This week the magazine has put together an online simulation of what next year’s NBA draft will look like.
Using assumptions and odds put together by ESPN analysts (one of which is Stephen Curry declaring for the draft), the simulation runs a mock draft to try to estimate where this years class will end up.
In every simulation, Steph Curry is a top commodity going in the first few rounds.
There has been a lot of buzz about the way Stephen Curry closed out the Jimmy V Classic.
As many news sources have described the Davidson sharpshooter had a rough game for the first 34 minutes of the game, but when it came down to crunch time, Steph took over.
We wanted to post the last 6 minutes of that game for anyone who might have missed out on this incredible performance. Enjoy…
With all the success Stephen Curry has had at Davidson, it’s easy to wonder why the Wildcats did not also sign Steph’s younger brother, Seth. The question has been raised again now that Seth is the highest scoring freshman in the NCAA.
The answer to that queation is, they tried, that much we know from what Coach Bob McKillop has told us.
However, there was another key player in Seth’s recruitment, and he was not subtle.
In a recent USA Today article, Steph talked about how he continued to drop hints to try to convince Seth to join the wildcats.
Big Curry told the newspaper that he, at one point, wrote “DAVIDSON” in glow-in-the-dark marker on Seth’s wall. That way, when Little Curry turned off the lights, he would think ghosts wanted him to sign with the team.
“Was that too much?” Steph joked.
No matter how much fans and Steph wanted Seth to play for the Wildcats, there is no denying he is already showing signs of his own success scoring 26 points in an upset of Virginia.
The separation is probably best for the family though, as games of one-on-one between the two brothers often turned too competitive. “There have been a few fights,” said Seth. “Intensity is in our family”.
Davidson College recruit JP Kuhlman is off to a great senior season. With a 32 point performance this past Saturday against rival Arlington Country Day, Kuhlman has led his team to a 7-0 record.
The future Davidson guard is showing how he can develop into a deadly shooter with his most recent performance.
When asked about the Wildcat’s 2009 recruiting class, Scout.com recruiting expert Dave Telep says “Kuhlman could be the gem of their class. I think he was very underrecruited.”
“He will be an elite-level mid-major player,” says Telep. “He’s not the prettiest player, but he has unbelievable confidence and should be an outstanding combo guard.”
With the addition of Kuhlman and fellow recruit Nik Cochran, Davidson will have an extremely deep backcourt in 2009.
Stephen Curry has been compared to Reggie Miller many times with his quick release, his sweet touch and his ability to get open for a big shot, but what does Reggie Miller think of Steph Curry?
Miller said recently in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Dan Patrick that he believes Curry could thrive in the NBA if he goes to the right system.
According to Reggie, one of those systems would be D’Antoni in New York, which would make all of Steph’s new Madison Square Garden fans happy.
As for the comparison, Miller thinks that Steph reminds him more of former 76ers guard Andrew Toney, “The Boston Strangler”.
After winning a national championship, any coach would want to look back on the road they took to get there.
For Kansas’s Bill Self, that road was filled with surprises.
One of the biggest surprises came as Self was reviewing the Kansas/Davidson Elite Eight Game. That revelation: that the game could have very easily gone to overtime.
When reviewing the final 16.8 seconds of Davidson’s final game in their captivating 2008 tournament run with his assistants, Self noticed a play that would have haunted his memories if Steph Curry had seen it through a double-team: Thomas Sander slipping to the basket.
After seeing how wide-open Sander was on the play, Self had one comment: “Whoa”
In a recent interview with the Winston Salem Journal, Davidson Basketball coach Bob McKillop spoke about what it meant to him coming to Madison Square Garden in New York City and winning a big game against a Big East Team…
“I saw many St. John’s games in this building. I grew up in South Ozone Park and my best friend growing up there was Kevin Joyce, who played at South Carolina and had some great games in this building,” McKillop said. “I’ve seen some great players in this building. The Knicks with Red Holzman. I’ve got memories solidly embedded in my mind about how great this building is.”
Knowing how important the building was to Coach McKillop, the davidson players had to step up to make the game a special one. And, although the game got ugly at times, the Wildcats did not dissapoint.
“It was a joy to be back here in New York and win in this place,” McKillop said. “Steph stepped up to the plate and tried to swing for the fences early. He was in New York and on this grand stage and I think maybe he tried a little too hard.”
But when the dust settled and Davidson pulled away with the win, McKillop was all smiles.”I said to our guys we were going to have fun because you don’t get this gift of playing on this wonderful floor in this magnificent city very much in our lives,” he said.
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