The 2009 NBA Draft took place in New York City on Thursday night. Everyone knew Blake Griffin was going number one overall to the Los Angeles Clippers but the rest of the draft was up in the air. Here are the 2009 NBA Draft results for both the first round and the second round:
First Round
1) Los Angeles Clippers: Blake Griffin, F, Oklahoma
2) Memphis Grizzlies: Hasheem Thabeet, C, Connecticut
3) Oklahoma City Thunder: James Harden, G, Arizona State
4) Sacramento Kings: Tyreke Evans, G, Memphis
5) Minnesota Timberwolves: Ricky Rubio, G, Spain
6) Minnesota Timberwolves: Jonny Flynn, G, Syracuse
7) Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry, G, …read more

It looks like John Calipari is inheriting the perfect situation at Kentucky.
First, Patrick Patterson withdraws from the NBA draft and decides to return to school. Then John Wall, the nation’s number one recruit and lighting-quick point guard, decides to sign with Kentucky.
I’m guessing that Coach Cal is chomping at the bit to get the 2009-2010 basketball season underway.
Even though Kentucky already signed Eric Bledsoe, another talented point guard, Wall is excited to compete for the starting position.
“Being able to play against Eric (Bledsoe) is a big plus,” he said, according to Rivals.com.
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When it comes to underclassmen in the world of college basketball, some player are forgone conclusions as far as the NBA draft is concerned … others not-so-much.
There was hardly a blink of an eye when Hasheem Thabeet, Ty Lawson and Blake Griffin — for example — announced that they were entering the 2009 NBA Draft.
But players like Eric Devendorf and Roderick Flemings (Hawaii … I know …) make us scratch our heads and say, “Huh?”
The NBA Draft is a tricky thing. It’s like Forrest Gump and his box o’ chocolates — “You never know what you’re gonna get.”
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Bill Plashke and others have different opinions on the rule of the “you must be 19 and one year removed from high school to enter the NBA draft”. Many athletes have gone the college route and most of the top prospects have left after one year there. But Brandon Jennings could help change things. He decided to take the overseas route instead of going to a place that recruited him, The University of Arizona. And Lute Olson is deciding to change his whole aspect on recruiting because of it.

“It’s a situation now that if someone’s a ‘one-and-done,’ we’re not going …read more

We saw last night that Stephen A. Smith was not in his usual spot during the NBA Draft. But he was still there interviewing the draftees. So his banter was a bit tamed since he just spoke with them. He once had a newspaper column, TV show, and radio show, and an ESPN NBA analyst. Now he’s just that same analyst and a columnist for ESPN the mag. This is the new life of Stephen A. Smith. To try to remember the man he used to be, here’s a video from youtube. The memories.

The NBA Draft is tomorrow and the excitement is in the air. Is it not? Am I the only one? I don’t think I am. I will be sitting in front of my TV tomorrow night waiting to see who will be taken when. Need help in whether or not you should watch tomorrow night? Here are 5 reasons why you should.
1.  The Suit. Who can forget Jalen Rose’s suit in the 1994 NBA Draft. Or last year when Joakim Noah showed in that bow tie. Let’s hope this year won’t be boring and bring us the suit of …read more