Renaldo Balkman being drafted by the Knicks can only be described as comedy gold.1) Jay Bilas, Greg Anthony and Stephen A going off on how the kid only has 2nd round talent and that no one was going to draft him in the 1st round.
2) The knicks fans including Spike Lee's painful reaction.
3) The fact that Balkman had 2 stellar games his whole season both coming at the Garden during the NIT, apparently Isiah is only allowed to scout in his own building. Storrs is apparently too far of a commute.
4) But the best part of the whole Renaldo Balkman draft day debacle happenned the next day on Stephen A's radio program. Stephen A had John Chaney on to talk about the Knicks other pick Mardy Collins, and at the end of the interview he asked him about Balkman, because Temple played South Carolina during the season. The interview went something like this:
"Where did they draft him at?" Chaney
"20" Stephen A
"Oh well you know he's a really good shooter, he gets on the streaks, how tall is he?" Chaney
"Like 6'7" Stephen A
"Ya, a he can get on the rolls, you really have to body him up he's not big, he's like Mardy just not as strong, but he's a shooter." Chaney
Basically I've never heard anything on the radio where an interviewee blatantly had no idea who the kid was, but the radio analyst took it as truth. In Chaney's defense, Balkman pulled down a whopping 3 boards and had 0 points against Temple during their game. Comedy Gold.
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Marcus Williams and Rajon Rondo both got drafted afterwards and had a bigger impact.
It's not as if it really matters who the Knicks draft anyway they'll still be bad.