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O ne o f the biggest days in the
history o f the Portland Trail Blazers
conies in just one week. Thursday,
June 28 will be the day the Blazers
m ake the much anticipated first
selection in the N BA draft.
A lot has been m ade o f this pick
for tw o reasons; G reg O den and
Kevin Durant. Popular opinion has
been to pick Oden. The m ajority of
sportsw riters, form er players and
large groups o f friends have been
scream ing “D R A FT O D E N .”
In the B lazer’s office, the pick is
not decided. Sunday’s O regonian
rep o rted that G eneral M anager
Kevin Pritchard is still far from a
decision. Coach Nate M cM illan is
leaning more tow ards O den, just
11 ke the majority of B lazer fans across
the city.
L et’s take a quick look at both
players.
Oden is 7-feet tall and looks to be
a defensive stopper in the realm o f
Bill Russell. He is big, strong and
has am azing timing.
His freshm en year at O hio State
U niversity was cut short by an in­
jured right wrist which caused Oden
to miss the start o f the season.
W hen he returned, he could barely
grip the ball with both hands and he
shot free throws with his right hand.
He still averaged nearly 16 points
and 10 rebounds a gam e, putting an
exclam ation point on his recovery
with a 25 points, 12 board and 4
block perform ance in the National
Cham pionship.
G reg O den
His form er coach T had M atta
said that O den was never 100 per­
cent ready to play, and that he was
medically given clearance to play in
the middle o f May. A, the NBA
predraft cam p in O rlando a few
weeks ago. Oden continued to wow
people with a 34 inch vertical ju m p
and his flexibility during agility
tests. He did not participate in the
bench press lift because o f his wrist.
Kevin D urant had one o f the
best freshm en seasons in the his­
tory o f col lege basketbal I. He aver­
aged 26 points, 11 boards and was
the consensus Player o f the Y ear in
college. He w ould most likely be a
6-10 smal 1 forward in the NBA, due
to his skinny frame. He is about 185
pounds, soaking wet.
His agility, w ingspan and deep
shooting range are m aking many
G M s, including Pritchard, drool all
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U nlike O den, D urant caused a
little shakiness in his stock at the
predraft cam p. D urant w as the only
player, out o f about 60, w ho could
not bench 185 pounds even once.
A nd he finished last out o f the
players w ho com pleted all o f the
drills. Even his vertical ju m p and
agility w ere low er than expected.
But m ostG M s, including Pritchard,
could care less.
O den w as due to w orkout and
m eet with the Blazers T uesday and
leave T hursday morning. Durant
will com e later on T hursday and
stay until Saturday m orning.
Pritchard has said that he will wait
to make an official announcem ent
until he meets with both players and
sees them workout for himself.
W e all know Pritchard is not afraid
to create noise and to get exactly
what he wants. Last year he m ade a
record six trades in the draft, getting
two o f the top four talents i n the draft.
W e also know that he does not mind
picking the opposite o f what his fans
want. At the time, the public was
pushing for him to pick form er
Gonzaga star Adam Morrison, and
instead he skipped Morrison to draft
LaM arcus Aldridge and Brandon
Roy.
The team also has four second
round draft picks and several trad­
able assets like, Zack Randolph,
T ravis O utlaw , Jarrett Jack and
Martell Webster. The team may need
to trade for a small forward, depend­
ing on the draft.
And Pritchard is working very
hard to get another lottery pick. He is
very high on Corey Brewerand would
love to get another pick to get him
into a Blazers uniform.
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d e fe a tin g th e C lev ela n d C avaliers to win th e NBA Finals b a s k e t­
ball s e r ie s T h u rsd a y in C levela n d , Ohio. (AP p h o to )
T he San A ntonio Spurs co m ­ q u a rte rin G a m e 4 o n a n 11-0 ru n ,to
pleted their four game sweep against take their first fourth quarter lead of
the C leveland Cavaliers in the NBA the series, 63-60. T he gam e was tied
Finals, w inning 8 3 -8 2 ,T hursday in at 66 when San A ntonio scored 8
C leveland, O hio. This series was straight points to regain control o f
the low est television rated finals o f the game.
all time.
T he Cavs hit a few threes late,
T he C avs had the early lead the last one was m eaningless with
against the Spurs in both gam es in no tim e left. T he Spurs won their
Cleveland, but could not m atch San fourth cham pionship in 9 years, to
A ntonio dow n the stretch.
bring much debate on w hether they
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Kobe Trade Talk
Intentional or not, K obe Bryant seem s to be
doing everything he can to pressure the Los
A ngeles Lakers into trading him. So far, it
doesn’t appear to be w orking. T he latest twist
in the saga involves an am ateur video o f the
nine-tim e A ll-Star denouncing general m an­
ager M itch K upchak and team m ate Andrew
Bynum.
Lakers spokesm an John Black said the team w as contacted
about the video before Bryant first requested to be traded on May
30. "It doesn't change our stance at all." Black said a d a y after saying
essentially the same thing — that the team has no plans to trade the
tw o-tim e defending N BA scoring cham pion.
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S ta te in th e first in ning o f a C o lleg e World S e r ie s b a s e b a ll
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OSU up 2-0 at
College World Series
D efending N CA A C ham pion lead into the top o f seventh. A ri­
O regon State has continued its hot zona State finally got their bats
play in the post season as they w orking as they got four runs in the
dom inated the A rizona State Sun inning, before Beavers reliever Joe
D evils, 12-6. M onday for their sec­ Paterson cam e in to finish the jo b
ond victory o f the C ollege W orld that starter M ichael Stutes started.
Series in O m aha, Neb.
O regon State got 18 hits against
The Beavers sim ply dom inated the Devils. They will play W ednes­
the Devils, scoring at least one run day, in either a rem atch against
in the first six innings taking a 12 - 1 A rizona Sate or against U C Irvine.
U.S. Open Upset
K eeping up w ith the high scoring that seem s
to becom e traditional at the U.S. O pen, Angel
C abrera won his first tournam ent on U.S. soil
w ith a +5, beating form er O pen w inners T iger
W oods and Jim Furyk Sunday at O akm ont in
Pennsylvania. C abrera shot a 69 on Sunday,
finishing with two o f the tournam ents eight
rounds below par.
Fatherhood for Woods
Less than 24 hours after T iger W oods finished second at the U.S.
O pen on Father’s Day, his w ife gave birth to their first child, a
daughter nam ed Sam A lexis W oods. The new s w as announced on
his W eb site, leaving out such details as height and w eight and
when she w as bom.
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