The 2022 NBA Draft was one of the wildest in recent memory, with a number of surprises at the top. One of the most notable was the Sacramento Kings passing on Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, allowing the Detroit Pistons to scoop him up with the No. 5 overall pick.  Later in the night, the Pistons agreed to a trade with …

Jalen Duren’s basketball life has always been in fast-forward. Not that it’s been a problem. Duren stood 6 feet 8 as a 13-year-old and has dominated basketball courts since the time he was old enough to shoot. A star at Roman Catholic High in his hometown of Philadelphia — he was named to the MaxPreps freshman All-American team — he moved to Montverde Academy in …

Getty Images The New Orleans Pelicans have added another guard to their roster after selecting Dyson Daniels with the No. 8 overall pick. Daniels is the latest in an increasingly long line of tall, versatile ball-handlers to come out of Australia. Though not quite as promising as prospects like Ben Simmons and Josh Giddey were, Daniels shares both their gift …

Quinton Mayo: Bradley Beal is truly undecided as to what is next for him. Now a lot of people would come back to that comment and say, well, he has a very large incentive to return to the team in DC. He also has made a ton of money already through 10 years of NBA basketball.Source: Blue Wire Podcasts What’s …

Jeremy Brevard / USA TODAY Sports In one of the more surprising coaching hires in recent memory, the Charlotte Hornets are rehiring someone they let go of in 2018, Steve Clifford, to be their new head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. The Hornets had initially landed on Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson as their head coach, but Atkinson backed …

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced today that the team has acquired De’Anthony Melton in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. In the trade, Philadelphia sent draft rights to the No. 23 selection in the 2022 NBA Draft (David Roddy) and Danny Green to Memphis.Source: NBA.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeckSixers’ trade for De’Anthony …

The Detroit Pistons have selected Jaden Ivey with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Ivey has the most upside of any guard in the draft. He is an absolutely relentless athlete that should be able to blow by all but the NBA’s best defenders, but that doesn’t mean he’s a one-trick pony. Ivey shot 37 percent …

Former Michigan guard Eli Brooks signed with the Indiana Pacers after not hearing his name in the NBA Draft, according to his father, who told MLive. Brooks was a five-year player for the Wolverines who was a pillar of their success over the last three seasons. In his final season, the Pennsylvania native averaged more minutes per game (36) than …

Undrafted DMV college basketball players land with NBA teams originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington On Thursday, the NBA Draft gave 58 young men the opportunity to chase their basketball dreams at the next level. Just one of those players spent their college career at a university in D.C., Maryland or Virginia: VCU’s Vince Williams. The Memphis Grizzlies drafted Williams …

If you’ve been keeping tabs on what the New York Knicks have been doing over the past few months, then you’ll notice that they haven’t exactly been shy in their chase of acquiring Dallas Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson during free agency this summer.  It started when several members of the Knicks’ brass — including William Wesley and Julius Randle — …

National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning, will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30. The two conferences announced Friday the 14 matchups for the 24th edition of the three-day event, which the ACC leads 12-8 with three ties. The Big Ten won …

Follow along with us as the Detroit Pistons introduce their new draft picks to the public at Rouge Park. The Pistons picked Purdue guard Jaden Ivey at No. 5 overall and then traded for Memphis center Jalen Duren, who was picked 13th overall. SHAWN WINDSOR: Pistons may soon have the best backcourt in basketball after NBA draft In Round 2, …

Getty Images The Duke and North Carolina rivalry is perhaps the biggest one in college basketball history, which is something Michael Jordan couldn’t help but remind Mark Williams of after the Charlotte Hornets took him 15th overall during the 2022 NBA Draft. Shortly after Williams — a former Blue Devil — officially entered the NBA, Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak congratulated …

NEW YORK — On the plane to D.C., where on Monday he had a pre-draft workout with the Washington Wizards, the 6-foot-9, 19-year-old Jeremy Sochan got the standard questions. First, yes, he is a basketball player. Fancy that. Second, well, that’s complicated.  “Good question,” Sochan told his fellow passenger. “Where am I from?”  While he was born in Guymon, Oklahoma …

National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning, will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30. The two conferences announced Friday the 14 matchups for the 24th edition of the three-day event, which the ACC leads 12-8 with three ties. The Big Ten won …

Tom Moore: #NBA source: The #Sixers “aren’t trading to trim salary to use on non-taxpayer MLE,” which means potential free agent forward PJ Tucker almost surely won’t become a 76er.Source: Twitter @TomMoorePhilly What’s the buzz on Twitter? BasketNews @BasketNews_comBy helping Hapoel Holon (@HapoelHolonBC) climb to the @WinnerLeague throne, Chris Johnson (@cmj_4) felt some strong PJ Tucker vibes.The former NBA player …

With the 2022 NBA Draft now in the books, it’s time to turn our attention to free agency, which gets underway in less than a week (on June 30). One of the biggest storylines to watch over the next few weeks is what happens with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving.  Irving has until June 29 to make a decision on …

For the first time in seven years, a Wisconsin Badger heard their name called in the NBA draft. On Thursday evening, Johnny Davis became the 12th Wisconsin Badger in history to be drafted in the first round of the NBA draft. The Washington Wizards selected the La Crosse native with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis was surrounded by family …

The Big Ten and the ACC will go head to head this November for the Commissioner’s Cup. Earlier today, the conferences announced each matchup in a challenge that’s headlined by 13 squads that participated in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Going by ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, there are six ranked teams currently part of the challenge. The games will take place …

The Charlotte Hornets entered Thursday night’s 2022 NBA Draft without a head coach, though that wasn’t by design. They had agreed to a four-year deal with Kenny Atkinson earlier this month, only for Atkinson to change his mind about the job and remain with the champion Golden State Warriors as an assistant under Steve Kerr.  While the Hornets ended up having …

Myers spells out why Dubs traded up, paid $2M for Rollins originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea After having to patiently wait throughout the first round to select UW-Milwaukee’s Patrick Baldwin Jr. with the No. 28 pick of the 2022 NBA Draft, Golden State sprang into action in the second. The Warriors sent $2 million and the No. 51 overall …

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Getty Images The Sacramento Kings have selected Keegan Murray with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Murray isn’t your average selection at the top of the lottery. Where the top of the draft is typically populated by teenage one-and-done prospects, Murray will turn 22 before his rookie year began and was only a three-star prospect at …

JD Davison has fired up reaction to Celtics drafting him in Round 2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics finally made a pick in the 2022 NBA Draft late Thursday night when they selected Alabama point guard JD Davison at No. 53 overall in the second round. Davison is an athletic guard who averaged 8.5 points, 4.8 rebounds …

Getty Images The Washington Wizards have selected University of Wisconsin star Johnny Davis with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis was the quintessential college star who didn’t originally project as a top NBA prospect. He was just a three-star recruit coming out of high school, and as a fairly lean 6-4 wing, he’s a bit smaller than teams would hope …