Live from Southern California. This is the Jim Rome Show.

The NBA draft. Yeah, that was something. That was something, wasn't it? That was a new experience because for the first time ever, the draft is now a two day event. A two day event, for some reason. I guess the reason being both rounds in one night was just

too many picks and way too slow moving, and just flat out way too boring.

Which by the way I agree with.

I agree with all of that.

It was way too slow moving and way too boring. And that had all been true for a long time.

60 picks in one night had gotten to be one of the most drawn out

laborious, excruciating,

excruciating, sleepy, terrible nights of sports TV

on the entire calendar.

So, I was actually pretty interested to see how round one by itself would play out and you know what I

I got to be straight having watched that last night having watched that new format one round, I got to be really honest and really straight about this.

Drawn out, laborious, excruciating, sleepy, and boring as hell.

Same as it ever was.

I mean, I could barely even tell the difference.

Is that first round still going on?

That night took forever.

Like it always does.

It might have been even more boring actually.

It was like they did half the picks

in the same amount of time, so there was even less action if you

want to call what used to be action.

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