This is the time when rumors, conjecture and flat-out lies saturate the NBA air. We have the infamous smokescreens being tossed out to throw people off the draft selection and transaction scents. The espionage is exquisite, and something that should be celebrated.
There will be at least one trade or selection (or both!) on draft day/night that shocks the basketball world and throws everything off its axis as people figure out what it means for the NBA landscape.
Leading up to the draft, I find people are asking questions constantly. Fans, media, executives, players, agents, everybody. I thought I would try to answer some of the questions I’m being asked the most, I’m hearing asked the most and the ones I have most often heard in the intel-gathering process prior to Thursday’s big night.
For some other reading material, Sam Vecenie just unleashed his latest mock draft, and we also have my mock draft from Monday to peruse, in addition to our 2022 NBA Draft Guide.
Here are five big questions and a bonus pseudo-question for the 2022 draft. We’ll also dive into what I like to call “Scuttlebutt SZN” for all of the upcoming trades and free-agent signings/pursuits being bandied about the league.
We’ll try to figure out what’s real and what might be bait.