Sixers Hire Eddie Jordan

Sixers hired Eddie Jordan as their next head coach. This is no surprise, because he is Stefanski's boy from their days at the Nets. Eddie Jordan has a head coaching record of 230-288 (Sacramento and Washington).

"I saw firsthand the immense impact Eddie Jordan had in helping the Nets reach two NBA Finals and as the head coach in Washington he consistently put his teams in a position to win on a nightly basis," Stefanski said Friday night. "He embodies all the qualities I was looking for in the next head coach of the Sixers and we are very excited to have him in Philadelphia."

It has been rumored that Jordan signed a multi-year deal worth about 4 million per season. The Sixers will have a news conference to announce Jordan as the next head coach sometime on Monday.

In Case You Forgot

Hooray For Interleague Play

Well the time is upon us baseball fans. Time for Leagues to collide in Interleague play. Baseball purists—as they like to call themselves—loath the idea of the National League and American League meeting in the regular season.

But no matter what a purist tries to argue, Interleague play is good for baseball. Over the course of a long 162 season, baseball can become monotonous. Fans don’t exactly clamor for tickets when the Marlins or Pirates come to town. But tickets are damn near impossible to find when the Red Sox and Yankees come to your stadium for 3 games out of the year.

The Phillies enter new Yankee stadium after winning 6 of 7 seven games in Washington and Cincinnati. The Phillies are playing good baseball but they still need to prove they can beat strong competition. The Yankees have won 9 straight games and will provide Phillie fans with must see TV.

The storylines are a plenty. Alex Rodriguez already appears to be in mid season form. Will Brett Myers be able to keep him in the park? JA Happ has finally grabbed a spot in the rotation. But I’m sure he would’ve of liked to face a warm-up team that didn’t include A-Rod, Teixeira or Jeter. If he can survive Saturday, then he may just have some staying power. And Sunday afternoon looks to be a pitcher’s dream. Cole Hamels vs. CC Sabathia. Hamels out-dueled the hefty lefty in the postseason last year. So will CC get his revenge now that he wears pinstripes.

It only three games and that’s probably why it's so fun to watch. If you miss the games this weekend, you’ll have to wait a couple of years before the Phillies face the Yankees again. Interleague play works because it is not over-saturated. The cross league games don’t usually sink or save a team’s season. They just make it a little more interesting for a few weeks.

NBA Mock Draft (5/20/09)

FIRST ROUND
1. Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin PF Oklahoma
2. Memphis Grizzlies – Ricky Rubio PG Spain
3. Oklahoma City Thunder – Hasheem Thabeet C UConn
4. Sacramento Kings – Brandon Jennings PG Italy
5. Washington Wizards – Jordan Hill PF Arizona
6. Minnesota Timberwolves - James Harden SG/SF Arizona State
7. Golden State Warriors – Tyreke Evans PG Memphis
8. New York Knicks – Stephen Curry, PG/SG Davidson
9. Toronto Raptors – Earl Clark SF Louisville
10. Milwaukee Bucks – DeMar DeRozan SG USC
11. New Jersey Nets – DeJuan Blair PF Pittsburgh
12. Charlotte Bobcats – Gerald Henderson SG Duke
13. Indiana Pacers – Jonny Flynn PG Syracuse
14. Phoenix Suns – Jrue Holiday PG/SG UCLA
15. Detroit Pistons – James Johnson PF Wake Forest
16. Chicago Bulls – B.J. Mullens C Ohio State
17. Philadelphia 76ers – Eric Maynor PG VCU
18. Minnesota Timberwolves – Terrence Williams SF Louisville
19. Atlanta Hawks – Jeff Teague PG Wake Forest
20. Utah Jazz – Tyler Hansbrough PF UNC
21. New Orleans Hornets – Austin Daye SF Gonzaga
22. Dallas Mavericks – Ty Lawson PG UNC
23. Sacramento Kings – Chase Budinger SF Arizona
24. Portland Trailblazers – Patrick Mills PG St. Marys
25. Oklahoma City Thunder – Taj Gibson PF USC
26. Chicago Bulls – Sam Young SF Pittsburgh
27. Memphis Grizzlies – Omri Casspi SF Israel
28. Minnesota Timberwolves – Wayne Ellington SG UNC
29. Los Angeles Lakers – DaJuan Summers SF Georgetown
30. Cleveland Cavaliers – Nick Calathes PG Florida

SECOND ROUND
31. Sacramento Kings - Darren Collison PG UCLA
32. Portland Trailblazers - Dionte Christimas SG Temple
33. Washington Wizards - Curtis Jerrells PG Baylor
34. Denver Nuggets – Gani Lawal PF Georgia Tech
35. Memphis Grizzlies - Jerel McNeal SG Marquette
36. Detroit Pistons – Marcus Thornton PG LSU
37. San Antonio Spurs – Lester Hudson SG Tennessee-Martin
38. Portland Trailblazers – A.J. Price PG UConn
39. Detroit Pistons – Toney Douglas SG Florida State
40. Charlotte Bobcats - Tyrese Rice PG Boston College
41. Milwaukee Bucks - Damion James SF Texas
42. Los Angeles Lakers – Wesley Matthews SG Marquette
43. Miami Heat – Stefon Jackson SG UTEP
44. Detroit Pistons – Jerome Jordan C Tulsa
45. Minnesota Timberwolves – Jeff Adrian PF UConn
46. Cleveland Cavaliers – Goran Suton PF/C Michigan State
47. Minnesota Timberwolves – Derrick Brown SF Xavier
48. Phoenix Suns – Craig Brackins PF Iowa State
49. Atlanta Hawks – Ben Woodside PG North Dakota State
50. Utah Jazz – Jonas Jerebko SF/PF Sweden
51. San Antonio Spurs – Danny Green SG/SF North Carolina
52. Indiana Pacers – Jeff Pendergraph PF Arizona State
53. San Antonio Spurs – Josh Heytvelt PF/C Gonzaga
54. Charlotte Bobcats – Jermaine Taylor SG Central Florida
55. Portland Trailblazers – Robert Dozier PF Memphis
56. Portland Trailblazers – Jon Brockman C Washington
57. Phoenix Suns – Dante Cunningham SF/PF Villanova
58. Boston Celtics – Josh Akognon PG Cal State Fullerton
59. Los Angeles Lakers – Chris Johnson PF/C LSU
60. Miami Heat – Jack McClinton SG Miami

NBA Draft Lottery Re-Done

With the NBA Draft lottery tonight, we decided to go back to the years 2000-2005, and re-do the lottery picks of each of those drafts. Meaning that if the teams were to pick players today knowing what we know, who would they pick. There was one really bad draft (2000), and a really good draft (2003). There was a month long argument about who would go first overall in 2002, Yao Ming, or Amare Stoudemire. It came down to multiple tiebreakers to decide the winner of that 2002 draft. We have listed 1-14 who the teams actually should take now, with what pick that player actually was in that draft in parentheses. Current Sixers players Andre Iguodala and Lou Williams are in bold. Find out the results of our new lotteries below--

2000

Actual Top Pick: Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati

1. Michael Redd, Ohio State (43)

2. Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati (1)

3. Hedo Turkoglu, Turkey (16)

4. Jamal Crawford, Michigan (8)

5. Jamaal Magloire, Kentucky (19)

6. Mike Miller, Florida (5)

7. DeShawn Stevenson, Washington Union HS (23)

8. Quentin Richardson, DePaul (18)

9. Morris Peterson, Michigan State (21)

10. Keyon Dooling, Missouri (10)

11. Eddie House, Arizona State (37)

12. Desmond Mason, Oklahoma State (17)

13. Stromile Swift, LSU (2)

14. Eduardo Najera, Oklahoma (38)

2001

Actual Top Pick: Kwame Brown, Glynn Academy

1. Tony Parker, France (28)

2. Pau Gasol, Spain (3)

3. Joe Johnson, Arkansas (10)

4. Gilbert Arenas, Arizona (31)

5. Mehmet Okur, Turkey (38)

6. Richard Jefferson, Arizona (13)

7. Tyson Chandler, Dominguez HS (2)

8. Jason Richardson, Michigan State (5)

9. Zach Randolph, Michigan State (19)

10. Shane Battier, Duke (6)

11. Eddy Curry, Thornwood HS (4)

12. Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State (27)

13. Troy Murphy, Notre Dame (14)

14. Gerald Wallace, Alabama (25)

2002

Actual Top Pick: Yao Ming, China

1. Yao Ming, China (1)

2. Amare Stoudemire, Cypress Creek HS (9)

3. Carlos Boozer, Duke (34)

4. Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky (23)

5. Caron Butler, UConn (10)

6. John Salmons, Miami (26)

7. Nene, Brazil (7)

8. Luis Scola, Argentina (55)

9. Udonis Haslem, Florida (Undrafted)

10. Drew Gooden, Kansas (4)

11. Mike Dunleavy Jr., Duke (3)

12. Matt Barnes, UCLA (46)

13. Roger Mason, Virginia (30)

14. Ronald Murray, Shaw (41)

2003

Actual Top Pick: LeBron James, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS

1. LeBron James, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (1)

2. Dwyane Wade, Marquette (5)

3. Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse (3)

4. Chris Bosh, Georgia Tech (4)

5. David West, Xavier (18)

6. Josh Howard, Wake Forest (29)

7. Mo Williams, Alabama (47)

8. T.J. Ford, Texas (8)

9. Boris Diaw, France (21)

10. Leandro Barbosa, Brazil (28)

11. Mickael Pietrus, France (11)

12. Kirk Hinrich, Kansas (7)

13. Chris Kaman, Central Michigan (6)

14. Kendrick Perkins, Ozen HS (27)

2004

Actual Top Pick: Dwight Howard, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy

1. Dwight Howard, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (1)

2. Al Jefferson, Prentiss High School (15)

3. Josh Smith, Oak Hill Academy (17)

4. Ben Gordon, UConn (3)

5. Devin Harris, Wisconsin (5)

6. Luol Deng, Duke (7)

7. Andre Iguodala, Arizona (9)

8. Jameer Nelson, St. Joes (20)

9. Emeka Okafor, UConn (2)

10. Delonte West. St. Joes (24)

11. Kevin Martin, Western Carolina (26)

12. J. R. Smith, St. Benedict’s Prep (18)

13. Andres Nocioni, Argentina (Undrafted)

14. Anderson Varejao, Brazil (30)

2005

Actual Top Pick: Andrew Bogut, Utah

1. Chris Paul, Wake Forest (4)

2. Deron Williams, Illinois (3)

3. Andrew Bynum, St. Joseph HS (10)

4. Danny Granger, New Mexico (17)

5. Monta Ellis, Lanier HS (40)

6. Marvin Williams, UNC (2)

7. Jose Calderon, Spain (Undrafted)

8. David Lee, Florida (30)

9. Raymond Felton, UNC (5)

10. Hakim Warrick, Syracuse (19)

11. Charlie Villanueva, UConn (7)

12. Andrew Bogut, Utah (1)

13. Lou Williams, South Gwinnett HS (45)

14. Jason Maxiell, Cincinnati (26)