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Zion Williamson: High Chance He Declares for NBA Draft

Zion Williamson: High Chance He Declares for NBA Draft

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 0

Celtics 1st Round Pick Williams Misses Introductory Press Conference, Flight to Summer League

Celtics 1st Round Pick Williams Misses Introductory Press Conference, Flight to Summer League

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 Anou Enright Blogs 0

Divac: “My Team is a Super Team, Just Young”

Divac: “My Team is a Super Team, Just Young”

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 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Suns, Mavericks Big Winners on Draft Night

Suns, Mavericks Big Winners on Draft Night

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 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

NBA Draft Day Rumor Roundup

NBA Draft Day Rumor Roundup

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 0

Bulls, Celtics, Knicks, Mavs, Clippers, Magic, Nuggets All Trying to Trade for Grizzlies’ No. 4 Pick

Bulls, Celtics, Knicks, Mavs, Clippers, Magic, Nuggets All Trying to Trade for Grizzlies’ No. 4 Pick

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 admin Blogs 0

Rumor: Luka Doncic Now at ‘Forefront’ of Atlanta Hawks’ Draft-Day Plans

Rumor: Luka Doncic Now at ‘Forefront’ of Atlanta Hawks’ Draft-Day Plans

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 admin Rumors 0

Preparing for the NBA Draft

Preparing for the NBA Draft

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 admin Brad Leinbach 0

Rumor: No one on Raptors is ‘Off Limits’ as Toronto Tries to Trade for Top-10 Draft Pick

Rumor: No one on Raptors is ‘Off Limits’ as Toronto Tries to Trade for Top-10 Draft Pick

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 admin Rumors 0

NBA Execs ‘Believe’ Knicks will Look Hard at Drafting Lonnie Walker or Kevin Knox with No. 9 Pick

NBA Execs ‘Believe’ Knicks will Look Hard at Drafting Lonnie Walker or Kevin Knox with No. 9 Pick

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 admin Blogs 0