sports.yahoo.com - 6/24/2009
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With the NBA Draft just a day away, Ball Don't Lie has decided to
weigh in with its own 2009 Mock Draft. But since we know so little
about college basketball, we called in SB Nation's team experts (and a few others) to throw their darts at the board. Let's see what sticks ...
With the 24th ...
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blog.oregonlive.com —
The real art this time of year is
not building draft boards or evaluating talent, rather separating...
fact from fiction. The latest buzz from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports includes: ... Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich is telling friends that...
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More NBA trade rumors: Hinrich to the Blazers? He thinks so.
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Blazers Blog —
... has the Blazers grabbing VCU's Eric Maynor (6-3 PG) with 24: Analysis: This would be a pretty big slide for Maynor, who could go as high as No. 13. But with so many point guards on the board, in this scenario, he slides a bit and Kevin Pritchard picks up another home run in the draft. I don't see Maynor still around at 24. Ball Don't Lie's mock has the Blazers going with Tel Aviv's Omri Caspi at 24: At age 20, Casspi has shown the requisite grit and toughness in his group workouts and still has all the time in the world to figure out how to stop shooting jumpers like Shawn ...
Draft Night Digest
Blazersedge —
... With a few hours to think about it, taking Claver is definitely a better long-term move than trading out of the first round entirely. Grabbing him at #22 (and sacrificing a second round pick to do it) is surely debatable. But virtually the same logic I used to explain why the Blazers might default to Omri Casspi if they picked at #24 can be used to defend the Claver pick at #22. ...
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Blazers Trade Up To #22
blazersedge.com 6/24/2009 —
Those of you who, like me, voted to trade up from the #24 spot have gotten your wish. Kinda sorta.
Via ESPN .
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bustabucket.com 6/24/2009 —
Huge breaking news! OR just a questionable minor deal that moves Portland up slightly. Here's what ESPN had to say about Portlands ascent to the 22nd pick:
The Portland TrailBlazers acquired the 22nd pick in Thursday's NBA draft from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the 24th and 56th ...
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Blazers, KGW Renew TV Deal
blazersedge.com 6/24/2009 — The Blazers have released some updated information about its television deal with KGW Newschannel 8, including enhanced High Def offerings.
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17-year partnership ...
