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I am back as The Ohio State University.

Mark down the first kkk Champ, and the man who hasn't been to the playoffs since.

Mike and Mike are WHO'S NOW!

Making the new GF watch the episodes on Demand. Season 2 starts on September 30th and Keith Carradine will play an FBI detective investigating murders.

Well since we are on the eve of the last game of the NBA season, I figure we could get this discussion going. Here is the draft order (as of June 13th). 1. Portland - Greg Oden/C Ohio State 2. Seattle - Kevin Durant/F Texas 3. Atlanta - Al Horford/F Florida 4. Memphis - Mike Conley, Jr./G Ohio State 5. Boston - Jeff Green/F Georgetown (Rights traded to Seattle) 6. Milwaukee - Yi Jianlian/F China 7. Minnesota - Corey Brewer/F Florida 8. Charlotte - Brandan Wright/F North Carolina 9. Chicago (f/New York) - Joakim Noah/F Florida 10. Sacramento - Spencer Hawes/C Washington 11. Atlanta (f/Indiana) - Acie Law, IV/G Texas A&M 12. Philadelphia - Thaddeus Young/F Georgia Tech 13. New Orleans - Julian Wright/F Kansas 14. L.A. Clippers - Al Thornton/F Florida State 15. Detroit (f/Orlando) - Rodney Stuckey/G Eastern Washington 16. Washington - Nick Young/G USC 17. New Jersey - Sean Williams/C Boston College 18. Golden State - Marco Belinelli/G Italy 19. L.A. Lakers - Javaris Crittenton/G Georgia Tech 20. Miami - Jason Smith/F Colorado State (Rights traded to Philadelphia) 21. Philadelphia (f/Denver) - Daequan Cook/G Ohio State (Rights traded to Miami) 22. Charlotte (f/Toronto) - Jared Dudley/F Boston College 23. New York (f/Chicago) - Wilson Chandler/F DePaul 24. Phoenix (f/Cleveland) - Rudy Fernandez (Rights traded to Portland) 25. Utah - Morris Almond/G Rice 26. Houston - Aaron Brooks/G Oregon 27. Detroit - Arron Afflalo/G UCLA 28. San Antonio - Tiago Splitter/F Brazil 29. Phoenix - Alando Tucker F/Wisconsin 30. Philadelphia (f/Dallas) - --------------------------------- 31. Seattle (from Memphis) 32. Boston 33. San Antonio (from Milwaukee) 34. Dallas (from Atlanta) 35. Seattle 36. Golden State (from Minnesota) 37. Portland 38. Philadelphia (from New York via Chicago) 39. Orlando (from Sacramento via Utah) 40. L.A. Lakers (from Charlotte) 41. Minnesota (from Philadelphia) 42. Portland (from Indiana) 43. New Orleans 44. Orlando 45. L.A. Clippers 46. Golden State (from New Jersey) 47. Washington 48. L.A. Lakers 49. Chicago (from Golden State via Phoenix, Boston and Denver) 50. Dallas (from Miami via L.A. Lakers) 51. Chicago (from Denver) 52. Portland (from Toronto) 53. Portland (from Chicago) 54. Orlando (from Cleveland) 55. Utah 56. Milwaukee (from Houston) 57. Detroit 58. San Antonio 59. Phoenix 60. Dallas

C'Mon Utah, take Morris Almond, it would be nice to have a 2 guard who can score.

Tragedy TNT lost the draft, I don't think Stern will be bashing Jay Bilas at the end of the first round.

Missed Screamin' A's rant, what was it?

Interesting deal for both teams. Should be interesting to see Randolph & Curry front line.

Well my thinking was if they wanted to move Sheed and Dice is getting up in age, plus the relative depth of guards in this draft. Ripper, you ready for Julian Wright or Al Thornton at number 11???

Looking slightly ahead, if you were Detroit at #15, wouldn't you roll the dice and go get Sean Williams. They got another pick at #27 and plenty of guards that will be available around there.

Be surprised if it wasn't one or the other.

Yeah, Jeff Green, Wally and Delonte West for Ray Allen.

I don't like the trade, but I don't like the C's either. Do you think they try to re-sign Rashard Lewis now?

I should be around the computer for most of the night, so I'll try update the picks on the first page.

I thought maybe Philly with one of their 3 1st Rounders, but they'll probably settle for a Euro Leaguer and stash him away for another year.

Can anybody give me their opinion on Jason Smith from Colorado State? I have read his profile on nbadraft.net, but for those that have seen him play, can he become a decent contributor at the next level. Kandi not being able to tie Oden's shoes: sounds about right. Oden will be a great player.

Yep, Ben Wallace is the only guy making over 5 million I believe (PJ makes 8 million, but cannot be traded in after the trade deadline each year).

Ohio State's Daequan Cook has announced that he is going to stay in the draft and will be hiring Mike Conley, Sr. as his agent. According to the DDN, Cook has shot the three well in his pre-draft workouts. Probably a good idea, since I think he will go in the 18-25 range. I really don't think he will be any better than a #3 option on a team, but he has a ton of athleticism, so he will have many opportunities to prove himself.

http://nbadraft.net/admincp/profiles/rodneystuckey.html I agree with most everything said in the description. I've seen him play a few times. He is a great scorer. Not sure if I'd like to be compared to Dajuan Wagner if I am a prospect. If I am Portland I want to move Randolph in the off-season. Go get your maximum value.

Just for fun, I wanted to check out the leading scorers from each team this past year and where they were drafted. Atlanta - Joe Johnson (2001, 10th pick) Boston - Paul Pierce (1998, 10th pick) Charlotte - Gerald Wallace (2001, 25th pick) Chicago - Luol Deng (2004, 7th pick) Cleveland - LeBron James (2003, 1st pick) Dallas - Dirk Nowitzki (1998, 9th pick) Denver - Carmelo Anthony (2003, 3rd pick) Detroit - Richard Hamilton (1999, 7th pick) Golden State - Baron Davis (1999, 3rd pick) Houston - Yao Ming (2002, 1st pick) Indiana - Jermaine O'Neal (1996, 17th pick) LA Clippers - Elton Brand (1999, 1st pick) LA Lakers - Kobe Bryant (1996, 13th pick) Miami - Dwyane Wade (2003, 5th pick) Milwaukee - Michael Redd (2000, 43rd pick) Minnesota - Kevin Garnett (1995, 5th pick) New Jersey - Vince Carter (1998, 5th pick) New Orleans - David West (2003, 18th pick) New York - Eddy Curry (2001, 4th pick) Orlando - Dwight Howard (2004, 1st pick) Philadelphia - Andre Iguodala (2004, 9th pick) Phoenix - Amare Stoudemire (2002, 9th pick) Portland - Zach Randolph (2001, 19th pick) Sacramento - Kevin Martin (2004, 26th pick) San Antonio - Tim Duncan (1997, 1st pick) Seattle - Ray Allen (1996, 5th pick) Toronto - Chris Bosh (2003, 4th pick) Utah - Carlos Boozer (2002, 35th pick) Washington - Gilbert Arenas (2001, 31st pick)

Here's Chad Ford's Top 45 Prospects from espn.com Greg Oden, 7-0, C, Ohio State Kevin Durant, 6-10, SF, Texas Yi Jianlian, 7-0, PF, China Al Horford, 6-10, PF, Florida Brandan Wright, 6-10, PF, North Carolina Corey Brewer, 6-8, SG, Florida Jeff Green, 6-10, SF, Georgetown Julian Wright, 6-9, SF, Kansas Mike Conley, 6-1, PG, Ohio State Al Thornton, 6-7, SF, Florida State Joakim Noah, 7-0, PF, Florida Spencer Hawes, 7-0, C, Washington Nick Young, 6-7, SG, USC Thaddeus Young, 6-8, SF, Georgia Tech Acie Law IV, 6-4, PG, Texas A&M Rodney Stuckey, 6-5, SG, Eastern Washington Javaris Crittenton, 6-5, PG, Georgia Tech Tiago Splitter, 7-0, PF, Brazil Jason Smith, 7-0, PF, Colorado State Sean Williams, 6-10, C, Boston College Gabe Pruitt, 6-4, PG, USC Josh McRoberts, 6-10, PF, Duke Morris Almond, 6-6, SG, Rice Daequan Cook, 6-6, SG, Ohio State Derrick Byars, 6-7, SF, Vanderbilt Marco Belinelli, 6-6, SG, Italy Rudy Fernandez, 6-6, SG, Spain DeVon Hardin, 6-11, C, California Glen Davis, 6-9, PF, LSU Ali Traore, 6-10, PF, France Marc Gasol, 7-0, C, Spain Aaron Gray, 7-0, C, Pittsburgh Marcus Williams, 6-7, SF, Arizona Taurean Green, 6-1, PG, Florida Demetris Nichols, 6-8, SF, Syracuse Alando Tucker, 6-5, SF, Wisconsin Wilson Chandler, 6-8, SF, DePaul Kyrylo Fesenko, 7-0, PF, Ukraine Jared Dudley, 6-7, SF, Boston College Arron Afflalo, 6-5, SG, UCLA Zabian Dowdell, 6-3, PG, Virginia Tech Jared Jordan, 6-2, PG, Marist Renaldas Seibutis, 6-6, SG, Lithuania Nick Fazekas, 6-11, PF, Nevada

I think Conley could become a great player, but the Hawks cannot wait around for that to happen, they are already close to becoming a playoff team. I like Horford at the 3 pick, I think he'll be a good NBA player. Plus I think Acie Law will be a Sam Cassell-like player, and a good pick at #11.

Cavs should be ready to win then in about 48 minutes.

I hope Vince is "alive" enough to compete in the WWE titlw match at Vengeance! Imagine, from death to champ again in 2 weeks!