No surprises in the draft really, the Raptors were quieter than a mouse pissing on cotton but the Knicks provided the entertainment with yet another bad trade which showcased the weak, inept mind that Isaiah Thomas possesses. Oden went first, Durant second and then the Hawks surprised many but more on that later.  Check out all the picks here. Here’s what caught my eye:

Portland gets: Steve Francis, Channing Frye

New York gets: Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones

So you unload Steve Francis for a bigger headcase in Zach Randolph? That doesn’t make sense at all. But wait, you also get Dan Dickau, umm ok? There’s more: Knicks also get Fred “rejected by the the Raptors and Portland in one season” Jones if thats worth anything but here’s the kicker: YOU GIVE UP CHANNING FRYE. The only Knick that had legitimate star potential has been traded away, the guy that outplays Chris Bosh everytime they meet is deemed dispensable by Isaiah Thomas? Knick fans can’t be happy with this move, they give up two talented players for one plus some garbage to even out salaries. I guess it doesn’t matter as long as Spike Lee likes it.

The next big deal:

Boston gets: Ray Allen, 35th pick in the draft.

Seattle gets: Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak and Boston’s No. 5 draft pick, Jeff Green.

I say Boston gave up a litte too much in parting with Szczerbiak AND West for Ray Allen but if Boston has one thing it’s youth and now they have less of it and more experience. Will this result in them winning more games than last year, probably, Pierce has somebody to pass the ball to out of the double team. Since the Knicks made the Atlantic weaker, the Celtics were obliged to make it a little stronger. I wonder what this makes one of my favorite fellow bloggers think.

Philadelphia did not trade a single one of their three picks and drafted three times to make a young team even younger. This just in, the Sixers cannot watch R rated movies alone, its a pity because I hear Hostel 2 has more gore and blood than a Bruce Bowen elbow.

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Yi Jianlian. Who? Yi Jianlian was drafted by Milwaukee and already his agents are saying that he doesn’t want to play in Milwaukee. This sucks for him because I hear the Chinatown in Milwaukee puts San Francisco to shame. Seriously, where does this kid get the balls to actually demand where he gets to play? He must’ve been dominating the Guangdong Southern Tigers to make demands this early on in his NBA “career”. I don’t want to wish bad on anyone but he sounds like he deserves an early ACL tear.

Did anybody catch Stephen Ass Smith on ESPN? Everytime he opens his mouth his mother wishes she hadn’t put that coat hanger away. Somebody hand this production back to EJ, Kenny, Charles and TNT before people switch to the radio. Question to Mark Jackson: Can you be any more monotonous and boring? This guy could be talking about a threesome with the Olsen twins and make it sound deathly boring.

It is 10:41PM EST and the Raptors have still not traded Jose Calderon. As Doug Smith’s lame article points out, “It’s OK no to trade Calderon but it’s also OK if they do”. Note to Doug: Tell us something we don’t know……

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It’s all over. Kobe, KG, Marion all stay put for now with the only big name on the move being Jesus Shuttleworth. Thank God Philly had the decency to trade one of their picks. Here’s another deal that went down:

Charlotte gets: Jason Richardson, 36th pick

Golden State gets: 8th pick which turned out to be Brandan Wright

Michael Jordan must like Jason Richardson, is he expecting him to be the Bobcats superstar? If so, he hasn’t learned anything from his Wiz experiment. This is one of those picks you don’t mind trading as long as you get a bonafide NBA player back and Richardson is that. More than anything this sounds like a desperation attempt at giving Okafor some recognizable help; a shot in the dark trade that can’t be too good or too bad for either team.

The Hawks who need a point guard worse than the Knicks need a GM passed up on Mike Conley Jr. and went with Al Horford. That’s after passing on Chris Paul last year, where do the Hawks think they’re going to get their PG? Free agency? They’ll live to regret this one.

Jared Jordan was picked by the Clippers, no he’s not MJ’s son, he can’t be. I will download the torrent of the NBA Draft and cut out all the clips of Stephen A. Smith yelling, screaming and making a fool of himself and put it on YouTube. Watch for it. This just in, SAS just called the Knicks the biggest winners of the draft on ESPN Sportscenter. This man is on crack cocaine.

THE BIGGEST WINNER(S) OF THE NIGHT:

The Portland Trailblazers and the Seattle Sonics. Not just because they picked 1 and 2 but because of the two trades made, Portland brings in Channing Frye to help out Oden and gets rid of Zach da Gangsta. If Steve Francis plays 70% to his potential, they’re in business. Seattle gets Delonte West, Wally Z and Jeff Green, if they can resign Rashard Lewis, things won’t be this good since the Payton/Kemp days.

Check out all the 2007 NBA Draft Trades at ESPN.

I’m just waiting for the Wenger to Real Madrid stories to start popping out of Spain and that blasted El Mundo Deportivo, try reading the front page through Google Translator, its messed up. See Real Madrid sacked Fabio Capello despite the man guiding them to the La Liga title (apparently the finish was too close) and the only natural option would be to of course target another man who is allegedly discontent at Arsenal. I give it 24 hours from this posting until that this story surfaces. See I’m not lying in this posting because as The Daily Show says, if I put a question mark in front of a sentence, I can pretty much say anything. Like, Henry is a lying bastard? or Mr. Dein gangbanged the board?, you get the point.

We’re targeting Obafemi Martins at £13 million which wounds a bit excessive given we just sold Henry for a paltry £16 million but I’m one of those who sometimes tends to have blind faith in Wenger even when he didn’t dispose of testicular cancer Jeremy Aliadiere two years ago. For those of us that think Anelka is a better signing raise your hand and for those of you who think Anelka is an immature punk, you can f**k off. It’s been eight long years since he was at Arsenal, if anybody things he’s the same punk that he might’ve been before, they need to look in the mirror and see how they’ve changed over that long a period of time. He’s a better fit for Arsenal given his finesse and strength and also a closer replacement for Henry than either Tevez or Martins can be. Then there’s also Ryan Babel who apparently can choose when he wants to join Arsenal.

Matthieu Flamini is leaving Arsenal. Who f*****g cares? All I remember from the guy last year is his goal at Stamford Bridge, aside from that I just remember him running looking like he hadn’t showered in months. The Frenchman’s been fairly solid for us over the years stepping up whenever a hole needed to be plugged (sexual innuendo alert) but it’s pretty obvious that we have better players than him and he has become as dispensable as a twice-used Kleenex.

Argentina is my favorite international club so I would like to see a Tevez signing even though I think it’s not the greatest fit. So it crossed my mind if it’s actually possible to sign two strikers instead of picking one. Tevez is the pitbull type of forward that can create something out of nothing, something Adebayor never seems to be able to do. I’m looking at Adebayor as a part that stands to be upgraded and not just accepted. There’s something to be said for this train of thought.

One final thought: it doesn’t matter what reason Henry gave for leaving or whether it was genuine or what someone thought of it, he’s gone now and there’s no point flogging a dead horse. I’m over Henry, really, I am.