only for certain circumstances. And FUCK if this isn’t that.
they picked livingston

oh, and chicago picked gordon. hmm, wonder if they would've? hmmm, so that luol deng guy is still there, hmm, nah, who'll they pick at 33? aren't you just so interested that you are about to explode?
you can keep up on the clippers side of the biggest day of the year as we speak here.

i'mma go surf around and find all kine shite about it

or not

haha even if anyone, wait, fuck, ok no don't need to say that.

chicago still on the clock. wuddup???

clips'll either pick up livingston or harris?? gordon?? i should go find links like a real correspondent.
dwight howard to the magic at #1, another high schooler #1, and okafor (UCONN) #2 to the charlotte bobcats, traded by yours truly, (well, not me) the la clippers. clips pick #4, chicage #3, but they won't take a guard, will they?
we're on the clock dog(s), clippers bout to make that 4th pic, ah shit lemme see who 1 through 3 were.