The draft did not disappoint... those who expected it to be disappointing. It started off with a bang. There were a couple of early trades and then one of the more amazing business moves of recent memory when, a mere hour before the draft, the Blazers' ownership told GM Kevin Pritchard that today would be his last day and that he should pack up his stuff once he was done with the draft. (And, not surprisingly, Pritchard still managed to make some nice trades for his team and didn't do what many people would have done and drafted their kid brother or Teen Wolf or something.)

There were some surprises but they came from unsurprising places. The Warriors decided to take yet another lanky power forward. The Utah Jazz took a white guy. David "Tunnel Vision" Kahn followed up last year's PG-centric draft by drafting three small forwards and trading for a fourth. Oh, and as is Kahn's MO, none of the small forwards are really all that great and there were better players available. Before the draft, I wrote that the Wolves should take DeMarcus Cousins at #4 because there would be SF's available later in the draft and I was right. I just didn't think that Kahn would then go and add those SF's. I actually like Martell Webster (who the Wolves got for #16 Luke Babbitt and Ryan Gomes) but he's a role player, probably best off the bench, and that's not what the Wolves need. At the end of the day, the Wolves got better but they still aren't good. It was better than the Hornets's draft, though. They gave up the #11 pick for the #21 and #26 just so they could give away Morris Peterson, who's going to be an expiring contract and have some decent trade value. (In fact, OK City GM Sam Presti made the great move of adding on two expiring deals worth a total of 9 million bucks and getting two picks for his trouble.) They then took Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter or Brian Cook and Tony Allen as I like to call them.

I was happy with the Celtics' first round pick, Avery Bradley. I thought he would be gone by their pick and he's a nice combo guard and the 19 year old should be no worse than a rich man's Erick Strickland next season and has room to grow to be a legit starter in the league (hopefully, a saner version of Monta Ellis.) Sadly, the Celtics wasted their second round pick on Luke Harangody, who will do little more than replace Brian Scalabrine as the white stiff in a suit on the Celtics' bench. I'd have much preferred Stanley Robinson, Manny Harris or a number of other players.

But the theme of the day was, as expected, Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop. The draft wasn't a game changer; it was a prelude to free agency. That's why the Nets probably stuck with Derrick Favors (a nice trade asset) and it could have been why the Pacers added a SF in Paul George when their best player (Danny Granger) plays that position. So the real noise is on the horizon. It should be an interesting off-season, which will make up for this rather lackluster draft.

Seriously though, the best part of the draft might have been Wes Johnson's plaid pants. Seriously, I've been looking to get a pair and his were pretty sweet.

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