In the 2016 draft we all knew it was going to be Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram drafted first overall. This year there is more competition for the next player to be drafted No. 1 in the NBA Draft. Right now there is no overall favorite and there could be up to five or six prospects with
The Naismith Trophy is given out to the best player in college basketball and has been given to the best player since 1969. Last year, Buddy Hield of Oklahoma won the trophy. Hield, a 6’4 guard, had one of the best shooting season we have ever seen. Buddy ended up getting drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans sixth
Hello all and welcome to the Sunday Summary with your host Alfonso De Falco. 1. The D-League showcase A couple of weeks back in a Sunday Summary I talked about the rise of the D-League and how NBA teams are recently using the minor league system to their advantage. Every year in the first week
New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis is ballyhooed as the NBA’s next big thing and rightfully so, but let’s not gloss over the fact that Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has dominated their eleven head-to-head matchup’s thus far. Cousins may have hit a snag in the dominance department during the Kings’ preseason bout against
Los Angeles Lakers big man Julius Randle, who was selected with the 7th overall pick in last year’s NBA Draft, suffered a broken leg during LA’s season-opener against the Houston Rockets, and was put on the shelf for his entire rookie year after playing only a total of 14 minutes in his first game.
Phil Jackson and the Knicks had hoped that this season’s blatant tank job would yield them a top-three pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, but New York was dealt somewhat of a disappointing blow to their rebuild efforts when they were awarded the fourth overall pick during last month’s Draft Lottery. No one has any
Willie Cauley-Stein got a big vote of confidence from NBA legend Larry Bird. Kentucky big man Willie Cauley-Stein is a projected lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, and ESPN Insider Chad Ford currently has Cauley-Stein going number eight on his Draft Big Board. Cauley-Stein is viewed as an athletic defensive ace that oozes potential,
Willie Cauley-Stein is now the ‘Trilliest.’ Kentucky Wildcat big man Willie Cauley-Stein had become a fan favorite during his tenure at UK, winning over fans with his brash demeanor and gritty defensive play. Cauley-Stein hopes to produce the same amount of fanfare in the NBA, and on Monday night it was revealed that he’s gotten off
According to Elliot Smith of CBS Sports, the 2015 class of the Naismith Hall of Fame was announced on Monday. Highlighting the class are none other than John Calipari of Kentucky, eight time NBA All-Star and shot-blocker Dikembe Mutombo, and three-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie. That is only three of the eleven members that are
According to Sean d’Oliveira of CBS Sports, Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein is leaning towards entering the NBA draft this coming offseason. Kentucky who was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, knew they were going to lose a good amount of their team. A lot of them are “one-and-done” players, but Cauley-Stein seems to have decided