The NBA Draft Live Blog/Chat

In a week where we have an epic soccer ending and the world's longest tennis match (seriously, that thing defies all reasonable rules of reality), my world is still revolving out of my greatest guilty pleasure in sports, and an opportunity for me to totally nerd out: The NBA Draft!!!

It is seriously awesome. The best draft of all the sports for a number of reasons:

1) Unlike the NFL, picks happen with good flow (5 minutes in between)

2) Unlike the NFL, there is a rookie salary scale that allows for more trades

3) Unlike MLB, you know who the players are

4) Unlike hockey, well....... is there a draft on TV for that?

5) And you get ginormous men in ridiculous suits shaking hands with David Stern

The live chat was derailed by an evening of lackluster drama and few moves, not to mention a poorly thought-out ESPN broadcasting crew that could not keep the energy up. So, after the dust settles, expect a meaningless post grading the draft picks. I need to grade all of the upside potential before I get to it though. Oh, and start shopping for Gordon Hayward Jazz jerseys.