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Kevin Pelton of SUPERSONICS.com writes, "After completing two days in Portland, where he worked out for the Blazers, (Greg) Oden arrived in Seattle Thursday night. He will not work out for the Sonics, but is spending time with the team’s front office so both player and team can get to know more about the other."

While there seems little doubt Kobe Bryant wants out of Los Angeles, the Lakers don’t appear ready to make a move.

Bob Finnan, of THE NEWS-HERALD writes, "To a man, the Cavaliers were disappointed in how their season ended. After their improbable run through the playoffs, they went belly-up in the NBA Finals, as the San Antonio Spurs ran roughshod over them in four games. The Cavs were just the eighth team in the 60-year history of the Finals to be swept."

Ivan Carter of The WASHINGTON POST writes, "Aaron Gray’s decision to return the University of Pittsburgh for his senior season may not have greatly improved his chances of moving up in the first round of the NBA draft, but the extra year did help Gray improve his body and his game."

The secret to his success was simple, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told graduating seniors Friday at UCLA.

Cavaliers legend Austin Carr got teary-eyed the night the franchise won the right to draft LeBron James.

In the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, Buck Harvey writes “in 2000, everyone in San Antonio knew how close it was. Sean Elliott thought Tim Duncan could leave, for example, and Will Perdue, a former Spur by then, said: ‘Tim Duncan is not married to San Antonio by any means; he’s made that very clear. … You’ll have an opportunity to put (Grant) Hill and Duncan on the same team. I find it hard to believe that both would turn down that opportunity.’ When Duncan stayed an extra few days in Orlando, Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford began to sweat, and the meeting in the San Antonio apartment reinforced all fears.”

Marc Stein of ESPN.COM reports, "The Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets, who have been discussing a Mike James-for-Juwan Howard swap in one form or another since the February trade deadline, have agreed in principle to finally complete that deal this month."