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With the NBA Draft coming up this year's crop of draftees are being scrutinized and put under the microscope. The one thing I keep hearing about some of the potential lottery picks is that they can't play defense. Let me clue you in on something. Defense is totally overrated in the NBA. Sure it helps to have a Ron Artest Bruce Bowen or Ben Wallace on your team but last time I looked none of those guys is still playing in this year's playoffs.If I hear one more person talk about Adam Morrison's defense being the reason he shouldn't be a lottery pick I am going to scream.

Aussie golfer Geoff Ogilvy backed in to his first major yesterday. He took home $1.25 million in prize money for the win. The win catapulted the unheralded Ogilvy to #2 on the PGA Money list for the year with $3.9M in earnings. He trails only Phil Mickelson and is front of guys like Tiger and Vijay.....not bad.

Tiger Woods did not make the cut for this weekend's final two rounds of the US Open marking the first time in his pro career that he has missed the cut at a major. As luck would have it we taped an interview with Nike Golf's Global Sports Marketing Director Kel Devlin earlier this week. Great insight from Kel about Tiger's new Nike Golf spot and the business behind golf at one of the majors. Interview sounds a bit dated though since we chat about Tiger having a chance to win the US Open.Tiger's early exit will hurt the TV ratings on NBC.

Breaking News from the Sports Business Journal.......Charlotte Bobcats owner Robert Johnson announced late today that he will enter into a venture with Michael Jordan to invest in business opportunities in media entertainment and financial services. As part of the deal Jordan will become the largest individual owner of the Bobcats after Johnson. Jordan will become the Managing Member of Basketball Operations for the Bobcats ownership group.We'll break down this deal and its impact on the June 24th edition of Sports Business Radio......or before that right here in this very blog! 

With the U.S. Open coming up this weekend Nike Golf has teamed with Wieden and Kennedy to create an ad around the relationship between Tiger Woods and his father. The spot will air starting on Thursday.Check out the spot here:I watched it and loved it. Once again W&K has gotten it right. Not too overdone and leaves me longing for a round of golf with my dad.Tune in to Sports Business Radio this week when my guest is Kel Devlin who is the Sports Marketing Director for Nike Golf. We'll discuss the ad Tiger the US Open and Michelle Wie amongst other things.