Steve Weinman Covers The Rookie Photo Shoot

by Roy_Hobbs on Aug 15, 2009 8:52 AM EDT in NBA Articles

From Celticsblog author, moderator, and all-around good guy Steve Weinman comes this interesting look at the NBA rookie photoshoot from NBA.com:

The rookies speak in virtual unison about the mood change from draft night to the photo shoot: They know where they will be come autumn.

"Everybody has their jersey on, everybody pretty much has their preference of where they're going to be at," Darren Collison (New Orleans Hornets) tells me. "There's no reason to be miserable. This is somewhere you want to be happy."

Jitters about falling out of the first round or making it into the draft at all fail to appear. Smiles, trick shots, happy munching on burgers, cookies and juice boxes (juice boxes!) and even an impromptu break-dancing contest do, but no worries.

Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia 76ers) gives me his best Kevin Garnett: "I'm on top of the world, and I'm not comin' down soon."

Everybody check it out. And congrats, Steve, for hitting the big time.

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Very nice writing, Steve...

You continue to make us proud.

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Aug 15, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

Second that Roy. Nice job Steve, we miss ya back here!

by Thruthelookingglass on Aug 15, 2009 9:30 AM EDT reply actions

bigtime

Steve is on his way up

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Aug 15, 2009 10:29 AM EDT reply actions

I miss Steves writings...

on Celticsblog.com

"....you can't handle The Truth"

by kheeko on Aug 15, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions

we all do

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Aug 15, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes indeed we do.

Great job Steve!

NBA.com knows talent. Glad to see that you are an early draft pick yourself!

You’ve got the moves down. Now just apply them to the players and make them interesting to read about. Should be easy for you.

great job,
T

by Tom Halzack on Aug 15, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for posting this, Jeff

Good to know that Steve’s hit it big with NBA.com.

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by Evan Dunlap on Aug 15, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

And by "Jeff," I mean, "Roy."

Whoops.

Third Quarter Collapse: An Orlando Magic blog at SB Nation | Brandon Bass: "I just play hard."

by Evan Dunlap on Aug 16, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Well-Deserved for Steve

and an excellent piece of writing.

by Slick on Aug 15, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

Much thanks for all the kind words, folks

and for the link of course, RH.

-sw

"I didn't go there with the intentions of getting ejected. I went there with the intentions of just telling Kobe, 'You got to relax. You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?'" -Ron Artest, 05.06.09

by Steve Weinman on Aug 16, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions