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Capacity for NBA games in Oklahoma City has never dipped below 90% (except in extreme weather conditions, such as icy roads). 2. The city actually boosted itself as the top contender for the next NBA team when the New Orleans Hornets were amongst the top 12 in league attendance. 3. Oklahoma City just overwhelmingly approved an new upgrade for the Ford Center. I can see why everyone is mad, but I think that everyone’s anger is directed at the wrong people! Do not blame Oklahoma City for taking the Sonics! Instead, blame Greg Nichols, Howard Schultz (the man PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE) and Clay Bennett. Resolved Question: NBA Mock Draft out of boredom…tell me what you think? 2. Memphis-Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN- Rubio won’t opt out if he does not go to a big market, so he would not want to come to memphis. Thabeet brings the defensive intensity that memphis needs. 3. Oklahoma City- James Harden, SG, AZ State- No center is here to pick at 3 and harden is arguably the best shooting guard in the draft. Sorry, but thabo is not the answer. 4. Sacramento- Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain- Arguably the most hyped player in the draft, Rubio is compared to pete maravich and jason kidd. Sacramento needs help at the point and building with a future star pg would be a great clutch for them. 5- Washington- Stephen Curry, SG, Davidson- People are probably saying “what the hell?”, but hear me out. Recently, the knicks have hyped up stephen curry and curry has talked about his love for NY. As a result, many looked into curry and have recently become infatuated by him up to the point where many are saying that he could go as high as 3. As a result, Jordan Hill has fell. Hence, Curry as 5. 6- Minnesota- Brandon Jennings, PG, Italy- After his recent workouts, brandon jennings stock has sky rocketed due to his high intensity and athleticism, which didn’t show through this past year in Italy. Kevin Ollie and Sebastian Telfair are obviously not the answers in minnesota, so he is a good pick for them. 7- Golden State- Tyreke Evans, SG, Memphis- Tyreke is a perfect pick here. He is an uptempo combo guard who fits the warriors system perfectly. They will need a guard considering jamal will be gone this off-season. Tyreke, Monta, and Morrow could be a scary combo in the future. Currently, his stock is slightly higher than Jrue Holiday’s. 8- New York Knicks- Jordan Hill, PF, AZ. My knicks. I might get arguments as to why the knicks wouldn’t take johnny flynn or Jrue Holiday here, but hear me out. Harrington will be gone after this year and we might trade Lee this off-season, so why not? He is an extremely solid power forward who could become the next chris bosh. Do we need a point guard? Yes. But donnie is currently tryign to “buy” late first roudn draft picks. This is a draft w/ extreme depth at the guard position. 9- Toronto-DeMar Derozan, SG, USC- DeMar is arguably the biggest boom or bust player in teh draft. He could be the next vince carter or the next adam morrison (i know, he’s not an sg, but still, you get my point). They need a shooting guard though and he may be worth the risk at 9 b/c if he becomes the next VC, they can easily absord the blow if bosh chooses to leave in 2010. 10- Milwaukee- Johnny Flynn, PG, Syracuse- Two key players from Milwaukee are restricted free agents this year: Ramon Sessions and Charlie Villanueva. With that said, you could go either way, but the next best power forward is probably earl clark, who does not have as high of a ceiling as Flynn. Ridnour’s contract is up next year as well and he will probably not be re-signed, while Mbah a Moute will be there for a bit, so Flynn seems like the best choice here, especially that many teams seem to love Sessions. 11- New Jersey- Jrue Holiday, PG/SG, UCLA- New Jersey has two needs: SG and PF. However, they are still very young at PF with Ryan Anderson and Yi, so I don’t think that they can possibly go power forward here, hence why Jrue is the pick. It’s rough for the Nets because he is a combo guard and any other true shooting guard would be a true reach here, so they may trade the pick but Jrue can still play the 2 position and could also provide some minutes when Devin is on the bench. 12- Charlotte- Gerald Henderson, SG/SF, Duke- Charlotte is another team w/ a solid starting lineup with very few holes. My pick is Gerald because he can play both the 2 and the 3. Raja is getting old and if Wallace gets hurt, radmanovic is not great, so I think that Gerald would be a solid role player for the bobcats. 13- Indiana- Jeff Teague, PG, Wake Forest- Jarret Jack is a restricted free agent this year and T.J. Ford has the option to opt out next year, so a point guard will probably be needed. Teague is the best point guard on the board and his extreme quickness has caused him to receive comparisons to players like Kevin Johnson. 14- Phoenix- James Johnson, SF, Wake Forest- The best small forward available with the exception of earl clark who is more of a combo forward as opposed to a true small forward. James could replace grant hill who will be a free agent this year and barnes will be gone as well. Therefore, they need a small forward here. 15-Detroit- Earl Clark, SF/PF, Louisville- Detroit will have two pressing needs this off-season: PF and Center. Rasheed is a free agent and may retire and McDyess is also a free agent, who is extremely old. Although AI is gone as well, Stuckey will replace him. Therefore, I feel that you need to go with the best big man availabl Resolved Question: Where is free parking near the Oklahoma City ford center?
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