ROOKIES - DAY ONE

Well, today saw a couple of firsts in the JBL. We saw a team land in Montreal that are known as the Poutang. Which is quite an interesting name in itself because it has 'poo' and 'tang'. It's also a play on words for the Quebec famous poutine and of course Poutang is the urban slang word for vagina. Man, that's good stuff. No matter what you think about the quality of this name - it's better than the Belgrade Zombies.

We saw this team from Montreal make the 1st ever JBL Rookie pick....Kyrie Irving. No surprise here. He's the best player in the class (so everyone says). He'll get plenty of opportunity to start. A safe pick but also the right pick (in my opinion).

We also saw the first ever swap of rookie picks when Golden and Seoul swapped spots.

Golden floated the idea to the owners about moving the 12th pick.

Seoul queried the JBL offices about whether he could simply abandon or forfeit his rookie pick as he didn't want to spend the $10 bucks on a player. That got the discussion going on swapping his 3rd pick ($10 dollar salary) for my 12th pick (a $1 dollar salary). Done deal. The swap was done.

It will be interesting to see if Woo makes his pick at 12 and actually keeps the player on his roster. For just $1 dollar - isn't that worth the risk? I guess it depends on who he gets.

So, Golden moves up into the 3-hole and awaits tomorrow's word on who MBB selects. Will he go with Derrick Williams - the #2 NBA pick? It will be interesting if MBB goes a different route because as much as I like Williams, if he was there, I would have to think about the pick because I already have Kevin Love on board. Do I really want my rookie pick competing for minutes against my stud forward?

There are a number of guys I actually like in the #3 hole. I can say this...I won't be following suit and picking Enes Kanter if MBB grabs Williams. Utah's front court is jammed with size - they already have Jefferson, Millsap, Okur and could bring back AK47. Where does Kanter fit? And is he ready for the NBA? Remember, he missed all of last season at Kentucky because he was ruled ineligible because he played in Turkey prior to joining the U of K. So, if Williams goes to MBB - who do I take?

I could go with Tristan Thompson. He was the #4 pick by Cleveland. He's Canadian and could see minutes at PF in Cleveland right away. The #5 pick - Jonas whatshisnutswhoTOtook isn't supposed to play in the NBA this season who he's out of the equation. The #6 pick, Jan Vesely, has a hot girlfriend and could play a lot in Washington this season. Other good options include Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker and Jimmer!!

The other option could be to slide down a couple spots in hopes of learning more about each rookies chancing of playing time with their NBA teams. If I knew Brandon Knight was going to be the starter in Detroit - I would bump him up my rankings. So, if someone really wanted to move up into the 3-hole - I would probably listen. However, I wouldn't want to drop too far down the ladder.

We'll see what MBB does tomorrow with his #2 pick. Whoever he picks really sets the tone for what I may try to do. If he takes Williams - I will likely use my pick. If he takes someone other than Williams - I will likely try to trade the pick. We'll see what happens.