With there being no suspense about who the number one and number two NBA draft picks would be, the only question left was this: What would Mr. Oden and Mr. Durant wear? See, when you take a nineteen or twenty year old guy, give him a huge chunk of change and introduce him to a high end tailor, the result can be fashion high comedy (good example: Jalen Rose's classic mobster pinstripe done in technicolor red instead of the usual charcoal. He looked like he rushed over to the draft after finishing his turn as Sky Masterson in a production of Guys and Dolls).
Alas, Messrs Oden and Durant were annoyingly tasteful in their wardrobe picks. Check out the videos below where they walk onstage, shake hands with David Stern (who I think whispers to them something like, "I don't care how much money you're going to make son, I'm in charge of this league and don't ever forget it." He is the true Godfather.), then do a sitdown with Stuart Scott, who continues his streak of not ever asking an interesting question.
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In other draft news, the Sonics trade Ray Allen to the Celtics for their #5 pick (Georgetown's Jeff Green), along with Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak. So Ray Allen, who thought he was going to have the opportunity to play alongside budding superstar Durant now finds himself on his way to Boston, where he'll have the opportunity to, well, suck. Meanwhile, upon finding out that's he's been traded to hot-for-Durant-Seattle, Szczerbiak excitedly applauds and promptly dislocates both shoulders. He has been impressively almost Pavano-esque in his ability to get injured. Almost. No one tops the Carl when it comes to the inexplicable season ender.
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