Your Week Devine, Yahoo Sports:

🎦: Me + Vincent Goodwill on Laker drama: sports.yahoo.com/lakers-call-ti…
📝 On Dame + the Blazers: yhoo.it/3gCAwK6
📝 Four Corners roundup on early-season surprises: yhoo.it/3SS2LBU
📝 How Jalen helps Julius in NY: yhoo.it/3szygpF

Tanking for Wemby primer: When is the draft lottery? How it works. Teams potentially in a race to the bottom and why the Lakers will not be in the running to land Victor or any prospect in the lottery in a loaded draft class.
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New for ⁦Yahoo Sports⁩: Fixing tanking? How about preventing a team from being in the top 3, two years in a row (Adam Silver actually presented a form of this, but was met with resistance from a select few—very select few) sports.yahoo.com/nba-tanking-is…

Today's Best NBA Reporting: basketballintelligence.substack.com/p/basketball-i…
#nba #victorwembanyama #nba draft #nba podcasts #lukadoncic #nba rookies #fantasyhoops Josh Grieb Sarah Todd Sam Vecenie Adam Finkelstein Jeremy Woo Krysten Peek Steph Noh Shlomo Sprung Nick Agar-Johnson Andre Snellings

.Krysten Peek went to Atlanta to check out Overtime Elite and check in on Amen and Ausar, the Thompson twins, who are determined to spend the next year ensuring you don't call this a two-player draft: sports.yahoo.com/as-twins-amen-…

Tank Watch: The NBA will stream all of Victor Wembanyama's French league games this season.

Wembanyama is the runaway favorite to go No. 1 in the 2023 NBA draft 👀

➡️ yhoo.it/3gPI10t

This will be the first non-NBA affiliated league to have its games live-streamed within the NBA App. Wembanyama is most anticipated prospect since LeBron James and NBA fans can now tune in on a weekly basis to watch the 7-foot-4 center play ahead of the draft.

The NBA announced that all of Metropolitans 92 games, featuring No. 1 NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama, will be available to watch for free on the NBA app throughout his entire season.
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Twins Amen and Ausar Thompson are paving their own way to the NBA and although their 3-point shot is still a work in progress, the pair put on an impressive display in front of several scouts during OTE's pro day. Story for Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/as-twins-amen-…

Donda Academy’s roster was full of talent including five-stars AJ Johnson, Rob Dillingham (Kentucky commit) and four-star wings JJ Taylor and Justin Johnson.

Projected lottery pick Ausar Thompson showcasing his improved 3-point jump shot here at Overtime Elite’s pro day. Multiple scouts from all 30 NBA teams are here getting eyes on Ausar, his twin brother and all the young talent coming up in the OTE program.

At Yahoo Sports: I wrote about Damian Lillard, the undefeated Trail Blazers, promises, returns, and recipes: yhoo.it/3gCAwK6

Kentucky Basketball played an exhibition game in Pikeville, in Eastern Kentucky. Proceeds benefitted flood relief for the area. Coal miner, straight from his shift, brings son to see the Cats.

To say this right before the biggest tanking season is interesting timing lol

Cam Boozer,Amen Thompson and Rob Dillingham were a few of the top performers from OTE’s opening night last night in Atlanta. Scouting notes, highlights & recruiting updates on other players that stood out in a stacked lineup to start OTE’s season:
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OTE’s City Reapers get the win over CBC, 66-51.
Amen Thompson: 18 PTS, 2 AST, 2 STL
Bronny James: 16 PTS, 3 AST
Ashton Hardaway: 19 PTS (5 threes), 2 AST
Eli Ellis: 15 PTS, 5 AST
Full box score:

Cam Boozer finished with 28 points, 20 rebounds (3-5 from three), 5 assists. Cayden Boozer added 19 points and 5 assists. A very productive night for the Boozer twins, two of the best players in the 2025 class.

There’s a ton of talent on the court tonight for Overtime Elite’s opening night (Amen Thompson, Cam Boozer, Bronny James, Mikey Williams, Rob Dillingham, Jared McCain). Ausar Thompson is out with a minor ankle injury. What a great night of basketball.

“His smile is infectious.”

“His smile is real.”

Zion Williamson is back and beaming. And everyone else with the Pelicans? They’re sharing the big man’s glow after an opening night statement in Brooklyn:

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