With the 2006 NBA Draft less than a week away, what better time to take a walk down Draft days past, with the help of NBA Photos; first up, Grand-ma-ma himself, Larry Johnson:
We pretty much think Larry nailed what he was going for -- Odessa, Texas meets Miami Vice. Our two observations about Larry's attire are --
1.) If our country's economic prosperity were accurately represented by the amount of bling on the arms and necks (and ears) of NBA draft picks, then America would have come a really long way since 1991. A tiny wristwatch with a leather band? They won't even let you into the NBA with that anymore.
2.) The lowtop Nikes with dark socks -- a very nice touch. Obviously Larry knew this was a special occasion, and he showed respect by goin' with the dress socks. Good call LJ.
What's really unfortunate about the picture is that they couldn't find anything besides the emerald green backdrop for him to pose with. And whatever happened to a jersey or a team hat?
Here is my mock draft, usually when a player does well in the tournament, their stock goes up in the draft. Teams are gonna pass on Sheldon Williams, due to poor tournament performance. He’ll be the next Elton Brand and will help that Hornets go to the playoffs... Link
Philadelphia 76ers President Billy King announced today that the team has traded forward Lee Nailon and a 2006 second round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a conditional second round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft.... Link
The following statement was issued Wednesday night by former Lakers center Vlade Divac through his agent Marc Fleisher regarding charges that Divac was avoiding the military draft in his native country, Serbia-Montenegro: I have learned about this a couple of days ago and it came as a complete surprise... Link
Here at FBB headquarters, we do our best to make sure that our readers (hi, Mom!) are as prepared as they could possibly be for their fantasy drafts. And because we did all these rankings, analysis, etc., you’d think that we’d be totally ready for our draft, which happened... Link
OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Curtis Borchardt - Acquired from Utah in five-team trade; Dan Dickau - Trade with New Orleans; Albert Miralles - Draft rights acquired from Miami in five-team trade; Brian Scalabrine - Free ...... Link
More NBA draft: Winners and losers | Pick-by-pick analysis Yahoo! Sports' NBA analyst Steve Kerr grades the most important classes of the 2005 draft.... Link
(For rounds one, two and three, just scroll down) Players already on the team are in parentheses. Team A: Jamaal Magloire (J. Terry, R. Allen, P. Stojakovic, K. Garnett)Team B: Rasheed Wallace (E. Okafor, R. Artest, S. O’Neal, L. James)Team C: Corey Maggette (A. Iguodala, B. Davis, Y. Ming,... Link
(For rounds one, two and three, just scroll down) Players already on the team are in parentheses. Team L: Jason Richardson (Lamar Odom, Gilbert Arenas, Brad Miller)Team K: Larry Hughes (Pau Gasol, Allen Iverson, Paul Pierce)Team J: Zydraunas Ilgauskas (Chauncey Billups, Dwayne Wade, Vince Carter)Team I: Rashard Lewis (Joe... Link
(For rounds one and two, check the previous post) Players already on the team are in parentheses. Team A: Ray Allen (Kevin Garnett, Peja Stojakovic)Team B: Ron Artest (Lebron James, Shaquille O’Neal)Team C: Baron Davis (Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming)Team D: Chris Bosh (Shawn Marion, Stephon Marbury)Team E: Ben Wallace... Link
Is it ever really too early to do a mock draft? Absolutely not. Especially with training camp starting next week, and the season only about a month away. So what we’re going to do is spend this week going through a mini-mock draft. Today we’ll do rounds one and... Link
Free-agent guard Jay Williams, the second pick of the 2002 NBA Draft whose career was derailed by a motorcycle accident, worked out for the Rockets on Wednesday, though no contract offer was made or is immediately expected. Williams, 24, has...... Link
Point guard Milt Palacio passed his physical in Utah on Thursday and later signed a contract to play for the Utah Jazz team senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor announced Thursday afternoon. It was reported in Thursday's Deseret Morning News that the signing of the former Toronto... Link
The Utah Jazz have signed Robert Whaley to a contract it was announced today by Utah Jazz Sr. Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin OConnor. Per club policy terms of the contract were not released.Drafted by the Jazz in the second round 51st pick overall in the 2005 NBA... Link
The Los Angeles Clippers today re-signed guard Marko Jaric and traded him and guard Lionel Chalmers to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for point guard Sam Cassell and a lottery protected first round selection in the 2006 NBA Draft, it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin... Link
The Heat signed free agent guard/forward Matt Walsh, the former University of Florida standout who was not selected in the NBA Draft, on Monday.... Link
While the analysis provided via the link below doesn’t serve up anything revelatory, it can be easily argued that doing so would be somewhat impossible at this stage considering the moratorium (vocabulary word of the day) has not yet ended. Mr. McGovern does provide the following nugget of advice... Link
For the time being his name can be penciled in as the backup shooting guard on arguable versions of the Jazz's current offseason depth chart.To suggest it will be there when training camp opens in October however might be a stretch. In fact to imply C.J. Miles might be... Link
Australian center Andrew Bogut, the top pick in last month's National Basketball Association Draft, was unhappy with his first appearance in an off-season summer league game.... Link
Gerald Green waited 18 spots to be selected in last month's NBA Draft. But the Celtics rookie didn't take long to make a splash at this year's NBA summer league in Las Vegas.... Link
The Seattle SuperSonics signed first-round draft pick Johan Petro on Monday. The 7-foot French center was selected with the 25th pick in last month's NBA Draft.... Link
NBA MOCK DRAFT: Gay Headlines First Edition A cruel one-year adjustment awaits the teams picking at the top of the 2006 NBA Draft, as the NBA Age Limit goes into effect and thins the ranks of elite prospects ...... Link
