Mono y Mono

Every year or two the "annual" Wood vs Whiting one-on-one fantasy NBA draft takes place. It's like the "And 1" version of a real NBA fantasy draft. The rules are simple, the draft always takes place at Shanghai Kelly's, in San Francisco, and no newspaper or other "research" crap is allowed. The real genius of this draft (and by "real genius", I mean "pure idiocy") is three-fold:

(1) Neither of us follow the NBA;
(2) We both hate the NBA; and
(3) 1-on-1 fantasy leagues are completely ridiculous.

We are usually decently over-served by the time we finally meet at the bar, acquire a pen and a napkin, and actually complete the naming of 15 real NBA players. Three years ago after perhaps our longest and drunkest drafts, the waitress erased our entire effort by spilling a drink on our napkin, and then declared "oh no, I have ruined your little game." That pretty much sums up how cool this draft is.

This season we were both back in SF, and found the appropriate time to start drinking, and whip up a little NBA draft (3pm on Saturday). So without further ado, here are the results of the 2007 Wood v. Whiting one-on-one Fantasy NBA Draft (actual picture of napkin above, click to zoom):

JW's Team

T. Duncan

A. Stoudamire

K. Bryant

S. Nash (too early for a 1-on-1 draft, yes?)

C. Anthony (How the hell did I forget about Carmelo?)

M. Redd (it's like he knew what he was doing here)

P. Pierce (I was supposed to draft him)

D. Howard (terrible, just terrible)

J. Kidd (can NOT fault taking a Bear)

C. Paul (who?)

T. McGrady (how the hell did T.Mac last this long?)

A. Jefferson

R. Artest

J. O'Neal (not a bad last pick)

MW's Team

L. James

Dirk N.

S. Marion

K. Garnett (had to get all good Boston Players)

G. Arenas

Y. Ming (terrible pick. Only player I could think of at the time)

Ray Ray Allen (see Garnett, K.)

K. Durant (ka-BOOOM!)

B. Davis

D. Wade (actually a good pick here)

L. Odom (you're f-ing kidding me)

R. Lewis (apparently he doesn't play for the Sonics anymore)

C. Boozer (appropriate for a bar-draft)

Kirilenko

P. Gasol (Bartender's suggestion, I was done)