After 60 picks and 100,000 trades, we now know who ...

I really wanted DeJuan Blair. Remarkably, he fell all the way to 37, where the Spurs picked him. Will he be the next Corliss Williamson or the next Tractor Traylor? Neither. He’s going to be the first DeJuan Blair. 2 things he will do regardless of what else happens in his career– ...

Well that was an interesting draft. A lot of big moves happened leading up to the draft and there were some minor trades during the draft. Some guys slipped and some guys jumped, but for the most part there weren’t too many surprises once the draft began. The Bulls: With the 16th ...

Just kidding, actually. There was a time when I had strong opinions on things like this, but I think that time passed when I forgot what day the NFL Draft was on. The only reaction I can really muster up for James Johnson and Taj Gibson is a big 'meh'. Maybe they'll be good, maybe they won't be. ...

The Chicago Bulls selected Taj Gibson, a 6′10″ 214 pound, power forward from USC. Gibson was listed on some mock draft sites as the Bulls pick at 26. The Bulls passed on Dejuan Blair, who has been falling down the draft board, to select Gibson. Gibson averaged 14.3 points, 9 ...

The Chicago Bulls have selected James Johnson, a sophomore power forward out of Wake Forest, with the 16th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. There was strong hints that the Bulls would select Johnson coming into the draft. There were rumors that the Bulls would move up to 11th in a trade with the ...

As was reported a couple weeks ago, both here and by numerous media outlets, Shaquille O’Neal has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace , Sasha Pavlovic and the #46 pick in tonight’s draft. This is pretty much a strong admission that acquiring Shaquille ...

The only certainty in basketball would seem to be Shaq being traded in the last year of his contract and Blake Griffin becoming Dunleavy’s latest challenge in making athletic ballers look pedestrian. The 2009 NBA Draft is just hours away and Griffin is the only lock. After that, ...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Look out Lakers. Look out Celtics. Look out Cavaliers. Can we say Look out Nuggets? We are saying it. Look out Nuggets. The Spurs are coming back with a vengeance. First they picked up Richard Jefferson. They gave up ...

I am about to head out on leave, so this will be my last update for a few days. At the very least posts will be at a far reduced rate. The NBA Draft is tomorrow but I am drafting my own personal first-rounder early in the morning when my wife is scheduled to give birth to our first child. As ...

By Paul M. Banks In the NBA Draft, lying is the only truth. NBA GMs often tell the media they’ll be focusing on guards with their draft choices. Before they say they’re focusing on forwards. Or maybe centers. Others just go the “best player available” route. In this environment of ...

Here is today's offering... Trojans in the NBA Draft Ballin' is a Habit: Former USC recruits starting to make decisions Nice Write-up Gibson Update - Inside USC with Scott Wolf Some news on Taj... More Kevin O'Neill News Kevin O'Neill's hiring... - Seth Davis - SI.com Some nice ...

The draft is just a few days away, so it’s a good time to take one final stab at mocking the first round of this draft. I’ll continue to update the consensus draft this week, but this will be my last attempt at predicting what will happen this Thursday. First, let’s take ...

Lots of NBA Draft stuff populating the news this weekend, be it players moving up or down the board in this last stretch of workouts, teams making promises, or draft-related trade rumors. The Nets have been one of the toughest teams to figure out. Ever since they landed the 11th pick in the ...

The lingering effects of the championship victory still have me so drunk on euphoria that I nearly forgot that the NBA draft is less than a week away. When you have the next to last pick in the first round, there isn’t as much fanfare, but that doesn’t mean a diamond can’t be ...