Sources: Kevin Durant Going Pro, Signing with Agent Aaron Goodwin
myespn.go.com 4/10/2007 — Kevin Durant will soon announce that he will be in the 2007 draft. And at that announcement, or shortly afterwards, it is expected that Aaron Goodwin -- the agent who represents Dwight Howard, Chris Webber, and who negotiated the biggest sponsorship in basketball shoe history for LeBron James before James fired him nearly two years ago - will become Durant's agent.

FreeDarko on why when the playoffs start, the East is going to become the new West.
freedarko.blogspot.com 4/10/2007 — It feels like a ghost town around here. Bonzi is AWOL. Gilbert has ascended temporarily to heaven. D-Wade is in purgatory. Oden/Durant hopes got a bunch of invisible snipers hitting Michael Redd, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen...but when the playoffs start, the East is going to be the new West.

NBA 2007 Playoff Promos
ballhype.com 4/10/2007 — The LeBron James video has been posted in a couple of places already ( True Hoop , NBA FanHouse ), so I thought I'd share the other two promos floating around: Dirk T-Mac Surely there are more...the Suns and the Spurs have to have a representative, as well as the Pistons. 

Celtics plan to reward Doc for exceptional tanking
dailybasketball.com 4/11/2007 — Rumors around the league say that Doc Rivers will sign an extension as coach of the Boston Celtics. His coaching job these past four years don't seem to be pointing them back into championship material, but the coach's shortcomings may seem to deserve the reward. The Celtics are battling for a spot in the Oden-Durant draft.

ESPN.com - NBA/DRAFT2007 - Ford: Five reasons to take Durant with the No. 1 pick
insider.espn.go.com 4/10/2007 — Texas forward Kevin Durant declared for the 2007 NBA Draft on Tuesday, ending weeks of hand-wringing by NBA executives who feared he might pull a Joakim Noah and return to Texas for his sophomore season. According to the sources I've spoken with, ...