NBA Prospects Rumors & News

12 Up "LaVar Ball did something genuinely good in the public eye for someone besides his sons? Hallelujah!? Thanks to his play in the Junior Basketball Association, Kezo Brown of the Chicago Ballers has signed a contract to play basketball professional overseas in France. July 20

Total Pro Sports "You might not have noticed, but Jeff Goodman is no longer with the Worldwide leader in sports, but before he left, he was put on an assignment that he didn’t like. With ESPN, Goodman served as the network’s college basketball insider, so he was sent out to Lithuania..." July 18

USA Today "Although “LaVar Ball’s credibility’’ might strike some people as an oxymoron, it’s on the line. Repeatedly he has said he started the Junior Basketball  Association (JBA) because he wanted to help young pro hopefuls who weren’t interested..." July 15

12 Up "Say want you will about LaVar Ball and the rest of his sons, but the man is driven and determined to get all three boys playing in the NBA together.  From the wild journey when Lonzo played at UCLA as one of the top stars in college basketball to LaVar's decision to pull his..." July 15

Hoops Rumors "Last Wednesday, we noted that only three NBA teams still had significant cap room available. Depending on your definition of “significant,” that’s still the case. One of those three teams – the Kings – made a player for another’s..." July 12

USA Today "The NBA’s one-and-done rule is unofficially done. Commissioner Adam Silver made it clear on Tuesday that there is growing support for a change that would allow players to enter the league at the age of 18 rather than require them to play one year of college basketball – or..." July 11

SLAM Online "LiAngelo Ball is making his debut in the Big Baller Brand-sponsored Junior Basketball Association this Thursday. The sharpshooter impressed during his time overseas with his previous team, Vytautas Prienu, scoring 12.6 points per game on 41.5 percent shooting from behind the arc..." July 09

TMZ "LiAngelo Ball says he's going to be a Los Angeles Laker! ... Eventually. We got Lonzo's little bro at LAX on Wednesday ... and we just had to ask about his dad's prediction that Gelo will join up with Zo in the purple and gold. "Yeah, I will,"..." July 08

Complex "LaMelo Ball celebrated the birth of our nation like many other proud Americans: He set off an obscene amount of fireworks. As pointed out by Hoops Provider, the 16-year-old athlete spent the holiday hanging out at Lil Yachty’s house with a large group of friends and even larger..." July 05

Sportsnaut "The NBA released its 2018-19 salary cap on Saturday evening, mere hours prior to the start of free agency. As expected, the cap has been set at $101.9 million with a luxury tax threshold of $123.7 million. It’s expected that the market this summer for non-stars is going to be..." July 01

USA Today "LaMelo Ball, touted as the marquee player of the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), is doing something extraordinary. Extraordinary awful. Three games into the inaugural season of the JBA — a league started by LaVar Ball for NBA hopefuls who don’t want to..." June 30

New York Post "Rookie Kevin Knox will make his Knicks debut July 7 at the Las Vegas summer league against the Hawks. Knox, 18, will either look like the next Kevin Durant or Jayson Tatum, depending which Kentucky coach you believe. One week after John Calipari compared Knox to Tatum in..." June 28

The Sports Daily "After two consecutive years of NBA Draft coverage surrounding the Ball brothers, there is still one more left in the rotation in LaMelo Ball. Out of the three Ball brothers, LaMelo is the most intriguing one for multiple reasons. He has a lot of talent, he is now nearing Lonzo’s height at..." June 25

Larry Brown Sports "Plenty of players can drain shots from the NBA 3-point line, so it usually takes more than that to impress a team in a pre-draft workout. But if you prove that you can make baskets from the 4-point line, that has to command attention. The Atlanta Hawks introduced their rookie class on..." June 25

Cavs Nation "With the No. 8 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Collin Sexton — a 19-year-old point guard out of the University of Alabama. Shortly after the Draft, the Cavs announced that Sexton will wear the number two on his jersey, which seems to have ruffled a few..." June 25

Clutch Points "The Dallas Mavericks decided to trade up in the 2018 NBA Draft, sending their No. 5 pick, along with a 2019 protected first round pick, to the Atlanta Hawks for their No. 3 selection. In doing so, the Mavs were able to acquire Slovenian-born sensation Luka..." June 25

The Big Lead "LiAngelo Ball was not taken in the NBA draft, and has not been signed as a rookie free agent, either. There has been some speculation that his loudmouth dad is partially responsible for this, but this video of Ball shooting 3-pointers in a pre-draft workout suffices as an alternate..." June 24

The Score "LiAngelo Ball is free to sign with any NBA team after going unselected in the 2018 draft, but Hall of Fame tight end and "Undisputed" host Shannon Sharpe thinks he should consider pursuing a football career instead. Sharpe suggested in May that the middle Ball brother would..." June 24

The Sports Daily "In what could be considered a down week for the Ball family due to LiAngelo’s NBA future looking dim,  there was a positive side. According to USA Today, the debut of the JBA drew around 600,000 Facebook viewers and is now getting positive feedback from NBA players, like..." June 24

Pro Basketball Talk "Deandre Ayton played 35 games for Arizona last season. Marvin Bagley III played 33 games last season for Duke. Jarnen Jackson Jr. played 35 for Michigan State. None of them played past March. Luka Doncic played 61 games for Real Madrid — at a higher level than NCAA basketball..." June 23

ESPN "Collin Sexton was handed a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform with his last name and the No. 2 stitched onto the back of it when the point guard out of Alabama arrived at his introductory news conference Friday. Yet despite his shared position and jersey number, Sexton doesn't feel any..." June 23

The Undefeated "Michael Porter Sr. looked at the pin on his suit that read “Faith” and it brought him to tears as he thought about his stressed-out son before the 2018 NBA draft. No one wants to see his child in mental and physical pain. But that’s been the case as Michael Porter..." June 23

The Score "Bad news for fans who wanted to see Luka Doncic get some summer run on this side of the Atlantic. The Dallas Mavericks rookie guard-forward is unlikely to play in the Las Vegas Summer League after a long European season that just ended this week, sources..." June 22

Clutch Points "The Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle fell in love with Luka Doncic during the predraft process. They liked him so much that they traded a future first-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks to move up two spots to grab a guy they hope becomes their next..." June 22

247 Sports "The Cleveland Cavaliers are less than 24 hours from selecting Collin Sexton with the No. 8 in the 2018 NBA Draft. In that short amount of time, Sexton has awarded Kyrie Irving old number and tried to recruit LeBron James to stay in Cleveland...." June 22

Bleacher Report "Now that the 2018 NBA draft is in the books, oddsmakers are already looking ahead at which rookies will have the most impact on the court next season. Per OddsShark, No. 1 overall pick Deandre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns and reigning Euroleague MVP Luka Doncic of the Dallas..." June 22

Larry Brown Sports "Michael Porter Jr. may take a “redshirt year” with the Denver Nuggets as he continues to work on his health. NBA writer Matt Moore believes based on the words of Nuggets president Tim Connelly that Porter, who missed virtually all of last season with a back injury, will..." June 22

ESPN "New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis reached out to rookie Kevin Knox shortly after New York drafted him with the ninth overall pick on Thursday night. One of the topics covered during their conversation? Getting booed by Knicks fans on draft..." June 22

12 Up "The chances of LiAngelo Ball being selected in last night's NBA draft were slim to none. That didn't mean he wouldn't get an invite to join a team's Summer League for a chance to prove doubters wrong.  As far as the Los Angeles Lakers are concerned, they have..." June 22

Bleacher Report "The Los Angeles Lakers told LiAngelo Ball they won't sign him to their summer league team after he went undrafted Thursday night in the 2018 NBA draft, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reported. Shelburne spoke to a source who said the decision has..." June 22

Awful Announcing "Thursday night’s NBA Draft was not the spoiler-free affair the league hoped for, but that doesn’t seem to have held back ratings much. Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily reports Friday that ESPN and ESPN2’s draft coverage combined for..." June 22

Newsday "David Fizdale doesn’t plan to bring Kevin Knox along slowly. Fizdale said he would have no problem starting the Knicks’ first-round pick if he earns his spot. This is a definite change in philosophy from last year when the Knicks brought in veterans to mentor..." June 22

CBS Boston "Many thought that Danny Ainge would be calling Terry Rozier Thursday night to inform him of a trade. Instead, the Boston point guard FaceTimed Ainge as the Celtics were getting ready to make their pick. Not knowing he was live on Bleacher Report’s online draft show, Ainge..." June 22

12 Up "?Poor Luka Doncic. The Slovenian is less than 24 hours into adjusting to life in the NBA, and he'll do so in Dallas after a draft day trade saw him taken third overall by the Mavs. But it was never going to be this easy. In the age of social media, everything is fair..." June 22

247 Sports "LiAngelo Ball has officially gone undrafted in the 2018 NBA Draft. Ball was not viewed by most analysts as an NBA-caliber prospect in high school, and that didn’t change when he went through a bizarre 2017-18 season that started with UCLA, included an arrest in China and ended in..." June 22

ESPN "When Atlanta Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk found out whom other teams were planning on drafting and that he'd be able to select Kevin Huerterwith the 19th overall pick, there was no need to trade up to get the Maryland guard. Schlenk told 95.7 The Game in San..." June 22

Bleacher Report "Collin Sexton was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 8 pick of the 2018 NBA draft, and one of his first tasks was to try to get LeBron James to stay in Cleveland. "LeBron, let's do it. Let's do it," Sexton said on ESPN after..." June 22

NewJersey.com "The Sixers used the No. 10 pick in the first round on Mikal Bridges and then turned around and traded him to the Phoenix Suns for No. 16 pick Zhaire Smith, a forward from Texas Tech. Trade details Sixers receive No. 16 pick (Zhaire Smith) and unprotected 2021 first-round..." June 21

Deseret News "Duke's Grayson Allen has long been one of the most polarizing personalities, and now he's a member of the Utah Jazz. The Jazz selected the 6-foot-5 guard with the 21st overall pick of the NBA Draft on Thursday night. The Jacksonville, Florida, native averaged 15.5..." June 21

SEC Country "Michael Porter Jr. was one of the most hyped freshman in the country. And that hype will only continue as he enters the NBA, as the former Tiger was taken with the No. 14 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. In his lone season at Missouri, Porter Jr. played in only 3..." June 21

Penn Live "The Atlanta Hawks selected Villanova forward Omari Spellman in the first round of Thursday's 2018 NBA Draft at Barclays Center with the 30th overall pick, culminating the 6-foot-9 post player's path to the professional ranks. A former five-star recruit, Spellman..." June 21

Boston "With the 27th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Celtics selected Robert Williams of Texas A&M. Williams played two seasons at Texas A&M, where he averaged 11.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and 1.4 assists per game. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said the..." June 21

CBS Sports "Shamet was selected by the 76ers with the 26th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-4 Shamet has solid size for the guard position and has the ability to play both on and off the ball. He finished his final season at Wichita State averaging 5.2 assists compared to 2.1 turnovers, while..." June 21

Detroit Free Press "Former Michigan center Moritz Wagner was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 25th overall pick in Thursday's 2018 NBA draft. Wagner, who played three seasons for the Wolverines, earned All-Big Ten second team honors this past season. He led Michigan with 14.6 points..." June 21

Bleacher Report "Anfernee Simons got one step closer to fulfilling his dream of playing in the NBA as the Portland Trail Blazers selected him with the No. 24 overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft Thursday night. Evan Daniels of 247Sports liked the move. Simons took a unique path..." June 21

CBS Indy "Meet the newest Indiana Pacer, UCLA’s Aaron Holiday. The point guard was selected 23rd overall in the first round of the NBA Draft. Holiday, a junior, took a massive leap last season leading the Bruins with 20.3 ppg to go along with a solid 42% from..." June 21

Chicago Tribune "The Bulls fulfilled a promise after all. Rumors of them drafting Boise State wing Chandler Hutchison persisted since he left the NBA draft combine last month, reportedly promised a first-round pick by the Bulls. And indeed, they selected the 6-foot-7 Mountain West player of..." June 21

CBS Minnesota "The Minnesota Timberwolves selected shooting guard Josh Okogie with the No. 20 pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft. Okogie is out of Georgia Tech. " June 21

247 Sports "Maryland's Kevin Huerter is headed to the Atlanta Hawks. Huerter was picked by the Hawks with the No. 19 pick in tonight's NBA Draft, becoming Maryland's first first-round pick since Alex Len in 2013. Huerter was one of the fastest-rising prospects in the months leading up..." June 21

NBC San Antonio "The San Antonio Spurs selected Miami's Lonnie Walker IV with the 18th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Walker, 19, averaged 11.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 3-pointers while shooting percent 41.5 percent from the field. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony said Walker has an..." June 21