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So that was fun…for some teams. The 2014 NBA draft lottery is over. Finished. Kaput. Next stop, the NBA draft. Well, first we need to finish the Conference Finals. And crown an NBA champion. Then it’s on to the NBA draft. Here are some thoughts for each lottery team, along with their draft position, on [...]

Many teams that supposedly tanked all last season are hoping for a miracle in landing one of the top picks in the talent laden 2014 NBA Draft. A magical offseason filled with rebuilding awaits teams like Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Orlando, who have the most ping pong balls, and in turn the best shot at landing [...]

While players like Dante Exum, Marcus Smart, and Doug McDermott showed up and improved their draft stock at this year’s NBA Draft Combine, the consensus Top 3 players, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid, decided to stay home rather than participate. Depending on Tuesday’s Draft Lottery results, it’s a given that one of these [...]

Dante Exum is a wanted man. Excuse me, I mean wanted kid. The electric 6’6″, 18-year-old Australian guard is one of the most highly coveted prospects of this year’s NBA draft. Though he still figures to go behind Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, and perhaps Joel Embiid, he’s listed as a top-five pick in most [...]

Folks, you made it. Congratulations. The NBA regular season is over. It’s done. Finished. Finito. And good riddance. Don’t get me wrong, this season was crazy. Downright exciting. But it also sucked. It sucked so freaking hard. More than it’s sucked in the past few years. Did it rival the 2011-12 lockout-truncated season? Shit, I [...]

Damn. What’s a four-letter word for “this totally sucks, but it wouldn’t have sucked if it had happened a tad sooner?” Yeah, let’s stick with damn while really thinking about dropping F-Bombs. In untimely fashion, the New Orleans Pelicans announced Thursday that Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon will miss the remainder of this season: The [...]

Tanking is done for a reason in the NBA. Remember that. Never forget it. Deliberate losing is not supposed to be done in vain. A light is supposed to exist at the end of the tunnel, in the NBA draft, where a future superstar theoretically waits. That’s why teams tank. That’s why they lose, why [...]

In 2014, not many fault a kid for leaving school early for guaranteed NBA millions. That wasnt the case 10-15 years ago, but we are in a different time now. Andrew Wiggins knows how it works, as he declared for the draft earlier this week, but does Jabari Parker. There is growing concern among NBA [...]

This is supposed to be the deepest draft since 2003, when Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade burst onto the NBA scene and become eventual superstars. Upwards of 10-12 teams have been suspected of tanking for the services of potential impact players like freshmen Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Julius Randle. Rightfully so, considering [...]

As the NCAA’s regular season comes to a close and Conference Tourneys get amped up heading towards March Madness, it’s time to hand out some hardware. Creighton’s Doug McDermott is the clear frontrunner for National POY, Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall is probably the favorite for Coach of the Year, and Duke’s Jabari Parker and Kansas’ [...]