It's `Game on' for NBA draft.

From: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) | Date: June 23, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Neil Hayes

You will find no draft-day advice for the Warriors in this space on Thursday.

After examining the list of potential draftees, it's obvious that even hard-core basketball fans will struggle to recognize names, let alone pronounce them correctly.

Chris Mullin and Rod Higgins are on their own.

The NBA draft has been compared to the baseball draft because of the influx of high school players, but even that's not accurate. ...

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