THE MAYHEM: The NBA Draft Has Limits and That's a Shame
The NBA age limit stinks - just ask Dickie V., he'll tell you why...
Kevin Willis, Zan Tabak, Oliver Miller. They were among the first.
Antonio Davis, Loren Woods, Chris Bosh*. They’ve been the latest.
In between, hollow men like: Eric Montross, Rafael Araujo, Hakeem Olajuwon (more Nigerian nightmare than Dream at this stage), Mamadou N’Diaye, Keon Clark, Charles Oakley.
These 12 very tall humans from three continents and five countries have all tried to play center for one perennially sad-to-mediocre NBA franchise: the Toronto Raptors.
Now the Raps have scooped the first overall pick in Wednesday’s draft – a tool that can end a search for a missing link in the middle that has dated to the team’s triassic era. Except for one thing, Toronto has been blunt-end plungered out of its best option – a 7-foot specimen from the Hoosier state – because the NBA thinks he’s not old enough or responsible enough to collect a paycheck larger than what a Sam Walton employee takes home. |
