It's over in New York. Two rounds, 60 picks, and Nik Caner-Medley wasn't chosen at all. Not that this is completely relevant here. But it means that nobody from Gary Williams' first post-championship recruiting class was drafted in the NBA. As aggravating as these recent teams were, that's still a surprise. I mean, Danilo Pinnock from G.W. was chosen (second round, Mavs), and he was ridiculed almost immediately for entering the draft, much less for staying in it.

Not to obsess too much on second-rounders, but everyone had better watch out for Serbia's Damir Markota, who the Spurs picked second-to-last. The Spurs have a knack for these kind of picks.

Intriguing second-rounders (at least in the sense that you know their names): Leon Powe, Cal forward, drafted by Denver and sent to Boston - he was once homeless, as a young teen in the East Bay, became a prep all-American, yet spent a good chunk of his late high-school and college career rehabbing knee injuries. When he's healthy, he's as nasty a 6-8 power forward as you'll ever see. Dee Brown, Illinois guard, Utah - had he not broken his foot during pre-draft workouts last year, he would have been a first-rounder last year. Yet he ends up playing next to Deron Williams, his Final Four backcourt mate. Ryan Hollins, UCLA center, Charlotte - he's 7 feet, and that's about it.

And one whose name you probably don't know: Vladimir Veremeenko, 6-10, 230, from Russia, and the second and last Wizards pick. Not exactly looking for immediate help from this draft, apparently.

Back to the first round. Portland has made, as of this writing, six trades, and ended up with four first-round picks: LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Sergio Rodriguez and Joel Freeland. The latter two - a point guard nicknamed Spanish Chocolate and a 7-footer from England who has barely been playing the game for long - probably won't even be in this country this season. But so what? The first two alone make it a great draft. They just have to be isolated from the rest of that roster, except for Juan and Steve, so they won't get infected.

The Celtics now have Rajon Rondo and Sebastian Telfair as their point guards, and they have Brian Grant's bloated contract to replace Raef LaFrentz's bloated contract. And there's still talk of a possible Iverson trade. The speculation is that the Celtics are gathering pieces to get other teams involved and sweeten the pot for the Sixers. Hmmmm.

You really can't argue with Toronto sticking with Andrea Bargnani at No. 1. It's a matter of trusting Bryan Colangelo to know what he's doing. Of course, three years ago we all trusted Joe Dumars when he took Darko Milicic at No. 2. But every report says that Bargnani is way more advanced than Milicic was.

There still probably isn't one player taken tonight that a team wouldn't trade right now for a shot at Greg Oden next year. Too bad those high school kids were "ruining'' the league.

It has to be said: Jay Bilas needs to stop doing the draft. Where he is on college basketball, in studio and as game analyst, is fine. But he hasn't changed since ESPN started doing the draft. Every player who left early, should've stayed in an extra year for seasoning. Every senior is ready to go and is going to surprise everybody. Thankfully, there weren't any high school players for him to call certain "busts,'' "flops'' or "big mistakes.'' International players are still a complete mystery. And most painfully, every black player is "athletic'' - although he doesn't restrict himself there, because he must have used "athletic'' five times when describing Miami guard Guillermo Diaz. The white players, meanwhile, regardless of their origin, have "questions about their athleticism.'' Honestly. Replay him.

To top it off, while discussing Paul Millsaps, who was unfortunate enough to have played at Louisiana Tech and thus was immediately compared to Karl Malone, Bilas said, "but Karl Malone was a top-five pick.'' Bzzzzzp! Wrong answer. That's only one of the NBA's draft legends, that Malone went 13th overall in 1985, one spot after the Bullets took the infamous Kenny Green. See, you made us go there. Next year, Jay will tell us about how Michael Jordan was taken BEFORE Sam Bowie. Of course, the draft analyst everybody will pile on will be Stephen A. Smith, just out of habit; never mind that no matter how loud he is, he knows more than probably everybody else on that set combined. Meanwhile, Dan Patrick made fun of the foreign draftees' names a disturbing number of times.

To recap: Rudy is with Memphis, where Houston traded him after taking him eighth overall. Adam Morrison to Charlotte at No. 3. J.J. to Orlando at No. 11. Duke teammate Shelden Williams to Atlanta at No. 5 (they'll find a point guard somewhere). Wizards take Ukranian 7-footer (maybe) Oleksiy Pechenko. The Knicks don't disappoint, by taking Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins in the first round, while Aldridge goes No. 2 in the spot they traded to Chicago for Eddy Curry (martial law is in force throughout the five boroughs). Portland made six trades and might have dealt at least one pick for himself. And the Terps get shut out.

Good night.