Jeff Green over Corey Brewer- The '07 NBA Draft

Despite all the noisy analysis ,the draft's major surprise has gone unmentioned. Seattle trades Ray Allen, no problem there, for the #5 pick, even better, and directs Boston, lost in the woods and eating wild berries, to select Jeff Green. Not Yi. Not Brandan Wright, or Jo' Noah. Jeff Green. The same Jeff Green that plays the exact position as Corey Brewer.

Brewer, the MVP of the '07 tournament and a lock to have been lottery pick last year if he had come out, got obscured by the workout wonder hypnosis that happens at least once every year, in every draft, in every sport. Green was a little taller, and had a lot more to prove. Brewer traveled with the other four Florida draftees. He'd already had his showcase. But somehow the Sonics had missed it.

Green has been riding a wave of nostalgia for the "Georgetown player": a hard nosed, ready for the pros, defender that can score. He also benefits from the Jordan and Pippen team model. Ultimately both roles are overstated for Green's game. He's slow for his position; laking the explosiveness of a Pippen, or a Marion for that matter, and never displaying the ferocity ofa lock down defender. He's really an undersized power forward (listed at 6'10") who will be asked to play the three.

Brewer's physique seems designed for the modern small forward position. He's a long 6'8" and quicker than most 2 guards he'll face much less the small forwards he'll be defending. Most importantly,although both players were singled out for MVPs this last season, Brewer was more suited to take a backseat to Kevin Durant. As member of Florida's two National Championship teams Brewer reguarlly submerged his ego for the good of the team. Green has spent the last two years being "The Man" at Georgetown. He has yet to prove his value as a complementary player. And that's what this trade was about.: a Robin for Batman.

Every year someone outsmarts themselves. It's ironic that this years main culprit was trumpeted as the only team with a no-brainer: either Oden or Durant at the second pick. Green has a chance, but with Brewer the Sonics missed a sure thing.

So who's the dictator of fonts anyway? And why can't we get an approximation of cursive on keyboards already? And by the way Qwerty keyboards are as bad as for you as Dominos Cheesy-bread. Not that you know what Qwerty keyboards are, but we'll deal with that another day.

Speaking of which, I was planning on laying out the continuing deterioration of the NYC Ethically Code of Pedestrians, but the problems are so immense and pervasive currently, it wouldn't fit in an introductoryblog( Devil I hate that word, but I'll get to that). Needless to say it's not a pressing issue for most anyway. But for me...

For now I'm going to get a few things off and expand later.

George Lucas is a hack.

Clinton and Bush senior aren’t the odd couple. They're both Masons.

Manhattan is now 88% a gated community.

The French aren't the worst tippers the English are.

The Yankees won't win a World Series anytime soon (so calm down you reactionary jackasses) but they're still a hundred times better than the Knicks. This begs the question how much better are they than the Rangers who for all intents and purposes don’t exist anymore.

The South has risen again and the main weapon is air conditioning.

NASCAR and Indy racing are ethically worse than Cock Fights. (Wasted gas)

The last three pop musical genres are urban. Will rural ever produce another?

Mix High Fructose Corn Syrup and Bovine Growth Hormone. Churn. Let sit a number of years. Serves a Nation: Unnatural bodies.

Guess that's enough for now.