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Friday Notes: Redd staying? All about RJ, Alexander and draft reaction
Published 6/27/2008 by Frank Madden at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... guard, because Mo Williams cannot stay in the same backcourt with Redd. Dave Heller at the JS collects league reaction to the Alexander pick. Ted Bauer at ESPN The Mag is feeling good about the Bucks. Trevor Smith at Hoops Addict chronicles the long journey that brought Alexander to Milwaukee. Tom Enlund writes Alexander is excited to be a Buck.  What a novel change of pace from 2007, eh? Bill Simmons isn't sounding bitter about being passed over for the Bucks' GM gig. 5:18: ...

What They're Saying: Marreese Speights
Published 6/27/2008 by gootman at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... If Speights is the power forward, Young the small forward, and Mystery Acquisition the shooting guard of the future, where does Iguodala play? He's not a point guard. As demonstrated painfully during the brief playoff appearance against Detroit, he's not a shooting guard. And, honestly, are you going to pay him $12 million a year to split time with Young at small forward? Draft Diaries Bill Simmons, espn.com 6:02: Mareesse Speights goes No. 16 (to Philly) and gets the dreaded ...

ESPN Actually Lets Bill Simmons Get Away With Some Draft Broadcast Digs
Published 6/27/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
... takes French center Alexis Ajinca, quickly followed by Fran Fraschilla getting yanked away from the men's room to give his thoughts. You're not gonna believe this, but Fran likes Ajinca's 7-foot-8 wingspan. That leads to the new best e-mail of the night, from Jon in Maine: "Since when did Nathan Lane become an expert on international basketball?"Well that was fun wasn't it? I fully expect all of those digs to be taken down by 1:30pm so enjoy them while you can! Introducing the comedic stylings of the Lopez twins! (Page 2)

The "Smokescreen" Draft
Published 6/27/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Coup) at The Rip City Project
... hard not to feel a little bad, until you remember the Dale Davis/Jermaine O'Neal trade. There were many more bombastic reactions, but my favorite was the fan who just said, "wtf, no Larry....no." NBA.com's initial Rookie Rankings. Oden is a "cautious" fourth. Meanwhile, ESPN and Scout Inc's David Thorpe has four Blazers in his Top-20 Rookies. Blazersedge has some good analysis of our picks and how they fit in. Bill Simmons' Draft Diary is up. Not one of his best efforts, but the Blazer-related email is top-notch. ...

Daily Links 6/28
Published 6/28/2008 at CelticsBlog
... picks Trading Markets Lenovo says its stat predicted Boston Celtics would win NBA finals Bennington Banner Feeling a draft in Celtics' logic ABS-CBN Boston coach offers to train RP cagers for NBA Star Tribune As hard as it is to admit, McHale probably got this one right Telfair not given offer but is still in picture SI.com Post NBA draft awards Draft grades ESPN Chad Ford's draft grades Chad Ford's draft board Bill Simmons draft diary Asylum Take a shot at Kevin Garnett's subtle preppy style The Big ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 6/28
Published 6/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... Post NBA draft awards Draft grades ESPN Chad Ford's draft grades FL's Take: All the draft grades are made on Gidden's being a knucklehead and Walker's knees. But, Giddens seems to have matured in his senior season and we all see how Leon Powe came back from 3 knee surgeries. Danny could have the steals of the draft here. In any case, taking a chance is worth it. Chad Ford's draft board Bill Simmons draft diary Asylum Take a shot at Kevin Garnett's ...

Morning Coffee Is Principled, Damnit
Published 6/30/2008 by PB @ BON at Burnt Orange Nation: Front Page Posts
... Bill Simmons takes on DJ. I received a couple post-draft emails asking me to take on Bill Simmons following his less-than-glowing take on Charlotte's selection of DJ Augustin at #9 in the NBA Draft. From Simmons' 'Draft Diary': ...

Kurz Watch 2008: Rob Doesn't Go, But 60 Players Do
Published 6/30/2008 by CW at Rakes Of Mallow: Front Page Posts
... the best player on the best team for most of the season. The Nuggets, who desperately needed a point guard, must have thought Mario Chalmers would be off the board when they picked at twenty, so they traded it to the Bobcats.  Woops.  Hopefully they're just putting pieces together for a blockbuster, but since they already passed on one such trade (Billups and Prince for Anthony), I doubt they'd do it again. As far as post-draft stuff not to miss, Simmons' running diary is an annual tradition and FreeDarko's summary also has some great lines ( ...

Some Grizzlies guards won’t find this amusing
Published 6/30/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... can improve on his 20.1 point scoring average from a year ago. Along those same lines, did anyone else catch the line about Kevin Love and Rudy Gay in the midst of Bill Simmons’ draft diary ? (5:23). We’re a little surprised it made it past the ESPN censors. This entry was posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pm and is filed under ...

Jay Bilas, ESPN Attempt To Combat Binge Drinking During NBA Draft
Published 6/30/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... We'll give him credit for coming up with every possible synonym, but I won't excuse him for telling us that Michael Beasley had "second-jumpability" and noting Kevin Love's "pick and popability." If we ever run into Jay, we're getting our drinks back. ...