Official Kris DeBlasio NBA Draft Grades

Atl D Childress was the correct pick, but the other 4 picks stink

Bos B+ Jefferson will be at least decent, and they will keep 2 of the other 3 guys, all four year college guys.

Char C They couldn't screw it up, not even Bernie Bickerstaff

Chi B All name players, but you would think they will move somebody, Deng is Melo

Cle B+ Would be an A if they had gotten another player, Jackson will do the job

Dal B They positioned themselves well to get the Diesel, Devin Harris can play

Den NA Good job Kiki

Det C- Only one guy, Ricky Paulding but he may give them some backcourt depth

GS G Worse than an F, they wonder why they always suck

Hou NA One 2nd round foreign dude, they are thinking about getting T-Mac

Ind D Nobody of any real subsatnce, but they used the 2 picks

LAC C+ They say Livingston is the real deal, but Harris would have been safer pick

LAL D Vujacic is alright, but still a bad time to be a Laker

Mem C West is stocking athletes (Bell & Jones last year) Emmet & Burks this year

Mia D+ I only don't fail them cause I think Matt Freije can play, Dorrel Wright who?

Mil NA No picks, way to improve the team!!

Min D+ Blake Stepp should make the squad, and unseat Darrick Martin

NJ D+ Only one pick, though Drejer seems more fit to play NBA than College

NYK Z Come one, Trevor Ariza, I would rather they have taken my sister

Orl B+ If Howard pans out this is an A++ Varejao is a nice player and Jameer is da man

Phi C Iguodala will help this team out

Pho F-- I work in college basketball and I have never heard of there pick, Jackson Vroman

Por C+ Should have picked Snyder over Telfair, but Monia is a player

Sac B- Picked two college vets to add to their bench

SA D Only get a D cause they picked three players, otherwise an F

Sea D They drafted a guy who they never spoke to or saw play, but supposedly he is good

Tor F Rafeal Araujo in the top 10, be serious

Uta B I think they may have had the best draft, both players (Snyder & Humphries) have NBA bodies and NBA games, and Sloan always gets the most from his players

Was NA Who cares, this team is terrible and will remain terrible, everyones hero Michael Jordan drove this franchise into the ground and it will be awhile before they dig out of the rubble.

Initial 1st Round Thoughts

I hate to agree with Dick Vitale and Steven A. Smith, but I am on their bandwagon. I mean enough with these high school kids, foreigners and even some random college guys.

I believe the Bulls will still be very active in trading, rather than just having a host of young guys.

I liked what the Jazz did, Humphries and Snyder are both good pics, they have NBA ready bodies.

Why whould the Blazers pass up on Snyder, whom they said all along they would take? Is Sebastian Telfair really any better than say Omar Cook was coming out of St. John's after his freshmen year?

For some reason I like what the Celtics did, maybe cause they got some college vets who you know are winners with Delonte West and Tony Allen.

Best singular fit for a team has to be Luke Jackson with the Cavaliers. Watch out for this team, Paul Silas can coach and if they add a vet or two coming off the bench they can be extremely dangerous.

Boo to the Miami Heat for passing on Jameer Nelson, I do not care what the fucking excuse is.

Love Devin Harris to the Mavericks and do not like what the Atlanta Hawks have done.

Lastly on college guys being picked, why do these random college guys get picked like Araujo, David Harrison, Kevin Martin, and Jackson Vroman. To me there seem to be more proven college guys out there like Andre Emmet, Matt Frejie, Timmy Bowers, Antonio Burks, Herve Lamizana, and Arthur Johnson.

I'll have more on this at a later time, I have some research to do on all this shit.

It's Draft Time Baby!!!!

Wow how exciting was last night. All the trades and rumors, T-Mac now not going to Houston. Unbelievable, I am officially the biggest loser in the world cause this shit excites me.

I believe Okafor is Orlando's guy tonite. Howard will go #2, Igudala #3, and Devin Harris to the Clip's. After that it is anyone's guess. The Mav's are still trying to get Shaq so that five pick may not be there's when it rolls around tonite. I also believe the Chicago Bulls are going to make some noise. They already have Crawford, Hinrich, Chandler, and Curry, what would adding to more unproven young guys do, except make you bad for a few more years. Now a team with vet's could use on of those picks and one of those guys I just named, and the only one who is off limits for trade is probably Hinrich. So look for the Bulls to be active this evening.

The Hawks have 2 top 20 picks, and somehow they will screw it up. With their #6 pick they should take Deng, Luke Jackson, or Livingston (in that order) and they will probably all be there. Then they can take a flyer on one of the high school kids named Smith, but they should gobble up Kirk Snyder from Nevada if he is still available.

The Celtics and Jazz each have 3 picks between 14-25. In this years draft I think you can get the same level of talent at #10 and #25 so Utah and Boston are sitting pretty.

The Jazz are sold on Monya the Russian who is butt pals with Kirilenko and he can shoot, then with their other 2 look for any combo of Araujo from BYU, Kris Humphries, Pavel Pdokolzine, and Peter Ramos. The need and want Big Guys. The C's will draft Robert Swift with their first pick, then with their second all indications have them taking another high schooler and then one of the mystery foreigners, so they are in line to screw it up. If you have 3 picks, you take one high school, on 3-4 year college guy and then take a flyer on your last pick. Just like the Blazers are planning to do, take Snyder then Telfair and then one of the foreigners still available, like Khryapa or Ramos. I think the Jazz and Blazers will do it right, we shall see how the Celtics do with it. Now all these teams could be active in trading this evening.

Here are some players who may sneak into the back end of the 1st round and be put in a good situation. Matt Freije possibly to the Kings or Spurs. Andre Emmett the Spurs and Tony Allen to the Pacers or Spurs. Proven college guys going to veteran teams where they can make a contribution early by coming off the bench.

And lastly a few lost guys in this draft. At the high end Ben Gordon and Josh Childress I think will get picked early, but not to fill any specific need, rather just for the fact they are good and I would not be suprised to see them moved tonite in some of the wheeling and dealing. Finally, Jameer Nelson, the Miami Heat are drooling over him falling to the #19 pick. Could he look anymore like Tim Hardaway in a Heat uniform? This would allow Stan Van Gundy to move Wade to the shooting guard and basically relieve Lamar Odom of any ball handling duties, my how much of a perfect fit would this be.

Can't wait for the draft folks. I will be sitting on my couch watching the whole thing go down, feel free to call me to get instant analysis, or just wait for tommorrow's recap.

The Daily Nooner

Ok folks, lots to get off my chest, and a whole lotta chest it is. (This guy knows what I'm talking about)

First off, Yes Tiger Woods is in a slump. I will now tell you why, years ago when he first came up and he was taking the golf world by storm, he said repeatedly I am only playing to win The Majors. You can look it up (I already did for you), he is shooting to take down Jack Nicklaus, and while he does already have 8 majors, it has been over 2 years since his last one. He openly admits every time he plays and takes time off is to set him up in what he thinks is his best position to win a major. He has never come back on Sunday to win one, he has always been tied or held the lead going into Sunday. Lastly, don't give me thatr victim of his own success bullshit (he is a victim of his own words), other golfers have stepped up and even passed him by to become more consistant threats to win at the majors.

Alicia Keys, will somebody please kill this lady. I happened upon a video by this whore this morning and I almost broke the TV. First of all she is ok looking, she is not super hot, she has no cans and a tiny butt. Secondly, we all know you can play the piano, it seems like she tries to prove that everytime she gives some kind of performance or video. In this current video, she is on a NY City rooftop in the blistering cold and snow playing the piano, just to let you know she has some musical talent, and frankly I don't give a shit. Speaking of overrated artits once crammed up are asses, whatever happened to Macy Gray, she was supposed to be the best female artist since Aretha and I know more Clay Aiken songs that Macy Gray tunes?

Aaahh the NBA draft is coming, and stay tuned!!! Thursday we will have the ever popular draft preview and then Friday the ridiculous draft recap. Both of which are sure to launch me on a frenzy that may cause harm to those within 500 yards of me. Mainly cause Pavel Polkodzine and Damir Omerhodzic are gonna get drafted. But to quote my friend Dan (A Great Jew) "NBA Class of 2003 Draft Championship Rings LeBron-0, Carmelo-0, Wade- 0, Darko-1."

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Is there anything I dispise more than another ridiculous film by Michael Moore. The Crusader for the American people. We have now elevated this guy to a status that rivals that of our lord, all because he exposes the fact that politicians lie. Oh my what a startling revelation, anyone who takes his film and word as gosple is just as guilty and ignorant as those who believe everything George Walker Bush tells you is the truth. The idea is to do some thinking on your own, gather information, examine the data and form a conclusion. As silly as it sounds that is basically "The Scientific Method" which we all learned about in sixth grade science class. And again if you want change we live in a democratic society, so get of your atkins eating, american idol watching, prescripstion pill popping ass and go vote.

He's Done it Again

Well it is summer time and sports have slowed down, and my other passion is beginning to pick up, the summer movie season. I will not go see a lot of the Hollywood filth and trash that is out there. However, I will choose movies that seems to have an engaging story, are well done technically, and have actors or ensembles that I enjoy.

This afternoon I pulled a double matinee feature. I went to see Dodgeball and The Terminal. I will first talk about Tom Hanks (be warned this will be a me sucking Tom Hanks dick rant). Hanks is the best, it is that simple. We all know about his award winning roles in Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and Saving Private Ryan. But try and think of some of his other roles, even some not as the lead and try to picture another actor pulling those roles off. For example Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own, Carl Hanratty in Catch Me if you Can, Sheriff Woody in Toy Story, Allen Bauer in Splash, Chuck Noland in Cast Away and even those gay Meg Ryan Movies. Nobody is as good as him, he can do it all, he can carry a movie all by his lonesome, he can make others better, all by himself he makes movie watching enjoyable. He is totally believable in every movie, he is so good he is almost tangible. To me he is Wayne Gretzky, we always want Jordan, Ruth, Ali, Jim Brown, etc to be the greatest athlete of them all, but it is really Gretzky, who quietly dominated his sport like no man before or since, that is what Hanks does.

In the Terminal his comic timing is brilliant, his character stays true to himself throughout. And the movie, while at times a little predicatable and sappy, is great. He pulls it off again, the only thing I can say is go see it, take a date it will be worth your while. The movie does not dissappoint even the love story in it plays out well. (and nobody hates useless love storiy lines more than me)

As for Dodgeball, I would say wait for the rental. It was funny, I mean it had some laugh out loud moments in it, and I only know this because I had a black man sittitng next to me and you know how they laugh (Martin you were there). It was a short movie but worth watching, Ben Stillers character is despicable and Stephen Root (Office Space and News Radio) is his usual nerdy funny self. So that is all for movies right now, I can say that I am awaiting the arrival of The Notebook due out in July and The Aviator (DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, directed by Sciorsesse) due out this winter.

The Daily Nooner

Names:
What the heck is up with middle names? Why does anyone require one and where did they come from? Seems to me they make very little sense.

What is up with adjusting names, like if your name is William and you are called Bill, why? Or people named Christopherwho are called Chris? Fuck you my name is Kris yours is Christopher, stick with the names your parents gave you JERK!

I do not think I would have entered into the space program if the name of my shuttle was "The Challeneger." I want to be on "The Achiever" or "The Champion." Being on "The Challenger" is like being on "The Hope we can make it."

Do yourselves a favor, if you want to sort of be down with th reality craze watch "Last Comic Standing." Very good show with very funny people, and that is how you are judged, you better be funny cause that is something you cannot fake.

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In this era of Day After Tommorrow, Chronicles of Riddick and Garfield, it is refreshing to see a movie that has an orginal script and some good original ideas. This movie is "Saved!" starring the ever hot Mandy Moore, a very good Macauly Culkin and some other solid acting. Go see it, yes it has to do with religion and stuff but it is far from preachy and approaches the matter in a very interesting way.

Big Chief Triangle

Okay okay, sorry folks again the "wedding vacation" took alot out of me, but I will be back now writing regularly for about 2 weeks, then another week long furlow.

Today we shall talk about Mr. Phil Jackson, as Jeff Van Gundy once referred to him "Big Chief Triangle." Now is the time were Mr. Jackson can make his mark on the game of basketball. He has been on cruise control as an NBA head coach for over ten years. Every year he has not won the championship people have had ready made excuses for him, Jordan was retired or Jordan just came back, when the Lakers didn't win it was because Shaq never got in shape.....yada yada yada. Now he has no excuses, he has 4 hall of famers everyone is in shape and Kobe had maybe his best season ever, even while having to deal with the problems in his personal life.

He actual has to be a coach now, he cannot just sit around and do nothing and pass out books and hope everyone plays well. He has 4 hall of famers, and he is supposed to be the man who can manage talent better than anyone else, so lets see you get at Big Chief. It is time to put himself up there with the greats, because for me his titles alone don't do it. He is going up against a hall of fame coach right now who has prepared his team very well. The Pistons have a solid defensive game plan with helping on Kobe when he goes to the middle and not really doubling Shaq and completely shutting down Devean George, Derek Fisher and others. Offensiveley they are playing various line-ups and explotiing every mismatch and what has Jackosn done to thwart any of this?? Oh yeah, NOTHING. They got lucky in game 2, for some reason Rasheed fouled Shaq & he hit a free throw, and then Kobe hit a huge shot. Otherwise they have been outplayed and outcoached since the opening tip.

I sent out the same challenge to the Big Chief in the Spurs series and he responded by having a better gameplan to contain Ginobili and Parker. Well here it is again Mr. Jackson, if you don't earn your stripes now I am afraid you are not an all time great. Every human on the planet pikced you to win in 5-6 games and you are down 2-1. Your team is openly questioning what their defensive gameplan is, so Philly Boy lets see what you got.

SORRY it has been awhile

Sorry folks, nothing has really pissed me off lately, although some things are coming round the bend. I have been busy, no not really that is just a lame line losers like to use to indicate that they have been playing with their didlo to much. So I will leave you with a few quickies to ponder, while I wait for someone or something to make me angry.

Is it a requirement that if you are a baseball manager you have to wear a watch? Check out a game sometime, Joe Torre or Tony LaRussa will have a watch on, for what?

Why is it that in a scary movie if someone has a foreign accent they are a scary person, and most times dead people who rise from the dead always have foreign accents.

How can I drive 10 miles over the speed limit for 11 straight hours and never even be in fear of being pulled over? In fact the whole time I was in the car I only saw 2 people pulled over on a traffic stop.

Well I cannot wait for the NBA finals to start on sunday, Pacers v T-Wolves, what a series it should be. Okay so I was wrong, who is keeping count. I did say to anyine who was listening earlier this year that the Padres would win the NL West, so I am hanging my hat on that!!!