It seems odd doesn’t it that despite all of the cool sports events that happen each year, the one that we have the most fun with at Desipio is the NBA Draft? But that’s the reality of the situation, and tonight is the big draft. We’ll be here at 6 p.m. tonight. So set your TV to ESPN, and your computer to Desipio and really…could it ever get better than that?

ESPN’s cast includes host Mike Tirico (solid), analysts Tom Tolbert (bald and funny), Greg Anthony (bald and so much better than Tim Hardaway it’s obscene), Jay Bilas (balding, informed and way too educated), Dick Vitale (bald, one-eyed and will spend the whole night harping on how college kids should be drafted higher than the European guys), DJ Stu Scott (just annoying), Michelle Tafoya (smart, cute and handling the Craig Sager interviews), David Aldridge (stuck in the Chris Mortensen kiddy table set), Jim Gray (nooooo!, live from Cleveland–we have GOT to get him to interview LeBron’s mom) and Andy Katz (with his bad perm). The only guy missing is Chad Ford, which is good because his mere presence on the TV makes me queasy.

Desipio’s cast includes yours truly. I was thinking back to why we didn’t do the draft live in 2000, and I remembered that I had traffic school that night. You can tell we’re a top-flight organization, can’t you?

Joining me, of course, will be Jake Potter (who due to a potential schedueling conflict with the first part of the draft, may be your host when this whole thing kicks off), Kelly Dwyer (who claims to have a seven footer on his couch—I think he meant sub sandwich, but I’m not sure) and Karry Ling. Karry, in fact, was supposed to handle the Dose today (this will be a do-it-yourself-one—sorry), but he’s locked himself in the background with the Street-n-Smith’s NCAA preview issue and God knows what else.

Join us tonight…you won’t want to miss it.

OK, sorry about this, but a very quick Dose is up today.

The Cubs blew a 5-1 lead and lost 12-6. Brooks Kieschnick? Guh.

The Sox blew a 5-1 lead and lost 6-5. Billy Koch? Ewww.

The Bulls don’t look like they’ll trade and it looks like we’ll need to learn to spell Dwyane.

You can hit the usual suspects yourself:

ChicagoSports.com

SunTimes.com

DailyHerald.com

ESPN.com

spanish-yes.com

theonion.com

See you tonight!