As excited as I was for the NBA draft and to see who the Trail Blazers would select, I found it mostly and incredibly unwatchable.
Lame interview questions and the perception of the ESPN talking heads panel who were handling the program, all just showing up at the last minute and having no time, or willingness, to prepare.
I eventually had to turn it off and tune into the local radio voices.
They should just scrap the player/parent interviews. Nothing useful is said or revealed and I'm not sure that there's even any possibility of that happening. It's just not the time or place and besides, ESPN apparently doesn't have the personalities to create interest.
I've appreciated Jay Bilas and his opinions over the years but his takes just seem recycled tonight.
It doesn't need to be a glitzy, made-for-television event.
We don't need to see the commish, stroll to the podium every five minutes to reveal each pick.
I'd rather see all the GM's, sitting together at one long table, rubbing their temples, scribbling on note pads, intensely whispering with their assistants and scouts and announcing their own selections.
Or I'd rather see cutting to televised feeds from each city with all involved parties in a room, (maybe even an interested player or two), sharing opinions and agonizing over their selections and follow-up selections and moves.
Maybe it's my age showing, but I don't really care to hear the immediate and mostly inane thoughts of 18- and 19-year-olds and their parents. But what else can they say when asked the same inane questions that each kid before them, this year, last year and ten years ago, was asked?
I don't care to see some hyped up, cowboy hat wearing freak from San Antonio proclaiming to the world, the number one overall pick to be the "savior." Seems like a lot of pressure to put on a kid.
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