1. Orlando Magic • Nerlens Noel • 6’10″ / 230 / F / Kentucky Think of this pick as a ball of Play-Doh — the person holding it can form it into anything, and even can take it apart to make other balls. The only question the person holding it[...]
When Trey Burke chased down Peyton Siva in the national championship game Monday night and blocked Siva’s shot, but called the foul, I was outraged. The implications of that play are massive. If the referees call it a clean block and let them play on, Michigan could’ve stolen momentum and[...]
I updated my pre-NBA Draft player rankings on Feb. 19 and there have been some big risers and fallers, including Nerlens Noel, who suffered a torn ACL recently. The two players who’ve risen to the top, in place of Noel and Shabazz Muhammed, are Anthony Bennett (UNLV) and Ben McLemore[...]
Cody Zeller (18 pts/5 rebs): Zeller didn’t look like a lottery pick. He didn’t assert himself enough late in the game, he wore out and he couldn’t finish at the rim as he was being fouled. Zeller was exposed on the perimeter of the defensive end. Butler figured out that Zeller[...]
1. Charlotte Bobcats | Anthony Davis With Davis, the Bobcats have a post player who will be the man in the paint for them, especially defensively, for years to come. Drafting Davis could be compared to drafting Patrick Ewing, who at the time he was picked by the Knicks was[...]
Aaron Rodgers signed a national letter of intent to play football at Butte Community College in Chico, Calif. on this day ten years ago. Today on Twitter, Rodgers tweeted about his memories of that day. As I was too young to remember where people signed that day, I thought it’d[...]
There’s a reason NFL draft analysts weren’t considering Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas on their draft boards… he wasn’t supposed to be going pro. Well, Thomas threw a rock at their window to wake them up today when he announced in the most informal press release EVER that he would be[...]