Watching the NBA Draft, it’s clear why the NFL Draft is the premier player selection process.
Several reasons why the NBA Draft is inferior to the NFL Draft
That’s saying a lot considering Chris Berman has nothing to do with the NBA Draft. Let’s ponder the reasons why the NFL Draft is superior:
1. The wait is the hardest part: It seems like just about every player in the NBA Draft will need time to develop. Seemingly only about five for 10 of the guys drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft will make an impact as a rookie. Almost no second round picks will matter ever. If I drank every time Jay Bilas talked about a guy needing to develop, my body would be decaying by pick 15.
2. Week night: Really, having a draft on a Thursday night is a bad idea. It’s too tempting to just watch reruns of The Office and 30 Rock. Hopefully the NFL doesn’t change formats so drastically and has the first rounds of the draft on week nights.
3. Bilas is no Kiper: Jay Bilas is an excellent college basketball analyst. But he's not a presence like Mel Kiper. The other nice about Kiper is that he doesn't seem to have an agenda. Sure, he prefer Maryland and the Baltimore Ravens, but Bilas overtly praises the ACC. Jeff Van Gundy and Marc Jackson, however, are outstanding.
4. Too soon: Didn’t the Los Angeles Lakers win the championship a week and a half ago? One of the best parts of the NFL Draft is the anticipation between the Super Bowl and the last week of April.
5. Rodrigue Beaubois: David Stern couldn’t even correctly say the name of the 25th overall pick. Beaubois will probably never play in the NBA and he was a first-round pick. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page!
6. Ric Bucher: Seriously, what’s that guy made of, wax?
7 Picks for sale: Need some cash? Sell away your future. Just like a hooker!
8. So many in attendance: Really, why was Christian Eyenga, the 30th overall pick at Radio City Music Hall? Even Stern seemed puzzled watching the Congo native lumber through the crowd.
9. The lottery: Not rigged at all.
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