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NBA Draft: Fashion Victors and Victims

Kevin Spak — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:44:47 CDT

Women get excited over dresses at the Oscars. J.E. Skeets of Yahoo Sports gets excited about suits at the NBA draft. Here are his picks for the best- and worst-dressed players at last night's big event: Best Dressed: Brandon Jennings—"What's not to like?" Worst Dressed: Hasheem Thabeet wasn’t...

Sorry, Blake Griffin—No. 1 NBA Picks Usually Bomb

Harry Kimball — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:40:41 CDT

Power forward Blake Griffin is almost certainly the No. 1 pick in tonight’s NBA draft, and that scares the bejesus out of Griffin fan Gregg Doyel. “Superstars as the No. 1 pick are the exception to the rule,” Doyel writes on CBS Sports.com, conceding the point of LeBron James....

Last Thing Bulls Should Give Rose is Time

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:29:53 CDT

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...

Trade Spices Up Frosh-Heavy Draft

Kevin Spak — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:33:02 CDT

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...

Finding Meaning in the Death of Len Bias

Katherine Thompson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:13 CDT

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...

Can Basketball Keep Agents Out of High School?

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:28:00 CDT

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.

Knee Will Cost Oden Season

Caroline Zimmerman — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:54:35 CDT

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...

Blazers Buy Out Francis

Joseph Fasano — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:23:43 CDT

The Trail Blazers bought out Steve Francis's contract yesterday, handing the guard roughly $30 million of the $33.6 million due for his remaining two years. Portland acquired the 30-year-old former All-Star in a deal with the Knicks, who dished out Francis and Channing Frye for Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau,...

Stern Assists on Yi Talks

Joseph Fasano — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:14:09 CDT

The Bucks are doing everything to secure No. 6 pick Yi Jianlian, including showering him with team merchandise at his Summer League game this Saturday. Now commissioner David Stern is joining the effort. Sports Illustrated reports that as GM Larry Harris and coach Larry Krystkowiak woo the 7-foot Chinese phenom,...