News from April 29. Tyreke Evans (Sac) was named as Rookie of the Year. Evans received 67 of a possible 123 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Tyreke Evans (Sac) ....... 491 67 50 6 Stephen Curry (GS) ....... 391 43 50 26 Brandon Jennings (Mil) ... 204 12 22 78 Darren Collison (NO) ..... 17 1 1 9 Jonny Flynn (Min) ........ 2 0 0 2 Taj Gibson (Chi) ......... 2 0 0 2 The NBA released the list of underclassmen and foreign players under 22 years old who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Players who declared can remove their name from the draft up to June 14. The NBA draft is June 25. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Solomon Alabi (sophomore, Florida State, center) Cole Aldrich (junior, Kansas, center) Lavoy Allen (junior, Temple, forward) Al-Farouq Aminu (sophomore, Wake Forest, forward) James Anderson (junior, Oklahoma State, guard) Kevin Anderson (junior, Richmond, guard) Luke Babbitt (sophomore, Nevada, forward) Armon Bassett (junior, Ohio, guard) Talor Battle (junior, Penn State, guard) Keith Benson (junior, forward, Oakland) Eric Bledsoe (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Anatoly Bose (junior, Nicholls State, guard) Dee Bost (sophomore, Mississippi State, guard) Craig Brackins (junior, Iowa State, forward):w Avery Bradley (freshman, Texas, guard) Carlon Brown (junior, Utah, guard) Derrick Caracter (junior, UTEP, forward) DeMarcus Cousins (freshman, Kentucky, center) Jordan Crawford (sophomore, Xavier, guard) Ed Davis (sophomore, North Carolina, forward) Mike Davis (junior, Illinois, forward) Paul Davis (junior, Virginia Tech, guard) Malcolm Delaney (junior, Virginia Tech, guard) Devin Ebanks (sophomore, West Virginia, forward) Kenneth Faried (junior, Morehead State, forward) Derrick Favors (freshman, Georgia Tech, forward) Courtney Fortson (sophomore, Arkansas, guard) Jimmer Fredette (junior, BYU, guard) Tiny Gallon (freshman, Oklahoma, forward) Charles Garcia (junior, Seattle, forward) Paul George (sophomore, Fresno State, forward) Anthony Gurley (junior, Massachusetts, guard) Manny Harris (junior, Michigan, guard) Gordon Hayward (sophomore, Butler, forward) Jeremy Hazell (junior, Steon Hall, guard) Xavier Henry (freshman, Kansas, guard) Darington Hobson (junior, New Mexico, forward) Adnan Hodzic (junior, Lipscomb, forward) Armon Johnson (junior, Nevada, guard) JaJuan Johnson (junior, Purdue, forward) Ravern Johnson (junior, Mississippi State, forward) Wes Johnson (junior, Syracuse, forward) Cameron Jones (junior, Northern Arizona, guard) Dominique Jones (junior, South Florida, guard) Mac Koshwal (junior, DePaul, forward) Sylven Landesberg (sophomore, Virginia, guard) Gani Lawal (junior, Georgia Tech, forward) Kenny Lawson (junior, Creighton, forward) Tommy Mason-Griffin (freshman, Oklahoma, guard) Demetri McCamey (junior, Illinois, guard) Elijah Millsap (junior, UAB, guard) Greg Monroe (sophomore, Georgetown, center) E'Twaun Moore (junior, Purdue, guard) Arnett Moultrie (sophomore, UTEP, center) A.J. Ogilvy (junior, Vanderbilt, center) Daniel Orton (freshman, Kentucky, center) Patrick Patterson (junior, Kentucky, forward) Rico Pickett (junior, Manhattan, guard) Eniel Polynice (junior, Mississippi, guard) Herb Pope (sophomore, Seton Hall, forward) Jeff Robinson (junior, Seton Hall, guard) Samardo Samuels (sophomore, Louisville, center) Larry Sanders (junior, Virginia Commonwealth, forward) John Sloan (junior, Huntingdon, guard) Tracy Smith (junior, NC State, forward) Lance Stephenson (freshman, Cincinnati, guard) Lazar Trifunovic (junior, Radford, forward) Evan Turner (junior, Ohio State, guard) Alex Tyus (junior, Florida, forward) Ekpe Udoh (junior, Baylor, forward) John Wall (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Willie Warren (sophomore, Oklahoma, guard) Quinton Watkins (freshman, San Diego State, guard) C.J. Webster (junior, San Jose State, forward) Terrico White (sophomore, Mississippi, guard) Hassan Whiteside (freshman, Marshall, center) Elliot Williams (sophomore, Memphis, guard) Stevy Worah-Ozimo (junior, Slippery Rock, forward) Chris Wright (junior, Dayton, forward) Jahmar Young (junior, New Mexico State, guard) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2010 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Pablo Aguilar (forward, Spain, born 1989) Andrew Albicy (guard, France, born 1990) Robin Benzing (forward, Germany, born 1989) Stefan Bircevic (forward, Serbia, born 1989) Bojan Bogdanovic (forward, Croatia, born 1989) Sarra Camara (forward, France, born 1989) Antoine Diot (guard, France, born 1989) Bangaly Fofana (center, France, born 1989) Miralem Halilovic (forward, Bosnia, born 1991) Thomas Heurtel (guard, France, born 1989) Edwin Jackson (guard, France, born 1989) Dusan Korac (center, Montenegro, born 1991) Mindaugas Kuzminskas (forward, Lithuania, born 1989) Luc Louves (forward, France, born 1989) Uros Lukovic (center, Serbia, born 1989) Donatas Motiejunas (center, Italy, born 1990) Tomasz Nowakowkis (forward, Slovenia, born 1990) Tibor Pleiss (center, Germany, born 1989) Xavier Rabaseda (forward, Spain, born 1989) Fernando Raposo (forward, France, born 1989) Ryan Richards (center, Spain, born 1989) Kevin Seraphin (forward, France, born 1989) Semen Shashkov (forward, Russia, born 1989) SA 97, Dal 87 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 1-7 FT, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 26 points including 10-12 FT and 5 assists. George Hill (SA) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 33 points including 13-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Caron Butler (Dal) had 25 points. San Antonio takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face Phoenix. Pho 99, Por 90 at Por Jason Richardson (Pho) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 10 points including 2-7 FG, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Martell Webster (Por) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Phoenix takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face San Antonio. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (3) _ 8 Oklahoma City (2) |_ _________________ _ _ _________________ | 4 Denver (2) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (2) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (4) |_ 7 San Antonio (0) _| | _ 3 Phoenix (0) | 3 Phoenix (4) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Chicago (1) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) | _ 4 Boston (0) ______ | 4 Boston (4) ________| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Orlando (0) _____| _ _________________ 3 Atlanta (2) _____| 6 Milwaukee (3) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Friday, April 30 Game 6 Atlanta at Milwaukee 6:00 pm ESPN Game 6 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Game 6 Denver at Utah 9:00 pm ESPN2 Sunday, May 2 *Game 7 Milwaukee at Atlanta TBD *Game 7 Utah at Denver TBD *Game 7 Oklahoma City at LA Lakers TBD Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Saturday, May 1 Game 1 Boston at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 3 Game 2 Boston at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Game 1 San Antonio at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 5 Game 2 San Antonio at Phoenix 8:00 pm TNT Friday, May 7 Game 3 Cleveland at Boston 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Phoenix at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Sunday, May 9 Game 4 Cleveland at Boston 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Phoenix at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Tuesday, May 11 *Game 5 Boston at Cleveland TBD TNT *Game 5 San Antonio at Phoenix TBD TNT Thursday, May 13 *Game 6 Cleveland at Boston TBD ESPN *Game 6 Phoenix at San Antonio TBD ESPN Sunday, May 16 *Game 7 Boston at Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC *Game 7 San Antonio at Phoenix TBD TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html