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How one team plans to nail the NBA draft … by mostly ignoring it

NBA writer for ESPN.com since 2008 Former contributor and editor at NPR DURING THE LATE winter of 2013, an 18-year-old curio named Giannis Antetokounmpo was turning heads in Greece’s second-tier professional league. Though he was averaging fewer than 10 points per game, Antetokounmpo’s physical profile, body control and vision screamed “modern-day NBA.” Only a handful of front-office executives from the […]

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Analysis, intel and the latest mock draft: Everything you need to know for Thursday’s 2022 NBA draft

The 2022 NBA draft has finally arrived! Who will unexpectedly rise Thursday night? Who will unexpectedly fall? Who will the Orlando Magic pick at No. 1, a potential Defensive Player of the Year candidate in Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren or a dynamic shooter in Auburn’s Jabari Smith? Where will Duke’s Paolo Banchero land? Will the Sacramento Kings keep their No. 4 […]

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Sources: Batum to nix option; eyes Clip return

LA Clippers forward Nicolas Batum will decline his $3.3 million player option and become a free agent, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. There’s expected to be mutual interest with the Clippers and Batum on reaching a new deal in July, sources said. In his second season with the Clippers, Batum started 54 of the 59 games he played and averaged […]

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Protective order filed against Rondo dismissed

An emergency protective order filed last month against veteran NBA point guard Rajon Rondo in Louisville, Kentucky, has been dismissed. The protective order, which was filed against Rondo by a woman on May 13, was dismissed on Thursday after the “parties reached an agreement,” according to the document, which was obtained by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes. In the request for the […]

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