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The NBA Draft Stock Report checks in on which college basketball players have made a name for themselves in the past week; either helping or hurting their future draft position.* With conference play starting, we get a better understanding of how NBA Draft prospects respond to playing better competition than some of the cupcake opponents they face in the non-conference.

The Sports Bank’s 2012 NBA Mock Draft. [...]

The 2011 NBA Draft was filled with so many trades, and many unproven prospects.
Here are my grades on all the teams’ drafts:
Atlanta Hawks: C-
Round 2, 18(48) Keith Benson (C).
Hawks need size, and a legitimate center, in which they now believe they have. Benson is tall at 6’11 and very athletic. The Hawks got a possible [...]

For the first since the NBA Draft was reduced from seven rounds to two round in 1988, one college basketball program, the Kentucky Wildcats, has seen at least four players get selected in back-to-back drafts. Last year five Cats got picked (John Wall Washington Wizards, DeMarcus Cousins Sacramento Kings, Patrick Patterson Houston Rockets,* Eric Bledsoe [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. Last blog post of the week and we have plenty on the NBA Draft and a few other interesting tidbits in “The Stack” so let’s get right to it:
1. Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams go one, two.
The NBA Draft took [...]

Compared to year’s past, it was a relatively quiet draft night in terms of veteran players being dealt.* We can probably thank the pending NBA lockout for that.* Still, there were a few deals made during the 2011 NBA Draft including point guards Andre Miller, Raymond Felton, George Hill, and Jonny Flynn.* Here is my breakdown of the trades.

Denver Nuggets Get: [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. The NBA Draft is tonight and we will have a preview, though it will be nothing like our NFL Draft preview. There are a few other things going on in the world of sports so let’s get right to “The Stack”:
1. Baseball’s biggest [...]

SJ is covering the 2011 NBA Draft LIVE! You are invited to join the intrigue, revelations, information and fun via two threads….

Please view & follow the actual pick selections (with background/profile data) LIVE in the SJ Official 2011 NBA Draft LIVE Pick Selection Thread.

“Cuss n DISS-cuss” the picks and…

Even though the consensus around the league is that the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to select Duke Point Guard Kyrie Irving, it’s not a done deal.

The Cavaliers have brought in Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, and Brandon Knight all for second visits to meet with owner Dan Gilbert. Don’t forget that the Cavaliers…

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial holiday weekend. Kind of a quiet weekend in the world of sports, but we found five of the biggest, in no particular order though we will start with Firday night’s big game seven on the ice. So let’s get right to “The Stack”:

1. Bruins heading to the Stanley Cup Finals…

ESPN’s Chris Broussard is reporting that the Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Detroit Pistons are discussing a three-way trade that would drastically shake up the lottery of the 2011 NBA Draft. Here’s a breakdown why the potential deal does or does not make sense for each team.

According to Broussard, the Pistons…