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Nuggets second round nets Miller, Turkyilmaz
Posted on 29 Jun 2012 by Daniel Lewis.
While the Nuggets selected an international talent in Evan Fournier with their first round pick in the 2012 NBA draft, they still held two picks in the second round. The Denver Nuggets finished the 2012 draft by selecting Quincy Miller at pick no. 38 and Izzet Turkyilmaz with the no. 50 pick. Miller, a 19-year-old small forward, comes to Denver after playing one season at Baylor University. Mil...
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Evan Fournier to the Nuggets
Posted on 28 Jun 2012 by Daniel Lewis.
With the twentieth pick in the 2012 NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets have selected Evan Fournier, a shooting guard from France. Fournier has been playing for the French club Poiters Basket 86, and the Nuggets organization will discuss whether Fournier will join the Nuggets this season or remain in France for some time while Denver retains his rights. Fournier worked out twice for Denver, early in ...
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Wolves Acquire Chase Budinger From Rockets for 18th Pick
Posted on 26 Jun 2012 by Justin Hussong.
The Minnesota Timberwolves made a slightly surprising move today, sending the 18th overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft to Houston for forward Chase Budinger as well as the draft rights to Israeli prospect Lior Eliyahu. Minnesota gets another athletic forward, and Houston acquires a third first-round draft pick which they seem to be stockpiling in order to make a run at Magic superstar center D...
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Timberwolves Need A Shooting Guard…..Yet Again
Posted on 25 Jun 2012 by Justin Hussong.
Clank. It is a sound that Minnesota Timberwolves fans have become all too familiar with. Randy Foye. Rashad McCants. Corey Brewer. Wesley Johnson. All of them are shooting guards drafted in the lottery by the Timberwolves that did not pan out. Once again, this team enters the draft with a blaring hole at 2-guard. This past season, Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio, and Nikola Pekovic injected a sense of ...
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Top 10 Suspicious Draft Lottery Picks….
Posted on 31 May 2012 by Mark Cook.
The NBA fueled conspiracy theories last night, when the New Orleans Hornets won the 1st pick on the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery. Many NBA fans & experts quickly pointed to the fact that the league still owns the team, as the main factor for the Hornets earning the right to draft Anthony Davis on the evening of June 28th. I have been one of those people who has long believed that the NBA influenc...
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Is the fix in? New Orleans Hornets win NBA Draft Lottery
Posted on 31 May 2012 by Warren Shaw.
Via NBA Communications: NEW YORK, May 30, 2012 – Following are the results from the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery, which was conducted this evening at the Disney/ABC Times Square Studio. The New Orleans Hornets, who had a 13.7 percent chance of obtaining the first selection, will have the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, which will be held in Newark, N.J. at Prudential Center on Thursday, J...
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Tonight’s The Night….NBA Draft Lottery
Posted on 30 May 2012 by Mark Cook.
Tonight is the night. The ping-pong balls will bounce and the NBA Draft Lottery will help determine the fate of the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets have a 7.5% chance of getting the top pick. Even though, that may seem like a slim chance, history has shown that the worst team doesn't always receive the top pick. Brooklyn is in dire need of earning the 1st spot in the upcoming draft. Yet, teams like Cha...
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2012 NBA Summer League Teams Announced
Posted on 25 May 2012 by Warren Shaw.
The NBA announced the teams that will be participating in the 2012 Summer League on Thursday afternoon. After taking a forced year off due to the lockout, Summer League will be back in full force this July. Here is the press release from NBA.COM: A record 24 teams will compete at the 2012 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas this summer, the NBA announced Thursday. From July 13- 22, 23 NBA teams, i...
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2012 NBA Draft Early Entrants
Posted on 4 May 2012 by Warren Shaw.
The NBA Draft is fast approaching taking place on June 28 in the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The NBA released the early entrants list on Thursday highlighted by the Kentucky Wildcats starting five. UK's Anthony Davis is the consensus number 1 pick but who will follow him is anybody's guess. Most consider this to be a very deep draft with teams angling for multiple picks. The final draft ...
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HEAT SEASON A SUCCESS, BUT OFFSEASON MOVES WILL HAPPEN
Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Sean Eckhardt.
The anger has died down a little bit. The disbelief that Miami lost to Dallas is gradually turning into respect for the way the Mavericks played in the Finals. Time does heal and it's only been a week since the Heat lost Game 6 of the NBA Finals and watched their season end on their home floor. Now the focus has shifted towards next season, assuming that there is a 2012 season with a potent...
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The Case for Enes Kanter as the Number 1 Pick
Posted on 12 Jun 2011 by Jonathan Wasserman.
Despite Kyrie Irving's promise as a point guard and Derrick William's productive college career, the mysterious Enes Kanter might pack the most reward as the number 1 pick. Kanter has willingly worked out against competition perceived as “inferior”, while many American prospects shy away from such situations with the fear of a bad day. Considering his infamous 34 and 13 game at the ...
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Assessing Draft Needs: The Atlantic Division
Posted on 3 Jun 2011 by Warren Shaw.
Over the next couple weeks I will break down the draft needs of each team in the league grouped by their division in the NBA. I will not pretend to know who each team is targeting as most of that is all speculation anyway. Most teams have glaring needs but may not have the picks or money to fix everything right away. Keep in mind this year's crop of recruits is considered to be weaker than most...









