Trades ruin NBA draft production
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Demoting Stephen A. Smith from the booth to being the reporter who interviews, or in his case -- yells, at drafted players was one good move by ESPN as far as its NBA draft coverage is concerned. Minimizing Stephen A. is always a good thing. But the rest of it was mediocre theatre at best, and not all of it, for once, was ESPN's fault. Know what ruins the NBA draft? The trades. Does it even matter who drafts you anymore in the NBA? Those players have to know they'll be on the move soon. That's what makes watching the draft so pointless. Why do I want to sit and watch O.J. Mayo take the stage and hold a Minnesota jersey when he gets shipped to Memphis five hours later? Listening to his interview with Stephen A. afterward about the joy of being a Timberwolf? Even more pointless, and not just because all I can hear is yelling. I don't know why NBA teams trade players after they draft them instead of trading the picks beforehand. Maybe one of you do. I do know that it pretty much ruins the draft for me. I wake up the next day just trying to figure out who is playing for what team -- something I thought would get decided by the actual draft. Either way, count me out for coming NBA drafts. I'll just check online the next day. Now, can we figure out a way to get Stephen A. off the air entirely? |
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Posted by Brian @ 12:18 PM Wed, Jul 02, 2008
Jeff...Why dont you like Stephen A.