Draft Night

As it stands today, Steph Curry is one of the greatest and most accomplished point guards in NBA history, winning three NBA titles and two MVP awards. There was a time though when he was trying to avoid being drafted by the Warriors altogether… From Hawks GM and former Warriors Executive Travis Schlenk: “We were [...]

Markelle Fultz value has taken a steep dip since being drafted No. 1 by the 76ers just a year ago. After a season in which he only appeared in 14 games and got the “yips” causing him to completely lose confidence in himself and his jump shot, he has somewhat become a forgotten piece in [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ loss is the Oklahoma City Thunder’s gain—in a big way. During an interview with SiriusXM, Carmelo Anthony revealed that both himself and Paul George were almost traded to the Cavaliers on draft night. Here’s ESPN.com’s Ian Begley with the details: Carmelo Anthony said in a SiriusXM interview that there was a trade [...]

Jimmy Butler almost became a member of the Boston Celtics on draft night. Kind of. Sort of. Maybe. Look, we’re not sure, okay? But the talks we heard about between the Chicago Bulls and Celtics were real. Equally real, according to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, was Chicago’s interest in Boston’s offer: Jimmy Butler’s [...]

Before Buddy Hield was a member of the New Orleans Pelicans, he was just some dude Kobe Bryant texted on draft night. Yes, it’s true: Fresh into retirement, Bryant texted the would-be sixth-overall pick of this year’s NBA prospect pageant. Hield recounted the experience for The Players’ Tribune: On draft night, I got a text [...]

June 27, 2008 – Dr. Dime Well there were very few surprises at the top end of this year’s draft. Almost every mock draft board I reviewed had some combination of Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, and O.J. Mayo as the Top 3 picks, most mock’s having that specific order. What came next was surely a [...]