<p><a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/watch-7-foot-4-unicorn-victor-wembanyama-nba-draft-hype-37-point-5-block-masterpiece/">Victor Wembanyama</a> is a bit of an enigma to most casual basketball fans. If you follow the NBA at all, you probably know he’s the 7-foot-4 unicorn prospect who will go No. 1 overall in the 2023 <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA Draft</a>, but you’ve likely seen him play solely in YouTube highlight videos or occasional Twitter clips. The 18-year-old megastar chose to play professionally in France instead of att ..read more

<p>If you’re an <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/nba/">NBA</a> fan and don’t know about <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/7-foot-3-unicorn-victor-wembanyama-is-the-next-kristaps-porzingis/">Victor Wembanyama</a> yet, it’s about time you learn. The French phenom is being touted as the most tantalizing <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA draft</a> prospect since LeBron James, and he might be even better than James was at his age. </p> <p>When you watch Wembanyama on the court, you almost can’t believe how flu ..read more

<p>The word “unicorn” has often been used to describe freakish <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA draft</a> prospects in recent years. If you’re tall, can dribble in the open court, and shoot it from deep like a guard, you’re automatically compared to a mythical creature. </p> <p>Victor Wembanyama — the 7-foot-4 French prospect likely to go No. 1 in the 2023 NBA Draft — is the new unicorn on the block, but <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/los-lebron-james/">LeBron James</a> thinks that comparison doesn’t do a justice t ..read more

<p>If you’re a die-hard <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/nba/">NBA</a> fan, you’ve most likely heard of the newest unicorn in our midst. <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/7-foot-3-unicorn-victor-wembanyama-is-the-next-kristaps-porzingis/">Victor Wembanyama</a>, the 7-foot-4 forward (yes, forward) from France, is nearly a lock to go No. 1 in the 2023 NBA Draft. You may have heard tales about his guard-like skillset and ruthless rim-protecting ability, but he’s never shown his game off on the national stage.</p> <p>Until now.</p> <p&g ..read more

<p>In the basketball world, certain names will live on in infamy. <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/what-happened-to-sam-bowie-the-man-who-was-infamously-drafted-before-michael-jordan/">One of those is Sam Bowie</a>. During the 1984 <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA draft</a>, the Portland Trail Blazers made the choice to select the big man second-overall. The next pick, of course, was some guy by the name of Michael Jordan.</p> <p>While the Blazers did have some logic behind their decisions — <a href="https://www.sport ..read more

<p>The <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/los-angeles-lakers/">Los Angeles Lakers</a> didn’t initially have a pick in the <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/2022-nba-draft-live-tracker/">2022 NBA Draft</a>. However, they left it with someone who has since received <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/magic-johnson/">Magic Johnson</a>’s stamp of approval.</p> <p>The Lakers bought their way into the second round and selected Max Christie 35th overall. Christie, a shooting guard, played for Johnson’s alma mater, Michigan Stat ..read more

<p>The <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/cleveland-cavaliers/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> have clawed their way back into championship contention. They reached four straight NBA Finals between 2015 and 2018, but <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/cavs-president-koby-altman-admits-cleveland-fell-on-face-after-lebron-james-departure/">LeBron James’ departure resulted in another horrific nosedive</a>, and they failed to win more than 22 games in three straight seasons.</p> <p>But the 2021-22 campaign was different. The Cavs had a breakout year a ..read more

<p>The Orlando Magic shocked the NBA world when the team <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/dan-patrick-compares-orlando-magic-picking-paolo-banchero-to-jacksonville-jaguars-taking-blake-bortles/">selected Duke’s Paolo Banchero No. 1 overall</a> in the 2022 <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA Draft</a>. The move not only changed the course of NBA history, but it also cost No. 3 overall pick, Jabari Smith, a whole lot of money.</p> <h2 id="h-the-difference-between-pick-no-1-in-the-nba-draft-and-pick-no-3-is-nearly ..read more

<p>Age and experience are typically positive characteristics when starting a new job. But that’s not necessarily the case for prospects entering the <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/nba/">NBA</a>.</p> <p>Ochai Agbaji went to the <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/cleveland-cavaliers/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> with the 14th overall pick in the <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/2022-nba-draft-live-tracker/">2022 NBA Draft</a>, but perhaps another team would have picked him sooner if he were a few years younger. Agbaji is 22 ..read more

<p>After weeks of speculation that the <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/orlando-magic/">Orlando Magic</a> would pick Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren or Auburn’s Jabari Smith at No. 1 in the 2022 <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/nba-draft/">NBA Draft</a>, the franchise took Duke’s Paolo Banchero. <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/sports-media/">Sports media</a> legend Dan Patrick took to his microphone the day after the draft and compared the whole misinformation saga to the Jacksonville Jaguars taking Centr ..read more