Getty Image It’s rare for undrafted free agents to have a rise as meteoric as the one Austin Reaves has experienced. After going undrafted in 2021, Reaves has turned into a major contributor to the Los Angeles Lakers, as he earned a role in the team’s starting lineup on their run to the Western Conference …
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Why Does the MLB Draft Happen Mid-Season? Find out Here!
Ever wonder why the MLB draft happens during the middle of the regular season? Stick around because we have all the answers you need! Source: MLB It’s that time of the year again… the MLB draft! Every year, the professional sports league assigns amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other baseball organizations to …
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The Clippers Only Move The First Night Of Free Agency Was Trading Cash For Balsa Koprivica’s Draft Rights
Getty Image While most of the league was wheeling and dealing as free agency opened on Friday evening, the Los Angeles Clippers were extremely quiet. Their in-arena neighbors signed Gabe Vincent, Taurean Prince, and Cam Reddish to open the frenzy, but the Clippers were not eager to make any moves as they were still working …
The NBA Should Embrace Chaos And Have The Lottery On Draft Night
Getty Image For the past month, we have known that the San Antonio Spurs were going to take Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft. That was their reward for winning the lottery back in May, and the rest of the teams in the top-14 have spent the remaining time …
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2023 NBA Draft Grades: Los Angeles Clippers Get A ‘B-‘ For Kobe Brown To End The First Round
Getty Image At a certain point, it all has to click for the Los Angeles Clippers, right? Consistently one of the most talented teams in the league with a 1-2 punch that few squads in the NBA can match, the Clippers once again came up very, very short during the 2022-23 NBA season. Los Angeles …
2023 NBA Draft Grades: Denver Nuggets Get A ‘B-‘ With Julian Strawther At No. 29
Getty Image The Denver Nuggets are the only team entering the 2023 NBA Draft completely satisfied after a championship winning season, as Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and company ran through the playoffs en route to the franchise’s first title. That said, Thursday’s Draft was important for Denver because they have a number of roster spots …
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The Dallas Mavericks Added Richaun Holmes In Their Second Trade Of The 2023 NBA Draft
Getty Image The Dallas Mavericks spent the night of the 2023 NBA Draft working the phones. First, they pulled off a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder that involved swapping first-round picks — OKC moved up to 10, Dallas went back to 12 — while Davis Bertans’ contract went to the Thunder and the Mavericks …
2023 NBA Draft Grades: Brooklyn Nets Get ‘B’ For Noah Clowney At 21, ‘A-‘ For Dariq Whitehead At 22
Getty Image No team pivots quite like the Brooklyn Nets when a star-studded era flames out. Instead of a lengthy, grueling rebuild in the aftermath of the Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Deron Williams era, Brooklyn was able to get back to being a playoff team after missing out for three years in a row. …
2023 NBA Draft Grades: Golden State Warriors Take Brandin Podziemski And Get A ‘B-‘
Getty Image The Golden State Warriors enter every single year with Steph Curry on the roster as one of the league’s few teams with a championship-or-bust mentality. Last season, the Warriors didn’t just fail to lift the Larry O’Brien trophy, the team missed the Western Conference Finals altogether for the first time during the Steve …
2023 NBA Draft Grades: Miami Heat Get A ‘B’ Taking Jaime Jaquez Jr. At 18
Getty Image Somehow, someway, inexplicably, shockingly, whatever else you wanna put in here, the Miami Heat did it again this year. Despite not being an especially great team during the regular season and finding themselves on the brink of elimination in the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament, Miami caught fire during the playoffs and made it …
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2023 NBA Draft Grades: Los Angeles Lakers Get ‘B’ Taking Jalen Hood-Schifino At 17
Getty Image It was a weird year for the Los Angeles Lakers, one that began with a brand new head coach and a clunky roster that went 2-10 to start the year and ended with an appearance in the Western Conference Finals where they were swept by the eventual NBA champions. Los Angeles had a …
2023 NBA Draft Grades: Atlanta Hawks Get An ‘A-‘ Landing Kobe Bufkin At No. 15
Getty Image The Atlanta Hawks endured an up-and-down season in 2022-23. After completing a “win now” trade with the San Antonio Spurs to acquire Dejounte Murray in July, the Hawks struggled to live up to expectations, eventually moving on from president of basketball operations Travis Schlenk and head coach Nate McMillan during the regular season. …
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