There are some smart minds already here. Mike Born, the team's director of NBA scouting, was part of the Blazers' staff that continually questioned why John Nash wanted to trade down in the 2005 draft to pick Martell Webster instead of drafting Chris Paul. And although no one will go on the record, not one person has ever disputed my information that Born was the loudest voice in the 2007 draft room trumpeting the upside of Kevin Durant.