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• All-Star's slow recovery a bad sign for other injured Magic star

When Paolo Banchero first tore his right oblique seven weeks ago, the team said his injury would be re-evaluated in four to six weeks. He still hasn't been cleared for contact....2024
• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Dyson Daniels’ emergence in a new role with the Atlanta Hawks made us wonder: Which other players could be stars in their role hidden in plain sight? Due to the sheer scale of international soccer, there are regularly not enough opportunities for developing players on good teams. The leagues solved this problem by creating an elaborate loan system, wh...2024
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• Paolo Banchero Not Close To Returning

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has hit the six-week mark since he went down with a torn right oblique. Banchero's original return was hoped for in the four-to-six-week range, however the star forward isn't close to returning. "He was not able to practice [today]," Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said Friday. "He's doing the same ball-handling, a little light movement on the floor, and then just tr...2024
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• Magic Notes: NBA Cup, Schedule, Wagner, Houstan, Defense
The Magic were eliminated from the NBA Cup on Tuesday with a 114-109 loss to the Bucks in Milwaukee. But head coach Jamahl Mosley was extremely pleased with the way his team competed despite being without its two leading scorers, Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, as Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel writes. “We want […]...2024
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• Magic's narrow NBA Cup loss to Bucks shows they will be a tough out when the real tournament begins

Without Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, the Magic took the Bucks to the wire...2024
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• NBA Cup: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard lead Bucks in thriller past shorthanded Magic to semifinals

The Magic gave the Bucks their best shot while playing without Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Ultimately, they didn't have enough firepower....2024
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• All-Star's slow recovery a bad sign for other injured Magic star
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• Magic star Franz Wagner out indefinitely with abdomen injury
Orlando Magic star Franz Wagner is out indefinitely with a torn right oblique and he’ll be reevaluated in four weeks. The news comes as a huge blow to the Magic, who are contending as one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference despite the continued absence of All-Star Paolo Banchero (missing with the same […] The post Magic star Franz Wagner out indefinitely with abdomen injury app...2024
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• Magic suffer another brutal injury blow

It’s a brutal blow for an Orlando team that has already been without one star, Paolo Banchero, for more than a month....2024
• Magic's Franz Wagner out indefinitely with torn oblique, the same injury that sidelined Paolo Banchero

Wagner will be reevaluated in four weeks, according to the team...2024
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• Magic's Franz Wagner maintains his hot hand vs. 76ers

When star forward Paolo Banchero suffered an oblique injury, it seemed the Orlando Magic would sputter. However, Franz Wagner has prevented that from happening....2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Magic Notes: Banchero, Wagner, NBA Cup, Carter, Bitadze
Paolo Banchero isn’t close to returning from a torn right oblique he suffered in late October, but he was able to make some progress over the weekend, writes Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel. Banchero told reporters that he did some ball-handling and spot shooting at Saturday’s practice for the first time since the injury. […]...2024
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• Can the 76ers tank for Cooper Flagg? Yes, but it won’t be easy

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Even tanking for Cooper Flagg would be a struggle for the Sixers because of an old trade. The Philadelphia 76ers are supposed to be in the middle of their championship window. Instead, the Sixers own the worst record in the NBA after one month of play, sitting at 2-12 overall after another disastrous loss to the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesda...2024
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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

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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• The 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball right now, ranked

Let’s rank the 11 best NBA prospects in high school basketball today. With the NBA and college hoops calendars in their August doldrums, there’s no better time to catch up on grassroots and high school basketball and start looking ahead at the best talent coming down the pipeline. This is the third time I’ve ranked the best NBA prospects in high school basketball at this site. When I did this exe...2023
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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"Paolo Banchero becomes first 50-point scorer of NBA season in historic performance as Magic topple Pacers"

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"Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named the 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday."

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"After a sterling first couple of games, the Magic decided to shut down Number 1 pick Paolo Banchero for the remainder of summer league."

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"Lakers' LeBron James shouts out Duke's Paolo Banchero after freshman's strong debut against Kentucky"

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• Community Shootaround: 2024/25 NBA Rookie Class
Leading up to the 2024 NBA draft, we heard over and over again that the class didn’t feature the type of star-level talent at the top that we’d seen in recent years, when No. 1 overall picks like Victor Wembanyama and Paolo Banchero went on to earn Rookie of the Year awards. The common refrain […]...2024
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• 7 young NBA players making the leap this season

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Here are 7 young NBA players who showing significant improvement this season. It’s not too early to overreact to what we’re seeing from the start of the NBA’s 82-game grind. Trends historically begin to stabilize around the 20-game mark. While it would be unwise to suggest the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers will continue to be among the worst teams ...2024
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• The NBA’s Eastern Conference has again descended into loserdom

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The NBA Eastern Conference was supposed to be better this season. It’s not. This was supposed to be the season the NBA’s Eastern Conference grew up and joined the big leagues. The East has essentially operated like basketball’s junior varsity from the moment Michael Jordan finished pushing off Bryon Russell, but the moves made this summer indicated ...2024
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• 6 NBA overreactions after 1 game of the 2024-2025 season

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Here are our biggest NBA overreactions after every team has played at least one game this season. Overreacting after the first game of a new season is a right of passage for sports fans. Patience is a virtue, but it’s hard to come by after a long summer without the NBA. Most of the time, fans’ earliest overreactions only serve to confirm their own agend...2024
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• Grading NBA extensions for Rockets, Warriors, Hawks players from both sides

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Seven NBA players signed extensions for nearly $800 million. Let’s grade those deals from both sides. There’s no day better than payday. On the brink of the 2024-25 season, the league’s annual deadline for rookie extensions came to pass with some absolutely ridiculous money thrown around to players casual basketball may not have ever heard of. In total, sev...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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• Cameron Boozer, Duke’s latest blue chip commit, is an NBA superstar in the making

Photo by ALTAN GOCHER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Cameron Boozer is growing into a future NBA star. Next stop: Duke. Here’s why he’s so good. Cameron Boozer has been so good for so long that there can be a tendency to take his steady dominance for granted. As the class of 2025 has come of age, players with more explosive athleticism and more impressive tough shot-making have gotten the...2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• Can the 76ers tank for Cooper Flagg? Yes, but it won’t be easy
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• Magic Notes: Wagner, Depth, Black, Isaac
The Magic have been playing without Paolo Banchero as he deals with a torn right oblique, but Franz Wagner has been playing like an All-Star in his absence, Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel opines. As Bianchi points out, only seven players including Wagner are averaging more than 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and […]...2024
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• Cooper Flagg’s Kentucky matchup will show just how good he is right now

Zachary Taft-Imagn Images Duke is projected to make a run this coming March and the talent of Flagg is a huge reason why. The 2024-25 college basketball season has officially kicked off, as the first week of games provided insight into what should be an eventful season headlined by one of the stronger freshmen classes in recent memory. At the spotlight of it all is Duke Blue Devils five-st...2024
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• Orlando's Paolo Banchero out indefinitely due to torn right oblique

Banchero was off to a fast start this season averaging 29 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists a game....2024
• Paolo Banchero To Be Reevaluated In 4-6 Weeks With Torn Right Oblique
Paolo Banchero has been diagnosed with a torn right oblique. Banchero will be out indefinitely and his return to play will depend on how he responds to treatment. He will be re-evaluated in four-to-six weeks. Banchero suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of Orlando's game at Chicago on Oct. 30. Banchero has played and started in five games this season with Orlando, averaging 29.0 ppg., 8....2024
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• Southeast Notes: Banchero, Hawks, Kuzma, Coulibaly, Wizards, Hornets
The Magic are off to a strong 3-1 start this season, led by forward Paolo Banchero, who ranks first on the team in points (28.5 PPG) and assists (6.0 APG) and second in rebounds (9.3 RPG). Banchero filled up the stat sheet on Monday in the best game of his career, compiling 50 points, 13 […]...2024

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• Dunc'd On: Southwest Shuffle: HOU/DAL, SAS/OKC, Rookie Options Declined; Paolo Hurt

The Rockets get a surprising win in Dallas. Why the Rockets have a high night-to-night floor this year, and is there any reason to be concerned about Dallas' offense? Victor vs Chet wasn't close in the end, as OKC's dominant team defense was the story. 25:30 We go through our opinions on the team option decisions like Jalen Hood-Schifino and Jake LaRavia. 52:38 Paolo Banchero is out for at least a...2024
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• An obscure NBA rule cost the Magic an epic buzzer-beater vs. the Bulls

The Trent Tucker Rule cost Paolo Banchero a buzzer-beater against the Bulls. The Orlando Magic looked like they weren’t going to have much trouble with the Chicago Bulls at the start of their Wednesday night matchup. Orlando opened up a 20-point lead early with with Paolo Banchero hammering the Bulls inside and Orlando’s defense locking down on the perimeter. Somehow, the Bulls came back — again. ...2024
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• Cameron Boozer, Duke’s latest blue chip commit, is an NBA superstar in the making
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• Boozer twins recruiting prediction for Duke vs. Miami over college basketball’s next stars

Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Should Cameron and Cayden Boozer pick Duke or Miami in recruiting? Let’s break it down. The next set of elite basketball twins are about announce their college decision. Cameron and Cayden Boozer are five-star prospects out of Columbus High School in Miami who have won at the highest level everywhere they’ve played. Now they’re cho...2024
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• Refined Elegance: Paolo Banchero Covers SLAM KICKS 27 with the Air Jordan 39

The interior is thumping. The backpack that sits at his feet shakes from the vibrations pouring out the car door speakers. CD cases rattle in the console below his left elbow. It’s 2011 and Paolo Banchero is riding around in his dad’s car on a gloomy Seattle afternoon. They could be heading to practice, grabbing […] The post Refined Elegance: Paolo Banchero Covers SLAM KICKS 27 with the Air ...2024
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• Magic shut Banchero down after sterling SL debut

After a sterling first couple of games, the Magic decided to shut down No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero for the remainder of summer league....2022
• Magic forward Paolo Banchero named 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named the 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: Banchero was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft out of Duke. The 20-year-old averaged 20 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists across 72 games (all starts) this season. He shot 42.7 percent from the field. Jazz center Walker Kessler and Thunder guar...2023
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• 2022 NBA Draft grades: Orlando Magic select Paolo Banchero with No. 1 overall pick
The Magic were widely expected to choose Jabari Smith in the days leading up to the draft...2022
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• 2022 NBA Mock Draft: Duke's Paolo Banchero goes No. 1 with Iowa's Keegan Murray a surprising No. 3 pick
David Cobb explains why Murray would be worth taking just after Banchero and Auburn's Jabari Smith...2022
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• Paolo Banchero Blasted by Italian Basketball For USA Commitment
Orlando’s Paolo Banchero has committed to Team USA in the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup but the Italian Basketball Federation were very much blindsided by the decision. The 20-year-old has an Italian father and an Italian passport, so he could have chosen to play for either Italy or USA on the world stage. The reigning […] The post Paolo Banchero Blasted by Italian Basketball For ...2023
• Magic's Paolo Banchero becomes first teenager to score over 20 points in first three NBA games

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• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• Steve Kerr’s Plans for Paolo Banchero in FIBA World Cup Revealed
It is rare for an NBA rookie to get an automatic spot in the Team USA roster but reigning number one pick Paolo Banchero is no ordinary rookie. Although USA head coach Steve Kerr is yet to decide his starting five, Magic’s Rookie of the Year Banchero has certainly caught Kerr’s attention. Coach Kerr thinks […] The post Steve Kerr’s Plans for Paolo Banchero in FIBA World Cup...2023
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• The NBA Loser Lineup: Paolo Banchero, Magic on the rise in fantasy and reality despite playoff exit

Basketball analyst Dan Titus breaks down what the teams and stars who were booted from the NBA Playoffs must do to remain in good fantasy standing next season....2024
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Grayson Allen, Paolo Banchero make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2024
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• NBA picks: Magic's Paolo Banchero stands out as top fantasy play for Wednesday

RJ Barrett and Dillon Brooks round out Wednesday's top plays...2024
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• Magic Notes: Da Silva, F. Wagner, Black, Suggs
Tristan Da Silva didn’t appear to have a path to consistent playing time when the Magic took him with their first-round pick in June, writes Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel. That changed when Paolo Banchero suffered a torn right oblique in late October. Da Silva took his place in the starting lineup and has averaged […]...2024
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• Can the 76ers tank for Cooper Flagg? Yes, but it won’t be easy
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• Cooper Flagg’s Kentucky matchup will show just how good he is right now
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• Magic’s Paolo Banchero is sidelined indefinitely with a torn right oblique
In 2023-24, the Orlando Magic were a young team that was still building chemistry. They finished with a 47-35 record and made the postseason. Orlando went to Game 7 in the first round against Cleveland but they lost. The Magic needed that type of playoff experience for their young core of players. Through the first […] The post Magic’s Paolo Banchero is sidelined indefinitely with a t...2024
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• Sources: Magic's Banchero questionable vs. Cavs
Magic star Paolo Banchero is questionable for Friday's matchup against the Cavaliers due to a right abdominal strain, sources told ESPN....2024
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• KD beats LeBron, Nuggets & Bucks panic meter, Banchero drops 50 & Wolves deep dive | Kevin O'Connor Show

On today's episode of The Kevin O'Connor Show, Kevin kicks things off with help from Daman Rangoola as the duo give their instant takeaways from Monday night's games, including the Los Angeles Lakers looking promising even in defeat, the Denver Nuggets looking concerning even in victory, Paolo Banchero dropping 50, hype for the Boston Celtics and some early concern over the Milwaukee Bucks and Dam...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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• Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams in the Elite Eight of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by who has the best chance to win it all. The Elite Eight in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is set. Three No. 1 seeds are still left standing, but only one No. 2 seed remains after two days of carnage in the Sweet 16. Remember: this was only the fifth time since 1985 all the top-2...2024
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• Meet Team USA’s FIBA Basketball World Cup roster, featuring one of its youngest groups ever

Photo by Joe Amati/NBAE via Getty Images USA Basketball’s World Cup roster has tons of young talent, but no international experience. The United States is supposed to be the preeminent international power in men’s basketball, but the last FIBA World Cup issued a harsh reminder that rest of the globe is catching up. The Americans finished in seventh place in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and sna...2023
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• The 6 worst NBA free agent signings of the summer
Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Not every free agent deal can be a winner for teams. NBA free agency is supposed to be a time of hope and optimism. Even adding a couple decent role players to a team that continues driving down a dead-end road is something to get a little bit excited about, hypothetically speaking. Save the disdain for your team’s first four-game losing streak. It’s all p...2023
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• NBA Draft team grades 2023: 8 clubs earn an ‘A’ for total draft night hauls
Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s grade every team’s haul in the 2023 NBA Draft. The immediate aftermath of the NBA Draft can be difficult to wrap your head around. Following the draft is a slow burn that builds up over 12 months until the day finally arrives. Suddenly, trades rearrange the order and players get sent to new teams all over the course of one night. The 202...2023
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