NBA draft dilemma: Who's first?

Ainge Named Top NBA Exec

beisbolct posted 5/15/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

Boston Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge was named NBA Executive of the Year. Ainge is the architect of the team’s NBA record 32-game turnaround from worst team last season to the best team this season. After missing out on the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant lottery at the NBA Draft and ending up with the 5 th pick overall which they traded with a package of ...

From NBA glory to homeless shelter

ballerblogger posted 5/16/2008 from seattlepi.nwsource.com

Thirty years ago next month, Pace slept in one of Seattle's finest hotels, though he can't remember which one, as a visiting pro basketball player for the Washington Bullets, sharing in an NBA championship won in this city at the expense of the Sonics.

The Glove on BDSSP Podcast

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 5/16/2008 from huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com

We got an email from our friend BMan from Best Damn with a link to their podcast. This week’s guest was Gary Payton, who is called him at around 4:14 mark. As BMan puts it, "He leads an interesting life."

Greg Oden Needs To Come Back Soon [Greg Oden]

Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com found this 5/17/2008 on deadspin.com

Greg Oden, honestly, you can't back to the NBA fast enough. We're not sure what's going on with his hair here , but we still love it. We fully expect to run into Oden at, like, half the parties we go to.

Childhood friends Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant could become Sonics teammates

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 5/19/2008 on seattletimes.nwsource.com

Somebody stole the pizza, and all signs pointed to the new kid. Eight years ago, Michael Beasley was awkward and clumsy on the basketball...