71. He entered the year as a Playboy All-American, a Wooden Award and Naismith Award candidate and was considered a sure first-round pick in the NBA draft. 72. He once was expected to be the top pick in the draft. 73. He said his own picks in recent years had outperformed the choices of the professional managers he had consulted in prior years. 74. He figured spending the low-round pick in his first draft on Davis was safe. 75. He got the fourth pick in a draw at work, taking UCLA. 76. He represents Brian Urlacher, the New Mexico linebacker who was taken by the Chicago Bears with the ninth pick in the recent NFL draft. 77. He is a dead-solid lock to be the first pick in the NBA draft. 78. He was also the second defensive end taken in the draft and the highest draft pick in BC history. 79. He is said to have been just as impressive in private workouts he had with teams holding the top seven picks in the draft. 80. He traded Antonio Davis, one of his key, inside guys, to the Toronto Raptors for the fifth pick in the draft. |