The Fifth Element

Once again, the dark mystery of the ping-pong balls has ravaged Celtic Nation, leaving us with the 5th pick in the NBA draft—after slouching toward destiny with the second-worst record. And so, the long line of misery continues: the tragedies of Len Bias and Reggie Lewis, the near miss of the Tim Duncan Era, the trading away of Billups, hell, the stupid cheerleaders!

But take heart, ye who bleed Green, the fifth pick in 2007 is probably equivalent to the 2nd or 3rd pick in any normal draft year. So, we are likely to get a darn good player—not a franchise-altering player—but a good player to rotate into a young, talented core of kids who should be maturing even more in 2008. Wishful thinking? Probably. But what else do we have? Lucky the Leprechaun?