Q&amp;A: Kevin Durant on NBA Draft Day
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The spindly, silky-smooth forward from the University of Texas sat down with TIME's Sean Gregory to discuss the draft, a taskmaster parent, and the doubters that drive him
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Chinese basketball officials gave a mixed reaction on Friday to the Milwaukee Bucks selecting Yi Jianlian as the number six pick in the NBA draft, insisting he must get on court playing time.
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Kevin Durant worked out with the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, two days after Greg Oden, as both players show their talents to the team with the top draft pick.
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The NBA Draft is still two days away, but former Ohio State star Greg Oden has kept an impressive schedule in creating andÃÂ marketing the Oden name.
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As Andrea Bargnani told a curious media contingent about himself Tuesday, Tyrus Thomas sat a few feet away and was asked what he knew about the potential No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
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Basketball Kevin Durant worked out with the Portland Trail Blazers yesterday, two days after Greg Oden , as both players show their talents to the team with the top draft pick. Durant, a 6-foot-9-inch forward out of Texas, said: "I feel good here. Like I belong here." Said Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard : "That was as impressive a workout as ...
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Someday Dwight Howard is likely to be the Orlando Magic&#39;s go-to-guy. But for now Howard, the No. 1 overall pick in the June NBA draft, is the Magic&#39;s go-get-me guy.
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Jeff Green is headed to the NBA, rather than trying to take Georgetown to another Final Four. Green is staying in the draft, instead of returning to school for his senior season. His decision came Monday, the deadline for early entrants who hadn't hired an agent to withdraw and retain their NCAA eligibility.
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Karl Malone will decide before All-Star Weekend if he will play for the San Antonio Spurs, his agent said. The All-Star Game is Feb. 20.
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The usually talkative Danny Ainge did not elaborate on the scheduling of predraft workouts. Despite claiming the need to keep options open, he was vague about which prospects would visit the Celtics' practice facility and when.
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Barely 36 hours removed from the debacle that was the draft lottery, Danny Ainge made one thing clear yesterday morning: The Celtics have moved on. Then he suggested everyone else who saw dreams of Greg Oden or Kevin Durant dashed Tuesday night do the same.
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Basketball Yi Jianlian will play for the Milwaukee Bucks after all. Yi, the sixth overall selection in the NBA draft in June, signed a standard rookie scale contract with the Bucks in Hong Kong yesterday and is expected to be in Milwaukee for the start of training camp Oct. 1, or shortly afterward. On draft night, Yi said he was ...
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The point guard thought he was great. The general manager had no comment. Dennis Rodman himself? He thinks the Denver Nuggets could really use a guy like him.
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Questions will be asked tonight at Madison Square Garden. Difficult questions. Questions about the futures of Felix Trinidad and Ricardo Mayorga. Very likely they will be questions only one of them will be able to answer.
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Where will Paul Pierce be when/if the Celtics make the fifth selection in tonight's NBA draft? And will he be smiling? If Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers answered the second question, they would probably say yes, though doubts will remain around the league.
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Scanning the crowd of NBA representatives awaiting his predraft workout at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Kevin Garnett saw a group of men holding lottery picks for the 1995 draft with better places to be. Garnett leans back and feigns glassy-eyed boredom to reenact what he remembers most about the invited audience on that fateful June day. He stares blankly into ...
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Thatâs Tracy McGradyâs answer to questions about whether or not he will look to keep his scoring up despite joining Houston and Yao Ming.