Random Thoughts 6/27/08

• Pixar's movie WALL•E is out today. It's a Pixar movie, so we'll have to see it sooner or later. Upcoming Pixar movies include: Up in 2009, Toy Story 3 in 2010, newt and The Bear and the Bow in 2011, and Cars 2 in 2012.
  
• The NBA Draft was last night. Five Jayhawks were drafted (and all five were traded). Brandon Rush went 13th overall but Darrell Arthur barely made it in the end of the first round (he was supposed to be a lottery pick). Mario Chalmers went in the second round, lower than anticipated. In the end, Rush went to Indiana, Chalmers ended up with Michael Beasley in Miami, Arthur was traded to Memphis to play with OJ Mayo, and Sasha Kaun and Darnell Jackson both were drafted and then traded to Cleveland. I still don't believe Chalmers and Arthur were helped by leaving school early.
  
• Have you seen the trailer for Bolt? It's a new Disney (but not Pixar) animated movie slated for this Thanksgiving. It's one of the first Disney animated films to be supervised by the guys from Pixar – they reportedly "fixed" what was wrong with this movie. It looks good!
• Less than a third of the NBA draftees were college seniors (or foreign players 21 or 22 years old). A record twelve freshmen were drafted. And, yes, I'm still bitter about Chalmers.
  
• In related football news: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is talking like he'll insist on a rookie salaray cap, saying that untested players earning $30 million guaranteed is "ridiculous." Good for him.
• It's two months until Fantasy Football begins. We're having our Fantasy Football draft party on Monday night, August 25. If you were in our league last year and I haven't contacted you yet, give me a holler… we need to get the league re-assembled!