Tag: nba draft
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Rudy Gay's decision to stay in Sacramento brings certainty to Kings
Image courtesy of Michael Tipton/Flickr . Rudy Gay (left) and DeMarcus Cousins (right) discuss pre-game strategy. Before June 22, the immediate future of the Sacramento Kings was in a state of limbo, with Rudy Gay's...
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Joel Embiid suffers foot injury
Image courtesy Kansas Men's Basketball/Facebook . Joel Embiid, considered the front-runner to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, has suffered a right foot injury, his agent and his mentor both confirmed...
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Julius Randle confronts Wojnaroski on false surgery claim
Image courtesy of Julius Randle Twitter/Clay Jackson Photography . Julius Randle's mother, Carolyn Kyles, told The Courier-Journal on Thursday a Yahoo! Sports report that her son needs surgery after the NBA draft and would be...
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Sacramento Kings: NBA Draft Day Decisions
Image courtesy of Brent Soderberg/Flickr . There comes a time during the existence of an NBA franchise, which presents the team with a crossroads, a choice ultimately deciding the future success or failure of the...
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NBA Draft Lottery: Gettin’ Fishy With It
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . After watching this year’s NBA Draft Lottery, most NBA fans with half a brain have to admit something fishy is going on. Cleveland winning two years in a...
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The Cavaliers Should Not Trade the #1 Pick
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . Yesterday marked exactly a week since the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery with the ninth best odds coming in. Conspiracy? Not quite, but rather a system...
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Fellow draftees name Jabari Parker as No. 1 overall pick
Image courtesy of Adam Glanzman/Flickr . At last week’s pre-draft camp in Chicago, I posed the following question to 31 draft-eligible players: If you were a general manager and had the No. 1 pick in...
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Winners and losers of the NBA Draft Lottery
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . Tuesday night, the NBA’s version of the Hunger Games took place. The league’s 14 plebian teams took center stage just before a glorious playoff game amongst its upper...
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NBA Draft combines may become thing of the past for college stars
Image courtesy of Adam Glanzman/Flickr . There should have been little surprise when it was announced several days ago that Joel Embiid, Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins would be skipping the upcoming NBA Draft combine....
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Sacramento Kings Draft 3.0 Challenge: A glimpse of things to come
Photo by Steven Covella/Baller Mind Frame Since taking over the Sacramento Kings a year ago, majority owner Vivek Ranadivé has boasted about his “NBA 3.0” vision for the organization. Part of that will come to...
