Masscrastination

The NBA Draft… It’s by far the best draft out of all major sports. I’ll never be friends with anyone who gets excited for the MLB draft. The NFL draft is exciting for the first couple of rounds and then it just seems like it lasts longer then the Swine Flu. And well, hockey isn’t really a sport anymore. That leaves us with the NBA. The NBA has two rounds and can usually keep my attention for both rounds; until teams start drafting these virtually unheard of European players who are almost always dubbed the next Dirk Nowitzki. Seriously, somehow according the NBA “experts” all of these players are Nowitzki-esque. Some franchises almost always screw up. (see: Darko, Olowokandi, Sam Bowie etc.) Not to mention there are enough trades on draft day to make one’s head spin. Oh yeah one final thing, you get to watch Stephen A. Smith for a few hours. That’s always entertaining.

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There are rumors that Ricky Rubio and Hasheem Thabeet want nothing to do with Memphis. I can’t blame them. No player wants to go to a franchise that has no shot of winning, well ever, and doesn’t want to spend money. I doubt there is even a team in Memphis in a few years. How can an athlete that’s not even in the league yet refuse to get drafted by a team? We have seen this happen multiple times in just about every sport. Eli Manning refused to play in San Diego. Steve Francis refused to play in Memphis. John Elway even refused to play for the Colts. The list goes on and on. Then you hear the question arise, well, once you graduate college don’t you get to decide where you work? Yes, you virtually get to decide where you work. In the real world you can turn down a job at one company and say yes to another. Sports aren’t considered in the real world. Mike Miller just got traded again. It seems as if he gets traded every year. Does this happen in the real world? NBC would probably love to trade Jimmy Fallon, some executives, and cash to CBS for David Letterman. This isn’t the best scenario because CBS would spiral downhill fast, but you get the picture. Imagine when Letterman signed a contract he had to negotiate a no-trade clause. Accept the fact that you are a talented basketball player and go play on a crummy franchise. Make the best of it. Do your best to turn the franchise around. I know this is easier said then done because some franchises always seem to be “rebuilding.” This isn’t a PS3 game. If you create yourself in NBA Live 2010 and get drafted by the Clippers; you can hit reset. If you’re Blake Griffin, well, you can’t…

- Ryter