Tonight I am planning on doing a live blog during the 2007 NBA Draft. So check back in around 7:30 ET PM, 6:30 CT or 4:40 PT.
Here is a quick last minute mock draft of how I believe the lottery picks will unfold. It is hard to be too accurate when there will probably be several trades and therefore different teams with different needs moving up.
2007 BUMPSHACK MOCK NBA DRAFT LOTTERY
1. Portland Trailblazers- Greg Oden, C, Ohio State
Old Man Oden has one leg that is longer than the other, a bad wrist, an ‘ok’ love of the game was born during the Kennedy administration. If I have the #1 pick I go with Durant and his love of the game. I am not sure Oden will be in the league in five years due to health issues. So Portland fans he could be the second coming of Bill Walton in that aspect.
2. Seattle SuperSonics- Kevin Durant, SF, Texas
The kid is 6’10″, can nail threes, drive to the hole and is a scoring machine. He is a good kid by all accounts and all he ever talks about is becoming the best player to ever exist. Does he make you think of a certain guy who use to play for the Bulls and won six rings? Don’t worry he even resembles a young Jordan in his interviews. Seattle is lucky they have the second pick because if they had the first pick they would probably mess up and take Oden. Sometimes #2 is #1. Jordan went #3 in his draft. Durant is an cold blood killer.
3. Atlanta Hawks- Al Horford, PF, Florida
Big Al’s stock has really risen in the past week. If the Hawks don’t draft and keep Horford then they will probably trade the pick to a team trying to move up with the specific purpose of drafting him. I am hoping he falls at least one more spot to my Grizzlies.
4. Memphis Grizzlies- Mike Conley, Jr., PG, Ohio State
The Grizz really want Horford but so does everyone else this week. I believe the Grizzlies will draft Conley because he is going to be a Tony Parker/Gary Payton in his prime type of point guard. New Grizz GM Chris Wallace supposedly has fallen in love with Corey Brewer. He better not dare attempt to draft him at #4. Other possibilities at this spot include Joakim Noah or Brandan Wright. They will draft Conley, Horford or hopefully trade the pick.
5. Boston Celtics- Corey Brewer, SF, Florida
Celtic fans should be glad if they get Brewer, that means Danny Ainge didn’t mess it up as bad as he usually does. Brewer is a young Scottie Pippen who is a better shooter than Pippen was at the same age.
6. Milwaukee Bucks- Yi Jianlin, PF/SF, China
Chinese players are hit or miss. Yi won’t be a Yao but he is tall, athletic (yes Chinese and athletic), and he can shoot really good for a big guy. Maybe he is the Chinese version of Dirk Nowitzki (choke).
7. Minnesota Timberwolves- Spencer Hawes, C, Washington
This kid is big, white, ugly and a good post player. Kevin McHale is drafting the second coming of himself to replace the great Kevin Garnett who should be traded before the night is done.
8. Charlotte Bobcats- Brandan Wright, PF, North Carolina
Michael Jordan is loyal and blind to a fault. If Wright is there, Jordan will take him and at the eight spot it might actually be a really good pick, but then again M.J. has a horrible draft history (see Kwame Brown).
9. Chicago Bulls- Joakim Noah, C, Florida
Noah would have been the #1 pick if he had entered the draft last year. Going back to school pays off right? He did win a second National Championship with Florida and not many college players in the history of the game can claim that. He should fit in nicely with the Bulls and on the weak side of Ben Wallace. I see Noah splitting time with Tyrus Thomas.
10. Sacramento Kings- Jeff Green, SF/PF, Georgetown
It has been said that Green does a lot of things but none of them very good. Kind of makes you think of Paris Hilton doesn’t it?
11. Atlanta Hawks- Acie Law, PG, Texas A&M
Nice layup against Memphis, Acie! He is a fast point guard that is very competitive. The Hawks could use a point guard to go along with Joe Johnson, Joe Smith and Horford (see above).
12. Philadelphia 76ers- Al Thornton, SF/PF, Florida State
I don’t know much about this cat and neither do the 76ers and that is why they will draft him. Congrats you are about to be the owner of the MVP of the Greek basketball league.
13. New Orleans Hornets- Nick Young, SG, USC
I would be weary anytime drafting anyone from Southern Cal that doesn’t play football. Ask the Miami Heat how it went in the early 90′s when they drafted Harold ‘Baby Jordon’ Miner.
14. Los Angeles Clippers- Javaris Crittenton, PG, Georgia Tech
Is a tall point guard who put up good numbers in the basketball tough ACC. The Clippers will add yet another lottery pick and still be around .500. I wouldn’t be surprised if they trade this pick or if the 76ers try to nab Crittenton.
Actress Kristen Bell shows off her lovely legs at the premiere of Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko.
More premiere photos of Kristen at Hollywood Tuna.
Tahoe fire creating massive chaos and panic among residents- Inside Bay Area
Egyptian billionaire spy found dead- Times Online
Protesters burn Iran gas stations over rationing- BBC
World’s millionaire club now tops 9.5 million people- Breitbart
Tony Blair ends tenure as Britain’s Prime Minister- This Is London
Father of killed teen sues dragster driver- CNN
Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dies at 78- Fox News
Texas being flooded by 20+ inches of rain- MSNBC
Paris Hilton appeared on Larry King Live tonight for a sit down interview with the show’s namesake. Hilton said some things that were simply unbelievable considering some of the photos we have seen over the last few years.
In her first interview since being released from jail, Paris Hilton told CNN’s Larry King on Wednesday that she has never used drugs, isn’t a big drinker, and although she feels her incarceration was unwarranted, God had a reason for putting her there.
“Don’t serve the time; let the time serve you,” Hilton said. “I have a new outlook on life.”
Grilled about what friends she had to sacrifice, she replied, “I’ve gotten rid of a lot of people.” Asked for names, she said, “I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but they know who they are.”
Very hard to imagine Larry King grilling anyone.
Hilton had this astonishing confession as well, “Sometimes I go down and that’s something I would like to change about myself.“
Ok, ok that is an accurate quote but was taken out of context and too good to pass up.
Read the full transcript from Hilton’s interview with Larry King.
Bumpshack Conclusion: ‘Not a thing has changed with Miss Hilton.’
Let the comments rain…I would love to hear what everyone else thought.
Melissa Leslie is not just another pretty face. She is also a talented artist, fashion designer, sculptor and poet to name a few of her countless talents. She is also Bumpshack’s latest BumpHottie Cover Girl.
Melissa had the following to say about her drive for success:
“Today the media is constantly supplying the masses with recycled garbage, my mission is to provide the world with the truths. I am intrigued with revealing the spiritual battle that is taking place behind the scenes of the delusions we as Americans allow in our lives daily. I am blessed to have found my ultimate passion to help others in my gifts and talents. As time changes so will my works, I just try to capture each moment and each topic that strikes me as a failure of society so that perhaps the light bulbs of our minds turn on and we are moved to make a positive change amoungst each other. I have found that as much as I feel for an image that I cannot fully satisfy my vision as it is always much more intense and in detail in my mind where it embodies a 3-D perspective in a place with no boundaries.”
Her art can be seen in this photo where she is posing in front of her painting of guitar god Jimi Hendrix. Check out more of her amazing art at her MySpace Artist link at the bottom of this post.
Melissa is 5’2″ tall and weighs 98 pounds and was born in Indiana.
She lists her heroes as Jesus Christ and her parents. Her musical influences include Damien Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Noam Chomsky and Lauryn Hill.
One of her favorite scriptures is Matthew 6:19-34
Melissa’s Websites
Model Michael Muse will play the lead male role in the upcoming Sara Evans country video.
Computer programmer Michael Muse was one of People magazine’s hottest bachelors last year. Since then, Michael has been gaining national attention for his rugged good looks and chiseled features.
An aspiring model and nutritional/healthy life coach, this southern hottie has been turning heads most of his 41-year old life. (And Lexie would know, since, pardon my nepotism, Michael is also family).
More photos of Michael over at Backseat Cuddler.
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as i can be a woman in it.”
Anna Lind-Hansen starred on the Australian version of Big Brother back in 2006 for those of you who still actually watch reality TV.
Check out more photos from this oh-so-real beach scene photo shoot at Horny Oyster.
More bikini clad women from the Bumpshack Bikini Archive.
Socialite Paris Hilton has been released from jail in Los Angeles. Around midnight pacific time Hilton was released and escorted home in a black SUV.
Hilton served 23 days in jail for driving on a suspended license.
UPDATE: It is believed she is heading to her parents home in Malibu.
Fox News is reporting her first meal as a free woman might be at Taco Bell.
UPDATE: The Hiltons seem to be playing a game with the stalker paparazzi as they pulled in and out of the Beverly Hills Hilton. They now appear to be heading to the grand parents mansion.
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