Tuesday night the NBA held its Draft Lottery to determine the top three picks in the forthcoming draft. Somehow, someway — conspiracy theorists have at it — the Cleveland Cavaliers won the top overall pick with only a 1.7-percent chance at it. This makes the second consecutive year that Dan Gilbert’s team has won the lottery, third time in the past four years. The results are in! The #Cavs hold the No. 1 pick in the upcoming @NBA Draft on June 26th.
SH Blog: Heat/Pacers look to make Game 2 adjustments; NBA Draft Lottery could determine future of several teams
Tuesday night is one of the few night’s during the NBA calendar year that is equal parts about the present as it is about the future. What more could we ask for? The Miami Heat have their backs against the wall as they try to even up their Eastern Conference Finals series in Indianapolis. But just before the Heat and Pacers tip, the NBA will hold its annual Draft Lottery to determine the first 14 picks in this June’s draft. Unlike the 2013
Photo of the Day: Andrew Wiggins’ unreal 44-inch vertical
Andrew Wiggins is the projected top pick in most mock drafts right now, including our own Joe Kotoch’s, and his insane athleticism is a major reason why. Late last week, p3sportsscience posted an Instagram photo of Wiggins’ ridiculous 44-inch vertical leap which had over 3,500 likes and had fans, scouts and NBA teams alike gawking. After Tuesday’s draft lottery, we’ll see which franchise is in position to land him. Photo via p3sportsscience on Instagram
Joe Kotoch’s Mock Draft 2.0: Coming out of the Combine
The NBA Draft Combine in Chicago has come and gone, and there is growing buzz as GMs, scouts, and coaches are all watching and analyzing every movement and every answer from the invited prospects. The teams get universal measurements and medical reports and the opportunity to sit down and interview prospects that they may select on June 26. The beginning of the Combine was a bit flat as the top prospects Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid all pulled out.
NBA Draft Combine Not Needed, Wiggins Creates His Own Buzz
While all but two other high-profile NBA draft prospects run drills in Chicago for the 2014 NBA Draft Combine, Kansas Jayhawks freshman phenom Andrew Wiggins has found his own way of creating buzz heading into this year’s draft. The internet. Doing standard fitness drills for P3 Applied Sports Science, Wiggins vertical leap results were quite impressive. A photo, posted to Instagram, has since drawn all sorts of reactions on the social media sphere. [Read more…]
Joe Kotoch’s Mock Draft 1.0
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and for fans of teams on the outside looking in, their big night comes May 20th when NBA Lottery is held. As the regular season began, Andrew Wiggins was seen as the clear cut first pick in this historically deep and strong draft, but his Kansas teammate Joel Embiid broke out and established himself as a viable option to teams drafting first overall that prefer a big. With the news of Embiid’s back injury,
Scotto: Future Stars Shine Bright in Jordan Brand Classic
The Jordan Brand Classic introduced us to the game’s future stars. And from the looks of it, the future is bright. Top recruits from Duke, Kansas and Kentucky dazzled in the All-American Game and showed why each program has drawn considerable buzz heading into next season. Seton Hall – which had five recruits named to the Jordan Brand Classic – dominated the Regional Game. Canada shined in the International Game once again thanks to Jahvon Blair’s MVP performance with the help of his
Tweet of the Day: Former NBA PF Danny Manning Named HC For Wake Forest
26 years ago today, power forward Danny Manning led the Larry Brown coached Kansas Jayhawks to a National Championship, scoring 31 points against the Oklahoma Sooners. For the past two college basketball seasons, Manning has been the head coach at the University of Tulsa, where his efforts culminated in a 21-13 record, tying for first in Conference USA. He led the Golden Hurricanes to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to UCLA. Now, he’s on the move again,
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