Tuesday - Dec 5th

Well, I heard from Bobby Hucul today. He's been swamped at work and hadn't had time to check in about his #2 pick. Regardless, it's been sorted and MBB selected Derrick Williams with his #2 pick. By all accounts, Williams is projected as the leading contender for rookie of the year. He's apparently the most NBA ready player in the draft and should be the one of the key forwards used by Rick Adelmann in Minnesota.

Then we moved to my newly acquired pick at #3. With this pick I bucked the NBA trend (where Utah picked Enes Kanter at #3) and I selected Kemba Walker. You remember him - the diminutive PG that led UCONN to the National Championship last season. He's a scoring machine and despite his size (6'0 or under) he should be counted on to score for a Charlotte team that outside of Corey Maggette and Boris Diaw doesn't have much offensive talent.

Is he worth the $10 buck salary that comes with the #3 rookie pick? Maybe, yes. He certainly has fantasy appeal in my view. Now, that being said, could he be had in a potential trade? Yes. I'll need to see what Charlotte's rotation is going to look like but all signs point to Kemba being the 3rd guard in the rotation with Augustin and Henderson.

Bangkok is up next tomorrow with the #4 pick and we all know Rick has a knack for picking the best rookies every year. He's been the guy to take Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook for cheap in years gone by. So, who is this year's gem? Rick knows. Is it Jimmer Fredette? Is it Klay Thompson? Brandon Knight? Jan Vesely? Someone else? We'll find out tomorrow.

Oh, and for all you JBL Chronicle fanatics, I'll be taking my blogging skills on the road for the next 10 days as the family is off to Hawaii a little sunshine. Don't worry, I'll be connected and be updating the JBL site when necessary and of course I'll probably find some time to hit up the Chronicles with all things NBA Fantasy as it will get really fun on Friday when player movement begins. Where will Nene land? David West? Jamal Crawford? Will CP3 and D12 get moved? Man, it's going to be awesome.

Aloha boys!