The Blog HawgsArkansas Sports & Other StuffHomeAbout UsBlogHawgs.com DictionaryGreatest HitsHeisman 5 + 1Remembering Hawg BallThe Bad Announcing Hall of FameBlogHawgsSubscribeEntries (RSS)Comments (RSS)Arkansas BlogsFayetteville FlyerKris BoydLance TurnerPolitical BuzzRex NelsonRoby BrockThe Arkansas BlogThe Tolbert ReportUnder the DomeRadio104.9 The X (NWA)Loyal &Royal Army FacebookSportsArkansas ExpatsESPN — SEC BlogGrantlandHawgs IllustratedHog BlogMr. College FootballRazorback AthleticsSEC Football NewsWhole Hog SportsThe ChiveThe ChiveThe ChiveryRazorback BaseballBecome a fan ofArkansasFollow UsError: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.July 2013MTWTFSS« May12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031The Burning Question of Our Era–Who Else Messed Up The 2009 NBA Draft?Posted by Adam Butler on May 3, 2013Special to BlogHawgs by Kris BoydI just read Bill Simmons’ article about how badly the Minnesota Timberwolves messed up their 2009 draft.  They did.However, there’s another team that botched the 2009 draft–and you will be floored.  The Oklahoma City Thunder.  Yes, my Oklahoma City Thunder.“Wait.  What?!?!  The Thunder took James freaking Harden with the 3rd overall pick in 2009.  He’s a superstar!” you say.  Well, ok, no you probably don’t.  You probably don’t like or follow the NBA and have no idea who OKC took in 2009 or when Harden was even drafted.  Now, I admit there is a little hindsight 20/20 2nd-guessing of the Thunder pick, but hang with me.  You’ll understand.It’s common knowledge (ok, it’s not) that Minnesota took three point guards[1] in the 2009 draft and took two more after drafting the young phenom Ricky Rubio.   The T-Wolves’ worst pick was that they choice of Johnny Flynn over Stephen Curry.  That’s not a hindsight 20/20 mistake. That was dumb from the start. Check out Bill Simmons’s comments on the Flynn and Curry picks during his draft diary from 2009.“5:10: So much for Minnesota doing the right thing. The Wolves just took Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn … whom I really like … but … well … he’s a point guard. Didn’t they just take Rubio? Did I black out? You’re going to have two young ball handlers playing together — one who’s 5-foot-11, the other who’s 18 years old and weighs 180 pounds (and 30 of that is his hair), and that’s your plan? Who’s guarding the Kobes and Vinces out of those two? Why didn’t they just take Curry? And why aren’t the ESPN guys wondering about a trade here or, at the very least, murdering this pick? THEY JUST TOOK TWO STRAIGHT POINT GUARDS!!!!!!!!!!5:15: A disappointed Stern announces that the Warriors picked Curry — really, it was like the opposite of the Rubio announcement — followed by New York’s crowd reacting like offices in Wall Street after the O.J. verdict. Too bad. “D’Antoni Ball + Curry = magic.” We’ll