ESPN's Cassidy Hubbarth breathlessly introduced the team representatives for the NBA Lottery Show on Tuesday night. You'd have thought she was announcing the dignitaries to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Hubbarth had to dramatize the names. This was a 30-minute show with 75 seconds of drama. Ever how long it takes to open 13 envelopes. And this lottery show had better theater than most, considering there was much at stake. Would the stately Celtics get the overall No. 1 pick? Would the dysfunctional Lakers keep their high pick?
It's all madness and it must all end. Not because of 30 minutes of faux drama.