I’ve enjoyed a long summer vacation. I hope you missed me. I was going to wait until football started but I’m so angry right now I had to write something.

I wrote a blog immediately after CDR declared annotating five reasons he should have stayed at Memphis. I said that he would lose millions of dollars because next year he would have been a lottery pick because this season was stocked full of freshmen. The NBA historically drafted on “potential” and this class is long on “potential.”

Now as I watch the NBA draft and have yet to hear CDR’s name. Chris said he had nothing left to prove in college. I think the NBA scouts have shown they think otherwise. I don’t know who was advising him but he got some really bad advice. Now he doesn’t have a guaranteed deal. He doesn’t get those “millions of reasons” to leave school that some of you were quick to point out. It simply was NOT the year to come out early.

He was drafted after dozens of players he out-played in college but that doesn’t matter to NBA scouts. He was bypassed by guys who will play in Europe for a couple of years. It has been simply heartbreaking to watch this because you know the kid is in agony and I’m pretty sure he’s filled with regret. Now he’s a 40th pick in the NBA draft and will have to work his way into a job. The millions won’t come for a few years. I think he’ll eventually get them but coming out a year early has cost Buckets 10’s of millions.

I truly feel bad for the kid. But he should have returned after “testing the waters.” They were cool towards him but he went too far into the deep end and couldn’t get out of the pool in time. I was right but it pains me to say it.

I felt more excited for Joey getting drafted than I did Derrick. He’s a gem of a guy and did it the right way. He got better every year. He worked his butt off. I think Portland will be happy with him in the long run. And if you ever met Joey Dorsey, you know why I feel that way.

Derrick Rose’s spot was a shoo-in for the last month. For that matter it was a shoo-in in my my mind when the Bulls were awarded the number 1 pick. It was really good to see Memphis all over the place. I think he’s the first of other Memphis players that will be number 1 overall picks with Cal doing the recruiting. Rose is a 1st class player with 1st class character so it only made sense that he was the 1st pick in my mind.

In the end, it’s a good feeling that three Tigers got their names called tonight. But quite honestly, I wish it had only been two and we had another senior leader on the floor next year.