Ohio Sports Randomness

ODEN # 1
A lot has happened since my last post, and the biggest news was the Portland Trailblazers taking Greg Oden first overall in the NBA draft last Thursday. This was no surprise, because pretty much every media outlet had reported that Oden was going to be the number one pick over fellow freshman Kevin Durant out of Texas.

The big surprise to me was the Atlanta Hawks passing on Mike Conley, Jr., with the 3rd pick. I thought Conley would've been a great fit in Atlanta and he would've made a lot of their young players better. Instead of taking Conley with the 3rd overall pick, they nabbed Florida power forward Al Horford and with the 11th overall selection the Hawks ended up getting their floor general in Texas A & M guard Acie Law IV. I think Law could be a decent role player type PG in the NBA, but Conley will be a superstar and has the quickness that can't be taught. This will go down as another one of the Atlanta Hawks' bigger draft mistakes.

BROWNS BANTER
And I hear that Cleveland Brown tackle Joe Thomas, the # 3 overall selection from the April 2007 NFL draft, is set to hold out. Reportedly the Browns don't want to pay the former Wisconsin Badger the money that the past few # 3 overall picks have gotten, but they were aware of what the pricetag was for drafting that high. If they weren't prepared to pay a player that amount of money, then they should've dealt out of the 3 spot and picked lower in the draft.
I think that Thomas should get at least Braylon Edwards money, and his figures should land somewhere between what Edwards and Vince Young received. I'd say that 6 years at 52 million (with about 23 million guaranteed) will be what the two sides will agree upon.

I picked up my first college football magazine over the weekend. I'm about halfway through it, and already I can't wait for college FB. It'll be a long 7 weeks until kickoff.