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	<title>Notes From A Basketball Junkie</title>
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		<title>Holy Crap!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disney World really is the place where dreams come true.
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		<title>Houston Picking&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[19-year old French wing Nicholas Batum with the 25th pick in the first round is the official sign that we&#8217;ve passed to that part of the NBA draft where teams can officially just pick names out of a hat or from the yellow pages or randomly out of Facebook or from wherever.  Somebody&#8217;s got [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Houston Picking&#8230;", url: "http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/index.php/2008/06/26/houston-picking/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Needs To Take A Big&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With this pick they just acquired in a trade with Denver and they took one, but it&#8217;s not somebody I know anything about.  French center Alexis Ajinca looks, well, tall, and probably has a great pallet but I don&#8217;t know if he brings much more to tobacco country than that.
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		<title>By Taking&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spindly 7-0 center JaVale McGee, the Wizards have, well, made the type of non-descript pick that befits a franchise that could disappear immediately with few people caring or noticing.



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		<title>Robin Lopez Is Another&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Player that has a chance to make a, well, minor-to-middling impact this season.  If he can give the Phoenix Suns 8-to-10 minutes a game of rebounding and D, then this will be a pretty good pick for the Suns.



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		<title>The Presence Of Dick Vitale&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has moved ESPN&#8217;s draft coverage from merely awful to unwatchable.  Come 9:00 PM EST, I&#8217;m out and over to ESPN2 for the MLS Thursday Night Primetime scrap between FC Dallas and Houston.



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		<title>Brandon Rush Won&#8217;t Start But&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He could supply some instant O off the bench, which is definitely something the Portland Trailblazers need.  Not only that, but Rush was the best player on the board, which makes this a pretty good pick for a side that could improve significantly this season.



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		<title>This Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking 6-11 Rider big Jason Thompson at numero 12 could be a bit of a reach for Sacto but with a frontline that consists of Brad Miller and Mikki Moore, Thompson&#8217;s a good fit.  Don&#8217;t be surprised if he&#8217;s one of the few guys picked outside the top five that starts next season.



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		<title>The Most Important Thing About Jerryd Bayless&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is that he isn&#8217;t Jamaal Tinsley, who&#8217;s one of the NBA&#8217;s primary knuckleheads.  Bayless being picked by Indiana certainly marks the end of Tinsley&#8217;s time as an Indian Pacer.



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		<link>http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/index.php/2008/06/26/the-most-important-thing-about-jerryd-bayless/</link>
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		<title>Who Are The Idiots&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That are giving the Nets C&#8217;s and D&#8217;s for picking Lopez in the ESPN online poll?  Just goes to show that most people who inhabit ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Sportsnation&#8221; are complete imbeciles.



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		<title>You Can Usually Count On&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rod Thorn and the New Jersey Nets braintrust to do the smart thing.  Taking Brook Lopez is exactly that, and at 10th, it&#8217;s a steal.  
Should Bruce Ratner ever get the Barclay&#8217;s Bank Arena in Brooklyn built, I&#8217;m looking forward to watching Lopez man the interior for the then-to-be Brooklyn Nets.  Can [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "You Can Usually Count On&#8230;", url: "http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/index.php/2008/06/26/you-can-usually-count-on/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Taking D.J. Augustin Mean&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That Charlotte&#8217;s given up on Raymond Felton?



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		<title>Am I The Only Person&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who wishes the draft was still being broadcast by TNT?  Chuck, EJ, Kenny &#8220;The Jet,&#8221; and Craig Sager were so much more fun to watch then the self-important, overly-serious group ESPN as put together.  Even Jeff Van Gundy&#8217;s wry wit is in hiding.



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		<title>I&#8217;m Glad&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Alexander&#8217;s a good story and has shot up the draft board meteorically, but is really the best player the Milwaukee Bucks could&#8217;ve gotten with the 8th pick?  The answer to that question is no.



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		<title>I Like Eric Gordon&#8217;s Game&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[But he&#8217;s going to eternal mess that is the LA Clipper so he&#8217;s pretty much irrelevant until his contract expires in three years.



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