June 23rd, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Dunking Ninja In Nation’s Capital? With Kanter, “their” guy, likely gone at No. 3 to Utah, the Wizards are probably going to take Jan Vesely. Even more indication to Vesely landing in Washington, the Czech Republic Embassy has been invited to attend the Wizards’ draft party at the Verizon Center tonight. Complimentary of Michael Lee [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Tags: 
Sources: Bucks, Kings, And Bobcats Agree To Three-Way Deal; Stephen Jackson Goes To Milwaukee
“Captain Jack” Heading To Milwaukee According to sources, the Milwaukee Bucks have acquired swingman Stephen Jackson from the Bobcats for their first round pick (No. 10), while Sacramento receives John Salmons, switching the pick they received in the trade through Milwaukee with Charlotte. Milwaukee also receives guards Shaun Livingston and Beno Udrih, along with the [...]
Sources: Cavs Expected To Choose Valanciunas With Fourth Pick
GM’s Around The NBA View Jonas As A Slam Dunk The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to take the 6-foot 11, 240-pound Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas with the No. 4 pick, even if Enes Kanter is still on the board, according to league sources via ESPN’s Ric Bucher. The thought is Valanciunas will not hold the [...]
Highly Active Rockets Desperate To Move Up In Draft
Biyombo Offers What Houston Needs: Defense And Size With all of these rumors popping up, Houston is stealing the show with their aggressive efforts to trade up in tonight’s NBA Draft. Talks with Milwaukee were initiated, now it’s on to Detroit. According to Ken Berger from CBS Sports via Twitter: Seeking a big man, Rockets [...]
Tony Parker Nearly Traded To Portland; Spurs Targeting Washingon State’s Thompson?
San Antonio Highly Covets Batum Both Spurs’ point guards are on the trade block. Tony Parker and George Hill are being used as trade bait to net a young, talented swingman. According to HoopsWorld, one target is the Blazers’ forward Nicholas Batum, who the Spurs almost landed on Wednesday. Alex Kennedy from HoopsWorld: The San [...]
Slam Dunk Central’s 2011 NBA Mock Draft: Picks 25-30
#29 San Antonio: Duke’s Kyle Singler Picks 1-6 Picks 7-12 Picks 13-18 Picks 19-24 25. Boston Celtics, GM Mike Perkins (Celtics Gab) – Jeremy Tyler, C, USA Entering his senior year Tyler was ranked #1 in his class, by Rivals.com, ahead of Harrison Barnes, Enes Kanter, Kyrie Irving and Jared Sullinger. The reason: he’s 6’11”, [...]
Could Texas Power Foward Be Cavs Pick At Four?
Is Tristan Worthy Of Such A High Pick? Rumors flying around the Association have Enes Kanter going #3 to Utah, ahead of Brandon Knight. Minnesota GM David Kahn says not so fast, “Are we picking Derrick Williams second overall?” Jonathan Givony of Draft Express via Twitter: Not sure I quite believe this yet, but Minnesota [...]
Worst NBA Draft Classes Since 1981
’97 NBA Draft Featured Duncan Deepest NBA Draft Classes Now that we’ve gone through the best overall draft classes, it’s time to go a little deeper. Here are the worst overall draft classes: Here’s the rating system: Each draft class that leads the league, during a given season, in number of top 50 players gets [...]