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Stock Watch

Blake Griffin tops the list of performers after the first month of the season… Who’s rising and falling in the college game.

Create Your Own Mock Draft

NBADraft.net is proud to announce the release of an exciting drag and drop feature which allows you to create and manage your own mock draft. All user mocks are combined to form a User Consensus Mock. Try it now!

Maui Invitational: Day 3 Report

By Aran Smith In the final, North Carolina proved to be too much for a legitimate top 10 team in Notre Dame soundly beating the South Benders 102-87.     Tyler Hansbrough   The Irish were not at full strength with their star Luke Harangody sick, although the Heels aren’t at full strength either missing…

Maui Invitational: Day 2 Report

By Aran Smith The losers bracket covered the morning session. St Joes made Indiana look extremely young and inexperienced. Not one Hoosier scored in double digits and just one player (Tijan Jobe – 1-1) shot over 50% from the floor. It’s difficult to win when that happens and Indiana lost by 26. Senario Hillman was…

Maui Invitational: Day 1 Report

By Aran Smith It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it. Hoops in paradise, what more could a basketball junkie like myself ask for?     Maui Invitational Day 1   Seeing big boy basketball played in essentially a high school gym (the Lahaina Civic Center) is comparable to seeing a mega-superstar such as…

No Sleeping Allowed!

By Matthew Maurer The No Sleeping Allowed! series began two years ago as a quick snapshot of Division II, III, and NAIA prospects who caught my eye and could potentially garner NBA interest. Four players on last year’s 2007-08 No Sleeping list earned spots in the NBDL draft. A host of others were spotted in…

Senior Rankings Released

Texas late bloomer Connor Atchley tops our early Senior list over some highly recognizable names.

2008-09 NBA Season Predictions

MVP, Champs, ROY, Most Improved, it’s all here… NBADraft.net’s panel of writers were polled on the NBA season awards.

Junior Rankings Released

The Oden/Durant Class of 2010 has already produced 16 first rounders, and currently have another 14 projected in the first round.

Sophomore Rankings Released

Blake Griffin and James Harden head a sophomore class that possesses as much talent as any in the country despite the loss of 13 elite players.

Jeff Capel Interview

Oklahoma’s 33 year old coach has quickly become one of the top young coaching minds in the business. With next year’s likely #1 pick (Blake Griffin) on his team, anything’s possible.

2009 High School Rankings Released

After covering every major summer event and watching video on numerous high school prospects, here’s our list of the top 50 seniors, 25 juniors and 5 sophomores.

2008 adidas Nations Camp: Top Prospects

Recap of the top prospects from the 4 day, adidas Nations experience in which players from over 30 countries participated.

2008 adidas Nations Camp: Day 4

adidas Nations closes with a bang! Brandon Knight and Tony Wroten helped offset Lance Stephenson’s 34 pts as the championship game was a missed free throw from going into overtime.

2008 adidas Nations Camp: Day 3

Jayson Granger, Trey Zeigler, Joshua Smith and Gani Lawal impressed in Day Three in Dallas at the adidas Nations Camp

2008 adidas Nations Camp: Day 2

Darren Collison impressed in day two at adidas Nations while Tony Wroten, Brandon Knight and Nehad Dedovic stood out among the U18s

2008 adidas Nations Camp: Day 1

Over 40 NBA scouts are on hand to watch two dozen NCAA stars and U18 talent from around the glode at the adidas Nations Camp in Dallas