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2009 NBA Draft Preview: in Poetry

'Twas the night before the Draft and all through the 'net,

All the creatures are stirring to spew idle threats!

"Jrue won't play here! Or there!" super(?)agent Dan Fegan'll say,

But that tone may change, come 6 o'clock Thursday.

Star-divide

See, draft day is erratic, this - you already know,

Still, always, it's always an incredible show!

Joakim Noah's suit, Randy Foye's many hats,

Getting the buzz from the 4-letter's own Andy Katz!

Where will B-Jennings finally get drafted,

Was going overseas the reason he's shafted?

Who is Jonas Jerebko, where is he from?

Pronouncing his name has made my tongue numb!

Blake will go first, I believe this is fact,

Who's next, however, is why my brain's being wracked:

Hasheem "The Dream", the big straight of ol' UConn,

Ricky Rubio, whose hype makes me get my puke on?

Maybe it's Evans, or Flynn, or the glutton of guards,

It won't be J-Hodge, who once got punched in the nards!

James Harden looks good and solid, but won't be a star,

Will his intangibles be able to take him real far?

Jordan Hill is tall - height's always a hot commodity,

But so was young Kurrgan, and he ended up an Oddity!

DeMar DeRozan has Ridiculous Upside I suppose,

But the true test will be later to see how that upside GROWS.

Stephen Curry is a stud, well, at least he was in college,

But what's he bring to the NBA?  More than his basketball knowledge?

B.J. Mullens, Ty Hansbrough and Austin Daye are all white,

Which will be called the biggest bust of the night? 

Gerald Henderson's from Duke, his real name's Jerome,

Will he be carrying the dreaded 'Dookie's suck in the NBA' syndrome?

DeJuan Blair is round and talented, though his knees seem feeble and weak,

Plus I hated him in college, though not more than 80's wrassler Iron Sheik!

Maynor, Collison, Douglas and Mills, the 2nd tier seems damned,

Still, they're good! pick 'em high - stay free from being scammed.

All in all, the night'll be exciting, with more drama than possible on TNT,

So come right here to Ridiculous Upside, and enjoy it live with me!

We'll be restless in the comments, spewing love and hate galore,

But still, just like the D-League OSLB's, you'll be begging for more!

Let's have fun, and celebrate together this joyous occasion,

Be loud, be proud, and let us all support the glorious SB Nation!

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Impressive.

+1 for that.

True Blue Jazz
Bucco Ball
I'm on Twitter
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09

by UtesFan89 on Jun 24, 2025 9:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Appreciate it

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 12:16 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scott where did this come from?

Epic, truly Epic. Good work.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 24, 2025 10:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Essentially

I’m the man. Are you accusing me of stealing it from somewhere? All me, terrible rhyming and all.

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 12:12 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, merely surprised at the creativity

I didn’t think you had it in you.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 25, 2025 9:22 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Very nice. I tried to rhyme an answer but got nothing.

I did make a post about bad outfits using your Foye picture though.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/6/24/924279/memorable-moments-in-nba-draft

by Norsktroll on Jun 24, 2025 11:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ahaha, nice, very nice.

Open thread here tomorrow right? This is gonna be good.

by atthehive on Jun 25, 2025 1:12 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Open thread indeed

Probably early afternoon - once I get all of my other talking points of the way.

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 1:26 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Check in like two hours, and you’ll see the “twas the night before” thing on Liberty Ballers. Swear to God I started writing it two days ago, and this heading deflated the frick out of me. Darn you Scott! Darn you to heck!

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by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on Jun 25, 2025 1:20 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Takes you two days to write?

I wrote this in 20 minutes! As a friend of mine once said, TAFKAMB, “Step yo’ Game Up!” (He inspired me, so I created a dance to the song as well)

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 1:29 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wanted to use the “Twas the night before” thing, and I couldn’t do that two days in advance. So I wrote some of it, and am currently finishing. It’s pretty epic.

President and Personal Escort of the Gerry McNamara Fan Club

by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on Jun 25, 2025 2:18 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scott, you couldn't even put on shoes for the dance

nothing grosses me out like dirty socks.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 25, 2025 9:25 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

IF you were a real dancer

You’d know we don’t wear socks. My toes do my talking for me. I was going to go barefoot, but I couldn’t find my toenail trimmer.

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 10:14 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oops I was wrong....

nothing grosses me out like dirty, long, chippy, yellowed toe nails.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 25, 2025 10:17 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Little bit of dried blood as well under the toenails...

My delicate toes weren’t used to my newfound love of sprintjogwalking a few miles each night.

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 10:30 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And I just puked up blueberry yogurt in my mouth....

thanks scott.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 25, 2025 11:34 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doubtful.

I know you don’t eat yogurt.

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by Scott Schroeder on Jun 25, 2025 12:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I did this morning

and it was good….until I puked it up.

by IcemanCometh on Jun 25, 2025 12:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs


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