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An NBA Draft Recap: Links Style

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Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, NBA Basketball, NBA Draft
Posted on: June 26th, 2009

I almost feel like a heretic for saying this, but I’m actually not a big fan of the NBA draft. At least the television watching part of it where guys I don’t really know get drafted at a glacial once-every-fifteen minutes pace for 4 hours so that I can catch a funny looking outfit or a bad draft pick in between 500,000 words from Stuart Scott. Believe it or not, my life is better than that.*

But while the spectacle of the draft is one of the most overrated things in the NBA, the reaction and analysis of the draft is important… well, kinda. This article by Jeff Andriesse of RotoExperts.com looked at the first round picks during the last decade who averaged 30 or more minutes per game during their rookie seasons. He found that just 29 rookies over the past 10 years averaged 30+ minutes a game (an average of less than three a year for the mathematically challenged). And if the experts are correct about the quality of this draft class, then we are probably looking at the under on the number of rookies who will significantly contribute to their team in 2009-10.

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But in the spirit of at least one rookie in 09-10 being worth our fantasy time, what did some other, smarter, people have to say about the draft

Matt Buser did a live draft chat over at his new site, busersports.com. Man, that is the one draft related event I would have liked to been at if only to bombard him with questions like, “so, when this draft thing all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together” and “did you get those panties I sent you in the mail?” Oh boy, I like Buser a little too much.

Bust a Bucket (home to the world’s greatest header) had another live draft chat with some of the basketball blogosphere’s best and brightest: A Stern Warning, With malice, T-Wolves Blog, BlueBlitz.Net, Hoop Heads North, and 2nd Round Reach.

Barley’s Mouth finishes off the live chat threesome with their own sick and twisted recap of the draft and follows it up with an ode to Michael Jackson and draft recap all in one. Like Michael, the recap is incredibly entertaining, but I wouldn’t leave your children alone in the house with it.

Speaking of Brendan at 2RR, he already has some preliminary day after draft reaction up including some smart words on the Nets. Although I’m not so sure about the Yi Jianlian part.

I’m not sure if Evil E sleeps or is even human, but he already has updated depth charts for every team in the league based on yesterday’s draft.

If you’re like me and don’t like to actually watch the draft, but still want to be able to speak coherently about it or drop some nuggets at your cocktail parties this weekend, then Empty the Bench has a great recap of the draft complete with honorary awards.

And while it’s still too early to grade the fantasy implications of the draft picks, it’s never too soon to grade the suits.

* Actually, my life is not better than that. Instead, I watched 4 hours of Michael Jackson music videos.

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  • Yeeeeeaaaahhh... It felt as weird typing it as it must have been reading it. Put it this way: I've not given up on Yi, but that's mainly because I never had very high expectations of him. Now, do I still believe that he could end up as one of the 8 best guys on a playoff team? Yeah, I think so.

    Still, can you believe the work NJ has made of that roster!? They're better equipped than anybody to sign a megastar free agent next summer, and it just so happens about a million good PFs will be looking for work to bump Yi down the depth chart...
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