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NBA Draft Lottery: Live Blogging The Recitation Of Team Names
NBA Draft Lottery: Live Blogging The Recitation Of Team Names
It's rare that the landscape of the NBA can change so dramatically in one night, but tonight it definitely one of those nights. Fittingly, it has nothing to do with an increasingly meandering playoffs. Yep, someone's gonna get the keys to drive Greg Oden and Kevin Durant tonight. Will it be the Celtics? Will it be the Grizzlies, depressing all of us? Will it be the Timberwolves, instantly ...
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Greg and Kevin would like to please go back to college
A Pudge is a Sandwich — ... - courtesy of Deadspin - early mocks:  (Can Boston please have Ricky P back?)

And here come the mock drafts
Blazers Blog — ... : 1. Portland - How funny is this - the Blazers already have roster full of centers. There's a legit decision to make here - you've got Aldridge and Randolph at the 4 and 5 ... and really, Kevin Durant makes a ton of sense at the three, where you have nobody. I think they'll take Durant or trade the pick. Dan Shanoff (commenting on Deadspin) : 9:10 p.m.: I already regret a good 2/3 of the picks I made below in my preposterously premature mock draft. Look, does it even matter beyond Blazers and Sonics? Here's the real question: The immediate mainstream media reaction was that Oden was a lock to Portland. I think it's going to get MUCH more debatable than that. [snip] 9:07 p.m.: OK, so here's the very first -- and most preposterously premature -- mock draft of the post-Lottery Era, at least the first 10 picks: 1. Blazers: Greg Oden 2. Sonics: Kevin Durant 3. Hawks: Mike Conle

Wednesday 05/23 A.M. Quickie:Oden, Durant to Portland, Seattle?
Dan Shanoff — ... NBA Draft Lottery Mania! Be sure to check out my Lottery live-blog on Deadspin last night. And what a night it was, full of more than a little surprise. A roundup:

Week In Review: Of Ping Pong Balls And Dogfights
Deadspin — ... • Dan Shanoff live blogged the draft lottery, and it was

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