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  • June 2008

    • Last Thing Bulls Should Give Rose is Time

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Jun 27, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      Last Thing Bulls Should Give Rose is Time

      (Newser) - Chicago Bulls GM John Paxson said after last night's NBA draft that he thinks the team should give Derrick Rose some time to settle in, but he seems to be the only person who thinks so, writes Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times . The No. 1 draft pick says he wants to focus on "being a point guard and coming in and starting." More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Chicago Bulls  • Derrick Rose  • NBA draft

    • Trade Spices Up Frosh-Heavy Draft

      ESPN  |  Jun 27, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      Trade Spices Up Frosh-Heavy Draft

      (Newser) - The Bulls grabbed Derrick Rose with the first overall pick last night in a wild NBA draft dominated by college freshmen. For the first time in history, the top three picks all were first-year wonders, ESPN reports. The Timberwolves then traded that third pick—OJ Mayo—for No. 5 pick Kevin Love, who was, you guessed it, a freshman. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • trade  • Kevin Love  • Derrick Rose  • Michael Beasley  • NBA draft  • OJ Mayo

    • Finding Meaning in the Death of Len Bias

      ESPN  |  Jun 26, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Finding Meaning in the Death of Len Bias

      (Newser) - Twenty-two years ago, Celtics legend Larry Bird called the sudden death of new Boston draftee Len Bias "one of the the cruelest things I've ever heard." The legacy of the Maryland basketball great, whose NBA career ended with cocaine use just two days after it began, retains its nuance and potency even now, writes Michael Weinreb for ESPN. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Boston Celtics  • cocaine  • college basketball  • drug overdose  • NBA draft

  • May 2008

    • Can Basketball Keep Agents Out of High School?

      New York Times  |  May 18, 08 12:28 PM CDT

      Can Basketball Keep Agents Out of High School?

      (Newser) - The NBA can't stop agents from scurrying around high school and college basketball these days, offering illegal gifts to sign young players. Although the players are getting younger—more go pro right out of high school—punishments for players and agents alike remain slight, the New York Times reports. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • David Stern  • college basketball  • NBA draft  • OJ Mayo  • basketball recruiting  • high school basketball

  • September 2007

    • Knee Will Cost Oden Season

      ESPN  |  Sep 13, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      Knee Will Cost Oden Season

      (Newser) - The top pick in the NBA draft will likely spend the 2007-08 season on the bench after exploratory surgery on Greg Oden's right knee revealed cartilage damage, ESPN.com reports. The Portland Trail Blazers' 7-footer will spend eight weeks off after surgeons fixed the problem today with microfracture surgery, but it could take a year for Oden to recover fully. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Portland Trail Blazers  • surgery  • injury  • NBA draft  • Greg Oden

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Oden Is No.1 Draft Pick

      ESPN  |  Jun 29, 07 4:13 AM CDT

      Oden Is No.1 Draft Pick

      (Newser) - Portland chose conventional wisdom over daring in the 2007 NBA draft, picking defense-first Ohio State center Greg Oden over Texas's scoring prodigy Kevin Durant. Division rival Seattle nabbed Durant and traded the team's leading scorer, Ray Allen, to Boston for two players and the draft's #5 pick, which became Georgetown forward Jeff Green. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Portland Trail Blazers  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Kevin Durant  • NBA draft  • Greg Oden

  • April 2007

    • Durant Will Jump to Pros

      Associated Press  |  Apr 11, 07 3:12 PM CDT

      Durant Will Jump to Pros

      (Newser) - Longhorns freshman heartthrob Kevin Durant has announced he will leave Texas for the NBA draft.  Durant averaged a frankly absurd 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds over the course of an award-sweeping first-year campaign that ended one game short of the Sweet Sixteen. Texas benefitted from a new NBA rule that grants eligibility to players only  a year after graduating from high school. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • sports  • Texas Longhorns  • Kevin Durant  • NBA draft  • draft  • Greg Oden

  • March 2007

    • Duke Baller Bolts for NBA

      Yahoo!  |  Mar 22, 07 4:28 PM CDT

      Duke Baller Bolts for NBA

      (Newser) - Duke co-captain Josh McRoberts  will enter the NBA draft, he announced yesterday, just a  week after his Blue Devils fell in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  Duke men’s basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is OK with that. “It is time for him to move on to the next level,” said Coach K. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • NCAA  • sports  • Duke Blue Devils  • Duke University  • NBA draft  • draft  • Mike Krzyzewski

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