10B / SPORTS / THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
His time in the sun
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Skyler Reising. Nebraska high jumper, rests under an umbrella between jumps Wednesday afternoon at the Kansas Relays. Reising, who is competing in the men's decathlon, won the high jump portion, clearing a height of 2.07 meters.
NBA
Kyle Singler considers entering NBA
One thing seems clear to Kyle Singler's father as his son ponders whether to enter the NBA Draft or return to Duke for his senior season.
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By leading the Blue Devils to the NCAA championship and winning the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player honor, Singler has improved his draft prospects.
Ed Singler said Wednesday that his son was considered an early second-round or late first-round pick before the NCAA Tournament. Now he's considered a solid first-round pick, Ed Singler said, with projections ranging from the low teens to the final few picks of the first round.
"The last month or so, how he played and how he performed ... that really did help him," Ed Singler said by telephone from Medford, Ore. "We've heard that."
On Tuesday, Singler discussed his options in the Duke basketball office with coach Mike Krzyezewski and assistants Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski on a conference call with his parents. Ed Singler said he's uncertain of his son's timetable for a decision, but Duke team spokesman Matt Plizaa said Tuesday that Singler told him that he wants to consider his options over the weekend.
Underclassmen have until April 25 to declare for the NBA draft and can withdraw by May 8 as long as they don't sign with an agent.
Kyle Singler has told The Oregonian newspaper of Portland, Ore., that he wouldn't "test the waters" by entering the draft with the possibility of withdrawing. Ed Singler said he had not discussed that issue with his son, adding that Kyle had many qualities that NBA executives covet.
His son is trying to make a smart business decision, Ed Singler said. He is trying to figure out whether he would be better off leaving now or if he could help himself move up even more in the draft if scouts get to see him play more at Duke.
"It's a great position he's put himself in," Ed Singler said. "Whichever way he decides to go, it's a wonderful way to go."
NBA
The Thunder go to playoffs,will face Los Angeles Lakers
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 31 points to finish the season as the youngest scoring champion in NBA history, and the Oklahoma City Thunder survived a sloppy second half and headed into the postseason with a 114-105 win Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies.
a 27-point lead dwindle away before closing out its 50th win of the season. The Thunder will meet the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
Oklahoma City let most of
Rudy Gay scored 25 points and Zach Randolph had 21 points and 11 rebounds for his 57th double-double of the season as the Grizzlies lost for the ninth time in their final 11 games.
Durant had the scoring title all but locked up after a late-season surge that included three 40-point games in April.
The 21-year-old finished with an average of 30.1 points, 0.4 ahead of James, and supplanted 22-year-old Max Zaslofsky of the 1947-48 Chicago Stags as the youngest scoring champ in NBA history.
A team that started the season as one of the youngest squads in the NBA ended up with the largest improvement from last year. Oklahoma City won 27 games more than last season and made it to the playoffs for the first time in five years.
Associated Press
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