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Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Updated: June 27, 3:41 PM ET
What's hot, not for the week

By Dan Shanoff
Page 2 columnist

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
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?
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
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.