Wait...is the draft tonight and not tomorrow night??? Hasn't it always been on the Thursday, the last week in June? Or so it's been that way in the past. Maybe I'm reading this completely wrong?
First round tonight, second round tomorrow.
apologies if already posted:
What's happening here is that journalists weren't getting any buzz on TSJ while his charges were pending because teams didn't know if he was draftable. They were scouting him but not firmly slotting him on their boards.
With the legal situation cleared up that has suddenly changed, and while the mock draft positioning for everyone else is a product of months of discussions with teams and how scouts and executives are looking at the board, these outlets have very little time to understand where TSJ's stock stands. But it seems obvious that he's got genuine interest all over the bottom half of the first round.
Yahoo's latest has him at 20 to Cleveland:
Here’s a near-final look at the first and second round of the 2024 NBA Draft with analysis and intel on all 58 players.
sports.yahoo.com
The final Athletic mock has the Bulls trading down to 17 to take him:
From the Hawks' selection at No. 1 all the way down, this year's draft is expected to be difficult to predict.
www.nytimes.com
To toot my own horn, I think what I was saying months ago was true: TSJ was never a second round draft pick, that was just writers splitting the difference between his obvious first round grade and his total undraftability in the event of an unfavorable outcome in Kansas.