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The 2022 NBA draft is just over a week away, but the wheeling and dealing has already begun. The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder completed a trade on Monday that included a 2022 first-round pick headed to Denver, and trade chatter is certain to intensify throughout the rest of the league in the coming … Read more
During a lighter moment at Ball Arena last week, sometime between the 10th or 11th goal the Avalanche slapped on Mike Smith’s tab, KOA’s Brandon Krisztal leaned over and asked me this: “So which guy do you think actually ends up playing in a higher percentage of his team’s regular-season games over the life of … Read more
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When Scarborough’s Leonard Miller arrived at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland last month, he was the only Canadian invited to represent the world team in a game featuring some of the best young basketball prospects. But almost no one there had seen him play before. Canada’s top high school basketball player was a mystery. … Read more
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One of the great truisms of the NBA draft process is that if a player is good, teams and scouts are going to find them. And if proof was ever needed of that, all it takes is a look at a handful of Canadians who are deep into the weeding-out process that teams hope will … Read more
The Magic are on the clock. For the fourth time in franchise history, Orlando has the No. 1 pick, and the team may need all the time between now and June 23 to decide on its selection. There is no clear-cut No. 1. There are three high-level prospects who can all make a case for … Read more
MSG’s CEO James Dolan has experienced an exhilarating last few days in watching his other Garden team, the Rangers, stage rally after rally to come back from a 3-1 deficit and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. A handful of Knicks were at Game 7, including coach Tom Thibodeau and Immanuel … Read more
Gonzaga Bulldogs freshman 7-footer Chet Holmgren — the No. 1 prospect in the ESPN Top 100 — will enter the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN. Holmgren, considered one of the front-runners to go first overall in the June 23 draft, brings to the NBA a unique skill set of 3-point shooting, lob catching and … Read more
Elite guard Shaedon Sharpe plans to stay in the NBA draft and not return to Kentucky, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Sharpe announced earlier this month that he was entering the draft but maintaining his college eligibility. Despite having until June 1 to withdraw from the draft, Sharpe is expected to announce in the coming … Read more
LOS ANGELES — UCLA’s Johnny Juzang, one of the stars of the 2021 NCAA tournament during the Bruins’ run to the Final Four, is entering the NBA draft. The junior guard announced his plans Wednesday on his Instagram account. Juzang averaged 15.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game last season, when the Bruins lost to … Read more
Illinois junior Kofi Cockburn will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility. “I’m closing one of the most amazing chapters of my life,” Cockburn told ESPN on Wednesday. “I’m proud of what we accomplished in college, but I am not sure it can get much better than that. It’s a scary … Read more