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What Celtics fans need to know about first-round pick Baylor Scheierman originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics closed out the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night by selecting Creighton wing Baylor Scheierman with the No. 30 overall pick. Scheierman was a popular pick to the Celtics in many expert mock drafts over the …

Night one of the inaugural two-day NBA Draft is now behind us, featuring 30 picks and two players left standing behind in the greenroom — Johnny Furphy (Kansas) and Kyle Filipowski (Duke). On Thursday afternoon beginning at 4 p.m. ET, 28 more players will hear their names called and there is still some good talent left on the board. While both …

Round 1 of the 2024 NBA Draft is over, but we’ll get another dose of draft season on Thursday as the second round gets underway at 4 p.m. ET. With several surprises in the first round, we’ll see what value slipped into Day 2 and which team will potentially draft Bronny James. As analysts continue to dole out their initial …

Getty Images The Washington Wizards are trading 23-year-old wing Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers for Malcolm Brogdon, the No. 14 overall pick, the second-most favorable of their three 2029 first-round picks (originally their own, Boston’s and Milwaukee’s) and two second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Avdija is coming off of a breakout campaign for the Wizards. With …

NBA: Draft It’s easy if a team drafts a player like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, or Giannis Antetokounmpo — how they fit into the team’s culture and system doesn’t matter because they are the system. They will be great anywhere. However, for the role players who make up 99% of the NBA, fit can be the difference between success and …

Getty Images The highly anticipated 2024 NBA Draft is finally here. The first 30 picks of the draft were made Wednesday night before the second round takes place on Thursday afternoon.  The NBA Draft is becoming a two-day event in 2024 for the first time.  The second round, however, will not kick off until 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Both rounds …

C’s select wing Baylor Scheierman in Round 1 of NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For the first time since taking over as Boston Celtics president of basketball operations in 2021, Brad Stevens made a first-round selection in the NBA Draft. With the 30th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Celtics selected 6-foot-7 wing Baylor Scheierman …

USATSI The San Antonio Spurs have selected Stephon Castle No. 4 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft. Castle, a top recruit in the 2023 high school class, played his lone college season at Connecticut and immediately emerged as an impact player. He quickly became a starter and averaged 11.1 points per game for the Huskies. He was stellar on both …

2024 NBA Draft: Who is Matas Buzelis? What to know about the Bulls’ newest member originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Matas Buzelis told ESPN after being drafted with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Bulls that he “wanted to be here.” That’s because Buzelis, the 19-year-old forward from the G-League Ignite, is from here. …

The Atlanta Hawks have selected Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, making him the second consecutive French player to go No. 1 after Victor Wembanyama did so a year ago. Risacher comes from a strong basketball background as his father, Stéphane Risacher, was a professional player in Europe as well. The younger Risacher started …

The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft brought plenty of trade activity, but for all the league-wide buzz of veterans possibly moving teams, only Deni Avdija and Malcolm Brodgdon will be wearing new uniforms after Wednesday night’s events. A total of six first-round picks ultimately changed hands throughout the first 30 picks —Thursday’s second round begins at 4 p.m. …

Rob Dillingham was widely expected to be drafted in the top 10 on Wednesday, and sure enough, he went at No. 8 overall. What nobody saw coming was the team that drafted him. It wasn’t a lottery team. No, the Minnesota Timberwolves, who just came three games away from the NBA Finals, just jumped all the way up to No. …

The winner of three of the last four NBA MVP awards was drafted during a Taco Bell commercial. As the Denver Nuggets’ selection with the 41st overall pick in the second round of the 2014 draft flashed at the bottom of the screen—Nikola Jokic (listed as a power forward, by the way)—fans were treated to images of a mouthwatering quesarito. …

Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Kenny Atkinson as their coach, signing the former Golden State Warriors assistant to a five-year contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Atkinson, who previously served as coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2016-20, spent the past three seasons in Golden State as a top assistant under Steve Kerr. He is known for running his pick-and-roll …

Report: Warriors could be willing to give PG13 max contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area If Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers decide to part ways this offseason, one NBA insider revealed a suitor that makes sense for the nine-time NBA All-Star. It all comes down to George’s contract, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Wednesday morning on “Get …

Getty Images The Memphis Grizzlies have selected Zach Edey with the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Though Edey was not especially highly-touted as a recruit, he would eventually grow into one of the most decorated players in the history of college basketball. He won two Naismith College Player of the Year awards at Purdue, joining only Bill …

Zaccharie Risacher has previously played for ASVEL and JL Bourg in the French league [Reuters] The Atlanta Hawks selected teenage French forward Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick of the NBA draft. It is the second year running that a French player has been chosen first. Last year there was little doubt Victor Wembanyama would be the number one …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft is finally in the books after months of lead-up. While the first two picks were somewhat expected in French products Zaccharie Risacher & Alex Sarr, the rest of the night was surely full of unexpected twists and turns. …

Many learned scholars of NBA basketball have said that you can’t judge a draft until at least five years down the line. But as I am not a learned scholar — I am, in fact, Just Some Guy — I say, very respectfully, “Nuts to that, poindexters.” What follows is a stab at a first draft of history — a …

NEW YORK — In April, Dalton Knecht rolled out of bed to a ton of text messages. He also got a call from his parents. Everybody wanted the Tennessee wing to see the video of LeBron James talking about him. “I thought it was fake,” Knecht said Wednesday at Barclays Center. Knecht’s name had only come up briefly in a …

Krysten Peek, Tom Haberstroh and Lamar Hurd look ahead to the 2025 NBA draft and the exciting prospects at the top including Cooper Flagg and Ace Bailey. View more Video Transcript Friday morning is when I start the new draft cycle. The 2025 NBA draft. You guys, I am so excited. No, I did. I said to my editor on …

Carter finds ‘perfect’ home with Kings thanks to drive, family ties originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO — The Kings added some needed defensive help and depth to an already crowded backcourt Wednesday when they took Big East Conference Player of the Year Devin Carter with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Carter was …

The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft has concluded (the second round is Thursday), and indeed there was more action that just draft prospects hearing their name called on Wednesday. In case you missed it, the New York Knicks have been busy. They did some clever draft work that might’ve gone under the radar between the Mikal Bridges trade and …

NBA draft first-round winners, losers: Kings strike gold with Carter originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft is in the books. Zaccharie Risacher from France went first overall to the Atlanta Hawks, with Alex Sarr, also of France, following at No. 2 to the Washington Wizards before Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard went to …

After a short but newsworthy tumble out of the lottery, Tennessee wing Dalton Knecht was scooped up by a team that can absolutely use his scoring versatility. The Los Angeles Lakers landed Knecht with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, acquiring a high-volume shooter to work alongside LeBron James next season. Knecht took an extremely unconventional path to the NBA. …