Wikipedia:WikiProject National Basketball Association/Newsletter/Archives/2

News

• On May 5, the first round of the NBA Playoffs were completed. In the East, Boston, will face Cleveland, and Detroit will face Orlando. In the West, the Los Angeles (Lakers) will face Utah, and New Orleans will face San Antonio. For more up-to-date information, visit the 2008 NBA Playoffs.
• The end-of-the-year awards are now being handed out. So far, Byron Scott has been awarded the Coach of the Year award, Kevin Garnett has been named the Defensive Player of the Year, Hedo Turkoglu has won the Most Improved Player award, and Kevin Durant has been named the Rookie of the Year.

Improved Content

• On April 9, Dirk Nowitzki was given Good Article status.
• On April 19, Yi Jianlian was promoted to Good Article status.
• On April 29, Yao Ming was given to Featured Article status.
• On May 4, the List of Houston Rockets first and second-round draft picks was promoted to Featured List status.

Current Projects

• Update all the 2007-08 Playoff game logs that are located in Category:National Basketball Association game log templates
• As the playoffs continue, keep the 2008 NBA Playoffs article up-to-date.

Collaboration of the Month

Magic Johnson has been chosen to be our very first Collaboration of the Month article. Although this is article is already a Good Article, it still can be improved. The goal is to improve this article by the end of May so that it can be nominated for Featured Article status. In particular, free-use images should be found for the article, all Manual of Style guidelines should be followed, and a neutral point of view should be maintained throughout the article. If there is anything you can do to improve the article, then please help out.