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Illini Brandon Paul: NBA Mock Draft Composite

May 20, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Time to focus on the NBA Draft. It seems pretty certain the Illinois Fighting Illini will once again have representation on draft night. Guard Brandon Paul was at the draft combine last week and he’s had contact with the L.A. Clippers, Lakers, Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls.

Two years ago was a disaster when both Demetri McCamey and Jereme Richmond went undrafted, despite all the pre-draft hype (both attended the combine). Last year brought more pride to Champaign as the Illini Nation saw Meyers Leonard go in the top ten to the Portland Trail Blazers. Brandon Paul should likely hear his name called this June; just nowhere near as high.

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2013 NBA Draft Lottery: Who needs #1 pick most?

May 20, 2013 by davidkay Leave a Comment

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held Tuesday night and we’ll find out who will pick first in the 2013 NBA Draft. The Orlando Magic have the best odds to win the number one overall pick but the last time the team with best odds actually won the ping pong party was in 2004 (coincidentally when Orlando earned the right to pick first and took Dwight Howard.)

Unlike last year when Anthony Davis was the clear cut top prospect, a number of players are in consideration this year including Kentucky‘s Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore of Kansas, and even Michigan‘s Trey Burke or Georgetown‘s Otto Porter. More than likely, team need will play a huge factor in terms of which player hears their named called first on June 27th.

Let’s take a look at each team’s odds and who they would likely draft if they ended up with the top pick after NBA Draft Lottery results are revealed. Go here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Mock Draft.

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2013 NBA Mock Draft- Second Round (5/2/13)

May 1, 2013 by davidkay 2 Comments

Here is the second round of our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft. Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report.

(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)

CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST ROUND

Check out The Sports Bank’s 2013 NFL Mock Draft.

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2013 NBA Mock Draft- First Round (5/2/13)

May 1, 2013 by davidkay 13 Comments

Here is our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft. Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report.

(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)

GO HERE FOR THE SECOND ROUND

Check out The Sports Bank’s 2013 NFL Mock Draft.

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Twitter reacts to Wizards Jason Collins: first openly gay athlete of major sports

April 29, 2013 by paulmbanks 2 Comments

With Jason Collins, this morning becomes a “where were you when heard the news” moment. We have the first ever openly gay athlete from one of the four major sports leagues: NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL. Let the Jackie Robinson analogies to Jason Collins begin. The Jackie Robinson analogy does work on some levels, it’s flawed in other ways. But we can get to that later.

Jason Collins is the first openly gay jock who will play, and go to the locker room with his homosexual orientation public knowledge. Expect a HUGE media crush tonight when the Chicago Bulls take on the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA playoffs tonight.

In Jason Collins most recent game on April 17th, for the Washington Wizards versus the Chicago Bulls, Collins scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds in 17 minutes.

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2013 NBA Draft Early Entrants

April 28, 2013 by davidkay Leave a Comment

The 2013 NBA Draft will soon be here. The deadline for college basketball underclassmen having to decide their future has officially passed so at this point, you are either in or out. Here is an updated list of underclassmen who have declared for the 2013 NBA Draft and where they could end up being selected.

Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Draft mock.

Updated: 4/29/13

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Top 20 2013 NBA free agents

April 24, 2013 by davidkay 1 Comment

The 2013 group of NBA free agents is a lot deeper and more talented than last year’s crop. Star players like Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, and Josh Smith will be available this summer and there are several teams that have put themselves in position to make some major splashes in free agency. Here is a look at the Top 20 NBA free agents for this off-season.

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2014 NBA Mock Draft (4/22/13)

April 21, 2013 by davidkay 2 Comments

The 2014 NBA Draft class is shaping up to be way more loaded than the 2013 group. Here is an insanely early 2014 NBA Mock Draft where team needs and outstanding trades have NOT yet been taken into account. Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Mock Draft.

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Phil Jackson live tweeting the NCAA title game, this should be interesting

April 8, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Phil Jackson joined Twitter last week and his first tweet was quite a story. He got off to kind of a “rough start.”

However, the second tweet from Phil Jackson is in fact a much better story. He showed that he has quite a sense of humor about himself, and came back strong with his second less than 140 character micro-blog offering.

If you’re a hard-core techie and you hold that stereotype about senior citizens and computers…well you might just be proven wrong by the 67-year-old Phil Jackson tonight. We’ll see, as Jackson will be live tweeting the NCAA Title game. Joining him will be former Minnesota Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis.

The legendary former Chicago Bulls and L.A. Lakers coach knows how to win NBA titles. Let’s see how the Zen Master does with “the twitter” or “twittering.”

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NBA Trade Deadline winners and losers

February 22, 2013 by davidkay 1 Comment

The NBA Trade Deadline came and went without any star players changing homes. It was less entertaining than this season of American Idol… and that’s saying something. In fact, the “biggest” name to be traded was J.J. Redick who went from Orlando to Milwaukee. Ish. Here are the winners and losers of the 2013 NBA Trade Deadline.

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2012 NBA Draft re-do with 2013 hindsight

February 19, 2013 by davidkay 1 Comment

It is an annual tradition here during the NBA All-Star break to re-do the NBA Draft lottery from the previous year. The Sports Bank’s NBA Draft Nerd, David Kay and Peter Christian will alternate re-drafting the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft taking into account what they know about the rookies based off their performances so far this season. They will factor in how each team’s roster looked at the time of the draft and give their reasons as to why the selection would be made.

Check out The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Mock Draft.

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NBA All-Star starters announced Thu Jan 17th TNT 6 CDT

January 16, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

TNT televises the announcement of the 2013 NBA All-Star starters during a special one-hour pregame show live from Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. ET. Ernie Johnson will host the pregame show with analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith from Staples Center.

The show will precede the NBA on TNT doubleheader featuring both Los Angeles teams in action – the Clippers and Blake Griffin visiting the Minnesota Timberwolves and Ricky Rubio at 8 p.m., followed by the Lakers and Kobe Bryant hosting the Miami Heat and LeBron James at 10:30 p.m.

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