By la287

Every offseason, bloggers unite to create their own community mock drafts and draft previews. Year after year, the players and draft order change, but the format has remained the same. Write a few paragraphs about your local team, discussing the picks your team owns, what needs your team needs to address, and who you think they should select.

Although last year’s extensive reviews were quite successful, the typical mock drafts and previews have been done far too many times. This year, I decided to throw everybody off. Bloggers were encourage to write a “preview” for their team in a unique format, and it had to be exactly thirty words. This threw some people off, but there are some great poems nonetheless.

Here’s a beautiful haiku (times two!) courtesy of our Toronto Raptors‘ friends at RaptorsHQ.

To trade or keep pick 17…

A wing or a big
Both coveted by the Raps
At pick seventeen

Douglas Roberts, Rush
Ajinca, Greene or, Lopez
No more Hoffa’s please

Our next work of art comes a real-life sports agent, Darren of SportsAgentBlog, who previewed the Miami Heat.

A few years from a championship away,
Michael Beasley comes in to save the day,
All of South Beach will jump for joy,
When Mr. Beasley becomes a Miami boy.

Carolyn, the woman behind And One, hopes that DeAndre Jordan falls to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Ode to DeAndre

You can be the center of attention; the center of the universe; concentric; a point, pivot, axis, core; equally distant from the extremes; just please be ours.

The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have the best draft placement this year, but Don of With Malice.

Singin’ the LA Draft Dodge Blues

With Bynum back,
And things on track,
Take a chance this year.
At fifty eight,
It’s not too late
To draft Dave Padgett here.

In fact, Don had such a hard time witholding his excitement for the draft that he sent us another one, for the Chicago Bulls, who hold the #1 pick.

Chicago!

The Bulls declared.
We’re number one!
A chance to rebuild,
And rekindle the fun.

But what to do?
Big Easy or Rose?
One thing is for sure:
Nobody knows!

However, Jeff of Slam Dunk Central thinks he knows who the Bulls will pick.

A Rose by another name may smell sweet, but the Bulls want Derrick because he thinks on his feet. Time’s now for Rose’s story will he match Jordan’s Glory?

One of our contributors from last year, Anton Miller, sent his pick for the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors rookie won’t play, unless they trade up for a stud. If they don’t deal the pick look for a swingman like Donte Greene or a big that drops.

This year’s draft hasn’t had quite the hype as some recent years, and Jeff at CelticsBlog has focused his time on the Boston Celtics‘ championship instead.

“Normally I spend most of April, May, and June devouring every scrap of information I can find on top draft picks. This year; not so much. I have no clue.”

The NBA draft is just a little more than a day away. Keep your fingers crossed for an exciting day of trades and surprises!

Edit: Jon, of Passion and Pride, sent me this poem I forgot to include in the initial post. Thanks for pointing it out!

Here it is:
“The Sixers are looking big man
To give them a post offense plan
With the 16th pick,
They’ll pull a nifty trick,
And trade up as far as they can.”