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[Grant Cohn]: Brandon Aiyuk's Former Agent Was John Lynch's Best Man at His Wedding
This just keeps getting weirder and weirder
LaMelo Ball Is the NBA's Most Overrated Star and the Timberwolves just Grossly Overpaid for Him
It feels like people didn't even watch the play in games at all. He is not a winning player. Not to mention the Hornets still have Coby White who is a more than serviceable point guard.
Keaton Wagler on meeting with the #Nets but cancelling a workout for Brooklyn: "After Chicago & then I was going to the #Clippers, that's 4 & 5. I think just hearing from them and kind of knowing where I stood, I just knew I didn't really need to go and work out."
[Brett Siegel]: The Nets are hoping Mikel Brown Jr. is on the board at #6.
Does this mean the Nets think the Clippers are taking Mikel Brown?
[Jeremy Woo]: Sources say the Clippers have interest in Darius Acuff Jr., but his fit with a similar-sized guard in Garland is an obstacle.
espn.com[Marc Stein]: Both Wagler and Brown, league sources say, have canceled workouts with Sacramento ... clear signs of confidence that neither expects to even be available when the Kings' turn comes up.
Interesting report which contradicts the "leak" yesterday that the Clippers were looking to take Acuff
Rumor: Kai Belcher, son of the LA Clippers’ player development coach Segado ‘Cookie’ Belcher, was told “the other day” that the LA Clippers currently favor Darius Acuff Jr. with the No. 5 pick.
[Jake Fischer] Keaton Wagler and Kingston Flemings competed head-to-head in a workout at the Clippers' facility last week with word circulating that Wagler emerged as the more impressive prospect in that setting
marcstein.substack.com49ers ‘nuclear hot’ in pursuit of Raiders star Maxx Crosby according to Raiders insider
nypost.comRival teams hold the belief that the LA Clippers will select Illinois' Keaton Wagler or Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr., per @JakeLFischer
[Woo] The Thunder have been active in exploring various trade options, including moving up in the lottery, with noted interest in Michigan’s 7’4” Aday Mara.
Mara is expected to be the first center off the board and appears slated for the 8-to-12 range. There is strong interest in him, with Atlanta, Dallas, Golden State and Oklahoma City among the teams noted, and he could ultimately be a player teams trade up to acquire.
Rival teams say the Thunder have been active in exploring various trade options, including moving up in the lottery. Most expect them to find a way to consolidate, as they work to improve a crowded roster, also holding the No. 17 pick, movable future assets, and quality depth to help facilitate deals. There's some thought that the Thunder will prioritize deepening their frontline in the aftermath of their seven-game series with the Spurs.
[Amick]: Some teams are imploring the Bucks to come to them with all the final details of an offer that they would accept rather than going back and forth. The hope, of course, is that taking that tact would minimize the locker-room impact of the rumor mill.
It looks like there may be more teams involved in the Giannis sweepstakes than is publicly known. Any guesses?
[Kevin O'Connor] League sources say the Clippers aren’t head over heels in love with Keaton Wagler for the 5th pick........Wagler’s group canceled his workout this week with the Nets
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/draft/
Some interesting intel regarding the 5th pick and Wagler. Where do we think he ends up going?
[Throwback]: The NBA Fans Support Group: When Believing in a Player Goes Wrong | The Ringer
Wish they brought back doing skits like this
Are people overrating Giannis's expiring contract?
Everyone assumes Giannis has control of where he lands because he can just opt out next summer,
BUT people fail to realize that if he doesn't sign an extension and gets injured,
his value goes SIGNIFICANTLY down. Especially with how injury-prone he has been these last couple of seasons.