Owners of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks and the HP Pavilion

Owners of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks and the HP Pavilion arena appear to be spearheading hopes of bringing an NBA team to San Jose. Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose told Yahoo! Sports that Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment Enterprises reached out to the Maloof brothers, owners of the Kings, about bringing the franchise to San Jose to no avail as the Maloofs are intent on moving to Anaheim. The HP Pavilion holds 18,500 seats for basketball with 66 suites. It hosted a regional in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last year and hosted the Golden State Warriors during the 1995-96 season while their arena in nearby Oakland was renovated Prada Sunglasses. “We have all the ingredients for [basketball],” Reed said. “We just need someone that wants to buy a team and put them in the arena. That’s all.” … Kansas freshman guard Josh Selby will probably get drafted outside the lottery, one NBA assistant general manager said. Selby entered the draft this week and is expected to hire an agent. “Josh probably should’ve went back to school since he didn’t play well this year,” one NBA scout said. … Washington’s Isaiah Thomas says he still has not hired an agent, but has no plans of returning to school. The 5-foot-8 guard isn’t certain if he will take part in the pre-draft camp in Chicago and is confident he will overcome concerns about his height Louis Vuitton Sunglasses. “Height is not an issue, especially the way the NBA game is now,” Thomas said. “You really don’t see guards posting up like Gary Payton back in the day full court. It’s just something that I have to overcome and prove to these scouts and GMs that it’s not a liability Replica Oakley Sunglasses. I’m gonna prove that.” Thomas will work out with fellow Seattle native and mentor Jason Terry(notes) of the Dallas Mavericks this offseason to prepare for NBA. …