ESPN Page 2 on Draft Day

[j.23]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060629

(Note: We're officially in "killing time until the Knicks pick" mode. If the Knicks take Marcus Williams, that's it -- I'm retiring the draft diary. That will never be topped. By the way, did you know he's leading all NBA rookies in steals right now? Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week.)

- The Mavs take Maurice Ager at No. 28. He puts his head in his hands and starts sobbing hysterically as his entourage congratulates him. It's about time we had some emotion tonight, dammit. Ager walks up to the stage in a triple-breasted, oversized beige suit, goes to shake hands with Stern and immediately gets whistled for a foul on Dwyane Wade.

pure comedy..

[J@3]

I read this last night, it's pretty hilarious

Which reminds me, my old intern Jamie e-mailed me just to ask, "Where the hell is Dick Vitale being interviewed from, the core of the earth?"

[The X]

I read this last night, it's pretty hilarious

Which reminds me, my old intern Jamie e-mailed me just to ask, "Where the hell is Dick Vitale being interviewed from, the core of the earth?"

I was honestly thinking something similar at the time

but definitely my favourite is the Ager one that j.23 mentioned:

- The Mavs take Maurice Ager at No. 28. He puts his head in his hands and starts sobbing hysterically as his entourage congratulates him. It's about time we had some emotion tonight, dammit. Ager walks up to the stage in a triple-breasted, oversized beige suit, goes to shake hands with Stern and immediately gets whistled for a foul on Dwyane Wade.

pure comedy..

this one actually had me laughing out loud

[Cloudy]

I(L)P.2

[kinokong]

lol d-wade joke nice

[Jing]

(Post-draft note: We found out two hours later that Stro Swift was included from Houston's end. Love that trade for the Rockets -- they desperately needed a reliable swingman who could play D and drain 3-pointers. Nicely done. The VP of Common Sense would have swiftly approved that deal.)

maybe its not so bad. VP of common sense

--Stern: "With the 20th pick, the New York Knicks select ... Renaldo Balkman."

(Crowd explodes in horror.)

--Stern (over the boos): "Renaldo is not here."

--Patrick (without missing a beat): "And it's probably a good thing."

(Shot of a beaten-down Spike Lee laughing hysterically.)

i laughed my ass off at this

[MaD_hAND1e]

I don't get the DWade joke, can someone enlighten me?

[j.23]

in the dallas vs. miami series there was controversy about the calls that dwyane wade was getting. pretty much anytime he attacked the rim, there was a foul -- even if he jumped into his defender and initiated the contact. the following is how many times he went to the line in TOTAL for each round of the playoffs

48 in total against Chicago ( the series ended in 6 games )
53 in total against NJ (series ended in 5 games)
52 in total against Detroit (series ended in 6)
97 against the Mavs (series ended in 6)

[shadowgrin]

Stephen A. Smith (available tonight in Dolby Digital Surround sound)

Stephen A. screaming ... Stephen A screaming ... Stephen A screaming ...

If only Stephen A. Smith stopped screaming I would probably tolerate his opinions..

new Boston uber-coach Rick Pitino called Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer his "backcourt for the next decade." We later found out that the Ricktator was measuring the decade in dog years

Are we all OK with the first pick of the NBA draft being named "Andrea?"

Bargnani sounds exactly like Furio on "The Sopranos."

I wish the WNBA draft had promises, just so we could see a team break a promise and draft someone else, followed by the crying player awkwardly running up to the podium in high heels and screaming, "You promised! You promised me! I TRUSTED YOU!"

Utah taking a mortified Ronnie Brewer (who has a "Wait, isn't that the city with no black people?" look on his face)

his dad looks exactly like Sam Jackson in "A Time to Kill" and seems like a 50/50 bet to scream "Yes, the Jazz deserve to die AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!"

Who's going to be the first one to make the obligatory "Is it possible that Isiah thought he was taking Rolando Blackman?"

I also thought/misheard the NYK were drafting a player named Rolando Blackmon, since the draft class already had Dee Brown.