The NBA draft was held Thursday and as always, the most talented college stars became the top picks of the day and this year three of the top five came from Southern California. The first was a guard that the Chicago Bulls can build their team around, Derrick Rose. Derrick grew up in the Chicago area and is now going to play for his home team. The Heat chose next and they chose Michael Beasley who was the NCAA top rebounder last year.

The Los Angeles schools took over as USC O.J. Mayo became the first USC Trojan ever drafted. he was used in a deal later but he was the third pick. The surprise of the day was when Seattle Sonics picked Russell Westbrook and then the Memphis Grizzlies chose Kevin Love who seemed disappointed as he wanted to play for Minnesota. Well remember that deal I mentioned regarding Mayo? It helped Love as he will get to play for his choice afterwards as he was traded to them for Mayo that night. It kind of reminds me of the Eli Manning NFL trade from the Chargers to the Giants as Eli and his dad made it completely clear he did not want to paly for San Diego and if you watched the Superbowl, you know how that story turned out.

If you are a sports or just a basketball fan you already know these things happen in sports and are expected as part of the game so it seems as the top five picks were good choices. What do you think? We think the upcoming seasons will tell.

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