News from May 1.
Philadelphia activated Louis Amundson and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL.
Kevin Durant (Sea) was named as Rookie of the Year. Durant received
90 of a possible 125 1st place media votes.
Total position votes
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Kevin Durant (Sea) ....... 545 90 30 5
Al Horford (Atl) ......... 390 30 74 18
Luis Scola (Hou) ......... 146 5 20 61
Al Thornton (LAC) ........ 30 0 1 27
Jamario Moon (Tor) ....... 7 0 0 7
Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) 3 0 0 3
Thaddeus Young (Phi) ..... 2 0 0 2
Carl Landry (Hou) ........ 1 0 0 1
Mike Conley (Mem) ........ 1 0 0 1
The NBA released the list of underclassmen and foriegn players under 22
who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Players who declared
can remove their name from the draft up to June 16. The NBA draft is June
26.
Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft:
A.J. Abrams (junior, Texas, guard)
Josh Akognon (junior, Cal State Fullerton, guard)
Joe Alexander (junior, West Virginia, forward)
Antonio Anderson (junior, Memphis, guard)
Ryan Anderson (sophomore, California, forward)
Darrell Arthur (sophomore, Kansas, forward)
D.J. Augustin (sophomore, Texas, guard)
Derek Bailey (post-graduate, Providence Christian Academy, guard)
Jerryd Bayless (freshman, Arizona, guard)
Michael Beasley (freshman, Kansas State, forward)
Jason Bennett (sophomore, Tallahassee Community College, center)
Keith Brumbaugh (sophomore, Hillsborough Community College, forward)
Chase Budinger (sophomore Arizona, forward)
Derrick Caracter (sophomore, Louisville, forward)
DeMarre Carroll (junior, Missouri, forward)
Charles Carter (junior, Oklahoma Baptist, forward)
Josh Carter (junior, Texas A&M, guard)
Mario Chalmers (junior, Kansas, guard)
Lee Cummard (junior, BYU, guard)
Chris Douglas-Roberts (junior, Memphis, guard)
Robert Dozier (junior, Memphis, forward)
Wayne Ellington (sophomore, UNC, guard)
Alonzo Gee (junior, Alabama, forward)
C.J. Giles (junior, Oregon State, forward)
Eric Gordon (freshman, Indiana, guard)
Jamont Gordon (junior, Mississippi State, guard)
Paul Graham (junior, Florida Atlantic, guard)
Danny Green (junior, UNC, forward)
Donte Greene (freshman, Syracuse, forward)
Kalen Grimes (junior, Missouri, forward)
Richard Hendrix (junior, Alabama, forward-center)
J.J. Hickson (freshman, North Carolina State, forward)
George Hill (junior, IUPUI, guard)
Lester Hudson (junior, Tennessee-Martin, guard)
Reggie Huffman (junior, Alabama-Birmingham, forward)
Stefon Jackson (junior, UTEP, guard)
Shawn James (junior, Duquesne, center-forward)
Davon Jefferson (freshman, UC, forward)
DeAndre Jordan (freshman, Texas A&M, center)
Kosta Koufos (freshman, Ohio State, center)
Ty Lawson (sophomore, UNC, guard)
Brook Lopez (sophomore, Stanford, forward-center)
Robin Lopez (sophomore, Stanford, forward-center)
Kevin Love (freshman, UCLA, center)
Leo Lyons (junior, Missouri, forward)
O.J. Mayo (freshman, USC, guard)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (junior, UCLA, forward)
JaVale McGee (sophomore, Nevada, center-forward)
Jerel McNeal (junior, Marquette, guard)
Kojo Mensah (junior, Duquesne, guard)
Jeremy Pargo (junior, Gonzaga, guard)
Courtney Pigram (junior, East Tennessee State, guard)
Trent Plaisted (junior, BYU, forward-center)
Bruce Price (junior, Tennessee State, guard)
Anthony Randolph (freshman, LSU, forward)
John Riek (post-graduate, Winchendon School, center)
Derrick Rose (freshman, Memphis, guard)
Brandon Rush (junior, Kansas, guard)
Walter Sharpe (sophomore, Alabama-Birmingham, forward)
Josh ****pp (junior, UCLA, guard-forward)
Kiwan Smith (sophomore, Redlands Community College, forward)
Marreese Speighs (sophomore, Florida, center)
Ronald Steele (junior, Alabama, guard)
Robert Vaden (junior, Alabama-Birmingham, guard-forward)
Lorrenzo Wade (junior, San Diego State, forward)
Bill Walker (freshman, Kansas State, forward)
Gordon Watt (junior, Houston Baptist, forward)
Russell Westbrook (sophomore, UCLA, guard)
Raymond Wright (junior, Arkansas-Monticello, forward)
International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves
eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2008 are
automatically entered into the draft):
Alexis Ajinca (20 years old, France, center)
Nicolas Batum (20 years old, France, forward)
Rodrigue Beaubois (20 years old, France, guard)
Mikheil Berishvili (21 years old, Georgia, forward)
Omri Casspi (20 years old, Israel, forward)
Victor Claver (20 years old, Spain, forward)
Nando de Colo (21 years old, France, guard)
Danilo Gallinari (19 years old, Italy, forward)
Serge Ibaka (19 years old, Spain, forward)
Sergey Ilin (21 years old, Ukraine, center)
Joe Ingles (21 years old, Australia, forward)
Jonas Jerebko (21 years old, Italy, forward)
Mladen Jeremic (20 years old, Serbia, forward)
Maxym Korniyenko (21 years old, Ukraine, forward)
Luc Louves (19 years old, France, forward)
Rudy Mbemba (21 years old, Sweden, guard)
Henk Norel (21 years old, Spain, center)
Maxim Sheleketo (21 years old, Latvia, forward)
Giorgi Shermadini (19 years old, Georgia, center)
Ante Tomic (21 years old, Croatia, center)
Maksym Vilkhovetskyi (20 years old, Ukraine, guard)
Ronalds Zakis (21 years old, Latvia, forward)
Det 100, Phi 77 at Phi
Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 7 rebounds.
Chauncey Billups (Det) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 7 assists.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 5 assists, and 5
turnovers.
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points including 7-12 FT and 4 steals.
Andre Miller (Phi) had 11 points including 4-16 FT.
Det shot 58.2% (39-67) FG and Phi shot 33.8% (25-74) FG.
Det shot 13-16 FT and Phi had 24-36 FT.
Detroit takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will
face Orlando.
Playoff Standings
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals
(Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of
7)
1 LA Lakers (4) _ __
8 Denver (0) |_ 1 LA Lakers (0) ___
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4 Utah (3) ______| |_ __
5 Houston (2) _ |
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2 New Orleans (4) __ | |
7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 New Orleans (0) _| |
_ 3 San Antonio (0) |
3 San Antonio (4) __| |
6 Phoenix (1) |_
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1 Boston (3) ______ |
8 Atlanta (2) |_ __ |
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4 Cleveland (3) ___| | |
5 Wa****ngton (2) |_ __|
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2 Detroit (4) _ |
7 Philadelphia (2) |_ 2 Detroit (0) _____|
_ 3 Orlando (0)
3 Orlando (4) ______|
6 Toronto (1)
First Round (Central times) *if necessary
Friday, May 2
Game 6: Cleveland at Wa****ngton 6:00 pm ESPN2
Game 6: Boston at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN
Game 6: Houston at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN
Sunday, May 4
*Game 7: Wa****ngton at Cleveland 12:00 pm ABC
*Game 7: Atlanta at Boston 2:30 pm ABC
*Game 7: Utah at Houston TBA
Second Round (Central times) *if necessary
Saturday, May 3
Game 1: Orlando at Detroit 6:30 pm TNT
Game 1: San Antonio at New Orleans 9:00 pm TNT
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