Tag: NBA Draft

Steve Kyler addresses a 1-16 playoff format and why the draft lottery may be here to stay.

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Monday that he believes the player the team would have selected with the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft will be there when the team picks at No. 3. “I think even before the lottery, we’ve been evaluating these kids for a couple years, and […]

The number one overall pick doesn’t often get traded around the draft, but we can learn a little from the times it has happened.

David Yapkowitz talks to the Hamilton family about their NBA aspirations.

With the NBA draft less than a week away, Lonzo Ball worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers for the second time on Friday to give them an up-close look at his training regimen and work ethic. Questions were raised about Ball’s conditioning after his first workout for the Lakers, and the former UCLA star […]

Despite being projected as the No. 1 pick by the Boston Celtics in next week’s NBA draft, Washington guard Markelle Fultz completed a solo workout Thursday with the Los Angeles Lakers, who hold the second pick. Fultz called the workout at the Lakers’ practice facility a “family decision,” adding “Never know where I might land, […]

Lonzo Ball is still considering talking to teams that have lottery picks below the Los Angeles Lakers, a source close to the former UCLA Bruins star told ESPN. Ball will work out for the Lakers — who have the No. 2 pick in next week’s NBA draft — a second time on Friday at an […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, who hold the second pick in next week’s NBA draft, had Kansas forward Josh Jackson in for a second look on Tuesday, and also brought in Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox for a private workout. Members of the Lakers’ front office — including Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka, Jesse Buss and Joey […]

The CBA’s new two-way contracts have already impacted the way teams are working out prospects, writes Benny Nadeau.