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.

Oklahoma City?

Seems like every morning I get a Stephen update in my inbox from Sporting News Today. Here’s this morning’s: The latest mock draft has him going No. 3 to the Thunder. “The consensus seems to be that the Thunder will take SG James Harden. But the Thunder almost never do what the consensus indicates. Curry would give OKC a sweet-shooting combo guard to pair with PG Russell Westbrook.” Stephen on Dan Patrick.

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.