Here's the latest from around the league:• After a so-so workout for Greg Oden on Wednesday, Kevin Durant came out and wowed the Portland Trail Blazers in his Friday workout, as expected.Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard gushed about how Durant looked, saying that it may have been the best workout he's ever seen since joining the Blazers.Pritchard said that Durant's game is made for these type of workouts. "There's nothing he can't do on the basketball court," Pritchard said after the workout. Pritchard also said that Oden's game is obviously not as well suited to a workout like this.Pritchard also dismissed the idea that Durant wasn't taking the process seriously. He was in great shape, according to Pritchard, and went really hard.Pritchard said he's continuing to keep an open mind but also added that Durant's workout Friday did make a difference in what his decision would be. It's interesting that Pritchard said that before he sat down to interview Durant.He also said there was no consensus in Portland about who the No. 1 pick should be.While all the internal signals from inside the Blazers point to Oden ... the public signals sure seem to point to a love affair between Pritchard and Durant.In case you missed it before, here's my take on the five good reasons to to take Oden No. 1 and the five reasons to take Durant No. 1.• Some good news/bad news for Celtics fans.The rumblings this afternoon are that Kevin Garnett might back off his "no trade to Boston" demand if the Timberwolves can't work out a deal with the Suns. The bad news: If he doesn't, the clock is ticking on the Paul Pierce time bomb. His agent, Jeff Schwartz, told me that Pierce would love to play with KG and is still hoping that the Celtics find a way to bring in a star. But if he can't, Schwartz said he thinks Paul will ask for a trade from Danny Ainge, the Celtics' executive director of basketball operations. "Danny's got to make a decision," Schwartz said. "It just won't make sense to keep Paul if the Celtics can't compete for a championship. They should trade him and get young players that can help them rebuild."If KG says no and Shawn Marion says no, who else is out there? The Celtics could revist the idea of a Pau Gasol trade. An offer of the No. 5 pick, Delonte West and the expiring contract of Theo Ratliff may be enough to get it done. That way the Celtics would keep Al Jefferson and wouldn't give up much of their core.The Grizzlies might just bite at that. They are having trouble deciding between Joakim Noah and Mike Conley at No. 4. This way they could have both. At the same time, we're hearing that the Grizz are also taking to the Hawks about a deal that would send Gasol to Atlanta for the No. 3 pick. That deal would something like this: Josh Childress, Lorenzen Wright, Anthony Johnson and the No. 3 pick for Gasol.