The NBA draft: who won and who lost
Let’s sum up what happened yesterday night at New York when the 2008 NBA draft took place:
Kevin Durant applauded the Sonics decision of taking Rusell Westbrook, well, I think Seattle rushed into that decision.
Knicks fans couldn’t believe that their team chose Italian Danilo Gallinari instead of taking Eric Gordon or DJ Augustin.
Mario Chalmers was still available when the Celtics made their pick, and they went for JR Giddons instead of taking Chalmers.
That is on the bad side, now let’s talk about the good decisions:
One of the most favored teams was the Nets, who made it with the services of Brook Lopez who was tought was going to be chosen within the first 5 picks, well, he was still around when the turn came for New Jersey with the 10th pick and of course they went for the former Stanford center.
The Grizzlies and the Twolves went on a deal that lasted a couple of hours after the draft was over and Memphis ended with OJ Mayo on their roster, so, if Mayo becomes a superstar, Minnesota would surely regreat having dealt the third overall pick of the first round at the NBA Draft.
Finally the best picks: everybody thought that the Bulls were going to choose Michael Beasley over Derrick Rose, but Chicago took the city native Rose at number one, while the Heat with the number 2 went for Beasley instead of OJ Mayo, who had more chances to play with Miami than Beasley.
Let’s see what is the outcome of this choices, I think that NBA development is what can rise-up the game of this NBA rookies, there might be a few surprises to come from unexpected prospects.
