Oden & Conley - Together Again?

Word on the street is that the Blazers are trying to get another pick in the top ten so that they can select Ohio State PG and best friend of Greg Oden, Mike Conley. Some ways that this could be accomplished are by acquiring the Timberwolves #7 pick in some sort of Zach Randolph for Kevin Garnett deal. Another possibility would be trading Zach Randolph and one of thier surplus centers to the Grizzlies for the #4 pick and some surplus salaries that will go off the books soon. Either way I see Conley ending up with Oden as the Blazers have plenty of trade bait and any team out of the top 2 could be persuaded to make a deal.

Quick Flash 05/24/2007 - Kaitlin Sandeno

• The winner of last night's NBA game was...oh yeah, they didn't schedule a game so that they could really drag out the playoffs longer than they should.
• Apolo Anton Ohno wins Dancing With the Stars and he did it without tripping any Koreans.
• Clemens gets roughed up in minor league start. Must have been that 6-legged turkey he ate on the Madden Cruiser. Those things have a way of upsetting stomachs.
• Penn State players will clean up the stadium after home games this season. I always knew that those guys were convicts. Now they're starting to act like them.
• Yanks dump the loud mouthed Curt Schilling as the Sox get pasted.

Elijah Dukes Will Kill You

Elijah Dukes, with a tremendous show of his trademark calmness and rationality, left his wife a voicemail saying that he would kill her. Actually he said "You dead dawg. Your kids too." Nice work Elijah. Way to work the kids in their just in case she is one of those people that does not care about their own safety. I'm sure that Father's Day will be a great day for Dukes.

Meshawn Says "Throw Me the Mike"

Keyshawn Johnson "retired from the NFL" or as I like to call it, "could not find a job and had to go somewhere else to get paid to run his mouth." Keyshawn will join ESPN as he will likely serve as the theoretical replacement for the now departed Playmaker. At least Keyshawn should be able to interject more intelligent points than "yeah daaaawwwwgggg" and other Irvinisms that we have become accustomed to over the years.

Giambi Caught Cheating

A few days after publicly announcing that he did "that stuff" back in the day, whatever that was supposed to mean, it became public knowledge that Jason Giambi failed a test for amphetamines. I'm sure that everyone is really very, very shocked that a guy like Giambi would bend the rules and use amphetamines to enhance his performance. Heck, he even used that other "stuff" before to enhance his performance. I actually am kind of surprised that Giambi was foolish enough to get busted for failing a drug test after he spend nearly two seasons in silent fear with Yankees, worried that they would void his monstrosity of a contract. I guess some guys just never learn.

Blazers Get Really Lucky

The Portland Trail Blazers came out of the draft lottery with the #1 pick despite having only a 5% chance of pulling it off. The Sonics came in 2nd. None of the other spots really matter as there are only two franchise players in this draft. Let's take a look at a few lineup scenarios.

Blazers

SF Martel Webster

PF Zach Randolph

C Greg Oden

SG Brandon Roy

PG Jarrett Jack

Bench Lamarcus Aldridge

Bench Sergio Rodriguez

Bench Fred Jones

Sonics

SF Rashard Lewis

PF Kevin Durant

C Nick Collison

SG Ray Allen

PG Earl Watson

Bench Luke Ridnour

Bench Damien Wilkins

Bench Mickael Gelabale

With this draft pick the Blazers could go in a bunch of different directions. They have a glut of young talent and could conceivably trade Zach Randolph, another young player, and a big man for an available talent such as Kevin Garnett or Jermaine O'Neal. The salaries would work out for either player and the teams will likely take a 20 and 10 guy like Randolph who when coupled with a young exciting player like Martel Webster, Jarret Jack, or Sergio Rodriguez and a big man like Jamal Magloire or Joel Pryzbilla would be very attractive to most any fan base.

The Sonics gain the flexibility to decide whether or not they really want to resign Rashard Lewis or use him in a sign and trade. Kevin Durant could fill in nicely at SF while they trade him for a defensive post player like Jermaine O'Neal, Drew Gooden, or David Lee.

Quick Flash 05/23/2007 - Anna Rawson

After a nearly two week hiatus. The Donkey Carnival returns with a vengence.

• Ducks eliminate Red Wings again, proving that a duck wearing a hockey mask will beat a tire with wings any day of the week.
• Spurs go up on Jazz 2-0 as a boring Finals inches closer and closer.
• Red Sox pound Yanks as they continue to dominate despite Manny and Drew still not hitting.
• Nats continue their improbable hot streak as they drop the lowly Reds.