Dear Prospective Alternates,
If you happen to be lurking this exciting and fun draft and saying to yourself, "gee golly I wish I could participate"... here is your chance.
the Bucks, Cavs, and 76ers are more than likely to be no-shows. There is a slighter chance the Jazz will be no shows... and a long shot (according to the commish) that the Knicks will be no shows.
Feel free to step up and claim one of those teams as an "alternate" right now. The commish will place your name in light green marker next to the team name. You can view our draft board here:
http://www.celticsblog.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=64&topic=21682.0The draft starts tomorrow at 1:30pm Eastern time zone. Feel free to claim a team, but make note of what time that team will be picking. If the original owner doesn't show up in those 5 minutes, feel free to make the pick for him and take the team on the spot. Good luck.
Note: I would also like to suggest that some of the owners who currently have assistants consider talking to their men and offering them the opportunity of being released from their contract if one of those teams becomes available. I know the Tehran Lakers have two active owners. Perhaps his assistant would like to become an alternate as one of those teams. However... at that point it's a darn good thing we have a commish, because of the lakers and 76ers work out some ridiculous trade I'll call shenanigans...
