http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/ NBA Standings Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:55:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Sports http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:51:50 GMT The Trail Blazers traded the No. 4 pick, Tyrus Thomas, to the Chicago Bulls along with forward Viktor Khryapa and a conditional second-round pick for the No. 2 overall pick, LaMarcus Aldridge. Portland also traded away guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff to Boston for the No. 7 pick, Randy Foye, then swapped him to Minnesota for the No. 6 pick, Brandon Roy. Aldridge, a 6-foot-11 power forward/center who played as a sophomore last season at Texas, is known for his defense and could provide immediate help if the Blazers fail to re-sign free agent center Joel Przybilla. He... (more) http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:30:45 GMT "Fire Isiah" and "Sell the Knicks" were aimed at president-general manager-coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan. It didn't seem to matter the Knicks were still a while from making the first of their two first-round picks or that team officials were about 25 miles away at the practice facility in Greenburgh, the fans had something to say. When the selection of South Carolina forward Renaldo Balkman was announced by commissioner David Stern as the 20th pick, the boos rained down. Longtime Knicks supporter Spike Lee was in The Theatre, and he was seen saying,... (more) http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:33:37 GMT The Toronto Raptors made Andrea Bargnani the first No. 1 pick from Europe to kick off a draft that began with a lack of buzz. But on a night when 15 trades were made -- with Portland involved in six of them -- it certainly didn't turn out boring. "Apparently not a lot of people liked what they got at the top," Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo said. How unpredictable was it? Even the guys who didn't get traded weren't convinced they were staying. After watching what went on around him, no wonder Rudy Gay wasn't getting ahead of himself. Picked eighth by the Rockets but hearing his... (more) http://nbabuckets.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1