Saturday, June 30, 2012

Philadelphia's Dion Waiters was chosen too high

A number of draft pundits have suggested that South Philadelphia's Dion Waiters was chosen too high. The Syracuse sophomore, who played his final two high school seasons at Burlington's Life Center, was taken No. 4 by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Too high? Not for the Cavs.

"I think we got a steal," coach Byron Scott told the media on draft night."

This is the second year the Cavs picked a player at No. 4 who was projected by mock draftologists to go lower. Last year it was 6-9 Texas freshman Tristan Thompson, who averaged 8.2 points in 23.7 minutes for the Cavs.



Monday, June 18, 2012

Woods, who would finish 7-over par and six shots

Woods, who would finish 7-over par and six shots off the winning score, immediately played himself out of contention, playing bogey golf early on. He was 6-over par on his first six holes and 10-over for the tournament, 11 shots out of the lead.

Meanwhile, up ahead of Woods playing the back nine was Mickelson, who never got it going all week — a week that began with Mickelson losing a ball on his first tee shot Thursday. That ended being a foreshadowing of things to come for his week.

"It was a challenging test,'' Mickelson said. "I didn't play well. If you played anything less than perfect golf it was extremely penalizing … and I played far from perfect.''