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Some of you may already be familiar with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and it's been a long time since I studied it before my major changed from Astrophysics to Music.....And that's another story. Basically, it says you can't actually pinpoint the position of an electron or other particle, because while it might have been there, it's probably not there now. If you could hold the sucker down with your finger, you can't determine it's velocity or momentum.....Trust me, you can't. This NBA draft is driving me crazy, in that if you try and place a player in such and such a spot, something changes and suddenly he's ten spots lower or higher. And just like measuring the momentum and position of that elusive electron, it's due to the makeup of the draft and the Universe itself, and not to a lack of knowledge or measuring ability. This is probably the most intriguing NBA draft I’ve witnessed since I’ve been paying close attention to the zoo that constitutes the selection of NBA players.

We’re two weeks away from the draft, and I haven’t a clue about whom the Jazz are going to draft. I’ve got it narrowed down to about thirty guys, however.

I think.

In reality, I don’t know. There are some problems with this draft that are making it almost impossible to get a handle on it. First and most importantly is the lack of talent. This draft is seriously lacking in immediate help type players. In fact, I can only think of one I would label as can’t miss, Griffin, of course. There are several that are pretty good chances to make an impact, Harden, Thabeet, Rubio….But even they don’t impress me as being the type of player that usually abound in the top five. Harden, I think, will be a very nice NBA player. I’d love to have him. Thabeet tops my list of ‘he might be good but has a high chance of bust-city’ written on his forehead. He’d worry me to death if I was picking two or three. I’d probably avoid him. Rubio will be exciting as hell, start from day one, and drive his team crazy with spectacular plays and even more spectacular turnovers while shooting bricks for the first couple of years as he gets used to the NBA. Then, watch out. Think of ‘Pistole Pete’ meets Steve Nash. Can Rubio actually drive yet? I didn’t know anyone was that young.

Hill is sliding faster than a semi down Parley’s in an ice storm. He’s dropped from three to ten, and probably won’t drop a lot farther. Jrue Holiday is all over the mocks, from five to twenty five, and the knock is that how can you draft him high despite his obvious physical talent when he’s never produced? Collison kept him on the bench, and Collison is flirting with the second round. Hansbrough has made Ford fall in love with him during their recent affair at the combine, and now Hansbrough is a lottery pick. Pass me the lithium, please. We’re in a manic phase now, I guess. We did have a brief fling at the twentieth pick, but it’s over now. Those college crushes…….

Blair supposedly has bad knees, a la Kevin Love. Who knows where he will go. If a team really likes him, and remembers Love’s success during his first season, perhaps he’ll still go in the lottery. Haven’t a clue. Stephen Curry apparently fits New York’s helter skelter plans, and they love him. Problem is, he’ll probably be gone by the eighth pick. Now Jeff Teague has Milwaukee hot and bothered at ten, as they’ll probably lose Sessions due to free agency. There are red flags on Earl Clark and James Johnson, rumors floating that they’ve got ‘personality issues’. What does that mean? They’re both bad guys? Clark supposedly loses focus from the time he leaves the bench to the center jump, and Johnson single handedly destroyed his college program. I guess. Both of them are lottery talent who might drop to the last third of the first round. I’m skeptical, if they’ve got talent, someone will take a chance. Red Herrings, anyone?

Brandon Jennings was a spectacular flop in Europe, but wasn’t really given a chance to succeed with the regimented way the Euros run their teams. Remember France’s supposedly invincible Maginot Line? Oops. Back to Jennings……Who knows. Great talent. We’ll see.

Ford now has Sam Young as the Jazz pick. At this rate, by Mock 20.0 we’ll be drafting Luke Neville. In reality, Young isn’t a bad pick, aside from the fact he’s actually as old as LeBron AND Greg Oden look. He’s a great athlete, but he’s a power forward in a small forward’s body.

This will be a most interesting draft. Rumors of trades, moving up, getting out, drinking hemlock…….Bring the popcorn, settle in at the draft party, and don’t be surprised at anything. I suspect David Stern will look just as confused as ever, mispronounce about 30 names, and get a crick in his neck from looking up. Other than that, who knows? I’ll get a mock ready this weekend, but if I get five out of thirty picks right on this first one, it will be a success, and then I'll start pinpointing that Muon.


There is one outstanding fact about this draft, and that’s the NY pick we own next year. While this is one of the weakest drafts ever, next year’s will be one of the deepest ever. It’s only right it should be so, and thank you, Mr. Thomas. It’s been nice doing business with you, sort of.


Sometimes in the grand scheme of the Universe, stuff just happens.