<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One man's pain is another man's pleasure. Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick squirmed in his seat at Tuesday's NBA draft in New York City, watching player after playing being picked in front of him. "I thought I was lottery pick, I thought I'd have a chance to be in the top 10," said Warrick, a 6-9, 219-pound first-team All-American this past season, as well as the Big East Conference's Most Valuable Player in the regular season and league tournament. Meanwhile, in Memphis, the Grizzlies couldn't believe their good fortune as their pick at No. 19 rolled around, and Warrick was still there. "We don't root against other teams not to take someone we like, we just kind of hope they make a mistake in our minds," said a politically correct Tony Barone Sr., the director of player personnel. That caused Griz coach Mike Fratello to interrupt with a laugh, saying, "We DO root against them." Whatever the case, the Griz got someone they didn't expect, and Warrick sure never thought he'd end up in Memphis. At the request of his agent, he never worked out for the Grizzlies because the agent thought Warrick was a lottery pick. "Memphis never even crossed my mind," Warrick said. "I'd never even been to Memphis, never even worked out for them." </div> Source
