Sam Smith’s PROJECTED FIRST ROUND
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS #1: GREG ODEN Ohio State, 7-0, 258 The big question has been whether Portland has the guts to pass on perhaps the next great center even though...
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Draft turns into a 1-2 hunch
We're all under the assumption Greg Oden, predicted to be the next great center, will be the first pick in the NBA draft Thursday. But aren't we all told what...
Draft deal stranger than ‘1984’
It's one of the great urban legends in NBA draft annals, a scenario that would have changed league history and maybe the entire Michael Jordan legend -- possibly made it...
T’wolves finally see light
I'm not an I-told-you-so kind of guy, not really. But it finally appears as if the Timberwolves are taking my long-standing advice and are ready to trade Kevin Garnett. The...
Instant impact? Make a trade
Kevin Garnett isn't going to Boston -- he supposedly hates the cream pie -- so he could be headed to Phoenix or the Los Angeles Lakers. But the Suns won't...
Ex-Bull Theus to take Kings job
There's an old joke Reggie Theus and his friends share. It's that the Bulls' biggest scoring and matinee star just before Michael Jordan would be a perfect coach because he...
Look to future, not to Kobe
What's wrong with this picture? Everyone is coming up with speculative deals regarding Kobe Bryant and the Bulls -- the Bulls and Lakers have not talked about any trade of...
Planting seed for playoff change
The NBA Finals are over -- What, you didn't know they had started? -- and with the San Antonio Spurs' 4-0 sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers bringing in the lowest...
4-gone conclusion
It was a night of joy for the San Antonio Spurs for the fourth time in nine years, a chance to begin to walk with giants. There wasn't a wild...
4-gone conclusion
This was to be a night for joy for the San Antonio Spurs, perhaps a fourth NBA championship in the last decade, a chance to begin the walk with giants....