The Taft Saga continues.

I have to admit, I’ll be watching the draft at 7:30 on Tuesday to see what happens. I pretty much swore off the draft once there was no Charles Barkley and the TNT crew to liven it up. Still, can’t ESPN at least bring in Hubie Brown for an “upside” shout out, and maybe give all of us what we really want — a steel cage death match between Stuart Scott and Steven A. Smith? I’m just asking, because we all know Bill Simmons isn’t allowed to.

I’m now convinced, that Chris Taft really made a mistake in who he hired as his agent.

[Billy] Ceisler reiterated the fact that the most important thing for Taft or any player isn’t what number he is picked at, but ,rather, which team picks him.

“It is all about finding the right fit,” Ceisler said. “I’ve talked to Chris about this, and he completely understands and agrees. I asked him ‘would you rather be [Pistons forward] Darko Milicic or [Mavericks forward] Josh Howard?” One guy was the second pick in the [2003] draft and has played like one game in two years. The other guy was the last pick in the first round, but he’s played a lot, become a budding star and is poised to sign a huge second contract after next season [first-round picks get a guaranteed three-year contract for their first deal].

“That’s the goal, get in the first round to a team that gives you a chance to play right away in a system that you can thrive in.”

Yeah, winning is secondary. It’s all about getting that next big contract.

You know, this Ceisler guy is also Charlie Villanueva’s agent. Wouldn’t you like to watch him squirm by asking him which guy should be drafted higher, since they play the same position?

I’m trying to picture Taft as a member of the Phoenix Suns as this draft prediction goes. I mean, picturing Taft trying to go up and down the court at the Suns’ pace just doesn’t seem to fit. Still…

The Suns also took a hard look at Chris Taft, a 6-10 forward who was once projected as a lottery pick. But questions about Taft’s work ethic seem to have caused him to slide.

“The projections have been wrong a lot in the past,” Taft said. “If I slip, I’m fine with it.”

[David] Griffin[, the Suns’ Director of Player Personnel,] said Taft stood out as the best of the big men the Suns have brought in to work out.

The Suns draft at #21.