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Bucks
Well, the Bucks picked Yi Jianlian (pronounced YEE CHON-LEN or EE TEE-an-LEE-an) with the #6 pick in the draft.

My reaction was much like the one from this kid above….What the heck??

Kind of a gamble, IMO. However, the more that I read about him, the better I feel. As some have mentioned the potential publicity of having him play in Milwaukee is huge — as it was with Yao Ming.

It helps that GM Larry Harris‘ old man, Del Harris, coached the Chinese National Team. Contrary to reports from Yi’s agent about the Bucks not watching him play in China, the Bucks have seen him in action at least 20 times.

It’d be in Yi’s best interest to play for the Bucks. Yanking him back to China or making a stink will do nothing but cost him money and credibility. If I remember right, Yao had some of these issues before he kicked some of his entourage to the curb and started doing what he wanted.

Here’s some more insight on Yi from a fellow Bucks fan.

Sonics-Celtics Trade
The trade of Ray Allen to the Celtics made me sad. My hopes about the Sonics coming to the Sprint Center in Kansas City with my favorite player, Ray Allen, are dashed to smithereens. Thanks a lot Danny Ainge. Jerk.

I guess I’ll have to sort-of start liking the Celtics now. They have my main man now. At least the Celts don’t have Antoine Walker any more.

I’m still getting over Paul Pierce leaving Kansas early for the NBA. Pierce and Drew Gooden (a.k.a. “Patch”) are about on the same level in my mind as far as former KU players in the NBA. Of course, Pierce is way better than Gooden’ll ever be.

Bulls
Aargh.

The other team that I didn’t want Joakim Noah going to is the Bulls — and what happens? The Bulls pick him. I’ll say it again. Noah is going to be a bust in the NBA. Wrong attitude, can’t score, too much of a wuss physically for the NBA, etc.

Portland-Knicks Trade
You gotta love KU alum and Portland GM Kevin Pritchard retooling with young studs and casting off the last of the Jail Blazers (Zach Randolph). Channing Frye may be OK, but Francis is done.

Portland is shaping up to be really good. With Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden and 4 other draft picks — yikes. They could get really good, really fast.

Yep, the Knicks are the Oakland Raiders of the NBA. Isiah Thomas is the moron.

T’Wolves
I’m really disappointed that something didn’t happen with KG on draft night. Corey Brewer and Chris Richard are going to make it all better?? I don’t think so.

KG deserves a new team. The chorus chanting for the axe to fall on GM Kevin McHale is getting louder. He’s the Matt Millen of the NBA.

Lakers

Ha-ha.  Kobe.  LOL.  Have fun dude.

I’m sick of the iPhone blathering and all of the talk about Steve Jobs being a cult leader.

(Here’s a link to the 1984 video and the Office Lemmings one.  Here’s a nice interview explaining the Cult of Mac. )

Enough already.

For those of you that think that the iPhone will be “all that,” here’s some things that it’s not.

This is a cool little video tutorial on how to automatically add an image icon to a link using CSS.

I especially like the fact that this guy has Irfanview as his default image viewer.  That’s the way it should be.

h/t to faithful reader Joe.

Wouldn’t a Republican win in 2008 cause a major riot?

I’d venture to say that most politicians and news media outlets are enough out of touch with common folk that it could happen.

The liberal news media would go nuts.

Uh, no.

The only move I want Ray Allen to make is with all of the other Sonics to the Sprint Center.

Come on home, Ray.