Category: NBA Draft Headlines
(NBA Commissioner Adam) Silver also wants to: Take another look at draft lottery reform. “We do need to make some changes in the Draft Lottery, which I believe is largely a perception issue,” he said. “We want to ensure that our fans know that our teams do not have an incentive to lose games. … […]
Emmanuel Mudiay could “pull an Exum” and just not play competitive basketball until the 2015 NBA Draft, one league source told SNY.tv Friday. “Sources close to him say that he is going to pull a Dante Exum,” the source said. “That is more logical than coming back to play in the D-League.” Mudiay would be eligible to […]
Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein sure helped his draft stock on Friday. The 7-foot junior went for 21 points, 12 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks and made several key defensive plays in No. 1 Kentucky’s 63-51 victory over No. 6 Texas at Rupp Arena. “Made himself some money tonight,” one veteran NBA scout told SNY.tv. “Best […]
NBA Croatian prospects Dragan Bender and Lovro Mazalin are among the overseas stars to receive invitations to the Basketball Without Borders Global camp in New York City, sources told Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress. Bender and Mazalin, both 17 years old, will participate in and attend the NBA All-Star festivities from February 13-15, 2015. Bender, the […]
Emmanuel Mudiay, the potential No. 1 pick in the 2015 Draft, is in Asia now instead of Texas. He is playing for the Guangdong Tigers in Dongguan, China, not for Larry Brown’s SMU Mustangs in Dallas as planned. He has single-handedly made China a destination on the scouting trail for the first time in years. […]
The Knicks also drafted Greek shooting guard Thanasis Antetokounmpo in the second round at No. 52 with the thought of stashing him in Europe. There’s another option of placing him on their D-League affiliate in Westchester without him signing an NBA contract and taking up one of the 15 roster spots. via Marc Berman of […]
Sources expect Nets to sign Bojan Bogdanovic sometime this week. Pierce's departure could mean minutes for Karasev and Bogdanovic — Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) July 13, 2014 via Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN New York on Twitter
The Houston Rockets and their 2014 NBA first round draft pick Clint Capela are in a contract dispute following the team’s failed attempt to lure Chris Bosh from Miami, league sources informed CSNNW.com. According to one source, for cap space, the Rockets requested that Capela spend another season in France, believing they would land Bosh […]
While (Derrick) Rose had went on the record saying that he wasn’t going recruit (Carmelo) Anthony to Chicago, he was very involved in the team’s courtship of the superstar free agent, according to sources close to the situation. While at the United Center, sources say that Rose went through a private workout to show Anthony […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers are making an 11th-hour push to get Australian guard Dante Exum into Cleveland for an interview and a possible workout, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN. Exum, in New York on Wednesday for Thursday night’s NBA draft, said he has worked out for the Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic, […]
