08-30-2007, 01:01 PM
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Renardo Sidney could be NBA No. 1 draft pick in 2010
Posted: Thursday August 30, 2007 10:28AM; Updated: Thursday August 30, 2007 11:50AM
With guard-like skills and a big man's body, Renardo Sidney is being called the next Oden-type superstar.
NEW YORK -- They had never conversed prior to the night of the 2007 NBA Draft, but shortly after becoming the No. 1 pick, Greg Oden was connected via cell phone with a 17-year-old in Lakewood, Calif., named Renardo Sidney. "[Oden] just told me to keep working hard and listen to my parents," Sidney said. "Then he had to go do some interviews."
Sidney was not a random teen selected to receive an inspirational message from a new millionaire. The 6-foot-10, 245-pound high-schooler received the call because he's expected, by everyone from pundits to shoe merchants to unscrupulous businessmen, to follow in Oden's footsteps and be No. 1 on the 2010 draft board.
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