There's no accounting for taste in the NBA

Posted Jun 25, 2009
Now, UNC's Ty Lawson -- an ultra-quick point guard no one could check in the NCAA Tournament, the fastest kid with the basketball from end-to-end in college -- is being rated by many as the fifth-best point guard available. Meanwhile, Jrue Holiday, who played one season for UCLA without making a great impression, is supposed to be drafted before Lawson. (Chapel Hill News)

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