My esteemed colleague the Professor and I have very different takes on David Kahn, the T-Wolves and Ricky Rubio. My Side: The T-Wolves either didn’t do their homework on Rubio… or didn’t do a very good job on it. They thought they’d bring him over from Spain right away, and the news that he’ll play [...]
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Like a number of other restricted free agents, Ramon Sessions has spent most of the summer waiting for offers that never materialized. The Clippers were interested… but then they acquired Sebastian Telfair to back up Baron Davis. The Knicks were — and probably still are — interested… but couldn’t be less interested in signing anyone [...]
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It’s not uncommon for good teams with loaded rosters to select European players in the draft, planning to “stash” them overseas for a year or two, until a roster spot becomes available. The Spurs and Blazers have this down to a science. The Timberwolves, on the other hand, are neither “good” nor “loaded” — and [...]
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The Minnesota/Washington trade shakes things up at the top of the draft, and our mock draft has been updated accordingly. The new top five: Clippers: Blake Griffin – Same as it ever was. Grizzlies: Hasheem Thabeet – Going on the assumption that this week’s cancelled workout wasn’t a subtle way of saying, “Please don’t draft [...]
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With less than a week to go before the main event, we tender to you our latest set of wild guesses. We’re still comfortably certain that Blake Griffin will go first overall. After that, things get dicey, as neither of the projected number two picks sound all that excited about the possibility of playing in [...]
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American basketball fans treat European ballplayers with a healthy amount of skepticism… and rightly so. From Frederic Weis to Darko Milicic to Danilo Gallinari, the list of overseas ballers who basked in pre-draft hype only to disappoint is long. Spain’s Ricky Rubio could be an exception. via Ricky Rubio Scouting Report and Photo Gallery – [...]
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The NBA Draft rumor mill is churning out new stories every hour on the hour — and some of those rumors are reflected in this update of our mock draft. via NBA Draft 2.0 – Projecting the top 30 picks in the 2009 NBA Draft.
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