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As a basketball fanatic, or perhaps a recovering fanatic (some days it\u2019s debatable), I have to point out something slightly hilarious about the draft. It\u2019s all hyped up and stuff, like sports usually are, but here\u2019s the deal: the best part happens in the first five minutes. In other form of media does this occur? In music, the first five minutes often functions as an intro; in movies, the first five minutes only begins to set the scene; in a radio show, the show is just getting off the ground five minutes in. With the NBA draft, however, powered by the NBA\u2019s breathless marketing campaign, the whole shebang peaks five minutes in. Does this strike anyone else as ironic?<\/p>\n

The guy in the pic is Vermont\u2019s Taylor Coppenrath, who might get drafted. Vermont plays in the same conference as the University of Maine, where my father went, and which thus commands my allegiance. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"