Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 6/20/19
- Teams Most Likely To Make A Draft Night Trade (from Adam Spinella, The Basketball Writers):
Read it here: https://bballwriters.com/nba-draft/teams-most-likely-to-make-a-trade-on-nba-draft-night/
- 9 1st-Round Prospects Who Beat The Odds After Being Lowly Rated In High School (from Matt Norlander, CBS Sports):
- Kevin Porter, Jr: The Draft's Biggest Enigma (from Paolo Uggetti, The Ringer):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/6/19/18684292/kevin-porter-jr-2019-nba-draft
- 7 Draft "Sleepers" (from SB Nation):
Read it here: https://www.sbnation.com/2019/6/20/18678138/nba-draft-sleepers-2019-grant-williams-chuma-okeke
From Ethan Sears, NY Post: https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/2019-nba-draft-sleepers-the-under-the-radar-prospects-to-watch/
- Guess The Draft Prospect From Their Shot Chart (from Kirk Goldsberry/ Kevin Pelton, ESPN):
Read it here: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/NBADraftplayerspotlight26995593/nba-shot-chart-trivia-guess-draft-prospect
- 2019 Draft Pronunciation Guide (from Trevor Magnotti, The Step Back):
Read it here: https://fansided.com/2019/06/20/2019-nba-draft-pronunciation-guide/
- 2019 Draft: Don't Forget About International Player Goga Bitadze (from Sam Vecenie, The Athletic):
- 20 Rules For The 2019 Draft (from Ben Rubin, The Stepien):
Read it here: https://www.thestepien.com/2019/06/19/draft-notes-twenty-rules-2019-draft/
- Sports Are Way More Interesting Than Overdone Draft Coverage (from Colin McGowan, RealGM):
Read it here: https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/254307/Sports-Are-Way-More-Interesting-Than-Overdone-NBA-Draft-Coverage
- BOS: What A Difference A Year Makes (from Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo Sports):
Read it here: https://sports.yahoo.com/how-the-boston-celtics-suddenly-combusted-a-master-class-in-nba-fickleness-193930337.html
- DEN: How The Nuggets Discovered Unlikely Superstar Nikola Jokic (from Eric Spyropolous, nuggets.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/how-denver-nuggets-discovered-nikola-jokic-062019
- GSW: The Dubs' Offseason: What To Expect (from Tim Kawakami, The Athletic):
From Danny Leroux, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1020237/2019/06/19/leroux-2019-offseason-team-previews-golden-state-warriors/
- MIL: GM Horst Interview (from Matt Velazquez, jsonline.com):
- ORL: Vucevic Delivered A Season To Remember (from Roy Parry, Orlando Sentinel):
- The UTA-MEM Trade:
From Zach Lowe, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27008970/mike-conley-trade-puts-utah-finals-contention
From Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/6/19/18691656/mike-conley-utah-memphis-trade
From Bryan Toporek, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/06/20/mike-conley-trade-utah-jazz-nba-finals-contenders/
From Tony Jones, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1036662/2019/06/19/lets-get-to-the-point-with-mike-conley-jr-on-board-the-jazz-are-now-a-real-heavyweight-contender
From Zach Harper, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1036547/2019/06/19/grade-the-trade-utah-jazz-use-flexibility-to-acquire-mike-conley-jr-from-memphis-grizzlies/
From Danny Leroux, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1036641/2019/06/19/leroux-salary-cap-impact-of-mike-conley-trade-for-the-jazz-and-grizzlies/
From Chris Herrington, Daily Memphian: https://dailymemphian.com/article/5751/Herrington-Mike-Conley-trade-an-impressive-first-transaction-for-new-Grizzlies-leadership
From Kevin Pelton, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/27008869/mike-conley-trade-grades-wins-deal
- The DET-MIL Trade:
From Duncan Smith, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncansmith/2019/06/20/trading-jon-leuer-impacts-offseason-detroit-pistons/#3e97eb1b23fc