LOS ANGELES -- As the Los Angeles Lakers try to build their next championship team, general manager Rob Pelinka is learning something about opponents' willingness to help his team accomplish that.

"It's not like teams are saying, 'Oh, I'm not going to do a deal with the Lakers,' but I do think when you have 16 banners there's going to be a ...Read more

NEW YORK -- After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jerome Robinson each eased their way off the bus that ferried them from their hotel to the Barclays Center for the biggest night of their young lives, they wound up next to each other as they awaited the start of the NBA draft.

The two of them began to talk, two young men excited about the ...Read more

For just the second time in the last nine years, Kansas has failed to land a first-round pick in the NBA draft.

The Jayhawks, who were shut out in selections 1 through 30 during Thursday night's proceedings in Brooklyn, N.Y., did represent in the second round.

Big 12 player of the year Devonte Graham, a consensus first-team All-American out of...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Warriors selected Cincinnati junior forward Jacob Evans with their No. 28 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft on Thursday, adding a player that could provide wing depth with defense and outside shooting.

Although the Warriors had maintained they would follow the old adage in selecting the best player available, they entered the ...Read more

NEW YORK -- The emotions on NBA draft night for Villanova's Mikal Bridges shifted dramatically from elation to confusion.

The Wildcats' All-America guard was selected No. 10 by the 76ers, the fourth lottery pick in the history of the Villanova program. But sometime near the end of his news conference when he talked about how "awesome" and "what...Read more

The Timberwolves took Georgia Tech's Josh Okogie with their first-round pick (20th overall) in the NBA draft on Thursday night.

Okogie, a 6-4 guard, was third-team All-ACC in 2017-18 as a sophomore after making the league's all-freshman team in 2016-17.

He averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for the Yellow Jackets last ...Read more

Landry Shamet became just the first Wichita State player selected in first round of the NBA draft in the last 33 years when the Philadelphia 76ers selected the Kansas City native with the No. 26 overall pick in Thursday's draft in New York.

Shamet, who declared for the draft following his redshirt sophomore season with WSU, averaged 14.9 points...Read more

Former Michigan center Moritz Wagner was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 25th overall pick in Thursday's 2018 NBA draft.

Wagner, who played three seasons for the Wolverines, earned All-Big Ten second team honors this past season. He led Michigan with 14.6 points and 7.1 rebounds, as the Wolverines made a run to the national ...Read more

Former Miami Hurricanes guard Lonnie Walker needed only just one year on campus to accomplish an impressive feat in school history.

On Thursday, Walker was taken by the San Antonio Spurs with the No. 18 pick in the NBA draft in New York. He is tied for the second-highest UM player selected. In 2014, Shane Larkin was drafted at the same slot by ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Michael Porter Jr. leaned against a wall on the third floor of the Grand Hyatt in midtown Manhattan and took off his blue jacket. This was Wednesday, the day before the 2018 NBA draft, and he was fresh off a half-hour media session, during which reporters repeatedly questioned his health.

The back surgery Porter underwent in ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Mikal Bridges is staying home. The 76ers selected the junior with the No. 10 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night at the Barclays Center.

The 6-foot-7, 210-pound swingman is a multi-dimensional defensive standout and a good 3-point shooter (43.5 percent last season). He averaged 17.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 32.1 minutes during ...Read more

The Bulls were always thinking big.

And after attempts to trade up for Marvin Bagley III and Mo Bamba, they stayed at No. 7 and drafted 6-foot-10-inch Wendell Carter Jr. from Duke.

Carter, who impressed the Bulls throughout the draft process, is the type of big who management envisions will fit in today's NBA and complement Lauri Markkanen. At...Read more

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The Cavaliers put aside their concerns about LeBron James' future in Cleveland and tried to correct a mistake from last August.

With the eighth overall pick in Thursday night's NBA draft, the Cavs selected freshman point guard Collin Sexton of Alabama.

The Cavs acquired the pick in last summer's trade that sent Kyrie ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- A contrite Hunter Strickland sat in the Giants dugout Thursday and admitted he sees a pattern.

After punching a door following a blown save in a 5-4 loss to the Marlins Monday, Strickland underwent surgery to repair a fractured hand that will require him to miss six-to-eight weeks.

It's not the first time Strickland's anger ...Read more

Hawks general manger Travis Schlenk made the most consequential transaction of his tenure Thursday night when he acquired Oklahoma point guard Trae Young in the NBA draft.

The Hawks traded the No. 3 overall draft pick to the Mavericks in exchange for the No. 5 pick in the 2018 draft plus a protected first-round pick in the 2019 draft, top-five ...Read more

Michigan State's Jaren Jackson Jr. has been selected No. 4 overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in Thursday's 2018 NBA draft.

In his single season with the Spartans, Jackson started 34 of 35 games and averaged 10.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He quickly became one of MSU's most consistent players and shot up the draft boards ...Read more

The Kings selected Duke forward Marvin Bagley III with the second-overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday.

Bagley, a consensus All-American and the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year as a freshman, impressed the Kings with his size (6-foot-11, 234 pounds), supreme athleticism (40 1/2 inch vertical leap), aggressive style of play and...Read more