The NBA draft is obviously the sweetest draft of all four major professional sports in America. There are countless reasons that this is true. Probably the most pure basketball reason is because the worst teams in the league have a chance to draft their savior. Look at the guys who have transformed NBA franchises this decade: Lebron, 'Melo, D-Wade, Dwight Howard, and (soon to be) Kevin Durant are some of the most prominent examples.
The Draft is also a blast for those of us that are die-hard college hoops fans, because it is fun to see how real "experts" value the guys we've loved over the past few editions of March Madness. Which team will pull the trigger on Davidson guard Stephen Curry? How about Pitt's duo of Dejuan Blair and Sam Young? These guys have faults, which will cause them to drop, but someone will pull the trigger. It is always fun to see which teams take which gambles.
It helps that the NBA teams have the worst set of collective front offices in sports. These guys hand out multi-million dollar contracts as if they are hawking alternative newspapers at the corner of Broadway and 41st. It all makes the management aspect of the NBA enjoyable and maddening at the same time.
The combination of managerial incompetancy and college basketball royalty makes this draft an especially fun one to mock. Therefore, at YGLS over the next two weeks, we will have writers contribute to make picks for each NBA franchise. We will start with Keith, who will be drafting for the Los Angeles Clippers at #1 overall. Keith, you are on the clock!
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Can someone explain what forces have come together to make basketball management so bad? You'd think it would be easier than football, so you would have less frequent utter idiocy in basketball than in football. But quite the opposite seems to be the case. What is going on here?
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