The Dog Days of Summer

So, here we are in June.

Basketball is over. Football has just begun OTA's, and it's not even time to start thinking seriously about fantasy NFL yet. We still have at least a month to go until baseball games start to really matter.

Hey! It's the WNBA on NBC!

Just kidding.

On the bright side, the NBA draft is coming up soon, and the Bulls have picks number 16 and 26 to grab a couple of prospects in what I feel is a deep and solid year once you get out of the Top Five.

SI.com's Ian Thomsen's first Mock Draft has the Bulls taking Ty Lawson at 16 and then Wayne Ellington at 26. This isn't the first time I've seen Tar Heels on our board. Combining our historic love for successful NCAA players (see: Hinrich, Rose, Ty Thomas, Noah, Gordon, Deng, Elton Brand, etc) with needs at the backup guard spots makes these guys a reasonable choice. One mock I saw had Chicago taking Hansbrough at #26. I would obviously love to see many of my Heels following their fellow alumnus Michael Jordan to the United Center.

Pictured above are President Barack Obama and his top advisor David Axelrod. Over at ESPN, Wright Thompson has a great Outside The Lines piece on how basketball is taking over in Washington DC as everyone jockeys for the ear of our baller president.

Bonnaroo was awesome this past weekend. Big ups to Noffke for carrying the load over here at Armchair Superstar while I was gone! My personal Top Ten list will be going up on Facebook later.

Finally, I finished eighth out of over 120 entries in the FantasySportsMadness.com NBA One-and-Done league! Had a great time with this league, and was richly rewarded for taking LeBron and Kobe in the Conference Finals, while saving Gasol, Turkoglu, and Odom for the less crucial five-game series.