It is 1:28 PM on Wednesday afternoon and a throng of reporters are gathered around an empty table. A purple microphone sits at the head of the table, awaiting the arrival of a 6-11 rebounding and shot-blocking machine that simply doesn’t come around very often. The NBA draft will take place later today in Newark, NJ. Contrary to popular belief, there are a lot of really good players who will likely help downtrodden franchises on their way back to or into relevancy - Brad Beal, Harrison Barnes, Dion Waiters, just to name a few. But none of those players will receive the attention that the gangly, unibrow-wearing forward-center from Kentucky will receive, and with good reason. Anthony Davis’ story is the kind that can’t be made up – the one where a 6-2 junior grew to be nearly 7-feet tall, the one where he went from being a point guard with funny looking goggles and just one D-I offer from Cleveland State to being the consensus No. 1 player in his high school class in under six months. The one where he ended up at Kentucky – a blue chip recruit at an NBA lottery pick factory headed by coach John Calipari – and made his presence felt in the paint unlike nearly any player in college basketball history, winning the 2012 NCAA championship and Wooden Award in the process. The time is now 1:30 PM and Davis walks through the double doors of the Majestic Ballroom on the fifth floor of the Westin Hotel, his long arms in a white shirt with black and gray checkered stripes that seemed as if they would never end. Read more: http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2012/0...anthony-davis-will-embark-on-his-own-journey/
