Here we go....

Draft commences

June 24, 2010 at 11:47PM

An hour after Blazers billionaire owner Paul Allen fired GM Kevin Pritchard and then apparenly told him to conduct the draft on his final day, the NBA draft kicks off with Washington about to take John Wall.

I'll try to chime in here from time to time tonight and keep you up to date on the latest from Target Center.

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Jerry Zgoda

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Jerry Zgoda covers Minnesota United FC and Major League Soccer for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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