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Bill Simmon's annual draft diary (ESPN)

Rickey Rubio isn't feeling Minnesota (Deadspin)

Tyreke Evans will be better than Rickey Rubio (Sac Bee)

Let's just say Jordan Hill wasn't the most popular person at last night's draft (Daily News)

Are the Magic better with Vince Carter instead of Turkoglu (Pro Basketball News)

Are the Houston Rockets cursed? (Houston Chron)

Face tattoo's taken to an extreme (Ugliest Tattoo's)

Tyler Hansbrough fits in with the Pacers (Larry Brown Sports)

Tiger vs. Jimmy Fallon (Online Sports Guy)

Joe Dumars drafted for good character. What Sheed and Iverson aren't good character guys? (Detroit News)

Winners & Losers of the Draft

Suspensions anyone?

While there was some rough play in the Boston-Orlando game, that was nothing compared to the 2nd half of the Houston-Los Angeles game.

It's obvious these two teams don't like each other. Even Derek Fisher was thrown out for this little stunt.



And for the second game in a row Kobe Bryant threw an elbow. Only this time he threw it at Ron Artest. Not exactly the guy you want to throw an elbow at. And the question has to be asked, if Dwight Howard can be suspended for throwing an elbow, why can't Kobe? You be the judge on this elbow thrown by Bryant.



Ron, Ron was gave this little interview after this game.



While the NBA playoffs haven't exactly been exciting, this series could provide some drama. It's been a while since I was interested in a playoff series, but I am getting into this series. I can't wait to watch game 3, when the series shifts to Houston.

BTW, Stu Jackson, the NBA principle, was attending this game. And when the TNT camera's were shooting his reaction it was priceless. You could tell he was pissed, because he was in for a long night.