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The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) concluded the “If” draft two weeks ago. “If” the player selected isn’t going to the NBA’s Development League (D-League) or taking part in their November annual draft, and “if” they will forego bigger money to play for Norway or Greece or Turkey and “if” they will come away without competing offers from the ABA, IBL, or another hoops-hand-hungry league, then they’ll make a swell CBA pick. This was largely the repeated riffs of commentary from the CBA scouts in the live draft show from the Holiday Inn Parkway East in Pittsburgh, PA., nerve center of the 2007 CBA draft. The webcast, which was marred by frequent audio problems, had a little of the magic of its grander NBA cousin with a heapin’ helpin of garage-style YouTube video production. Maybe they should have got the ‘Leave Britney Alone’ guy to shoot it. It stayed on time. A few media wags some teams having draft parties, and a smattering of fans tuned in. Players were the obvious intended audience, particularly with what became the running advertisement for the CBA...


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