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#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C
1	Charlotte	Anthony Davis	6-10	220	PF	Kentucky	Fr.
2	Washington	Thomas Robinson	6-8	240	PF	Kansas	Jr.
3	Cleveland	Andre Drummond	6-11	270	PF/C	UConn	Fr.
4	New Orleans	M. Kidd-Gilchrist	6-6	216	SF	Kentucky	Fr.
5	Sacramento	Harrison Barnes	6-8	223	SF	North Carolina	So.
6	*Portland	Bradley Beal	6-4	207	SG	Florida	Fr.
7	*Golden St.	Jeremy Lamb	6-5	185	SG	UConn	So.
8	Toronto	Austin Rivers	6-4	203	SG	Duke	Fr.
9	Detroit	Perry Jones	6-11	235	SF/PF	Baylor	So.
10	*New Orleans	John Henson	6-10	220	PF	North Carolina	Jr.

COMPLETE TWO-ROUND MOCK DRAFT

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Between the Lakers, Clippers and Kings all having home games this weekend, the maintenance crew at the Staple Center in Los Angeles has been working some overtime.

The chaos started Saturday afternoon when the Clippers hosted the San Antonio Spurs in game three of their NBA playoff series at 12:30 local time. That game should end around 3:00, which gave workers about three hours to prepare the Staples Center for Saturday night's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder in game four of their series. That game started at 7:30 local time.

Moving to Sunday the Los Angeles Kings will try to close out the Western Conference finals when they host the Phoenix Coyotes at noon. Seven-and-a-half hours later, the Clippers will play game four of their series.

Check out this cool video of them changing from basketball to hockey to back to basketball:

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In an announcement that came as no surprise, five underclassmen for the National Champion Kentucky Wildcats declared themselves eligible for the NBA Draft at a press conference in Lexington on Saturday.

Anthony Davis, who many project to be the top pick in the summer’s draft, and classmates Michael-Kidd Gilchrist (projected 3rd overall by NBADraft.net) and Marquise Teague (27th) will join sophomores Terrence Jones (20th) and Doron Lamb (18th) as Wildcats to leave early. Senior Darius Miller (35th) is also expected to be amongst those college players selected.

"If you give up some of your game, you're still going to benefit," head coach John Calipair said. "Can you be about your teammates rather than yourself? That's the lesson (of the 2011-12 season). It can be done."

COMPLETE NBA MOCK DRAFT

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Jared Sullinger, a forward on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, has elected to make himself available for the 2012 National Basketball Association Draft. Sullinger made the announcement Wednesday at Value City Arena.

In two seasons at Ohio State, Sullinger scored 1,282 points (17.3 ppg.) and grabbed 717 rebounds (9.7 rpg.) He played in 74 career games, starting 73. His scoring total rates No. 29 all-time while his rebound total ranks No. 11 in Ohio State history.

His career point total is the third most in Ohio State history over the first two seasons of a career. Jerry Lucas scored 1,381 points in 1960 and 1961. Michael Redd tallied 1,361 in 1998 and 1999.

Sullinger earned numerous Big Ten and national honors during his time in Columbus. A two-time consensus first-team All-American, Sullinger was named the 2011 National and Big Ten Freshman of the Year and was a two-time first team All-Big Ten honoree.

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You can add “public address announcer” to the list of things that Will Ferrell is good and funny at...

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With the NBA Lockout in full swing Thunder star Kevin Durant hit Twitter to find something to do:

Kevin Durant's flag football debut a huge success (NewsOK.com)

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Despite many mock drafts having Kentucky guard Brandon Knight going in the top five picks of Thursday’s NBA draft, the former Wildcat fell to the No. 8 spot and the Detroit Pistons.

Here’s some of the reaction from around the web:

Michael Rosenberg, Detroit Free Press…
Everybody in basketball knew he would be a one-and-done player at Kentucky. His coach, John Calipari, recruited him with that implicit understanding. When Knight got to Kentucky, the NCAA ruled that his freshman teammate, Enes Kanter, was ineligible for the season. A lot of players in Knight's position would have tried to put up big numbers and leave. Knight was clearly invested in Kentucky's success. It showed in his defense and the way he rallied his team. He was the biggest reason Kentucky made the Final Four…MORE

Vince Ellis, Sacarmento Bee...
And while the Pistons like his talent - the character that Knight will bring to Motown is just as attractive to the team. After watching the international big men come off the board in Thursday night's NBA draft, the Pistons used the eighth pick to draft the silky smooth combo guard from Kentucky…MORE

Justin Rogers, MLive.com...
Even though the Pistons' most-pressing need was finding a frontcourt complement to last year's first-round draft pick Greg Monroe, the team had no other option than to select the talented point guard out of Kentucky when the top frontcourt prospects were all selected in the first seven picks. Knight could be a future All-Star. At the very least, he projects to be a quality starter in the NBA...MORE

Jerry Tipton, Lexington Herald Leader…
Though saddled with the expectations that came with being the latest in a line of Calipari point guard sensations, Knight excelled. He averaged 17.3 points and 4.2 assists en route to being named to the Southeastern Conference's second team, a Freshman All-American and the league Freshman of the Year…MORE

OTHER PLAYERS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Round 1, Pick 3 - Enes Kanter, forward, Kentucky (inelgible last season)
Round 1, Pick 22 - Nuggets - Kenneth Faried, forward, Morehead State
Round 2, Pick 45 - Hornets (traded to Knicks) - Josh Harrellson, forward, Kentucky
Round 2, Pick 51 - Trail Blazers - Jon Diebler, forward, Ohio State
ROund 2, Pick 53 - Magic - DeAndre Liggins, guard, Kentucky

COMPLETE DRAFT BOARD (NBA.com)

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It's hard to believe that it was 25 years ago that Len Bias passed was found dead...

MORE ON LEN BIAS (Wikipedia.com)

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The latest issue of ESPN the Magazine includes its ninth annual “Best Franchises In Sports” rankings.

The rankings are determined by a multi-tiered analysis that examines a team’s efficiency in spending fan money as compared to its on-field performance. It also factors in feedback in 21 categories from more than 70,000 fans nationwide, both online at ESPN.com and in polling conducted by both independent third parties.

In all, 122 teams from the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball were ranked in order, based on a weighted average of scores in eight different categories ranging from the quantitative to the emotionally subjective: “bang for the buck” (24.3%), players (16.6%), fan relations (16.5%), affordability (14.1%), stadium experience (9.1%), ownership (9.0%), title track (6.7%), and coaching (3.9%).

Here are some team rankigns of note:

1. Green Bay Packers
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Los Angeles Angels
5. San Antonio Sports
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
14. Indianapolis Colts
15. Cincinnati Reds
53. Cleveland Indians
91. Cleveland Browns
118. Minnesota Timberwolves
119. Sacramento Kings
120. Toronto Maple Leafs
121. Washington Redskins
122. Cincinnati Bengals (DEAD LAST)

COMPLETE RANKINGS

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