NBA Draft week is upon us, and lots of rumors are flying around the league. The NBA offseason is here, everyone.
The NBA Draft is set to take place on Wednesday, November 18th. Currently, there is no consensus first overall draft selection, although most expect one of LaMelo Ball or Anthony Edwards to be the selection.
There are also multiple trade rumors circling – mostly about Jrue Holiday, Chris Paul, Eric Bledsoe, among a plethora of other players. Just before last year’s NBA Draft, there was an explosion of trades, including Mike Conley to the Jazz, TJ Warren to the Pacers, and the massive Anthony Davis trade that sent Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, and four first-round draft picks to the New Orleans Pelicans.
This year, there aren’t any names as large as Davis that are knowingly available. Perhaps Russell Westbrook could be moved, but he is neither the quality nor the age that Davis is, and has an incredibly costly contract as well. James Harden’s name has also been floated, but if anything were serious it would probably have been tweeted by one of Adrian Wojnarowski or Shams Charania.
Let’s get into this NBA mock draft.