This is (not) a 2019 NBA Mock Draft (or, Please, Please, Please don't take Eric Paschall)

Not predicting, I'm selecting.

1. New Orleans    Z.Williamson   F    Duke
2. Memphis          J.Morant          G    Murray St
3. New York         RJ Barrett        W   Duke
4. New Orleans    D.Garland        G   Vandy
5. Cleveland         J.Culver           W  TTech
6. Phoenix            C.White           G   UNC
7. Chicago            C.Reddish        F   Duke       
8. Atlanta             S.Doumbouya   F    Limoges
9. Washington      B.Bol                C   Ore
10. Atlanta           B.Clarke          C    Gonzaga       
11. Minnesota      D.Hunter          F     UVA
12. Charlotte        J.Hayes           F    Tex
13. Miami            T.Horton-Tucker  W  Iowa St           
14. Boston           C.Okeke          F     Aub         
15. Detroit           S.Ponds           G    StJohns
16. Orlando         K.Porter           W    USC
17. Atlanta          M.Thybulle      W    Wash
18. Indiana          T.Herro            G     UK
19. San Antonio  N.Alexander-Walker  W  VT
20. Boston           N.Little             W   UNC
21. OKC              R.Langford       W   Indiana
22. Boston           T.Jerome          G    UVA
23. Memphis       G.Williams       F     Tenn
24. Philadelphia  J.Konchar         W   Ft Wayne
25. Portland        D.Windler            W  Belmont
26. Cleveland     T.Waters             G  LSU
27. Brooklyn      D.Lawson           F   Kansas
28. GSW            C.Johnson           W  UNC (I've seen at least one Pascall mock here, I don't have him in my top 60, he's my 70th guy)
29. San Antonio  D.Bazley            W  High School
30. Milwaukee    M.Rafferty           F Furman

2019 NBA Draft Big Board

Not a mock, it's a ranking.

1 Zion Williamson, Duke F

2 Ja Morant, Murray State G

3     R.J. Barrett, Duke W (this is not a great draft, there's some bust potential as soon as here)

4     Darius Garland, Vanderbilt G

5 Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech W

6 Cameron Reddish, Duke F
7      Coby White, North Carolina G
8  Sekou Doumbouya, Limoges F

9      Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga F/C
10    Bol Bol, Oregon  C (not really a GSW fit, but it sure would be fun)
11    De’Andre Hunter, Virginia  F
12    Jaxson Hayes, Texas F

13    Chuma Okeke, Auburn F
14    Talen Horton-Tucker, Iowa State W
15    Kevin Porter Jr., USC W (a USC guy, I'm probably higher on him than others)
16    Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Va. Tech G/W
17    Matisse Thybulle, Washington W
18    Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s G
19    Tyler Herro, Kentucky G

20    Nassir Little, North Carolina W
21    John Konchar, Fort Wayne W
22    Grant Williams, Tennessee F

23    Romeo Langford, Indiana W
24 Ty Jerome, Virginia G
25    Dedric Lawson, Kansas F
26    Dylan Windler, Belmont W/F
27    Tremont Waters, LSU G

28    Goga Bitadze, Budocnost C
29    Cameron Johnson, North Carolina W
30.   Matt Rafferty Furman F

31    Darius Bazley W/F
32    Luguentz Dort, Arizona State G/W
33    Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga G/W
34    DaQuan Jeffries, Tulsa W/F
35.   Alen Smailagic Santa Cruz F

36.   Chris Clemons Campbell G
37    Jontay Porter, Missouri C
38    Keldon Johnson, Kentucky W
39    Carsen Edwards, Purdue G
40 Josh Reaves Penn St SG
41    P.J. Washington, Kentucky F

42    Terence Davis, Mississippi G/W
43    Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga F
44    Louis King, Oregon W/F
45    Bruno Fernando, Maryland C
46 Quinndary Weatherspoon, Miss. St. W
47    Tyler Hall Montana St  G
48    Matt Morgan Cornell G
49. CJ Massinburg Buff G

50. Bryce Brown Aub G

51    Isaiah Roby, Nebraska F
52. Justin Robinson VT PG
53 Ky Bowman BC PG

54    Luka Samanic, Union Olimpija F

55    Jordan Poole, Michigan W
56    Nic Claxton, Georgia C
57    Jaylen Nowell Wash SG
58.   Admiral Schofield Tennessee G
59 Jalen McDaniels PF San Diego St
60.   KZ Okpala Stanford F

Top 10 Television Series (Apr-June, 2019)

Jan-Mar

Each year, I make a quarterly breakdown of the 10 best television series, leading to a top 20 for the year.  To be considered next quarter: Cobra Kai, Dead to Me, Fleabag, Easy, Sneaky Pete and any show which is just beginning its season now.

1. Pen15 (Hulu)
2. Barry (HBO)
3. Better Things (FX)
4. Superstore (NBC)
5. Shrill (Hulu)
6. Catastrophe (Amazon)
7. Fosse/Verdon (FX)
8. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
9. Veep (HBO)
10. The Adventures of Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

The Pen15 conceit, adult women playing very young teenagers is super creepy in concept (and a little creepy in execution) but gives the show a pathos that appropriately aged actors would find it hard to find.  Barry maintained its season one level of excellence, which is a real test for late period premium television. There's nothing on TV at the same frequency as Better Things; it has developed its own mood. Shrill was a lively debut, telling a rarely heard story. The joke telling on Superstore has remained strong and the show really reclaimed its political sensibility in a particularly impactful fashion, those politics keep it the stronger half to its also funny companion Brooklyn Nine-Nine.  Fosse/Verdon is the only hour long that makes this quarter's list (considered, Killing Eve, Black Mirror, Billions) the lead performances and an able look at process carries it.  And the three series that wrapped up - Catastrophe kept more of its value than did Veep or Kimmy Schmidt, the later two on a noticeable slide (in Veep's case, since the departure of the show's creator, in Kimmy's case, since S1; both shows make it though, unlike Arrested Development, which was mistyfingly not funny).

Athlete of the Month, June 2019

May is here.

Kawhi Leonard: Runners-up: Andy Ruiz, Kumar Rocker, Ryan O’Reilly

The year's half over.  Here are the current nominees for 2019 Athlete of the Year:

January-James Harden
February-Stephon Gilmore
March- Sabrina Ionescu
April-Tiger Woods

May-Steph Curry
June-Kawhi Leonard