NEW YORK – So after the NBA Draft I ended up with some of my colleagues at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, the official host of the draft afterparty.
There was a mad scene out front with a ton of people trying to get in, but our boy Tommy Dee of The Knicks Blog arranged for a few of us to get past the barricades.
I wanted to go to see what it was all about, and, let’s face it, how often do you get a chance to do something like that?
Once inside, it was quite a spectacle. The bass was so loud you could barely hear the person next to you talk.
There were a ton of young ladies dressed up for a night on the town and trying to catch a look at the newest multi-millionaires. One chick had a (fake?) white fur around her neck. Now is that really necessary in late June?…I saw former Knicks star John Starks...James Harden out of Arizona State, the No. 3 overall pick by Oklahoma City, was in the house but nobody seemed to recognize him…Tyreke Evans, who went at No. 4 to Sacramento, arrived looking sharp in a suit and drew a crowd….Knicks pick Jordan Hill was not in the house (at least when I was there), but we hear he’ll be at CitiField for tonight’s Yankees-Mets interleague game.
I wish these guys luck, but I can see how being a young multi-millionaire with the world at your fingertips can present various troubles. You need to have a good head on your shoulders and some good people looking out for your back.
