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NBA Rumors – Milwaukee Bucks Want to Draft Shane Larkin & Tim Hardaway Jr.
More likely than not, the Milwaukee Bucks are going to need and fill at least one of their starting guard positions next season, which is why they’ve invited both Shane Larkin and Tim Hardaway to their pre-draft workouts this weekend.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Want to Draft Giannis Antetokounmpo
One of the more intriguing prospects in the coming NBA draft is Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greek of Nigerian heritage), and 18 year-old guard-forward who is also 6’9 and played in the Spanish second division last season. Out of all the NBA teams likely to take him, the Atlanta Hawks seem the most interested.
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NBA Rumors – Boston Celtics Interested in Drafting Steven Adams
There are a lot of rumors going around involving the Boston Celtics and the future of the franchise, but besides handling the current roster, there’s also the immediate and long-term future, which might be determined in the draft, if the team manages to trade up and get someone like Steven Adams.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Want to Trade Number One Pick For Luol Deng, Zach Randolph, Thaddeus Young or Ersan Ilyasova
Some teams don’t want to make the most of the luck they had, or simply don’t see the draft as the best way to improve. The Cleveland Cavaliers get to pick at number one in the NBA draft for the second time in three years, but the prospect of Nerlens Noel or Otto Porter isn’t that charming, preferring to make a deal with a team for a forward who can put up points, with Luol Deng (Chicago Bulls), Zach Randolph (Memphis Grizzlies), Thaddeus Young (Philadelphia 76ers) and Ersan Ilyasova (Milwaukee Bucks) coming to mind.
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Indiana Pacers, First Team in 30 Years to Reach the Conference Finals Without a Top 8 Draft Pick
The last time a team has reached the conference finals without a single player selected in the top 8 of the NBA draft were the San Antonio Spurs in 1983, who were led by George Gervin. The Indiana Pacers have now ended the 30 year wait, having only two top-10 players in their active roster in these playoffs, D.J. Augustin and Paul George, telling a little bit about the clever way this team has been built over the last few years.
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Number One NBA Draft Picks Don’t Win NBA Championships
When you get that phone call during the NBA draft and realize you’re a number one pick, you might also get used to the fact that there isn’t much of a chance you’ll be winning the NBA title anytime soon, as only 8 of the last 35 number one draft picks went on to win a championship in their career, with LeBron James & the Miami Heat being the latest team to accomplish that feat.
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Kentucky Wildcats – A Nine Pro Players Team in 2014
Ranked recruiting classes by ESPN, Rivals and others don’t always pan out the way they should, but they give you a general idea of how good a freshman class is going to be. Kentucky, despite the very disappointing 2013 they’ve had, have landed another impressive one. With Julius Randle committing to the school for next season, they now have the Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 18 players in the ESPN 100.
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All the Picks From the 2012 NBA Draft First Round
Draft night was mostly about Anthony Davis picked as number one, but it turned out to be quite a celebration for the Kentucky Wildcats, as he was joined by Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in going 1-2 from the same school and all together 4 players in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft, which surprisingly had no trades in the top 10.
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NBA Draft – Great Number 1 Picks in the Lottery Era
Every time the NBA draft comes up, people bring out two lists – Draft Steals and Draft Busts. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that players like LeBron James or Tim Duncan were actually number one picks, and sometimes, the teams that pick at the top spot actually get what they asked for.
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Cancelling the Lottery Might Stop NBA Tanking
Tanking is one of the illnesses of professional basketball, professional sports in general. The chase for Andrew Luck in the NFL was another example of how the draft, combined with bad seasons, just doesn’t give these teams an incentive to win. The NFL doesn’t have a lottery, but usually, one player doesn’t change the fate of a franchise.