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Cohen, a 1969 graduate of Harvard Business School, co-founded Apax Partners, the first venture capital firm in Britain and is now using his position as co-founder of the not-for-profit Portland Trust to work towards Middle East peace using economic measures...
Kevin Durant, the spindly, silky-smooth forward from the University of Texas, is making life miserable for the Portland Trail Blazers, who hold the first overall pick in tonight's NBA draft. Hoops history tells the Blazers to take the big man, Ohio State seven-footer Greg Oden, since dominant post-players like Bill Russell, Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan collect the championship rings. But Durant, a 6-ft. 10-in. scoring machine who became the first freshman to ever win college player-of-the-year honors, has looked more impressive in pre-draft workouts. Durant sat down with...
...TIME: You are very close to your hard-driving mom Is she going to come out west with you, if as expected you go to Seattle, or who knows, maybe Portland...
...TIME: OK, it's Thursday night, and Portland has just passed you over as the number one pick, selecting Greg instead. What's your message to the Blazers and their fans...
...Kevin Durant: It's no harsh feelings between me and Portland. Not at all. I can't give them a Gilbert Arenas and say I'm going to have 50 or 60 on them (laughs). I can't do that...