NBA Draft 2022

NBA 2022 Draft: Brothers Boeheim and McGowens hunt for professional dreams

When the NBA draft begins at Barclays Center on Thursday night, it could be a sibling fight. This year’s class of aspiring professionals includes two sets of brothers: Syracuse’s Buddy and Jimmy Boeheim and Trey and Bryce McGowens of the University of Nebraska. (There were almost three: Keegan Murray is projected to be in the …

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How one team plans to hit the NBA draft … mostly ignoring it

LATE In the winter of 2013, 18-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo turned his curiosity in Greece’s second-tier profile league. Although he scored less than 10 points on average in the game, Antetokounmpo’s physical profile, body control and vision cried out for “today’s NBA.” Only a handful of NBA executives had personally witnessed the Antetocounmp, and only the …

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ESPN analyst: Knicks would have to pay a high price to exchange for Jaden Ivey

Jaden Ivey would welcome a landing in New York if the Knicks can maneuver him to choose an NBA draft on Thursday, but it will cost them a lot. ESPN College basketball analyst Jay Bilas, who compared Tuesday’s Purdue goalkeeper to “a little combination” of Morant and Dwyane Wade, said the Knicks would be better …

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Julian Champagnie will be writing his last “down players” chapter in the 2022 NBA draft

History repeats itself for Julian Champagnie. The suspects are questioning him. Critics are punching holes in his game. In high school, there was a sign that he was not good enough to play college basketball. Now that he has become one of the best players in the Big East, he hears the same thing about …

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