NBA Draft I'll let you in on a little NBA Draft secret;
it takes place this year on Thursday
. We who have lived a while are not
NBA Draft I'll let you in on a little NBA Draft secret; it takes place this year on Thursday. We who have lived a while are not
supposed to speak. So keep it a secret. Get a little nearer. They don't really know what they're doing. It shouldn't come as a
huge surprise, though. How is anyone supposed to predict what a teenager or someone who just turned 20 should be
while competing against mature males, say, five years from now, when their body and intellect are still developing? No one
truly can, despite the fact that fans and the media, in particular, like to exploit this as an excuse for all of their own biases. They
should be aware because it's part of their work. Not me. So all scouts behave in this way, and you shouldn't really hold it
against them. All winter long, they travel, seeing players and watching tapes before comparing viewpoints. They then create those one-to-ten
lists and, whisper it, wink it, share them. How else can you account for the fact that every mock draught is essentially
in the same order? How is it possible that so many people, from so many different origins, races, religions, and cultures, can provide