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Swiss Cheese Squads: Teams With Holes to Fill
With the dust from the draft now settled, it's time to look at how some teams will be filling in the considerable holes left by draftees. Here's a look at some teams who need both returning players and incoming freshmen to step up in a big way.
UCLA
Early entries: Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Seniors: Lorenzo Mata-Real
2008 Draft: Second Round Gems
They don't get to shake David Stern's hand. They don't get to show off new suits, try on their team hats, or get interviewed by Stephen A. Smith. Occasionally, the television audience has to wait until the commercial break ends to see who was selected. They only get to listen to the analysts talk about them for about two minutes before they move onto the next pick. Yes...the life of a second-rounder isn't easy.
Unsubstantiated Speculation: Draft Links & Rumors: Tuesday
Nothing about the NBA Draft makes any
sense. GMs intentionally lie about who they want to confuse the rest of
the league, agents pull players out of workouts to manipulate their
value and the Milwaukee Bucks continue to pretend they are trying to
win. Mock drafts are always way off, the rumored trades never go down
and the ones that do are always out of left field. There is no rhyme.
There is no reason. And that is exactly why it is so great. Sports fans
love to speculate, and the NBA Draft is 90 percent speculatastic. So in
Unsubstantiated Speculation: NBA Draft Links & Rumors
Nothing about the NBA Draft makes any
sense. GMs intentionally lie about who they want to confuse the rest of
the league, agents pull players out of workouts to manipulate their
value and the Milwaukee Bucks continue to pretend they are trying to
win. Mock drafts are always way off, the rumored trades never go down
and the ones that do are always out of left field. There is no rhyme.
There is no reason. And that is exactly why it is so great. Sports fans
love to speculate, and the NBA Draft is 90 percent speculatastic. So in
