Ushering in a New Age of Sixers Basketball

For whats supposed to be the worst draft class in recent memory, the actual 2013 NBA Draft was nothing short of entertaining, unpredictable and compelling. It had everything! It had trades involving some of the leagues best players. It had Bill Simmons nearly having a heart attack when Anthony Bennett went first, and than definitely having a heart attack when the Celtics dealt their team to the Nets for absolute horse shit (minus the draft picks which could hypothetically help them down the road. For now, have fun with Kris Humprhies and the "30 Million Dollar Man", Gerald Wallace, Boston!) We got to see David Stern, who got booed worse than Nancy Pelosi at her own home or Justin Bieber at a Miami Heat game, get saucy with the crowd. And embrace Hakeem Olajuwon, who was the first draft pick Stern announced as Commissioner back in 1984. Thirty years later, despite the heckles from the crowd, Stern is still my favorite commissioner of any league during my lifetime, not counting Chief Wiggum. 

Cinco de Drafto 2008

It's been five years (hence the Cinco in the title, obviously) since the 2008 NBA Draft. On the day of the 2013 NBA Draft, I figured I'd go back five years and redo the picks of the 2008 draft. I will simply be going back, and just doing it over again knowing what we know now. Any draft day trades will still happen, because than this will get more dysfunctional than an episode of Maury, so the order will be the exact same. Besides, NBA executives are morons for the overwhelming majority, so dumb trades would still happen now, even with knowing how these guys careers would pan out. So, lets get this thing started. Ladies and gentlemen, The Godfather, David Stern!!!