2012 NBA Draft Live Blog

Anthony Davis on the idea to trademark that brow: "I loved it. Who doesn't love money?"

Also, I think it's worth noting that there are probably more singular hairs making up Anthony Davis's unibrow than fans at the Prudential Center right now. Yes, that means that I think there are around 4,000 hairs making up Anthony Davis' caterpillar.

Sadly, I'm wearing an obnoxious Tommy Hilfiger white shirt and a striped tie I bought the other day on the corner outside the office. I bought it from the vendor who was pulling double duty at the King Tut Halal food cart.

So the real story tonight sounds like it might be the trades that could begin as soon as Davis is off the board. But one thing that's really remarkable about NBA draft trades is the fact that they even happen in the first place. No day in the NBA is riskier than today. And nothing -- not even drafting anyone other than Davis -- is riskier than a trade. As Steve Kerr told me last year: "Every team in the league has some MIT whiz trying to make sense of all this. Frankly, I think it?s impossible. In the end, there?s no way you could ever quantify this stuff to a precise calculation."

Tony, you're in Newark tonight, just a few pocket squares away from all the action. What (or who?) are you wearing?

It looks like 12 of the 14 draft picks in the Prudential Center are wearing pocket squares. The only two non-squares (who are the real squares, am I right?): Harrison Barnes and Austin Rivers. How did that happen? Glad you asked. Both wanted to be the only one without a pocket square, so Barnes told Rivers he was going with the pocket square, and Rivers told Barnes the same thing. Neither knew that the other was actually crossing his fingers behind his back.

There was good news and bad news for basketball fans this afternoon. Bad news: DraftExress.com, the Bible of NBA Draft coverage, was temporarily down. Good news: SCOTUSblog, the Bible of Supreme Court coverage, was still up! One thing that's really fun to do on NBA Draft day is read lawyers parse through Supreme Court opinions -- in real time. I hope you get to try it for yourself some day.

The select players attending the Draft tonight were apparently stuck in rush-hour traffic heading to Newark from Manhattan. They would have taken New Jersey Transit, but they were all just like, Would you take New Jersey Transit?

NBA players no longer have to worry about getting locked out of their houses -- that's what the lockout mess was about, right? -- and the league is a week removed from a marvelous postseason that ended with the best athlete on the planet winning his first championship. So here's the question everyone's been waiting for: Are you ready for the NBA Draft? If you're reading this, then you probably are. And you should be! The NBA playoffs were rife with superstars reaching the sport's apex before and after wearing perfectly tailored suits, watches that make GQ editors drool and glasses that may or may not have had lenses. The NBA Draft tonight will be rife with experts talking about the potential of future mid-level exceptions, many of whom will be wearing outfits that were approved by their mothers. So, yes, I couldn't be more excited.

One person who probably is more excited is Anthony Davis, who will shake hands with David Stern and put on a New Orleans Hornet snap-back as soon as the Hornets finish popping champagne and remember to call in the pick. If I were a Hornets fan, my only concern in the world right now would be my front-office executives getting a little too cozy with the bubbly. But then that never happens in New Orleans, so there's nothing to worry about.

After Davis comes a big, no-body-fat question mark.?Who will Charlotte take with the No. 2 pick: Thomas Robinson, Bradley Beal, Harrison Barnes, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist or someone named "Trade," for whom I can't find a last name? Will Damian Lillard wear another bow tie? Will Austin Rivers pass up the opportunity to smile? (Just kidding! Everyone knows Rivers doesn't like to pass.) Will Cory Booker save Michael Jordan... from drafting Harrison Barnes? And most important: Is it actually possible to kiss your girlfriend better than Jan Vesely did?

To borrow a few good words from Aaron Sorkin -- who probably doesn't mind -- all that and more, coming up on this live blog, so stick around.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/06/28/2012-nba-draft-live-blog/?mod=WSJBlog

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