Gents,

1. Did you see the game the last player taken in our draft
   had last night? 

                                      REBOUNDS
PLAYER  POS  MIN  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  OFF-DEF-TOT  AST  PF  ST  TO  PTS
======  ===  ===  =======  =======  ===========  ===  ==  ==  ==  ===
T DELK  G    37   13-16     3-3      2   6   8   10   3   0   2   33

   plus 1 blocked shot and 4 3-pointers! 

   These guys are good! Too bad it doesn't count.

2. I take it back - Hill isn't a wimp. I've now read that
   he sprained the ankle but kept playing on it. So, he
   may be stupid but he's not a wimp.

3. I don't ever recall in the NBA so many superstars having
   fallen so far. Consider when the following players were
   taken:

   40 David Robinson
   46 Reggie Miller
   60 John Stockton
   64 Hakeem Olajuwon
   76 Penny Hardaway

   not drafted: Kukoc, Stoudamire, Joe Smith, Pippen,
                Tim Hardaway, Patrick Ewing

   I guess the money is too good to walk away from while you
   are still a decent player so they hold on as long as they 
   can.

4. I can not believe the Sixers got Coleman back yesterday. I 
   predict a disaster in Philadelphia this winter.

5. Cyberzahm predictions - in order of predicted finish:

Dave
Nice job. Maybe took Mutumbo a little soon considering
Shaq was already in the fold ... and Shawn Bradley at
pick 56 (want to lock up that blocked shot category eh?).
But, you can't count on this team being managed extremely
well (or at all) so you gotta put them last.

Andy
You know, in most ways Andy seems fairly intelligent.
He can entertain with poetry, discuss world affairs,
analyze sporting events - but he is simply roto-hoops
"challenged". And the a'mazin thing is he thinks his
team is good. Camby, Ratliff, and BWallace at Center?
Puh-leese. The mistake of taking Marbury with pick 11
was partially fixed by getting Kidd at 18 but I see too
many stretches on this team. 6th place.

Jack
Not bad. But too many one dimensional players and a couple
of big stretches. Ray Allen is a good player and we did 
add 3's this year but pick number 3 in the draft?
Payton is on the downside now, the Admiral is hurt all the
time, Eddie and Allan don't do enough. 5th place.

Hans
Did snake me a couple times (I considered taking Bibby at
pick 37 - didn't think he would get back to me at pick 48.
Watched with growing hopefulness as player after player was
drafted and then stupid Hans takes him at 47. Ouch.) Pulled
the trigger on the move everyone was having wet dreams about -
Nowitski at center. I don't expect MJ to be that good. 
Nobody to help him and the zone is back so he'll be double
teamed. Not a bad draft, but somebody has to be 4th.

Mags
Great job providing the lists of players for the day's draft.
Must have been interesting evenings. I think you will hate
Divac and Howard, but they were drafted late enough not to hurt
too much. I hope AI works out, but as I said, it looks like
a long winter in Philly. Still, I like the looks of the team
and say it will be 3rd.

Gabes 
Good job per usual. What do you expect when you can
work on your draft 24/7, with secretarial support.
Best two guards in the league and maybe two of the
top 3 players in Frances and Carter at picks 7 and 8.
Picking last might not be too bad in this league - 
maybe we should select draft slots in opposite order
of finish instead of just drafting in opposite order
of finish. Loved the JO'Neal and KMartin picks.
Center is weak with Jahidi backing up Hakeem - Hakeem
couldn't hit a lion with a shotgun these days. Sad.
2nd place.

Fox
Need one of the Alonzo/Grant gambles to pay off.
Other than that, the good balance shown by this roster,
and the astutue management skills historically displayed
by the brilliant manager, leads me to pick the Foxes
number 1.

That's all.

Fox