Fun with nbadraft.net

Since the last thing I want to do is start having people expect actual emotion from this blog, we’re going to lighten the mood today with something I like to call Fun with nbadraft.net. nbadraft.net is my favorite website to check out with regards to the most fun night of the year that doesn’t involve alcohol. It has a mock draft for the next year 2 days after that years draft is done. In fact, right now, it has a 2009 mock draft up (Blake Griffin from Oklahoma is the projected # 1. It’s great if you can remember who they had the year before and see how they fell. Like how OJ Mayo’s is now.). My favorite part is the comparison, how they compare a potential player to a current or former player. So we’re going to run through the site and make comments. No rhyme or reason to anything here.

The best comparison I’ve found so far is for Taj Gibson from USC. He apparently compares favorably with Vin Baker. Is is because he like gin? Vodka? This isn’t mentioned in his weaknesses.

They have UConn center Hasheem Thabeet going to the Nets. Please make this happen. Just because it seems like their owner would name check him constantly.

Haha, the French guy they have in the top 10 is compared to Rudy Gay. That seem apropos. More fun with stereotypes? Sure, why not. The Italian guy looks like he’s an extra for Growing Up Gotti. Though his hair isn’t nearly as good as the man they’re comparing him to: Detlef Shrempf.

And they have this right: the Knicks taking a center. Sure why not? He’ll fit right in with Curry and Randolph.

Alright, Brook Lopez in the top 3. Did anyone read the article about him in Sports Illustrated? The guy’s idol is Walt Disney and his favorite entertainer is Michael Jackson. I don’t care if he was the second coming of Jordan, I would not pick him for those reasons alone.

Noticeably missing from Lester Hudson’s weaknesses is that he’s dumber than a sack of wrenches. I think he failed out of middle school.

Serge Ibaka is so under the radar from the Congo, they have a picture of him in a Yankees fitted. Apparently they don’t take team photos in Spain. And his comparison is Shawn Kemp. I’ve already decided that I’m not going to bed on draft night until this guy gets selected. You don’t find 6-10 black guys named Serge growing on trees.

Alright, that’s it for now. Once they start updating the mock drafts, this could become a recurring episode.