NBA Draft

Is it really necessary for ESPN to have a 2 hour Draft special everyday? I mean, they have been televising this Draft special show for 2 hours a day for the past week or two telling us what might happen! I don't need to know that Miami might or might not take Michael Beasley with the #2 pick. That's why I watch the draft! It's getting to the point where the leagues (NFL & NBA) don't even need to televise the draft anymore. There is soooo much saturation of information for the 2 weeks leading up to these drafts that there's no reason to watch. I don't need to hear that Memphis is leaning toward one player but has 3 others in mind and is undecided whether or not to trade down or not...That doesn't tell me ANYTHING!!! Of course they have a player or 2 in mind and have a backup plan! That's common sense and doesn't need to be reported on a 2 hour Draft Special Edition! I also don't need to see on the "bottom line" that the Chicago Bulls have reached contract agreement with Derrick Rose the day before the draft takes place. That is why the draft is televised!! It's really getting o.o.c (out of control). And now everyone has to put together their "mock" drafts and they name them Mock 6.0, 6.1 etc....And they update them daily. It seems like ESPN and these other sports news companies are just looking for ways to hire their friends and pay them decent $ to be draft "experts." "Uh, hey Pete you need a job right? Well, put together a mock draft and tell a little about each player and we'll put it on our website and call it Pete's Mock 1.4." It's really fascinating how much useless and redundant information is being reported these days. With all of it coming at you it almost makes the drafts an afterthought now.

On another note...After sweeping and completely dominating the 1st place White Sox over the weekend the Cubs go and shit the bed against the cellar dwelling Orioles. I mean, I know their 14 game home win streak had to end sometime, but to the Orioles? C'mon. Of course it would be the Orioles since the Cubs talked all spring training about getting Brian Roberts (3-5, 2R, 1 RBI) and after Ryan Dempster and Kevin Millar (Millaaa) went back and forth trading jabs. Look for them to come out strong tonight; I guess 2 out of 3 aint bad...
Finally, theres a good chance that after this weekend I'll be a member of the U.S. Olympic javelin team. I'm the 2nd alternate and the 1st alternate got hit in the head with a shot put the other day in practice while getting out of the way from a flying javelin. Soooo, barring a miracle recovery from him I should be good to go!!

BYE!!!