It was a tepid morning in Phoenix, Arizona last Thursday as I drove down State Route 51 into the downtown area on my way to work. Weaving through the Phoenix Mountains, you could see the thick haze lay over the city, blanketing the air we breathe as we all prepared for a scorching summer day in the Valley of the Sun. Under these conditions, I received a notification on my phone: The Phoenix Suns are on the clock.
SB Nation was conducting its annual mock draft between all of its NBA sites, and through an email chain and a Google Sheet, we were making our picks.