Draft day is done and there goes Griffin to the Clippers.And no people. He is not to be another Michael Olowokandi. He is supposed to be the Patrick Ewing, the David Robinson, the Hakeem Olajuwon of a franchise who always end up OWNING itself.
And so goes the Marianas Trench pressure on his shoulder with Clippers fans standing on the other yapping to his ear to please get them out of the cellar, the dungeon,or the grave before the last shovel of soil.
Alright, I'm not going to act as if I know a lot about the draftees. Truth be told, I only know about three or four of 'em thus I'm not going to be pretending as your Dick Vitale.
Blake Griffin is a given. I only saw him through the highlight videos on the web. It's up to the Clippers whether they'll use him against themselves by self-destructing or by benefiting from him. Clippers fans clap.
Ricky Rubio. The Spanish teenage phenom who is a vital part in his country's last Olympic run went to the Wolves. They say he has a Gretzky feel for the game of basketball. Does that mean he's going to be The Great One 2.0? Not until he perfects behind the basket, over the shotclock shot.
Brandon Jennings went to Europe skipping college ball and is seen by many as an attempt to hone his skills there preparing for the big league while simultaneously earning cash to pay for his translator. Now, he averaged just 4 points per game in Europe. Just saying.
And Tyler Hansbrough. Finishing his last season in North Carolina with a boatload of individual awards. He's among the list of college stars that aren't meant to be in the pros. He will be decent but please don't derive his future in the NBA from what he's been in college. He can't even be a shadow of Dwight.
The Indiana Pacers sure loves loyal frontmen amateurs who played the very last year of eligibility for their alma mater. From last year's Hibbert to Hansbrough.
NBA DRAFT FIRST ROUND RESULTS
1. Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) PF
2. Memphis Grizzlies - Hasheem Thabeet (UConn) C
3. Oklahoma City Thunder - James Harden (Arizona State) SG
4. Sacramento Kings - Tyreke Evans (Memphis) SG
5. Minnesota Timberwolves - Ricky Rubio (Spain) PG
6. Minnesota Timberwolves - Jonny Flynn (Syracuse) PG
7. Golden State Warriors - Stephen Curry (Davidson) PG
8. New York Knicks - Jordan Hill (Arizona) PF
9. Toronto Raptors - DeMar DeRozan (USC) SG
10. Milwaukee Bucks - Brandon Jennings (Europe) PG
11. New Jersey Nets - Terrence Williams (Louisville) SF
12. Charlotte Bobcats - Gerald Henderson (Duke) SG/SF
13. Indiana Pacers - Tyler Hansbrough (UNC) PF
14. Phoenix Suns - Earl Clark (Louisville) PF
15. Detroit Pistons - Austin Daye (Gonzaga) SF
16. Chicago Bulls - James Johnson (Wake Forest) PF
17. Philadelphia 76ers - Jrue Holliday (UCLA) PG
18. Minnesota Timberwolves - Ty Lawson (UNC) PG
19. Atlanta Hawks - Jeff Teague (Wake Forest) PG
20. Utah Jazz - Eric Maynor (VCU) PG
21. New Orleans Hornets - Darren Collison (UCLA) PG
22. Portland Trailblazers - Victor Claver (Spain) SF
23. Sacramento Kings - Omri Casspi (Israel) PF
24. Dallas Mavericks - B.J. Mullens (Ohio State) C
25. Oklahoma City Thunder - Rodrique Beaubois (France) PG
26. Chicago Bulls - Taj Gibson (USC) PF
27. Memphis Grizzlies - DeMarre Carroll (Missouri) SF/PF
28. Minnesota Timberwolves - Wayne Ellington (UNC) SG
29. Los Angeles Lakers - Toney Douglas (Florida State) PG
30. Cleveland Cavaliers - Christian Eyenga (Congo) SG
Complete List of the 2009 NBA Draft
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