30 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM Sports WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008
DRAFT (CONTINUED FROM 28)
eral manager R.C. Buford is the father of current KU player Chase Buford possesses
Chalmers they would take him if he was still available at No.26.
If the Spurs did pass on Chalmers, he could be selected by the New Orleans Hornets
Kaun
with the next pick. That would make him teammates with Julian Wright once again. Wright said he wasn't selfish and wouldn't root for reuniting with one of his college teammates on draft night.
"I just want them to get a good fit," Wright said. "But if one of them does fall here, I wouldn't mind playing with him."
SASHA KAUN
Kaun won't play in the NBA next season but that doesn't mean he won't be drafted.
The center signed a three-year deal with CSKA Moscow, a professional basketball team in Russia, on Sunday. The signing, however, doesn't insure an NBA team won't pick him - in fact, it could make it more likely.
If NBA teams draft a player who already signed a contract in a foreign league, they gain his rights in case he ever does decide to play in America. It's an attractive deal for NBA teams because they receive rights of a player without having to pay any money until the player comes back to the
United States.
In last year's draft, 10 international players in the same position as Kaun were picked.
DARNELL JACKSON
Self said it wouldn't quite be a miracle if a team selected Jackson after all he's been through in college
- but it would be close.
If Jackson does get picked,he will likely be one of the final selections.
"Darnell, based on what I've been told, has had not good but
Jackson
RUSSELL ROBINSON
No expert's mock drafts have Robinson being picked Thursday night, but Self sees the perfect scenario of how it could happen.
great workouts," Self said. "I think he has a great chance to get drafted and I think he will."
Self compared Jackson to former Florida big man Chris Richard, who was primarily a reserve in college but became the fifth Gator selected in last year's draft. Like Kansas this year, Florida was the reigning national champion last year.
"He's one of those guys that late in the second round, somebody could say, 'Well I just want to draft somebody that's dependable and can be a third guard,'" Self said. "If that's the case, then Russell could be the man."
Even if Robinson is not selected, he could try to latch on with a team through free agency. He may spend next year in the NBA Developmental League or elsewhere, but Perkins is sure he'll keep chasing his dreams.
"Russell is going to play some place," Perkins said.
Edited by Deepa Sampat
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Cink clinches victory, moves to 6th in rankings
CROMWELL, Conn. — Stewart Cink had a reputation as a good golfer who just couldn't finish off a tournament.
His collapse during the fourth round of the PODS Championship in March left him with just one victory in the nine career events where he had the lead going into the last day.
On Sunday, he put that behind him, holding off a late charges from Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke. With the victory, Cink was projected to go to a career-high No. 6 in the world ranking.
Cink shot a 3-under 67 — following rounds of 66, 64 and 65 — to finish at 18 under for his fifth career victory and first since 2004. Armour (65) and Mahan (65) tied for second.
Spain reigns; Italians finished at Euro 2008
Spain, the only group winner to make the semifinals, plays Russia in Vienna on Thursday night. The other semifinal has Turkey against Germany on Wednesday in Basel, Switzerland.
VIENNA, Austria — Cesc Fabregas scored the decisive penalty kick in a shootout Sunday night, sending Spain past Italy 4-2 after a 0-0 draw, setting up a semifinal against Russia in the European Championship.
The World Cup champion Italians were stymied twice by goalkeeper Iker Casillas in the shootout.
David Villa, Santi Cazorla and Marcos Senna beat Italy's Gianluigi Buffon in the shootout. Fabio Grosso and Mauro Camoranesi connected for italy, but Casillas stopped Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Nitale. Casillas guessed
right on all four Italy penalty kicks, barely missing the two that found the net.
CHICAGO — MVP Kobe Bryant will be heading to his first Olympics, and he'll have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade with him.
They will lead a U.S. Olympic basketball team that was announced Monday and hopes to capture the gold medal in Beijing in August after a third-place showing in Athens four years ago. They'll have plenty of help.
Rats! Cubs sweep Sox in battle of Chicago
CHICAGO — Ozzie Guillen finally got his wish and got out of Wrigley Field, but not before finding out he had more to fear from the ferocious Cubs than he had from the large rodents he believes inhabit the right field batting cage.
Kobe and Lebron headline Olympic basketball team
The beauty of interleague play is that you never know exactly what to expect, though the White Sox certainly didn't expect to endure a lost weekend just 20 minutes from home. On the positive side for Guillen is that he apparently didn't encounter any of the killer rats that seemed to bother him more than the middle of the Cubs' lineup.
Even more positive is that the White Sox won't have to wait long for a chance to exact revenge for the three-game sweep that ate into their first-place margin.
Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd were among the 12 players placed on the squad. They were joined by Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and Deron Williams.
Federer sweeps match, Ivanovic, Williams win
WIMBLEDON, England — Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court.
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic, top-seeded woman Ana Ivanovic and two-time champion Serena Williams were among other winners on the opening day of the two-week tournament.
Associated Press, complied by Case Keefer