and the LA Lakers select...

Chukwudiebere Maduabum?  Huh? 

The loudest cheers at last night's NBA draft may have been for The Jimmer getting picked at #10 overall, but the biggest roll around on the floor laughing moment goes to the LA Lakers picking Chukwudiebere Maduabum at #56 overall.

Hopefully he just goes by "Chuck."

Not only was is great to hear the commissioner try and read his name (he obviously wasn't on the radar as someone that might get picked), but the ESPN commentators have no clue who the guy is.  Fran Fraschilla comes up with something along the lines of "...well, he was born in Nigeria, and came over to the D-League last year where he averaged 0.7 points per game..."  To which Stuart Scott says, "Well, what can the Lakers do with him...?" 

The response: "I have no idea, I've never heard of him." 

Quality television at it's best gents.  Just wait until this guy starts driving your play-by-play team nuts.  For their sake, I hope he just goes by "Chuck."  Just watch- we all laugh now, but "Chuck" will probably end up being a future hall of famer that the media just glossed over.

As it turns out, Maduabum was then traded to the Nuggets for a future 2nd round pick- so he must have been a hot commodity. 

I'm sad to see that Diante Garrett from Iowa State didn't get picked up last night, but he'll have a chance to play professionally somewhere.  It might be overseas for a while, or in the D-League, but he still has a chance to make it to the show someday, which is all that matters.

The clock is running, and as of now, we are officially keeping score...