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Before last week's NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, Victor Oladipo was regarded by most draft experts as a possible top 5 pick. Very few, if any, had him vaulting into the top 3, a move that would require a team to pick the athletic swingman out of Indiana ahead of Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore and/or Otto Porter.

After a very impressive showing in the athletic testing, however, NBA teams may be reconsidering Oladipo as one of the three best prospects in the draft.

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UPDATE: Three weeks ago we posed the question and raised the possibility of Miami point guard Shane Larkin rising the charts and becoming a lottery pick this June. It may have seemed a little far-fetched at the time, but it doesn't anymore.

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What Trey Burke showed as a sophomore in this year's NCAA tournament is that he has the talent to be a point guard in the NBA for a long time. Without him, Michigan wouldn't have made it past Kansas, let alone continued on to the championship game against Louisville.

Just how great Burke will be at the next level is the big question, and according to ESPN's draft expert Chad Ford there are some areas of concern based on Burke's showing at the recent Draft Combine.

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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports follows up his earlier report from over the weekend with the following tweet this morning: "(Bryan) Colangelo's finalizing agreement to move over to business side, leaving basketball ops. Ownership preparing major financial offer for Ujiri."

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Several times Kobe Bryant has said he plans to play a few more seasons in the NBA and Sunday night he reiterated that opinion.

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The Charlotte Bobcats are set to have a top-5 pick in the 2013 draft, but Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer wonders if the team is angling to move back in the order after watching the prospects they interviewed in Chicago last week.

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Dwight Howard is set to hit the free agent market on July 1 and he can expect to hear from several teams once the clock hits 12 am eastern. Those teams include the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks. Howard is expected to to re-sign with the Lakers. however Houston is certainly a viable option.

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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has started Chris Bosh at center, Udonis Haslem at power forward and LeBron James at small forward and when Game 1 against Indiana kicks off on Monday that unit will stay intact.

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Vinny Del Negro's future with the Los Angeles Clippers is very much in doubt and we got word from ESPN.com's Marc Stein that owner Donald Sterling may have been scouting a possible replacement on Sunday.

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There had been some speculation that Kendrick Perkins might be amnestied in July to help the Oklahoma City Thunder stay below the luxury tax, but that not going to happen.

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J.R. Smith says he wants to finish out his NBA career by playing with the New York Knicks and that will come to fruition if he re-signs with the team this summer. According to Chris Smith, J.R.'s brother, both players will return to the Knicks.

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According to ESPNNewYork.com's Jared Zwerling, he spoke with agent Richard Kaplan and it doesn't sound like Marcus Camby has any plans to retire.

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The New York Knicks need to upgrade the roster, however making a major move during the summer is difficult as they will begin the 2013-14 salary cap year over the luxury tax line. That leaves them with just the $3.18 million taxpayer mid-level exception to offer free agents and at this time Chris Copeland's agent wants most of it.

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Carmelo Anthony had been dealing with an injured left shoulder since the first round series against Boston and he's set to meet with his doctor to determine the best way to repair the damage, reports the New York Daily News.

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