NBA Dlog: This Party Really Died

The names are becoming more unfamiliar as this draft rolls along. Stephane Lasme of UMass went 46th to Golden State.

Dominic McGuire goes to the Wizards. The Lakers take Pau Gasol's younger brother Marc. The Ray Allen trade is finally made official. Big Aaron Gray of Pitt is the Bulls pick at #49.

Stephen A. says MJ's Richardson trade is nearly as bad as taking Kwame Bown first overall. Renaldas Seibutus goes 50th to Dallas. JamesOn Curry goes to Chicago at #51. Taurean Green is now a Trail Blazer (who isn't?).

Demetris Nichols also goes to Portland. Portland changes nickname to Schick Rookies. Now that my 'Cuse guy has been drafted I can tune out. That's a wrap on the 2007 NBA Dlog.

Ryan Maloney

Stop Giving Him Reason to Shout

MJ went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Richardson-for-Wright deal. The T-Wolves take Chris Richard from Florida, the fourth Gator to go. Stephen A. Smith looks beside himself.

The Blazers take Derek Byars at #42, he will actually go to Philly as part of the earlier deal. Adam Haluska of Iowa goes to Charlotte.

UNC's Reyshawn Terry lands with the Magic. Clips take Jared Jordan of Marist. Still no love for the Orange!

Was It Necessary to Have Dicky V & Stephen A on the Same Broadcast?

Petteri Koponen is the last 1st-rounder of the 2007 NBA Draft, landing with the Sixers. Vitale and Stephen A. continue to scream at each other about the depth of the draft. Vitale thinks this draft is better than 2003. I'm sure Stephen A. made a compelling argument, but both of my ear drums blew three seconds into his rebuttal.

The Knicks Had a Draft Pick?

The Sixers took Daequan Cook and then traded him to Miami for newly-drafted Jason Smith. Jay Bilas said "he's been killin' it" in workouts. No doubt, Jay-Beezy.

MJ took Jared Dudley from BC at #22. Dante Calabria was shocked.

The Knicks took Wilson Chandler A.K.A. "The Brother From DePaul." He can thank Spike Lee for that monikor. Jim Paxson is looking at the fine print to see if he now owns the rights to Chandler.

Zach Randolph is a Knick

Isiah Thomas managed to make some news on draft night afterall. He sent Channing Frye and Steve Francis to the Blazers for Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones. Randolph was widely criticized in Portland for his poor work ethic and bad attitude. It will probably do him some good to get out of the bright media spotlight in Oregon.

The Wiz took Nick Young with the 16th pick. His mic went out while talking to Stu, so they had to get uncomfortably close to each other...not that Stu could tell (bad depth perception joke, sorry).

The Nets took Sean Williams out of Boston College and Marco Belinelli of Italy will now play for the admiration of Jessica Alba in Oakland.

Javaris Crittenton went 19th to the Lakers. I feel as though he may not be enough to satisfy Kobe's needs. Mitch Kupchak would neither confirm nor deny to Jim Gray that Kobe could be traded. Gray then got him to say that nobody on his team is untouchable. Jim Gray is a sneaky bastard.

The Heat took Jason Smith 20th. Sixers are on the clock, Glenn Sekunda eagerly awaits.

Yi Jianlian Does Milwaukee

Yi Jianlian is the newest member of the Milwaukee Bucks. The YouTube sensation also provided more material for his highlight reel at his post-pick sit-down with Stu Scott. I have never seen such a rape of the English language; Jianlian was also hard to understand.

Corey Brewer is the newest member of the T-Wolves. Minnesota made him the 2nd Gator taken with the #7 pick.

It's Official: Oden #1

Greg Oden is now a Portland TrailBlazer. Also, Boston has sent their #5 pick, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West to Seattle in exchange for Ray Allen. The C's have finally addressed that glaring weakness at the 2-guard, too bad that Pierce kid never panned out. The Sonics then took Kevin Durant with the second pick. To recap: Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, Kevin Durant and Dave Siock are now Seattle SuperSonics, assuming that Siock goes 5th. Atlanta proved to be as dumb as we all expected and took Al Horford 3rd. Mike Conley, Jr. went 4th to Memphis.

NBA Draft Tonight: Nichols Awaits

The 52nd annual NBA Draft is about to begin. Demetris Nichols could go anywhere from the early to late second round. Terrance Roberts and Daryl Watkins have an outside chance of being selected. I believe Elvir Ovcina also had some solid workouts.