Video from the Draft Combine of Shabazz speaking to reporters following the drills. He discusses his meeting with Portland representatives along with goals for his rookie season.

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Blazers followed him closely throughout the season, but at this point it seems that "Pap" in not on the immediate plans of Neil Olshey. Portland (besides starter Nicolas Batum) also has another talented European forward with Spaniard Victor Claver and is no need to "overload" the small forward position. In fact Olshey didn’t travel in London, where only Blazers’ scout Jason Filipi was present. So there is a strong chance that the Blazers will trade his rights and many teams has shown interest. Spurs and Mavericks are among them, as well as the Knicks who drafted Papanikolaou on No48 of last year’s draft. Knicks GM Glen Grunwald visited London for a day, just to watch him on the semifinal against CSKA!

In ESPN's blurb about Jerry Sloan coaching the Bucks was this: Sloan, who has 1,221 career wins to rank third all time, turned down an offer from the Portland Trail Blazers last offseason and also was in the running to take over the Charlotte Bobcats before removing himself from consideration.

Surprised to see Dieng's offensive game is better than I thought; he can stick a midrange jumper and finish well at the rim. No post moves to speak of, but that doesn't concern me. On defense, he needs to add some muscle to keep position against NBA centers, but the will to fight is there. All told, this video makes him look like a young Marcus Camby. Slim passing big man that can block shots, gather rebounds, and bury the jumper. Can we just have the draft tomorrow? Because this is the guy at #10.

Draftexpress did one of their strength/weakness videos on Caldwell-Pope a SG from Georgia who has been popping up in mock drafts as the blazes possible pick at #10.... reminds me of Barton with 3pt shooting and a little better D

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So, in just another moment of the Maloofs making friends and influencing people in Sacramento, they've informed the NBA that they will not sell the team to the ownership group in Sacramento, and will only sell the team to the group in Seattle. If the NBA refuses, they'll pull the team off the market and sell a 20% share to the Seattle group. Lots more, and a bunch of bad language, at Sactown Royalty in the link.