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Fri Jun 20 09:45:46 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Sacramento has the 12th overall pick in the draft, and also
owns two second-round picks (42, 43). The Kings need help in the frontcourt
and could use a point guard.
It would be fair to say the sharp-shooting Kevi
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Fri Jun 20 09:45:15 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Portland selected center Greg Oden with the No. 1 overall
pick in last year's draft. The Ohio State product did not play a game in
2007-08 because of a knee injury.
Even without Oden, the Trail Blazers were .50
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Fri Jun 20 09:43:43 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - With former head coach Mike D'Antoni now in New York, the
Phoenix Suns may change their style of play under new general Terry Porter.
The 45-year-old Porter, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach
in Detr
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Fri Jun 20 09:42:40 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Head coach Maurice Cheeks did a great job in his third
year on the bench in the City of Brotherly Love. Cheeks has made the Sixers
into a playoff team and the future looks very bright.
Andre Iguodala, who is s
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Fri Jun 20 09:41:37 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Orlando has become one of the top teams in the
Eastern Conference. Dwight Howard is the franchise player and Rashard
Lewis, Jameer Nelson and Hedo Turkoglu make up his main supporting cast.
The 22-year-old Howard
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Fri Jun 20 09:41:06 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - New Orleans is a team on the rise. The Hornets were one
of the league's biggest surprises this past season, as they won a franchise-
best 56 games and were one win away from advancing to the Western Conference
finals.
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Fri Jun 20 09:40:05 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - New head coach Mike D'Antoni will try and implement
his system in New York. The front office will attempt to arrange the roster
to the liking of its new general.
Winning immediately is not in the cards, but clear
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Fri Jun 20 09:39:34 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Big changes could be coming in New Jersey. Jason Kidd
was traded to Dallas prior to the trade deadline, and Vince Carter and
Richard Jefferson may be the subject of trade talk during the offseason.
Point gua
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Fri Jun 20 09:39:03 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The re-building process continues in Minnesota, as
the Timberwolves will try to add an impact player with the third overall
pick in this year's draft.
Al Jefferson led the Timberwolves in scoring (21.0 ppg) and
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Fri Jun 20 09:39:01 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - New head coach Scott Skiles will try and guide the
Milwaukee Bucks back from a dismal 26-56 record in the 2007-08 campaign.
There is talent on the roster, and they should be able to add to their
nucleus
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Fri Jun 20 09:37:58 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - It will be either Derrick Rose of Memphis or Kansas
State's Michael Beasley selected by Miami with the second overall pick in
this year's draft. The Heat will be happy to pick the player that Chicago,
which owns the top
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Fri Jun 20 09:37:27 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The Memphis Grizzlies are trying to become an athletic
team that pushes the ball up the court. The fifth and 28th overall picks
should net them two players who can be a part of the future.
Twenty-one-year-old R
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Fri Jun 20 09:36:56 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers do not have a first-round selection
in this year's draft, and will not get any significant help with the 58th
overall pick.
LA made it back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2004. T
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Fri Jun 20 09:36:55 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers are back in familiar territory,
as they received the seventh overall pick in the lottery. They should be
able to get a player who can step right in and contribute.
Al Thornton was last
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Fri Jun 20 09:35:53 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The Indiana Pacers need help in the backcourt and should
be able to address that need with the 11th overall pick in the first round of
the 2008 NBA Draft.
Eric Gordon of Indiana and UCLA's Russell Westbrook would work
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Fri Jun 20 09:35:52 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - A healthy Yao Ming makes Houston a contender in the
tough Western Conference. Yao, who did not play in the Rockets' six-game
first-round series loss Utah, last played on February 24. He was sidelined
with a stress frac
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Fri Jun 20 09:35:21 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - Golden State won 48 games in the 2007-08 season, and
that was not good enough to get it into the playoffs for the second
straight year.
The Warriors own the 14th overall pick in the first round, and No. 49 in
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Fri Jun 20 09:33:39 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The draft is not going to change the Pistons, who lost for
the third straight time in the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit owns the
29th
and 59th overall selections.
The window is closing on the veteran Pistons. Chaunce
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Fri Jun 20 09:33:38 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - For the fifth straight year Denver was eliminated in
the first round of the playoffs. On paper the Nuggets appear to be a great
team, but it hasn't worked on the court.
Guard Allen Iverson led the Nuggets in sco
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Fri Jun 20 09:32:06 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The draft is not going to have an impact on the
Dallas Mavericks' roster. They will not pick until late in the second
round, 59th overall.
Dallas gambled when it acquired All-Star point guard Jason Kidd from
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