Blake “interviews” Stephen

Shoe money

SportsBusiness Daily via the Sporting News: Nike is close to shoe deals with top-10 draft picks Clippers F Blake Griffin, Thunder G James Harden and Warriors G Stephen Curry.

Andrew in Dime

On Blake Griffin: “What I like the most about him is that he tries to play the game the right way. He goes through a lot and keeps playing basketball. He doesn’t go to get retribution. He just plays on like nothing happened, like whatever you just saw didn’t actually take place. Even when he got mad, he wasn’t taking it out on me. He was just trying to do his absolute best.”

Players know players

Caron Butler: “If Stephen Curry is there, you saw what he did at the workout, you saw what he did this season. I think besides Blake Griffin, he’s probably one of the two or three best players in college basketball. It’s kind of simple, I think.”

Chat on ESPN

Jeremy from Rochester: In your opinion, who is the best player besides yourself in the draft?

Blake Griffin: Stephen Curry.

(Dime: Clearly BG hasn’t forgotten the 44-point outing that Curry had against Oklahoma when those two teams met up during the regular season.)

All-American

Stephen’s on the USBWA’s first team, along with Tyler Hansbrough, DeJuan Blair, Blake Griffin and James Harden. From the release that just showed up in my inbox:

Davidson’s Stephen Curry earned his way on the team as the Southern Conference Player of the Year. His 28.6 points per game led the nation. He shot 38.2 percent from 3-point range and also added 5.2 assists per game. Curry is the fourth Davidson player to earn USBWA All-America honors, but the first since Mike Maloy in 1969.