Padgett goes undrafted, still really cool
Apparently being the coolest person in the world ever doesn't make you a lock to play in the NBA these days, because if it did David Padgett certainly would have been one of the 60 players who heard his name called during the league's draft last night.
Alas, the consensus first team All-Big East performer was not selected, but he will more than likely hook-up with an NBA team (gross) after the free agency period opens on July 1.
Juan Palacios could also land with a franchise, or he could go ahead and take his game overseas, where he reportedly already has multiple offers. Rest assured , whatever he chooses to do, he'll do it looking awesome.
As for the draft, I'm not going to make fun of Doris Burke's interviewing skills or Mike Taylor's "my last meal was ramen and blow" mug shot, because there are about 10,000 blogs doing the same thing.
I will, however, hit you with an exciting list of the players of interest who were selected last night:
Joe Alexander, West Virginia (Pick 8, Milwaukee)
Roy Hibbert, Georgetown (Pick 17, Toronto)
Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky (Pick 22, Orlando)
Donte Greene, Syracuse (Pick 28, Memphis)
Patrick Ewing, Jr., Georgetown (Pick 43, Sacramento)
Joe Crawford, Kentucky (Pick 58, L.A. Lakers)
And a boring list of players of no interest who were selected last night:
Omer Asik, Turkey (Pick 36, Portland)
Nathan Jaway, Australia (Pick 41, Indiana)
Goran Dragic, Slovenia (Pick 45, San Antonio)
Tadija Dragicevic, Serbia (Pick 53, Utah)
There's always next year, James Catusco.
In spite of this setback, here's hoping David snags his dream and lands in the league some day...and then eventually comes back here to coach.
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Mike Taylor
I said his last meal was a colt 45 and a line of blow…dont ever steal my material again.
by Web on Jun 27, 2008 12:32 PM EDT 0 recs
I took what you did and made it better
I’m like Puff Daddy.
by Mike Rutherford on
Jun 27, 2008 4:58 PM EDT
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heh hem....
i believe it is “P. Diddy” currently, good sir.
by adam10001 on
Jun 27, 2008 8:48 PM EDT
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C'mon, Web
take your shot
i know you’ve got a good follow-up for that
by frankpos on Jun 27, 2008 5:46 PM EDT 0 recs
Speaking of DP, i stumbled upon the newest blogger
in the Card universe—Cards Hoops.
He had an interesting graph that vividly shows DP’s statistical importance to the team last yr.
I did a brief story on it too…ck it out—and Cards Hoops
Frank
by frankpos on Jun 30, 2008 12:40 PM EDT 0 recs
Instead of DP...
The geniuses at the LA Clippers in their infinite wisdom decided to draft one from the bottom of the “boring list”....he is a power forward/ 3 guard from Soviet Outer Slumbovia where rebounding is done with both feet flat on the floor. He is Krvldmrjkstv Skmlrsvjlrgrdv who, as we speak, has a call in to Vanna White.
by MrBlunt on Jul 5, 2008 11:48 AM EDT 0 recs








