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The New Orleans Hornets officially advertised Anthony Davis' visit as "pre-draft workout (hash)4," even though the 6-foot-11 Kentucky star wore jeans during his tour of the club's training center and never broke a sweat.Since winning the NBA's draft lottery late last month, the Hornets have tried to play things close to the vest, declining to confirm publicly whom they will take with the top overall pick. That, of course, is among the worst kept secrets in the world.The Hornets didn't ask Davis to perform on the court during his visit, but they had him pose for pictures in a white Hornets jersey bearing the No. 23 he plans to wear next season. Those images are almost certain to make their way into marketing campaigns that the Hornets will be primed to unleash soon after Davis' addition to the squad is made official at the NBA draft on June 28.In the meantime, Davis demonstrated he can be a team-first guy, playing along with the charade as if he wasn't entirely positive he'd be the next...
The New Orleans Hornets were awarded the top pick in next month's National Basketball Association (NBA) draft after winning the annual lottery that favors weaker tea...
By Steve GinsburgThere will be elbows flying, jump hooks, jaw-dropping blocks and an overall level of physical play rarely seen in the college game.Few big men, if a...
By Steve GinsburgThe 53-year-old coach has to hit the road to bring in more talent because he is certain a good portion of his current team will jump to the National...
It's time to engage in our annual exercise in futility by taking another stab at predicting Thursday's NBA Draft.It's pretty clear we along with everyone else will b...
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As the senior high school class of 2012 approaches the end of its academic year, the college basketball landscape for next season will be molded by the incoming grou...
Hindsight is the only true measure of a draft.It always sports 20/20 vision and is the only real exact science. Hindsight is unforgiving, unapologetic and will ultim...
As good as Michael Jordan was a player that's how bad he's been as an executive.M.J. and Rod Higgins built a team that finished with the worst winning percentage in ...
New role, same old result for Kevin Durant.And even with another loss from its roster, the U.S. Olympic basketball team just keeps on rolling along.Durant picked up ...
There are a handful of college basketball's stars facing a very tough decision as the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NBA Draft rapidly approaches.This...
A down season for defending national champion Kentucky ended with one final disappointment.Mike McFadden hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds remaining and the Colon...
John Calipari and Kentucky experienced an entirely different kind of "one-and-done" in the opening round of the NIT.A year after cutting down the nets in New Orleans...
The future of 14 teams hang in the balance Tuesday night when the Draft Lottery takes place.Generally, winning the lottery is a good thing.That is not the case Tuesd...
Anthony Davis is The Associated Press' college basketball Player of the Year, the first Kentucky player and second freshman to win the award.He received 43 votes Fri...
Blake Griffin has officially withdrawn from the Olympics and Anthony Davis has been added to the U.S. basketball team's roster.Griffin needs surgery to repair torn c...
Anthony Davis has a left ankle sprain that must be evaluated later this week before he can be cleared to practice with the U.S. team.Davis hurt his ankle at the team...
Arkansas wanted to run with No. 2 Kentucky. The Razorbacks could never run away from Anthony Davis.The freshman forward scored a career-high 27 points and blocked se...
Kenneth Faried would like to punch a hole in Mark Jackson's theory that he's a dirty player who tried to hurt Stephen Curry."We were just playing physical," Faried s...
Donnie Walsh, the former basketball chief in Indiana and New York, hated the NBA Draft Lottery, once calling it "a convention of losers."Walsh, a competitive guy, al...