Tough to guess who the other one might be. Maybe Ray Allen? But would Seattle offer Allen just to move up 1 spot? Or maybe it was Allen for #1 so they could have both..

Maybe Shawn Marion was the other?

and what about Durant? Can't even bench 185 pounds..

His body fat is under 8%, which is ridiculous for anyone, let alone a 7-footer. I'm pretty sure he's in fine shape. He was clearly in better shape than Durant at the workouts last week.

And as a dedicated basketball player, isn't it better that he'd want to rest rather than party? I don't understand that logic. A teenager burning that much energy needs to sleep a lot. I'd be shocked if Durant was out partying with his friends either.

Oden looks older because his beard and relatively deep folds in his facial skin. Its very simple and obvious, and completely superficial and has nothing to do with his body or energy. No offense, but his is the most silly concern regarding either player I've seen. I'm not sure what the genetics comment means.

I'd be much more concerned about Durant lasting a full 82 than Oden. Oden is phenomanal athlete and is in superb shape.

The Boston Celtics cut him after his latest weapons charge, meaning that for basically pennies on the dollar, we could re-sign our "future franchise point guard."

Wouldn't that be funny? Blazers sign Oden and Telfair, Sebastian Telfair suddenly becomes Iverson Reincarnate (or Tony Parker as the kids are saying nowadays) and somewhere far-far-away Danny Ainge quickly becomes an alcoholic?

"So let me get this straight Danny... You like the Blazers so much, you'll take a locker room cancer (Ratliff) and help our struggling point guard develop for a year in a bad Eastern Conference, and when it's all said and done you'll throw in Brandon Roy and Greg Oden? Hmmmm... I'm just not quite sure. Can we add Darius Miles for Paul Pierce into the mix?"

Oden is a different type of prospect altogether. I've never seen a credible expert or writer doubt he'll be a star. A few believe Durant might be better, but no one thinks Oden will be a bust.

Which might be a jinx, but oh well.

1b) I'm not sure what you mean by Thad Young showing up Durant at the McDonalds.  I didn't watch it, but Durant got co-MVP while putting up 25pts on 10 of 18, 5 reb 4 ast 2 steals in 18 minutes.  Seems like a pretty good line.

1c) Durant's been the #2 prospect behind Oden in this class at least since a year ago.  He exceeded expectations partly because he actually did bulk up a lot since he graduated; I think he was probably around 190 a year ago from looking at the his high school clips.

1d) Yeah, no question Barnes isn't the greatest coach.  It's actually something that makes Durant's performance this year even more impressive.  It's like Barnes was deliberately trying to make it harder for Texas to win.  Often, Durant would end up taking a buzzer beater after a busted play for Augustin would end up in his hands, and he'd just heave a 25 footer at the buzzer.  I believe they won a game against Oklahoma State just like that.  Texas also blew at least one OT game when they only gave the ball to Kevin maybe twice the entire OT.  Ridiculous.  Or the game they lost to SC in the tournament, Augustin only started feeding KD after the game was already out of reach after Texas fell behind by 20.

2. Pistol Pete's a little before my time.  Nutcase, right?  Don't see much indication of that.  He doesn't seem to have been domineered (is that a word?), so much as self-driven.

3. I think Durant will end up around 240 in a couple of years.  I think 25 pounds heavier than when you're 18 is an easy call myself.  Rashard's a nice player but Durant is already better than Rashard is now, and KD is 9 years younger.  Durant's got better moves, can drive better, has a much better developed low-post game and is a significantly better defender.  David Thorpe (pro scout writes for ESPN) thinks KD can be a 2,3,4, or 5.  I personally think 5 is a bit of a stretch, but definitely a 3 or 4.  I'd actually rather have him as a 4, but if we take him, we're loaded at that slot.