Friday 06/27 A.M. Quickie:NBA Draft, Nets, Mayo, Love, Garza, More
Dan Shanoff —
... told ESPN that it was off-limits on-air -- was that they didn't link the Nets' moves to recruiting LeBron. Cripes, is it so opaque?! Yi? China foothold. Lopez? Post-anchoring 7-footer. Anderson and Douglas-Roberts? High-upside bench complements, CDR in particular being a steal who might one day replace the need for Vince Carter. This wasn't a draft about 2008 -- it was a draft about 2010. This should be all that people are talking about today -- certainly the biggest story -- and it led my Sporting News column, as you could imagine. ...
Shanoff's ESPN.com Draft Fashion ReportDraft's Best In Show, Through The Years
Dan Shanoff —
... Fashion Report was always one of my favorite columns for ESPN.com's Page 2. A couple years, it got picked up by ESPN.com's then-partner MSN.com and it got a TON of page views. Talk about finding/filling a niche.... Through the years: 2001 (Best in Show: Tony Parker) 2002 (Jay Williams) 2003 (LeBron James) 2004 (Shaun Livingston) 2005 (Marvin Williams) 2006 (Tyrus Thomas) 2007 (HCIC guest-blog here!) 2008 (OJ Mayo, mention in SN column) -- D.S. ...
