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Just let the commish run the country
By Marc Stein
Special to ESPN.com
Finally, friends, we have a winner. Or, at the very least, an answer for our Electoral Crisis. A two-word solution, at last, to fix the only mathematical mechanism in creation more convoluted than the NBA salary cap.
Does David Stern, center, really want an L.A.-Philly final?
The two words are . David Stern.
We present David J. Stern as your 43rd president of the United States.
We d like to, anyway. It s a little late for nominations, agreed, but it s safe to say that standard parliamentary procedure isn t exactly working, is it? So why not Stern to run a country that, according to highly placed government sources, is really dragging out the recount because nobody wants either of the actual candidates.
(Editor’s note: The most important NBA draft lottery draw for the Pistons since 1994 will take place three weeks from today, June 22. We’re taking a look at different aspects of the lottery each Tuesday until then, continuing with today’s look in the mirror at past Pistons lottery experiences.)
The Pistons have had one go-around in the lottery since the NBA revised the format for the 2019 draft and it went as expected – both according to the math and in line with the franchise’s history. In other words, the Pistons fell two spots.
They went into the lottery in the No. 5 spot with a 10.5 percent chance to land the No. 1 pick, but the odds – flattened after the 2018 draft when a groundswell of support to give more teams a better chance at a pick at or near the top of the lottery prompted change – said their most likely outcome, 27 percent, was to get the No. 7 pick.
Don t blame Kwame for Wizards failures
By Tom Friend
Same obit, different year.
The Washington Wizards won t play in May again, and please stop blaming this mess on Kwame Brown. The Wizards are the most impatient franchise in the NBA, have been for 15 years and even Michael Jordan could not overcome their culture of losing.
Kwame Brown, right, has been the whipping boy of Michael Jordan.It s clear now that the Jordan era in D.C. will end the same way the Mitch Richmond era ended, the same way the Rod Strickland era ended, the same way every Wizard era ends in the lottery with their fingers crossed. One playoff appearance since the late 80s is even more pathetic than the Clippers, and it won t get better until they fire Doug Collins and make an intelligent trade for once. Or
Even as his Vanderbilt product Aaron Nesmith put together an encouraging stretch of games in mid-February, his college coach cautioned that Nesmith was still figuring out how to best impact games at the NBA level.
Said Stackhouse in late February: Once he gets it, look out. He’s going to do everything he can to stay there.”
Nesmith vanished from Boston’s rotation just as quickly as he emerged that month. Despite distinguishing himself with his hustle, he was a DNP Coach’s Decision in six of seven games starting on the final day of February. Even as Boston navigated relentless health woes, Nesmith’s playing time was spotty for the next two months.