LOCK ‘EM UP, NBA DRAFT REVIEW

The dust has settled from the NBA draft and last week we put a spot light on four players. Before the draft we took a look at these young men (and secretly hoped all of them would be Indiana Pacers). Our fantasies did not come true, but why not take a look at the reality of where these young men wound up…

1. Kyrie Irving (Duke) – As most anticipated, Kyrie was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers, and was widely regarded as the best player in the draft. Personally I am a Bill Simmon’s zombie and will credit him with the following from espn.com: “You know, because any time you can grab a freshman point guard who missed two-thirds of the season when you have $20 million of point guards on your roster, you have to do it.” That may speak to the quality of this year’s draft.

2. Alec Burks (Colorado) – He went number 12 to the Utah Jazz. He went to Colorado, and outside of Denver, it is about as close as you can get. Salt Lake City is amazing, and the Jazz have been nothing but consistent. This may be my favorite pick of the draft by any team because it is projected (in my opinion) to be a low risk/high reward situation.

3. Jimmer Fredette (BYU) – I thought about making naming this article “Jimmer Got Sac’d”. This is not looking like a good deal for Jimmer. He appears, by everything that I have read, to be a Jason Terry-type player who can come off the bench and be instant offense. HOWEVER, he goes to a team who traded for him and essentially put the pressure on him to be an NBA franchise savior. This does not play out well. Ask Harold Miner.

4. Norris Cole (Cleveland State) – The Miami Heat just hit a home run. This is a great pick and I truly believe that Norris Cole is going to be an NBA player for a long time. My second favorite pick of the draft. Congrats, Norris Cole made me hate the Heat less.

In truth, there were few winners in this year’s draft. Not only was the talent pool exceptionally low, but there is a lock-out impending. However, these are four quality young men you can root for, and if anything, we hope all works out for them. Let’s all hope there is no lock out and these stars light it up! Unlikely, but hell, in spite of the circumstances the NBA cashed in on an insanely high viewer rating. Thank you, The Decision!