It could very well be that all 14 of us who get NBA-TV are going to watch this expansion draft.
We are a sad, sad, lot.
So join us!
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It could very well be that all 14 of us who get NBA-TV are going to watch this expansion draft.
We are a sad, sad, lot.
So join us!
Whoever this guy is hosting the pre-show, he needs to fully commit to the goatee. Because right now it looks like maybe he was sloppily eating some Oreos before he went on air.
Peter Vecsey referred to Jim Gray as "Kobe Bryant’s au pair" in the NY Post today. Sweet.
The NBA Expansion Draft "experts" on NBA TV include Bill Raftery, Fred Carter and Scott Layden.
Jerry Krause was unavailable as he’s in the Dominican trying to measure prospective White Sox signees’ mother’s hands.
The end of that joke was so long, it died before arrival.
Hey, this is the "expansion" draft. I’m saving the good stuff for Thursday.
…
If only that were true.
Sigh.
I’m gravity defying!
"Host" Matt Devlin has the commish on a conference call. What, Dave could take Bob Johnson’s cash, but he couldn’t fly to the draft?
Oh, maybe he had a big WNBA game to attend.
Snicker, snicker.
I’m celebrating the return of basketball to Charlotte by exposing myself to my secretary again!
Bob Johnson the owner of the Bobcats (and yes, he named the team after himself) just droned on for about five minutes. I’m pretty sure he gave the nightly lineup for BET somewhere during that rambling oratory.
Guh.
They had a contest last year to name the new Charlotte franchise. The winner got season tickets for life (or something). I’m still upset that I didn’t win.
My entry?
The Charlotte Brontes.
Come on, it’s perfect!
I prefer the Charolltte Webs.
Twenty minutes and no picks. It’s like the NFL Draft has broken out.
They just did ten minutes with GM/Coach Bernie Bickerstaff and Director of Player Personnel Gary Brokaw and I’m dumber for it.
Guh.
Hairdo is running down the rules for us.
Charlotte has to draft 14 players. They can’t take more than one from any one team.
They only get 2/3 of the salary cap for the first season.
The first pick is: (ooh, the tension)
Lonny Baxter, Washington Wizards
When the hell did he end up in Washington?
2/3 the cap, 1/10th the talent.
test
Nice moment here, the second pick is JR Bremer and Bernie informs us that they’ve already cut him. Ouch.
The third pick is some guy named Primoz Brezec.
Bernie says, "Primoz needs a chance to play basketball."
What has he been playing? Apparently Primoz was the property of the Pacers. Who knew?
Number four is Maurice Carter and he’s unrestricted, so he does not have a spot on the Bobcats roster, but he’s going to get to try out. How nice!
The fifth pick is Predrag Drobnjak of the Clippers, and we knew the Bobs had to take him because of the trade with the Clips.
The sixth pick is: Desmond Ferguson from Portland. Huh? Who?
Gary Brokaw says he’s a combo player. In other words, at his current job he says, "do you want fries with that?"
Whoo! We are gonna smoke the Bobcats!
Basketball banana jumpshot Coca-Cola, IPod!
Maybe the Bulls can get this Bremer guy and teach him how to shoot!
2 years, .272 shooting %
The first applause of the night comes for…Marcus Fizer! He’s the only guy the fans have actually heard of. Not a good sign.
Fizer immediately leads the Bobs in tats, gun possession charges and pouting.
Way to go!
I think I’m a better playah than my daddy.
Ironically, Marcus Fizer’s selection started off the Blue Cross/Blue Shield portion of hte coverage. I’m not lying.
Richie Frahm from Gonzaga via Seattle is the eighth pick. He’s super white. I’ve got stationary with more pigment.
Brandon Hunter of the Celtics, a second year man out of Ohio U is the next pick. He was number 56 in Boston last year. What was that, his Spring Training number? Yikes.
Jason Kapono is the tenth pick!
Hey the Bobs now have two guys people have heard of. Kapono is best known for shooting a lot and wearing a headband. That’s…something?
Kapono and Predrag actually have real contracts.
Zaza Pachulia is the next pick, and it’s obvious that Bernie doesn’t know who he is. Yikes.
However, that pick means that Orlando can’t lose the great Reece Gaines, which means the McGrady deal is a done deal.
Based upon these "picks", did jerry Krause get a job there?
The twelfth pick is Alexander Pavolviskiovich or somebody. It has a Pavlov in it, and I don’t feel bad, because for the second straight selection, Bernie Bickerstaff doesn’t know who the guy is.
Wow, this is scintillating!
Or something.
The Bobs could still take me or Cato to ruin the deal
Hunter – nice pickup.
Looks like Charlotte are going to be deep at the under-sized 4 position.
Zaza has a lot of upside. We like him a lot. He’s a talented player.
His mother has huge hands. I like that. She gave me a hug and little tushy squeeze and I enjoyed it.
Dell Curry and Sam Mitchell are on hand to talk glowingly of the expansion experience. I wonder why Rick Mahorn isn’t there? Remember how happy he was about getting picked in 1990? Good times.
Why doesn’t anybody ever interview me?
Are you sure the Bobs didn’t take Eddie Robinson? Can you double check? Please?
How much do I weigh nowadays?
Feel the tension, here come the last two picks! I’m a flutter!
Jamal Sampson a 6’11 guy from Cal and the Lakers is the thirteenth pick. Is he Ralph’s kid?
Bernie knows him and likes him. Of course, they just had a break, so maybe somebody filled him in.
So who is Mr. Irrelevant?
Tamar Slay is number 14! You know how good Tamar is…right? He scored 14 points in a game for the Nets last year! Whoo!
Oh, wait, they’re taking a fifteenth! Theron Smith from Ball State via the Grizzlies. I have a theory about Theron.
Bernie thinks Theron is "the sleeper of the expansion draft."
Hubie says, "Ok, you’re Theron Smith and you’re on the bench in Memphis, and you want to play, so you go to the Bobcats and you play!"
They’re still going! Jeff Trapagnier of the Nuggets (from USC). We are told he ran track (well, the high jump) in college.
Gerald Wallace from Bama and the Kings is the seventeenth guy picked!
Wallace was a runner up in the 2002 NBA Slam Dunk contest. Hey, maybe they should try and find Terrence Stansbury, too.
Jahidi White is the next pick, and we knew they were going to take him as part of a deal with the Suns. The Bobs get a future number one (lottery protected from the Suns first dealt to them by the Cavs).
We’re supposed to be excited about Jahidi because he’s wide.
Maybe Fred Huebner will get picked, too!
The pick of Loren Woods draws a gasp from the crowd. They’re no fans of the former Wake Forest dude who bailed to transfer to Arizona.
And, it looks like Loren is Mr. Irrelevant. He’s certainly Mr. Wussy.
Expansion teams never win in their first couple of seasons anyway – so this mass addition of non-entities should all be kept in perspective.
We’re talking Terry Catledge and Greg Kite levels of talent here, remember.
That’s the way it’s always been.
Bernie said the draft gives them "cap movement". I think you all know how much I enjoy a good cap movement. Usually around the top of the seventh.
The salary cap (and more to the point the 67 percent of it the Bobs get to use this year) meant they took as few guys with guaranteed contracts as possible. I think they only took six guys they have to keep.
How dumb am I that I just figured out the list was alphabetical?
So, that seems like smart roster management – stock up on space rather than expensive crap.
But experience has taught us that unless you if you have a couple of still serviceable veterans you can use for trade purposes, it’s going to be a mighty hard road this first season…
I just remembered had a great Expension experience!
In the press conference after the draft Bernie was asked "if you had to use this team, how many games would you win?"
Bernie said, "Let’s just say if I had this team, I would not be happy."
Way to start off your franchise, Bobcats, by selecting LOREN WOODS, our all-time leading headcase here at the U of A. All I have to say is one of those other guys the Bobcats drafted better be able to serve as the team therapist!
I am great psychoanalysist! Or something! Remember that thing with the bell and the dog? That’s me! I’ll have Loren whipped into shape in no time.
Dammit.
It takes a lot for me to miss an expansion Draft, but … dammit!
Sorry guys.
I feel like I just missed a comet. Once every nine years, and I missed it again.
I did make it in time for the replay of past Drafts on NBA TV. Where exactly did Keith Lee go wrong?
Hope it (she/) was worth it buddy…