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• Blazers center vaults into Rookie of the Year race

Donovan Clingan got a chance to start Wednesday night for the Portland Trail Blazers. To celebrate the occasion, he had a block party....2024
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
With Robert Williams sitting out and Deandre Ayton sidelined by a finger injury, Trail Blazers lottery pick Donovan Clingan had his best outing of the season in a win over Minnesota on Wednesday. In 31 minutes, Clingan racked up 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks. “I love defense,” Clingan told Sean Highkin of The […]...2024
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season

David Butler II-Imagn Images The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2024-2025 season, previewed by our experts Another chapter in college basketball begins on Monday as the 2024-25 season kicks off. Last April, UConn, led by head coach Dan Hurley, cut down the nets in at the national championship in Arizona, beating Purdue 75-60. With the transfer portal, new incoming freshmen...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Blazers Preview: Intriguing Pieces Apparent, But Identity And Cornerstone May Not Be
Blazers Preview A look at the Portland Trail Blazers entering the 2024-25 season … Coach: Chauncey Billups Last Season: 21-61 (failed to make the playoffs) New Faces: Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan, Bryce McGowans Notable Losses: Malcolm Brogdon, Ibou Badji, Moses Brown, Ashton Hagans Overview The Blazers, one year into life without Damian Lillard, are searching. Not just […] T...2024
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• Portland center Robert Williams out at least two weeks with hamstring strain

Williams is fighting for minutes with Donovan Clingan behind Deandre Ayton at center....2024
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award

Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year award. The 2024 NBA Draft class was always a bit underwhelming, but that should make this year’s Rookie of the Year race even more wide open. The lack of a consensus top prospect a la Victor Wembanyama last year means that almost anyone can make a run to ROY this season, draft position be da...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• 2024 NBA Mock Draft: SB Nation writers project the first round

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust The 2024 NBA Draft is widely viewed as one of the weaker classes ever, but that doesn’t mean that some teams won’t find real contributors in the first round. Our network of draft experts tried to project who they’d be. The 2024 NBA Draft isn’t seen as the strongest class in the league’s history, but between Alex Sarr, Zacchari...2024
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• The NBA Draft’s 60 best prospects in 2024, ranked

Photo by Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu via Getty Images Here’s our final top-60 big board for the 2024 NBA Draft. The 2024 NBA Draft feels like the weakest class to enter the league in a decade. You have to go back to 2013 for the last time a draft had such a distinct lack of starpower at the top, but that class also offers some valuable lessons for this one. Anthony Bennett was a shocking No. 1 ...2024
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• 2024 NBA Mock Draft: UConn's Donovan Clingan goes No. 2; Nikola Topic plummets after knee injury

Adam Finkelstein looks at different options for some lottery teams in his latest mock draft...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock draft. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the 2024 NBA Draft. An entire draft cycle has come and gone without the emergence of a clear No. 1 overall prospect. This is the type of draft bound to cause massive disagree on individual boards for executives even within the same team. A few storylines have emerged. Three young...2024
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• NBA Draft rumors on Hawks, Bulls, 1 player rising, and 1 falling

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Here are the latest rumors floating around the 2024 NBA Draft. It would make sense if the 2024 NBA Draft leads to more volatility in terms of trades and against-the-grain picks than a typical year. SB Nation has been covering this draft class since the day after the 2023 draft, and the only thing evaluators can agree on with this group of players is th...2024
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• The NBA Draft’s 60 best prospects in 2024, ranked
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Here’s how we think the 2024 NBA Draft will actually play out. The 2024 NBA Finals are over with the Boston Celtics emerging as champions. The league is now ready to turn the page to next season, starting with the 2024 NBA Draft. The first round of the draft is happening on Wednesday, June 26 on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. ET, and for the first time, th...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Instant projection after Hawks’ stunning lottery win

Here’s our instant projection of the 2024 NBA Draft with the order now finalized after the lottery drawing. The order for the 2024 NBA Draft is finally set, and the Atlanta Hawks are the lucky winners of the lottery with the No. 1 overall pick. The Hawks entered the drawing with the 10th-best odds overall with a three percent chance at the first pick, and somehow cashed it in. The Washington Wizar...2024
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• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images march-madness-2024-highlights-mens-ncaa-tournament-scores-uconn-duke-houston As always, it’s been one hell of a week, and thanks for following along with all of these recaps. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them together. Let’s finish strong. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 4 1. (1) Houston 100, (9) Texas A&M 95 (So...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament

Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock as March Madness kicks off. There’s no greater platform for a college basketball player to start building their reputation and their bank account than March Madness. With the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now here, another field of players gets the opportunity to put themselves on the radar for future professional opportunities. Certain players have more at stake than ...2024
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"It would have been fascinating to see how he faired against some of the best big men in the NCAA tournament like Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan or Armando Bacot, but the committee robbed us of that."

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"Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, UConn’s Donovan Clingan, and Texas’ Dillon Mitchell are three sophomores with lottery potential."

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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• Report: Blazers Could Trade Deandre Ayton

According to NBA insider Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, the Portland Trail Blazers could trade Deandre Ayton. The Blazers drafted Donovan Clingan with the seventh overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. “At some point, the Blazers and Ayton are expected to part ways, sources said, yet the former first overall pick doesn’t command a market […] The post Report: Blazers Could Trade...2024
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• The 10 best NBA rookies at 2024 Summer League, ranked

Photo by Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the most impressive rookies we saw at Las Vegas Summer League. NBA Last Vegas Summer League is many things: a fan convention for diehards, an extended try-out for long-shots, and a wondrous basketball oasis in the dog days of the offseason. More than anything, though, NBA summer league serves as the debut for the league’s new rookies, and...2024
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• Alex Sarr had the worst NBA Summer League game ever for a top rookie for the Wizards

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images The No. 2 pick put up one of the worst box score lines you will ever see at Las Vegas Summer League. Alex Sarr was just scratching the surface of his long-term potential when he entered the 2024 NBA Draft. The 7’1 French big man wasn’t emphatically productive in a smaller role playing in Australia’s NBL league, but his overwhelming combination of length a...2024
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• Blazers’ Donovan Clingan Signs Rookie Scale Contract
Center Donovan Clingan, the No. 7 overall pick of last month’s draft, has officially signed his rookie scale contract, the Trail Blazers announced in a press release. Assuming he signed for 120% of the rookie scale, which most first-rounders do, Clingan will earn $6,836,400 in 2024/25 and $31,085,018 over the next four seasons if his […]...2024
• Northwest Notes: Ayton, Clingan, C. Williams, Porter
The morning after Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin took UConn’s Donovan Clingan with the seventh pick in the draft, he felt it was necessary to call starting center Deandre Ayton and explain the move, writes Jason Quick of The Athletic. To his delight, Cronin found that Ayton wasn’t just understanding of the decision, but […]...2024
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• 9 perfect picks from the 2024 NBA Draft

Photo by Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images Not every pick from the first round is perfect, but these ones sure are. The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft has come and gone, and it was a night full of surprises. Despite 2024 being a draft class that has been considered weak, there were a bunch of pretty fun players going to interesting spots. The French continued their world domination v...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
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• The 10 best NBA rookies at 2024 Summer League, ranked
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• Alex Sarr had the worst NBA Summer League game ever for a top rookie for the Wizards
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• 9 perfect picks from the 2024 NBA Draft
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Here’s our 2024 NBA Draft winners and losers so far. For a class that didn’t have much excitement around it, the 2024 NBA Draft sure did produce a lot of interesting moments. There was Isaiah Collier falling to the bottom of the first round to the Utah Jazz, the Timberwolves making a bold trade into the top-10, Pistons going with a best player available st...2024
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• Rockets Shut Down Trade Talks Once Reed Sheppard Was Available At No. 3

The Houston Rockets received considerable trade interest in the No. 3 pick with both the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies coveting Donovan Clingan. Sources tell Jake Fischer that the Rockets didn't provide much opportunity to listen to offers on the clock once it was clear Reed Sheppard would be available. The Rockets had long been targeting Sheppard, who shot 52.1 percent on three-po...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Final projection for first round on draft day

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports It’s draft day. Here’s our final mock draft for the 2024 NBA Draft. The fireworks have officially begun for the 2024 NBA Draft even before the Atlanta Hawks come on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick. Tuesday night saw a pair of wild trades involving the Brooklyn Nets: Mikal Bridges was traded to the New York Knicks for five future first round picks, then...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• The 10 best NBA rookies at 2024 Summer League, ranked
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• Alex Sarr had the worst NBA Summer League game ever for a top rookie for the Wizards
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments
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• Donovan Clingan embraces girlfriend after being selected No. 7 in 2024 NBA Draft

Donovan Clingan celebrated his big night Wednesday with a certain someone....2024
• UConn’s Dan Hurley, Donovan Clingan share tender moment with Stephon Castle at NBA draft

The Huskies were truly a pack on Wednesday night in Brooklyn....2024
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• Donovan Clingan reveals touching meaning behind family-inspired look at 2024 NBA Draft

The outfit sported by the former Huskies star on Wednesday featured a sentimental touch....2024
• Dunc'd On: Jonathan Givony On The 2024 NBA Draft
Jonathan Givony of ESPN is our guest to discuss some of the big themes around the 2024 draft and debate the top picks. On the docket: How will the new 2-day format affect the second round? 12:45: Why he has Zaccharie Risacher #1 on his board 17:00 Alex Sarr's potential as a do-everything center 19:30 Why Nate has Reed Sheppard #1 on HIS board, and what Jonathan thinks of that. 23:00 The compariso...2024
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• Jonathan Givony on the 2024 Draft
Jonathan Givony of ESPN is our guest to discuss some of the big themes around the 2024 draft and debate the top picks. On the docket: How will the new 2-day format affect the second round? 12:45: Why he has Zaccharie Risacher #1 on his board 17:00 Alex Sarr's potential as a do-everything center 19:30 Why Nate has Reed Sheppard #1 on HIS board, and what Jonathan thinks of that. 23:00 The compariso...2024
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• Indiana State’s ridiculously fun NIT run is a reminder of how dumb the selection committee was

Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Indiana State rock and they should have been dancing. Indiana State was one of the feel-good stories of college basketball this year. The school’s success in 2023-24 evoked the halcyon days of Larry Bird, and reversed decades of mediocrity for one incredible run. In the end a 29-6 record wasn’t good enough for the selection committee, who snubbed ...2024
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• Going out on top: UConn's Clingan enters draft

After winning back-to-back titles at UConn, 7-foot-2 sophomore Donovan Clingan is entering the NBA draft....2024
• NBA mock draft 2024: Bronny James headlines class in open race for No. 1 pick
Here’s your first look at the 2024 NBA Draft. There’s no franchise savior sitting at the top of the 2024 NBA Draft on par with Victor Wembanyama. Instead, next year’s draft class features a wide range of candidates who could conceivably emerge as the No. 1 overall pick. Now that the 2023 draft is behind us, it’s time to look ahead at the players expected to be selected in the first round of the 2...2023
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images UConn men’s basketball can do anything but beat a good team on the road. Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007. While several teams have come close over the ensuing years, it feels like these UConn Huskies might have t...2024
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness

Photo by Joe Murphy/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The first weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament had it all. There were upsets (bye, Kentucky), there were new stars born (hello, D.J. Burns and Jack Gohlke), and there were exciting finishes. After four days, the tournament is now left wit...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2023: Updated first round projection after March Madness
Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images Here’s our latest look at the 2023 NBA Draft following March Madness. The 2023 men’s NCAA tournament was defined by upsets: from No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson pulling out an unbelievable victory over Purdue in the first round to zero No. 1 seeds even reaching the Elite Eight, this was one of the most unpredictable brackets in history. In the en...2023
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• Inside Miami’s incredible offense in Final Four, and how it matches up with UConn
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Miami overhauled its offense, and it put them in the men’s Final Four. Here’s why the Hurricanes are so hard to defend After three years in the doldrums of the ACC, Miami revitalized its offense for the 2021-22 season. What had become a rote, high-volume pick-and-roll offense needed some added punch. With a versatile collection of on-ball creators, Miami ...2023
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• The best and worst from Sunday’s Elite Eight games
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Final Four is set, and it’s one of the weirdest of all-time. That’s ... pretty great. Big thanks to everyone who’s read these recaps over the last couple of weeks. I hope they’ve been as much fun to rip through as they’ve been to put together. Once more into the fray ... Best game (5) San Diego State 57, (6) Creighton 56 (South) It may have featu...2023
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• Blazers Preview: Intriguing Pieces Apparent, But Identity And Cornerstone May Not Be
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award
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• Alex Sarr had the worst NBA Summer League game ever for a top rookie for the Wizards
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• Northwest Notes: Ayton, Clingan, C. Williams, Porter
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• Donovan Clingan embraces girlfriend after being selected No. 7 in 2024 NBA Draft
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments
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• Bill Simmons moves 2024 NBA Draft No. 1 pick odds with Donovan Clingan speculation

"It feels like he's the only one in this top five that people are like, 'I at least know what that guy is,'" Simmons noted....2024
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• Draft Notes: Clingan, Risers, Buzelis, Withdrawals
The “buzz and excitement” surrounding former UConn center Donovan Clingan seems to be growing, Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report writes in a post-combine update of his 2024 mock draft. Wasserman had Clingan coming off the board at No. 7 overall in a mock earlier this month, but has bumped the big man up to No. […]...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated 1st round projection after March Madness

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our latest projection of the 2024 NBA Draft now that March Madness is over. The 2024 NBA Draft cycle opened this summer with massive uncertainty over would who emerge as the No. 1 player in the class. With college basketball season now over, and UConn again reigning supreme, it feels like we’re no closer to a consensus answer. The lack of an obvio...2024
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• 3 reasons Purdue can upset UConn in national championship game

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Heading into Monday night’s title game, is America not giving enough credit to college basketball’s second-best team? The narrative has been everywhere for the last couple of weeks: UConn is a juggernaut, a monster, an unstoppable force. Some of us have even written that the Huskies becoming college basketball’s first back-to-back national champion...2024
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• Final Four teams, ranked by ability to win it all in men’s March Madness

Photo by Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the teams in the men’s Final Four by who’s most likely to win it all. The Final Four is set in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament with some incredible storylines building to a perfect crescendo. The UConn Huskies are rampaging through the field while seeking to become the first back-to-back national champion in the men’s...2024
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