The 2011 NBA Draft is just 48 hours away, which is crazy. It also means that even since Ridiculous Upside posted rumors early Tuesday morning, there are enough for another batch just 12 hours later following a new batch of mock drafts and rumor posts from the big dogs.
The 2011 NBA Draft is just two sleeps away -- as the cool girls on my Facebook say -- which means the rumors, smokescreens and speculation regarding random trades are coming to a head.
The 2011 NBA Draft is rapidly approaching toward next Thursday night's judgement day. With that, of course, comes plenty of interesting rumors associated with all of the happenings that will take place on June 23. Most of those rumors are found in the NBA mock drafts however and, right on time, the two most important mocks were published Wednesday.
Kemba Walker is probably the most high-profile prospect in the 2011 NBA Draft class after leading the Connecticut Huskies to the NCAA championship and seems to be in the upper portion of the lottery in most NBA mock drafts.That hasn't stopped the Charlotte Bobcats from bringing the point guard in for a pre-draft workout, however, as they look for the player to select with the ninth overall pick.
NBA Draft workouts are always exciting simply because, as the Denver Post's Benjamin Hochman noted this morning, it's the NBA's version of speed dating. Actually I've never speed dated (because, honestly, that's just not going to happen in Bismarck, North Dakota), but it seems exciting enough that I used it for today's lede before we get into the pre-draft workouts!
I hate to say "NBA rumors" in the headline because there isn't exactly anything groundbreaking coming out with over three weeks until the 2011 NBA Draft, but it is what it is. Let's go to the links!
The 2011 NBA Draft is inching closer and closer, and even though there isn't much new out there in terms of news and rumors, I'll pass on what Google was able to find this morning.
Jeremy Tyler is probably the biggest enigma in the 2011 NBA Draft. Let's try to change that this morning. For those unaware, the 19-year-old forward left high school after his junior season, played an abysmal season in Israel, a better season in Japan's second division this past year and then wowed the NBA scouts that hadn't seen him in two years at the NBA Combine.
Derrick Williams is currently slated to go no lower than second overall in the upcoming NBA Draft, but still has detractors. Most notably? Former Kansas Jayhawks forward Markieff Morris.
Michael Dunigan is one of the more off-the-radar types in the 2011 NBA Draft, but he's doing his best to fix that by participating in last week's official NBA Draft Combine as well as this afternoon's pre-draft workout being hosted by the Minnesota Timberwolves and attended by a majority of the NBA teams.
