2019-nba-draft - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

The Suns Were Up To Some Suns-Type Foolishness On Draft NightWith the caveat that no one knows anything about how this will turn out in the long term, it’s fair to say that the Phoenix Suns had a strange 2019 NBA Draft. They dropped in the rejiggered draft lottery to land with the sixth pick, then dropped another five spots Thursday night via a genuinely head...

All NBA Draft Grades Are Useless. Here Are My NBA Draft GradesNow that the mock drafts are dead, the fashion show is done, all the crying parents have come and gone and Woj and Shams are back in the holster for a few hours, let us see what Postseason Advent has wrought:...

Jordan Bone's Draft Party Went From Tragic To Joyful In A FlashAs this video of undrafted Fred VanVleet that made the rounds last night showed, there are at least some NBA draft parties that fizzle out before anyone can enjoy the ecstatic release they all came for, and it looked like Tennessee standout Jordan Bone’s party was headed that way as the draft wound ...

Bol Bol Heads To Denver Nuggets After Agonizing Draft Night Slide

Extremely fun one-and-done Oregon prospect Bol Bol showed up to Thursday night’s NBA draft decked out in a black suit featuring a garish sequined spider web on the left shoulder, smiling and optimistic and looking forward to being drafted somewhere in the lottery. His night ended with him gloomily t...

Celtics Draft Outspoken Round-Earther, Move One Step Closer To Post-Kyrie Irving Future

The Boston Celtics used the 22nd pick in the first round of Thursday night’s NBA draft to select first-team All-American Grant Williams from Tennessee. Williams is a skilled, undersized forward and the son of a NASA safety engineer. I mention his parentage because being privy to mom’s insider knowle...

The Wizards, Still Operating Without A GM, Drafted A Guy They'd Neither Met Nor Spoken To

The Washington Wizards selected Gonzaga big man Rui Hachimura with the No. 9 pick in NBA Draft. The pick was a bit of a surprise given that there hadn’t been any reports of any connections between that franchise and their eventual draftee. As it turns out, that surprise extended all the way to the p...

Here Are The Lottery Picks Of The 2019 NBA Draft

The saddest teams in the NBA have gone ahead and taken prospects they hope can lead their franchise into next year’s tank when they race for whoever 2020's best college player will be. Here are the lottery picks of 2019....

Chauncey Billups Drags Out Tired Trope, Says Zion Williamson Was "Raised Right" Because He Had "Two Parents In His Home"

With the first pick in the NBA Draft, ESPN draft analyst Chauncey Billups selected one of the worst possible approaches to complimenting a player’s character, after Zion Williamson had finished taking his ceremonial photo with commissioner Adam Silver and was making his way over to ESPN’s Maria Tayl...

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Darren Rovell Overdoes It On Attempt At Human Emotion With A Pennywise-Ass Giggle

The 2019 NBA Draft is almost underway and, in a surprise to absolutely no one, Darren Rovell is in attendance talking about the only thing that matters to him: the brands. With this access, he approached the guaranteed first-overall pick of the draft in Zion Williamson and asked him when the shoe de...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Thu Jun 20 2019

All Your Assets Are Belong To The Pelicans

The trade that sent Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Los Angeles Lakers was a good one. The Lakers got a superstar to pair with LeBron James, and the Pelicans got a hefty package of young players and draft picks to put toward rebuilding their roster. One of the top assets to change...

by Chris Thompson|

|Thu Jun 20 2019

Dick Vitale Breaks Huge NBA Trade, Walks It Back, Probably Misread A Tweet

This afternoon, ESPN basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale praised the New Orleans Pelicans for flipping the fourth pick in the NBA Draft for Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner. The alleged trade also somehow involved the Atlanta Hawks, who have the 10th pick....

by Patrick Redford|

|Thu Jun 20 2019

What Will Zion Williamson Put Up His Rookie Year?

Barring some unlikely outcomes—an inspiring protest that gets him out of New Orleans, a defiant but ultimately depressing return to the accursed NCAA—Zion Williamson will suit up for the Pelicans this fall. What will he do there?...

by Giri Nathan|

|Thu May 16 2019

If The Pelicans Don't Deserve Zion Williamson, Every Other Team Deserves Him Less

When the New Orleans Pelicans landed the right to seize the beginning of Zion Williamson’s basketball career, the reaction was swift, predictable and consistent: “What did those people do to deserve such a prize?”...

by Ray Ratto|

|Wed May 15 2019

There's A 14 Percent Chance That A Generation Of Accursed Knicks Fandom Has Been Worth It

In tonight’s draft lottery the Knicks have a 14 percent chance of obtaining the first pick and Zion Williamson. They were the worst team in the NBA, but this year, odds have been flattened out at the top of the lottery to disincentivize tanking. So the three worst teams all enjoy a 14 percent chance...

by Giri Nathan|

|Tue May 14 2019

Bol Bol Can Apparently Shoot Threes Now, Which Seems Unfair

At this point in basketball history, the idea of a big man shooting three-pointers would shock only the most neolithic 1990s basketball-purist weirdo. The simple fact that three is more than two has radically rearranged the court to prioritize space above all else, and that has upended old norms to...

by Patrick Redford|

|Wed Nov 28 2018

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