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Not even the NBA's new game ball can predict if Tyrus Thomas' draft-night trade to Chicago will be the last time the promising LSU forward is dealt this summer.

Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE via Getty Images

Which Way Is Up?

The 2006 NBA Draft was one of the busiest in recent memory. With the dust now settled, SI.com's Marty Burns tries to make sense of all the trades and picks with his grades for each team.

• DWYER: 2006 Draft's winners and losers • Raptors take Bargnani with No. 1 pick in draft • TRUTH & RUMORS: Iverson talk still hot	• Report: Rockets swap Gay for Battier \| Deals • Bulls trade No. 2 choice Aldridge for Thomas • Celtics land Telfair \| Blazers make six deals

•	Odom's infant son dies while sleeping in crib
•	Bucks extend Bogut's deal through '07-08
•	Brown files grievance over firing from Knicks
•	Knicks' Thomas defensive about draft picks
•	Cuban wants minimal involvement with Pens

•	Raptors: Top pick Bargnani is no Tskitishvili
•	Jordan gets Morrison in first move with 'Cats
•	McCants: 'I'll come back stronger than ever'
•	UConn ties record with four first-round picks
•	More NBA news

Scouting the NBA Draft's party scene is a tough job, but someone has to do it.

Randy Foye's heart passed muster at the draft, but the Trail Blazers' deals didn't.

Not even the FBI could bring order behind the scenes to a wild night at the draft.

A look inside the NBA meat market that is the draft with ex-Duke star J.J. Redick.

Draft daze

Few drafts had more potential than the Class of 1986. Fewer still will ever suffer more tragedy. Twenty years later, it still haunts many involved.

NBA PLAYOFFS

• TAYLOR: Heat teach Mavs a lesson
• McCALLUM: Lessons of the '06 Finals
• BURNS: Why the Heat won the title
• DWYER: Why the Mavericks lost

Which top five pick will have the best NBA career?

Andrea Bargnani

LaMarcus Aldridge

Adam Morrison

Tyrus Thomas

Shelden Williams

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