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The New Jersey Nets signed their first two picks of the 2008 NBA Draft on Wednesday, including their top selection, Brook Lopez.

Ryan Anderson didn't pay a great deal of attention to the first 15 picks of Thursday's NBA draft.

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If there is such a thing as an East Coast bias, it won't be evident in this year's NBA draft.

The Charlotte Bobcats nearly moved up in the draft. They almost dealt Gerald Wallace, and dangled other veterans as trade bait.

Twenty years later, the Stanford twins had to wait 27 minutes to realize the different destinations of their professional careers.

NEW YORK - Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA.

The New Jersey Nets created salary room for a potential run at major free agents in 2010 and found a center for the future on Thursday, trading Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee just hours before drafting Stanford ...

The Charlotte Bobcats have selected point guard D.J. Augustin of Texas with the ninth pick in the NBA draft.

New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn cackled when asked who the team intended to take with the 10th pick overall in the NBA Draft.

1. Brook Lopez, Stanford, 7-0: Skilled, crafty player with many athleticism issues. 2. Kosta Koufos, Ohio St., 7-0: Has answered questions with series of strong workouts. 3. Robin Lopez, Stanford, 7-0: Brook's brother draws Anderson Varejao comparisons. 4. Roy Hibbert, Georgetown, 7-2: Upside has been reached; could excel in the halfcourt. 5. DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M, 6-11: Raw talent has fallen from initial lottery projections. Of note Many draft boards have France's Alexis Ajinca ranked higher than the domestic alternatives, with Croatia's Ante Tomic and Turkey's Omer Asik other imports who could displace NCAA centers in the draft. As a group There is no Greg Oden, no franchise center in this draft. Rather, it is a group of supporting players, many of whom are lacking either on the boards, defensively or when it comes to post-up play. This will be a group taken according to need as much as any other factor.

Brook and Robin Lopez have been playing basketball together since the first grade. From driveway 1-on-1 to high school in Fresno, and later at Stanford, the twin 7-footers have never been far apart.

So you could forgive them for being sentimental about the future. The NBA draft on Thursday will likely separate the 20-year-olds for the first time in their lives.

But, frankly, you'd be wasting the compassion.

''It's the same adjustments really, it's just that I won't have that guy following me around anymore,'' joked Brook, the elder by a minute.

So much can happen between now and when David Stern steps to the podium Thursday night at Madison Square Garden to announce the Timberwolves' selection in the NBA draft.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves wanted to get to know Danilo Gallinari a little better as they consider him for the No. 3 pick in next week's NBA draft, so they took him, his father and agent Arn Tellem on to lunch on Friday.

The cuisine?

"We ate some Italian food," GM Jim Stack said in a conference call from Los Angeles. "Real shocker, I know."

Gallinari is one of the more intriguing prospects in the draft for the Wolves, who figure to have their pick of the litter after Chicago and Miami choose Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley in some combination with the first two picks.