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In the spirit of the NBA draft, Casual Friday this week becomes Draftee Friday.
Treat your cubicle like it was the Green Room. (Go ahead: Bring your whole family!) Feel free to ignore the societal taboo against wearing a baseball cap as an adult -- just remember to pull it down over your eyes, draftee-style. (Or even with a jaunty tip to the right, like Caron Butler.) And when your boss yells out your name to give you the business, saunter up, grab his hand, shake and pretend to look for the cameras. If he gives you static, tell him to lighten up ... it's draft week!
Now that you've got the scoop on one thing that's
cool, take a look at the rest of what's hot and what's
not this week. Feel free to share with your co-workers, buddies and significant others with the good ol' grip-and-grin:
What's Hot, What's Not this week
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Category |
Hot |
Not |
Tennis stud |
Tim "Hometown" Henman |
Pete "Ungraceful Decline" Sampras |
Where to find a good NHL coach |
Minor leagues |
Assistant-coach pool |
World Cup-inspired hairstyle |
The Ronaldo |
Anything with a ponytail |
Courtney Alexander conventional wisdom |
Trade bait to make draft week interesting |
Under-utilized in DC |
Dugout brawl we'd pay to see continue |
Bonds-Kent |
Cedeno-Alomar |
World Cup bandwagon |
Brazil |
Germany |
Flamethrower |
Odalis Perez |
Eric Milton |
We'd pay to watch throwing a fit |
Anna Kournikova |
Lawrence Phillips |
Steroids scandal |
John McEnroe? |
Everyone in baseball? |
Needs more pub |
The overachieving Orioles |
Ken Griffey Jr. |
Heisman HQ |
The Yale Club |
The Downtown Athletic Club |
Minor-league baseball issue |
Fans storming field to yell at umps |
When's the next high-profile call-up?
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U.S. Soccer worry |
Whither Bruce Arena? |
MLS loses best to Europe |
Best name at Wimbledon |
Paradorn Srichaphan |
Uh, Andre Agassi |
Weekend flick |
"Mr. Deeds" |
"8-Legged Freaks" |
World Cup innovation for other sports |
Trade jerseys after games |
One ref |
Retiree |
Dominik Hasek |
Randall Cunningham |
WNBA squad |
Washington Summitts |
Detroit Laimbeers |
Jerry Jones' master plan |
Market the Cowboys as bigger than NFL |
Join rest of owners in NFL marketing deal |
A very special What's Hot, What's Not List supplement
The NBA draft -- "yes, the suit makes the man."
What's Hot, What's Not at the NBA draft
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Category |
Hot |
Not |
Player's hanger-on |
Interpreter |
Posse-member |
Chinese impact-player |
Yao "Can I Shake Stern's Hand Via Remote?" Ming |
Wang "Beijing on the Hudson" Zhi Zhi |
Opinions of Mike Dunleavy |
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil |
A critical eye –- at best, he's Robert Horry; at worst, Danny Ferry |
Prep-to-pro |
Donny Marshall |
Lenny "Uh, Whoops" Cooke |
Draftee |
"Chip on Shoulder" Butler |
Qyntel "Drop like Boulder" Woods |
Look |
Tan |
Blue |
GM genius |
Kiki Vandeweghe |
Donnie "Hunh?" Walsh |
Green-room posse |
Dajuan Wagner |
Juan "Exile" Dixon |
D-League first-rounder |
Steve Logan |
Carlos Boozer |
Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "What's Hot, What's Not" trend-spotting list appears Thursdays. Got inside scoop on an up-and-coming trend? Want to declare something passé? Send this glimpse of your hipness to hotnotlist@yahoo.com.
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