draft Stories - Canis Hoopus
Playoffs? Lottery?
Over the past month or so, I've been trying to convince Ben that the Charlotte Bobcats are better off making the playoffs this season than they are admitting defeat and shooting for the lottery. It took some time, but I won him over a couple of weeks ago. Why, do you ask? There are a variety of...
Report: Wizards acquiring Hinrich, 17th pick from Bulls
Ric Bucher has the scoop: The Chicago Bulls have a deal in place that would move Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick to theWashington Wizards, freeing up enough cap space to pursue two maximum-salary players on this summer's free-agent market, sources with knowledge of the Bulls' plans said...
Video and photos from John Wall's Reebok unveiling today
I swear, I'm done writing about shoes after this. I wrote a lot about John Wall's Reebok event here, and while I was able to sit in a lot on his media day press conference today, it was also pretty cramped, and I was running around gathering stuff for an SBNation.com story. So for now, here's some...
NBA Draft Rumors Thread
Editor's Note: This will double up as the pre-draft open thread. Consider this a place to drop any rumor of any kind you see over the next couple days. I'll start with this news from Woj: Working to clear as much salary-cap space as possible for free agency, the Miami Heat have agreed in...
What do the Wizards need, and how it determines their two late picks
One of my biggest complaints about Ernie Grunfeld's draft strategy is that he does too much swinging for the fences with his mid- to late-round picks. Sure, you'll occasionally hit with this philosophy, but you also squander the chance to find good, cheap role players that fit your style and your...
Quick Wizards links to catch up on
First of all, apologies for the lack of output this weekend. Posting on Father's Day is tough for me, for reasons I'll probably get into at some point during the long summer, but still, there's stuff going on that's worth discussing. Here's a quick rundown of stuff from over the weekend. First of...
John Wall workout impressions: He loves basketball
Is that a cliche? Probably. But as I left the Verizon Center, that's the one thing that struck me. I haven't talked to a ton of players in my year in the locker room, but of the ones I have, one thing struck me: many of the league's best players get tired by cliche questions and love it when you...
Evan Turner refuses to work out for Wizards because ... well, I don't know
We already knew that the Wizards were not planning on having Evan Turner in for an individual workout. What we didn't know, though, is that this was Turner's doing, not the Wizards'. Via Michael Lee: Was told today that Wiz tried to set up workout with Evan Turner - some within org really like...
On buying draft picks and the like
Some quick, admittedly half-baked thoughts on getting more draft picks: We've talked a lot about using the BOYD strategy (definition here) to potentially get another lottery pick, but we haven't talked much about a much cheaper alternative: buying a later pick. I'm getting more and more worried...
It's (essentially) official: John Wall will be the pick
I mentioned this in a FanShot last night, but Michael Lee has more details on how the Wizards have apparently already decided to take John Wall with the number one pick in the NBA Draft. David Falk, agent for Ohio State junior Evan Turner, said that his client would not work out for the Wizards....
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