Now it’s official, Greg Oden will join Kevin Durant in this June’s NBA draft. Many believed the humble seven-footer would stay with the Ohio State Buckeyes for his sophomore year, but Oden, Mike Conley Jr., and Daequan Cook all declared for the draft. Cook and Conley have yet to hire agents, giving them the option of returning to school.

NBA fans now know that the 1985 Draft Lottery was rigged, at least according to Bill Simmons. You can see that the New York Knicks‘ envelope was blatantly thrown into the side of the glass drum, while the eight others fell in without any bent corners.

After only one season with the Sacramento Kings, (former) head coach Eric Musselman is now out of work after a disappointing season. Musselman went 33-49, survived Ron Artest, and accumulated a couple DUIs before being relieved of duty with the team.

Bizarrely, Kevin Garnett may have spoken with the team about signing a contract extension. Garnett definitely deserves a trade to a contender, after the Minnesota Timberwolves have missed the playoffs for the last few years. Unless the deal leads to a trade, Garnett should look forward to free agency.

Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony took home the Player of the Month awards for their respective conferences. Carter’s coach, Lawrence Frank, and the Golden State Warriors‘ head coach, Don Nelson, won the Coach of the Month awards.

BallHype has a review of the season previews compiled by bloggers at the beginning of the season. Predictably, most teams fell short of high expectations, and only won team (the San Antonio Spurs) had their record guessed correctly.