Controversial NBA Draft theories resurface as Shaquille O'Neal recounts a curious encounter with David Stern before the 1992 draft lottery.

" [Stern] says to me, 'Hey, can't wait for you to come to the NBA ,'" O'Neal said on Ashley Nevel's podcast. "Then he pulled me off to the side. 'You want to play where it's cold or where it's hot?' He asked me that.

Even after reports indicated Maryland basketball center Derik Queen's draft stock could be falling, ESPN doesn't see it that way. With the NBA Draft Combine ove

Shaquille O’Neal only did more to fan the flames of the NBA draft conspiracy theorists with a David Stern story around him landing first overall to the Magic in 1992.

Five weeks and one day stands between us and the 2025 NBA Draft. That's it. And after last week's lottery and NBA Draft Combine in Chicago that saw the Dallas Mavericks win the No. 1 pick in stunning fashion,

In the weeks following the Bucks ' first-round loss to the Pacers, the whole league has been bracing for what's next with superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. We found out recently that Giannis and Bucks management will have a meeting in the coming week to discuss his future, so we should have a great idea soon of what to expect.

After last week’s NBA draft lottery, the Nets landed on the eighth overall pick. That doesn’t mean they’ll stay there.

The Philadelphia 76ers just endured several months of desperately clinging to their first-round pick. If the pick had landed outside of the top six, it would have gone to the Oklahoma City Thunder, so the 76ers spent the second half of last season tanking in an effort to keep it.