Vibe.com, June 28th, 2006
Vibe.com recently caught up with two promising players - Rudy Gay and Adam Morrsion -as they were preparing for tonight’s life-altering draft.
In his college career at Gonzaga, Morrison drew comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki and basketball legend Larry Bird for his shooting range, being an apt pressure performer and overall scoring proficiency.
“I think I can come in and contribute immediately to the top lottery teams,” said Morrison, who was college basketball’s leading scorer last year.
Gay (pictured), on the other hand, frequently left college basketball fans at the University of Connecticut awestruck for his above the rim, high-flying style of play. In addition to Morrison, Gay also feels like he can enter the league and contribute immediately.
“I'm high-flying, but I can shoot the mid-range and go to the basket," Gay said.
Morrison recently defeated Gay 59-56 in a game of NBA Live '06 via the Settle the Score X-Box Live program.
In addition to Morrison and Gay, Texas’ LaMarcus Aldridge, LSU’s Tyrus Thomas, Washington’s Brandon Roy, Villanova’s Randy Foye and Andrea Bargnani from Italy are among the players, who are expected to be drafted high and early tonight. NBA analysts are picking Bargnani to be selected as the first overall pick by the Toronto Raptors.
In related draft news, an upcoming Jamaica, New York MC by the name of H.D. recently recorded a track entitled, “The Draft.” However, instead of looking for talented basketball players to add to his roster, H.D. uses hoops terminology, as he scopes the scene for beautiful women on “The Draft.”
“I stay on the offense always looking to score/at the camp pushin’ up, work 'em out of they pores/I need a shorty on point that can handle my balls/and if she got an attitude/then I waive the broad,” H.D. boastfully spits on the track.
"It's pretty common for guys to speak about women using sports references,” H.D. told Vibe.com. “I was speaking with a colleague and telling him how I needed a new roster for the new season. So we ran with the analogy and started talking about girls using basketball terms back and forth. As we were laughing I thought, 'wait a minute, I can make a whole song out of this.' My man Danny Swain gave me the beat like two weeks ago and the second I heard it, the song wrote itself."
To listen to a snippet of H.D.’s, “The Draft” click below:
"The Draft"
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