While we at The Fanhouse are all hopped up on Durants and Hibberts, fantastic basketblog End of the Bench is looking in great detail at the first-year performances of the 2006 draftees.It's a whole lot more than "Roy good, Morrison bad," so you're highly encouraged to read the entire post. My favorite snip, with a nod to The Watchmen:
I'm talking on the phone with Chris Mullin. I'm playing in the D-League, wondering if my franchise has forgotten about me. My name has just been announced as the ninth overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. I've led my team to the Sweet Sixteen. I've become the first ever lottery pick sent down to the D-League. My foot is fractured. My coach, Don Nelson, says that I'm "a long-term project" and that I "haven't gotten better one bit." I'm leading the Missouri Valley Conference in blocks. I'm turning in mediocre performances for the Bakersfield Jam. No, I'm not Dr. Manhattan, I'm Patrick O'Bryant. I have the the physical size and tools, but what else?Also, EotB has reasons Minnesota fans should be angry over Randy Foye over Brandon Roy, a Sene/Petro/Swift retrospective, and a Duke double whammy.
