Gheorghe: The Blog Would Like To Welcome The Newest Washington Wizard, Jan "Michael" Vesely

With the sixth pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards selected...Jan Vesely of the Czech Republic. I like to affectionately call him "Airwolf". I even made this pic to show my love:

I love this guy. Via Steinbog, check this quote out:

“I don’t know, I think Blake Griffin is American Jan Vesely.”

With The Sixth Pick In The 2011 NBA Draft...

...the Washington Wizards will most likely select a foreign dude who ends up as a huge bust (Jan Vesely, Jonas Valanciunas, etc.). It's what history demands.

This will be the fifth time in Bullets/Wizards history that the team has chosen sixth. Their previous four choices with the sixth pick?
Jerry Sloan in 1965
Mel Turpin in 1984
Tom Gugliotta in 1992
Calbert Cheaney in 1993

The history of the sixth pick is pretty entertaining. I embedded a screen grab below of all the sixth picks since 1980, and it's an eclectic mix of guys...with nary a superstar on the list. Who's the best guy on this list - Hawkins? Kenny the Jet? Um...Battier? And who the hell is Mike O'Koren?