Draft Pick

Usually when drafting a player as high as No. 4 in any given draft, a team is expecting to get a perennial starter and foundational piece for their franchise moving forward. That has not been the case for the Suns and Dragan Bender. Bender has shown little in the way of progression or consistency at [...]

LeBron James agrees with Tyronn Lue. On the heels of a 112-107 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Lue joked that New York’s best basketball team wouldn’t want their pick back from the Cleveland Cavaliers, which they acquired from the Boston Celtics as part of the Kyrie Irving trade. By Thursday, James made it [...]

The Orlando Magic seemed to have a patient and well-defined rebuilding plan after finally deciding to trade an unhappy Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. Using draft picks and their currents assets, they drafted or acquired Nikola Vucevic (in the Howard trade), Tobias Harris, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton to [...]

Think the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to hire Luke Walton, a rookie head coach, to replace Byron Scott means they’re ready to rebuild methodically and with patience? Think again. Fox Sports’ Colin Cowherd has heard from “two separate sources” that the Lakers will flip their draft selection, even if they’re awarded the No. 1 prospect, [...]

March 4, 2011 – Allen Moll We have been waiting all season for this type of highlight from last season’s #1 rated high school player, Harrison Barnes. After all, Barnes was the first ever freshman selected to the Pre-Season NCAA All American Team.  But success has come slow in his first season on Chapel Hill [...]

September 4, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Milwaukee Bucks have signed second-round draft pick Darington Hobson. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound junior was taken 37th overall out of New Mexico in this year’s draft. Terms were not disclosed when the signing was announced Friday. Hobson averaged 16.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists over three college [...]

July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Dime We posted a link to the NewsDay article this morning in our Daily Dimes section that outlined a potential trade discussion getting serious between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets for a swap of Renaldo Balkman for PG Taurean Green and SF Bobby Jones. Well one of [...]