As the draft steadily approaches there’s always a player or two who comes out of nowhere and rises steadily on the draft board. That player this year is Kristaps Porzingis. He is the guy shaking up the top of the draft board — he’s got a lot of fans in NBA front offices. They see a guy already more than seven feet tall and incredibly long, who has shooting range out to the NBA three-point line, and who is a fluid athlete. The draft prospects did interviews today and Porzingis said something that had a lot of people scratching their heads.
NBA Report: Brooklyn Nets Shopping Mason Plumlee to Move Up in the Draft
The 2015 NBA Draft is less than two weeks away so reports are kicking up a notch about teams possibly trading to move up in the draft. The Brooklyn Nets are reportedly one of those teams.
NBA: Karl Towns Sr. Wants the Knicks to Draft His Son So They Can Be Good Again
The New York Knicks finished with the second-worst record record in the NBA this season, which leaves them with a 19.9 percent chance of earning the top overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. Jahlil Okafor from Duke and Karl Anthony-Towns from Kentucky are the the two names mostly being discussed. Karl Anthony-Towns Sr. wants the Knicks to draft his son and has a great reason.
(Video) NBA: Tank So Hard… Knicks Make Shot on Their Own Basket
The New York Knicks currently have the worst record in the NBA at 15-63 and it looks like they’re trying to keep it that way. Wednesday night as they played the Indiana Pacers, Cole Aldrich jumped to obtain a rebound and instead tipped the ball into the Knicks basket.
NBA: Phil Jackson Says Knicks Priority is Free Agency Not the Draft
After a couple bad trades and a self admitted “project gone awry”, Knicks president Phil Jackson is faced with the task of rebuilding a team that has steadily gone downhill. With currently the worst record in the NBA, it’s assumed the Knicks are in full tank mode and will likely end up with a top-3 pick in the upcoming draft. Jackson has also spent a lot of time lately at college games scouting potential players. Many Knicks fans have their sights set on Jahlil Okafor or Karl-Anthony Towns to save the team but it turns out despite all those facts, Jackson is actually focused on free agency.
