POSTED: June 24 -- 5:23 p.m. ET
Chad Ford: Good news, Knicks fans. Timberwolves GM David Kahn may allow the Knicks to have their guy after all.
As we've reported, the Wolves are willing to talk about moving the No. 5 and No. 18 picks for either the No. 2 or No. 3 pick in the draft.
But if they can't get that done, they have a number of other options. We've mentioned Ricky Rubio, James Harden, Tyreke Evans and Stephen Curry as possibilities. Add Jonny Flynn to that list as well. Sources say the Wolves are strongly considering Flynn with one of their two lottery picks ... if Rubio is off the board.
If they take Flynn, chances are they'll pass on Curry, giving the Knicks a shot at drafting their target.
• The Warriors have the seventh pick in the draft and have been strongly considering both Curry and Jordan Hill. This deal gives them a young point guard in Acie Law which makes one think the Warriors will go big at No. 7. If Hill is off the board, they also like Wake Forest's James Johnson.
The Hawks have the 19th pick and we've pegged them with a point guard as well. With Mike Bibby hitting free agency, we thought it was a no-brainer that they'd go with a point. Now that Crawford is in the mix, it looks like the Hawks could turn their attention to the frontcourt. Two players that they've been looking at are Tyler Hansbrough and B.J. Mullens.
• Why would the Blazers move up two spots in the draft? The word around the league was the Kings had zeroed in on Omri Casspi with the 23rd pick. Casspi could be a good pick for the Blazers to either keep or bring over this year to provide more toughness in the frontcourt.
Other potential targets for the Blazers could be Florida's Nick Calathes, Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair, Georgetown's DaJuan Summers and VCU's Eric Maynor.
• A number of reports have surfaced over a potential Bobcats-Sixers trade that would send Samuel Dalembert and the No. 17 pick to Charlotte for Nazr Mohammed, Vladimir Radmanovic and the No. 12 pick.
While I was able to confirm that the Bobcats indeed made the pitch, the Sixers just as quickly shot it down.
• If the Blazers can't move further up in the draft, they very well may move out of it all together. The team has been trying to clear cap space for the summer so that they could facilitate a Kirk Hinrich trade with the Bulls. At this point, they seem willing to sell their pick along with the draft rights to Petteri Koponen and the expiring contract of Sergio Rodriguez.
POSTED: June 24 -- 5:08 p.m. ET
Andy Katz: Brandon Jennings said he's not going to the New York Knicks at No. 8. Does he know that for sure? No. But he is confident that the Knicks will get Davidson's Stephen Curry.
"That's who they want,'' Jennings said. "They'll make it happen."
POSTED: June 24 -- 4:14 p.m. ET
Chad Ford: The Green Room participants are set.
Blake Griffin (1)
Stephen Curry (2-8)
Austin Daye (14-24)
DeMar DeRozan (6-17)
Jonny Flynn (4-10)
Jordan Hill (5-11)
Brandon Jennings (6-19)
Ricky Rubio (2-6)
Hasheem Thabeet (2-6)
Terrence Williams (11-16)
Jrue Holiday (4-13)
Tyreke Evans (2-8)
Tyler Hansbrough (11-20)
James Harden (2-6)
Gerald Henderson (8-17)
The two big surprises on the list are Daye and Hansbrough. Both players don't have definitive places in the lottery right now.
Here are a few top players who weren't invited to the Green Room:
DeJuan Blair (13-24)
Earl Clark (11-21)
James Johnson (9-21)
Ty Lawson (10-22)
Eric Maynor (13-24)
B.J. Mullens (12-21)
Jeff Teague (13-22)
Schon wieder. Wo kommen denn immer diese Märchen her? Ist nun nicht das 1. Mal, dass es gesagt wird, wahrer wird es dadurch nicht. In den Köpfen mancher Leute scheint es keine Möglichkeit zu geben, ein guter Verteidiger zu sein, wenn man nicht die Athletik von Josh Smith hat.
