While everyone expects Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson to declare for June’s NBA draft, he is not yet ready to make it official. “I mean, it’s obviously a high chance that I’m obviously going to enter the draft,” Williamson said after Duke’s loss to Michigan State on Sunday. “I’m not going to make it official [...]
April 1, 2019
Anou Enright
NCAA
Coming into his sophomore season at Texas A&M, Robert Williams was seen as a potential top 10 pick, possibly even a top five pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. His size, strength, explosiveness and quickness made him the ideal rim running center on offense and a rim protector on defense. An underwhelming start to his [...]
July 3, 2018
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Blogs
The Sacramento Kings were gifted by the NBA gods on lottery night as they moved up from the No. 7 spot to the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. They decided to draft ACC Player of the Year and Duke standout power forward Marvin Bagley with the No. 2 pick of the 2018 [...]
June 22, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
While no current NBA star or active player was traded on Thursday night, the NBA Draft still brought with it plenty of fireworks as the top young prospects in the world and NBA teams played a game of musical chairs. There were a few big trades early on and a few surprises (Micheal Porter’s fall [...]
June 22, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
The day is finally upon us, the day that a new crop of talent enters the league and some of the superstars of tomorrow walk across the stage to embark on their NBA careers. As is the situation almost any year, the rumor mill is teeming with rumors about what players will be drafted where [...]
June 21, 2018
Anou Enright
NBA Draft
Things are heating up as the NBA speeds toward Thursday night’s draft—particularly in Memphis, where the Grizzlies are hocking the No. 4 pick to roughly one-quarter of the league. According to ESPN.com’s Jonathan Givony, the Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Orlando Magic are all trying [...]
June 21, 2018
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Blogs
Maybe Luka Doncic won’t fall outside the top three of this year’s NBA draft after all. Once considered a potential No. 1 pick, the 19-year-old playmaking wing has seen his stock slip down big boards everywhere in recent months. The Phoenix Suns are expected to take Deandre Ayton first overall, and up until now, neither [...]
June 20, 2018
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Rumors
With the 1st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns select … no, this is not another mock draft. Instead, we are going to take a behind the scenes look at what an NBA franchise goes through in preparation for the announcement by Adam Silver. Technology has certainly changed how teams are able [...]
June 19, 2018
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Brad Leinbach
The Toronto Raptors are not done trying to make moves after naming Nick Nurse as their head coach. Sure, their cap sheet is a mess. It would be all too easy for them to run it back next season and hope another year of their reinvented offense yields different results. According to The New York Times‘ [...]
June 19, 2018
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Rumors
With the NBA draft on Thursday, the New York Knicks are still trying to figure out who they’ll take—a testament to the depth of this incoming class, and how hard it can be to project who will be available when they’re on the clock. Parsing the tealeaves doesn’t gives us too much to work these [...]
June 18, 2018
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