Dariq Whitehead Taken By The Nets At No. 22

The Brooklyn Nets had back-to-back picks in the later half of the first round and took a shooting guard due to the uncertainty of their guard depth at the moment. Dariq Whitehead was once a top prospect but has since come down to earth a little bit. The freshman guard averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds, […]

Noah Clowney On His Way To Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Nets used one of their picks acquired in the Kevin Durant trade to take Noah Clowney out of Alabama. At the no. 21 pick, Brooklyn looked to take a player to add to their frontcourt depth. Clowney is a 6'10 power forward with some defensive and rebounding prowess. He doesn't turn 19 years […]

Cam Whitmore's Slide Ends At No. 20 With Houston

The Houston Rockets may have gotten the steal of the draft, as Cam Whitmore out of Villanova was still available at the No. 20 pick of the draft on Thursday. The star freshman was slated to go in the lottery, according to many big boards in the media, but for whatever reason, he slid to […]

Warriors Take Brandin Podziemski At No. 19

The Golden State Warriors have selected Brandin Podziemski in Thursday night's NBA Draft. The sophomore shooting guard out of Santa Clara posted impressive shooting numbers as he knocked down 48.3% of his shots overall and 43.8% of his threes. He also added averages of 19.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.8 steals per game. […]

Jaime Jaquez Jr. Heading To Miami

The Miami Heat drafted Jaime Jaquez Jr. with the No. 18 pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. Jaquez is a 6-foot-7 wing out of UCLA and was a four-year starter with the school that ended his college career with his strongest season yet. He posted averages of 17.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.5 […]

Lakers Add Jalen Hood-Schifino On Thursday Night

The Los Angeles Lakers drafted Jalen Hood-Schifino with the 17th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. The 20-year-old combo guard out of Indiana averaged 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game His advanced stats don't do him any favors and is part of the reason he slipped out of the top-15. He'll be […]

Jazz Select Keyonte George At No. 16

The Utah Jazz went with a forward with their first selection of the draft, and now they went for shooting guard Keyonte George out of Baylor with their second pick. On a lot of big boards, George was slated right around No. 16, and the Jazz were very high on him after kicking around the […]

Dereck Lively II Heads To Dallas At No. 12

The Dallas Mavericks not only traded away Davis Bertans' contract, but they traded back and still got one of their biggest targets in the draft. Dereck Lively II brings a top-notch lob threat and defensive presence at the center position. The Duke product finished his freshman year with averages of 5.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.1 […]

Jett Howard Drafted By Orlando At No. 11

The Orlando Magic made their second selection of the first round and took Jett Howard out of Michigan with the No. 11 pick. Son of former NBA player Juwan Howard, the 19-year-old was originally projected to go quite a bit later in the draft. He averaged 14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game […]

Cason Wallace Taken 10th Overall, Traded To Oklahoma City

The Dallas Mavericks have taken Cason Wallace with the 10th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft and then packaged him with Davis Bertans in a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the No. 12 pick and a trade exception. Dallas has been trying to get off of the Bertans contract for a while now, […]

Jarace Walker Taken Eighth Overall By Indiana

The Indiana Pacers traded back from the seventh pick to the eighth and selected Jarace Walker out of Houston. The 19-year-old power forward heads to a young team in need of more wings and forwards to go along with Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Bennedict Mathurin, and Myles Turner. Walker averaged 11.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 […]

Taylor Hendricks Drafted With The No. 9 Pick

The Utah Jazz drafted forward Taylor Hendricks out of UCF with the ninth pick in the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday. The 19-year-old freshman checks in with averages of 15.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.8% from the floor and 39.4% from deep. He was voted into the […]

Anthony Black Goes To Orlando With The Sixth Pick

Arkansas guard Anthony Black has been drafted with the sixth overall pick by the Orlando Magic in the 2023 NBA Draft. The freshman wing averaged 12.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 2.1 steals per game during his lone year in college. He's seemed to only gain steam as the draft got closer and he […]

Ausar Thompson Selected With The No. 5 Pick

The Detroit Pistons have drafted Ausar Thompson with the fifth overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. Thompson owns the first two Finals MVP awards and the first regular season MVP award ever in Overtime Elite history. The 20-year-old averaged 16.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.3 blocks, and 2.7 steals per game across 16 […]

Rockets Take Amen Thompson With The No. 4 Pick

The Houston Rockets selected guard Amen Thompson from Overtime Elite with the fourth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 20-year-old played a combination guard role for the City Reapers last season and averaged 16.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. He and his twin brother, Ausar Thompson, led their […]

Scoot Henderson Selected Third Overall By Portland

The Portland Trail Blazers have selected guard Scott Henderson from G League Ignite with the third pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 19-year-old averaged 17.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and 1.2 steals per game in the G League last year. He was widely regarded as the second-best player in the draft until Brandon […]

Portland Shutting Down All Calls About Damian Lillard

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has been the topic of what feels like every trade rumor for the last three seasons. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on the Pat McAfee Show, the Blazers have been shutting down anyone who has called about the possibility of trading for the seven-time all-star. The team seems committed […]

Nets, Celtics Both Expressing Trade Interest In John Collins

Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins has been the center of trade talks more often than not over the last few years. According to Matt Moore of Action Network, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Boston Celtics are the two teams still expressing interest in recent weeks. The Dallas Mavericks were in talks for a bit surrounding […]

Jazz, Mavericks Showing Interest In Signing Kyle Kuzma

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma opted out of the remaining year in his contract to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Two of the teams showing interest in signing the 27-year-old, according to Matt Moore of Action Network, are the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic could use another bigger scoring option in […]

Brooklyn Has Fielded Multiple Calls About Dorian Finney-Smith

Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith is about to enter his eighth season in the NBA after just turning 30. According to Matt Moore of Action Network, that hasn't deterred any contending teams from calling the Nets about a trade. He's had quite the inconsistent three-point shot recently, but his 3-and-D prototype is something that the […]

Nuggets Swapping Draft Picks With Indiana

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Denver Nuggets are trading a 2024 first-round pick and the 40th pick of this year's draft to the Indiana Pacers for the 29th and 32nd picks this year. Reports were swirling that the Nuggets wanted to get into the first round of the draft as it seems like they […]

Bruce Brown Declines His Player Option

Denver Nuggets forward Bruce Brown is declining his $6.8 million player option for the 2023-24 season, as reported by The Athletic's Shams Charania. The 26-year-old said after the NBA Finals that he would like to stay in Denver, so this could just be a way to negotiate a little more money into his contract. The […]

Kristaps Porzingis Could Be On His Way To Boston

Washington Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis has officially entered the trade rumors as Shams Charania of The Athletic reports that he's the centerpiece of a three-team trade that would send him to Boston. The third team involved in the trade would be the Los Angeles Clippers who would be sending Marcus Morris and draft compensation to […]

Damian Jones Will Exercise His Option To Stay In Utah

Utah Jazz center Damian Jones is going to exercise his player option worth $2.58 million and remain in Utah for the upcoming season. First reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the 27-year-old looks like he'll remain the third-string big man behind Kelly Olynyk and Walker Kessler. Jones was part of the trade with the Lakers […]

Gary Trent Jr. Exercises Player Option

Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. is opting into his $18.5 million player option for the 2023-24 season. According to Chris Haynes of TNT and Bleacher Report, this was announced by Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul and Trent's agent Lucas Newton. The 24-year-old 3-and-D wing took a bit of a step back this past season, […]

Collin Sexton Is Available In Trade Discussions

Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton has reportedly been made available in trade discussions this offseason. The 24-year-old has battled some major injury issues over the last two seasons as he's only played a total of 59 games out of a possible 164. As reported by Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, the Jazz have thrown his […]

Grizzlies, Tyus Jones Working Together To Find A Trade Partner

Memphis Grizzlies guard Tyus Jones has been a tremendous contributor to the team's success due to the health and suspensions of star point guard Ja Morant. He's shown through stretches of starter's minutes that he can contribute at a bigger level than the role they have for him. According to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, […]

Portland Preparing An Offer For Bam Adebayo

The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly preparing a "compelling" offer for Miami's star big man, Bam Adebayo. According to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, the Trail Blazers have been unwilling to deal their third-overall pick unless it brings back a premium type of player. One of those names that seem to fit the bill is […]

Kyle Kuzma Declines His Player Option

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma is declining his $13 million player option, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The possibility of returning to Washington is still on the table at a higher price tag, but he will enter free agency as one of the premier names in an otherwise not-so-great player pool. Last season, the […]

Jarrett Jack Joins Pistons Coaching Staff

The Detroit Pistons and Monty Williams continue to build out their staff to help take this team to new heights. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports that Jarrett Jack, who coached with Williams in Phoenix, will be joining the Pistons this coming season. The 39-year-old played for 13 seasons with eight different teams such as Portland […]