[Post Game Thread] 2026 NBA Draft First Round
[Chau] Viral Knicks fan who stole trash bin canned from JPMorgan Chase. Angie Baez was the executive director of community and industry engagement for card and connected commerce at JPMorgan Chase before she was fired on Tuesday for stealing the trash bin.
[Charania] Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, \(185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his \)14.9M player option for the new max deal.
[Owczarski] These deals bothered Rivers… “Giannis said so many things,” a former coach said, “It stems from your actions, which is, ‘My brothers have to be on this team.’ Well then, are you about a championship? ‘Cause they’re not only not helping us win a championship, it’s creating dissension.”
Lakers draft pick Cameron Carr on whom he’d rather guard, SGA or Anthony Edwards: “Yeah, I ain’t dealing with the flopping, Anthony Edwards”
ESPN’s coverage of the draft tonight was straight up embarrassing. Basically zero actual analysis of each pick, how they fit the team that drafted them, hardly any discussion of who might get picked next or even discussing the best players left on the board. Draft coverage 101.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Josh Hart farts during Brunson’s question, Robin calls him out, and KAT/Bridges burst out laughing
Cameron Carr says “I’m being traded, I’m being traded” as he walks up to the podium to greet Adam Silver after being drafted
Mike Dunleavy says he was trying to use the full clock to hear all trade offers. “Joe [Lacob] was like, ‘Come on, let’s go ahead and pick the guy.’ And I said, ‘Joe, we have time. They give you five minutes.’ He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel. I was willing to be patient”
[Charania] Sources: New York is trading No. 24 to the Los Angeles Lakers for No. 25.
Kyrie Pulls Up To His Biggest Fans House Today in Shanghai
Yaxel Lendeborg on playing with Stephen Curry: “It’s a full-circle moment for me. In 2016, I’m a big Kyrie guy, so I used to hate Steph Curry.”
Wemby At The Louis Vuitton SS27 Show in Paris Today
[Charania] Sources: New York traded No. 25 pick Sergio De Larrea to the Dallas Mavericks for No. 30 Koa Peat and two second-round picks. And then the Knicks traded Peat to the Phoenix Suns for three-rounders and cash. So Knicks move out of the first round — pick up 3 seconds and cash.
The NBA Draft should be incredible TV. Instead, the league keeps botching it.
[Highlight] Warriors General Manager Mike Dunleavy and owner Joe Lacob visibly disagree on what to do with the 11th overall pick.
[KUTV2news] Darryn Peterson: “I think me and Keyonte are going to be one of the best backcourts in the NBA…and what fans should know about me? I’m a cool guy, approachable. Want a pic or autograph or anything just come say what’s up!”
Cade Cunningham gets trolled on Instagram live before draft night
[2026 NBA Draft] #1 Pick: AJ Dybantsa (BYU)
[All-Access] Anicet Dybantsa Jr. is selected 1st overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2026 NBA Draft.
[ESPN] Cameron Boozer: “Many years down the line, people are gonna look back and say I should’ve been [the No. 1 pick].”
Adam Silver Messes Up 22nd Draft Pick Announcement: “The Philadelphia 70 Selectors”
Blake Griffin Interviewing Rookie Steph Curry
The Kings have completed the Pokémon evolution PG arc by drafting Darius Acuff Jr.
[Kenney] Becky Hammon on Jalen Brunson: “Jalen, all he did was prove history wrong, he proves he’s an outlier, so you can put his name next to Steph Curry and Isaiah Thomas…He was that 1A dude, but like, apologize, I’m never gonna apologize for having an opinion, that’s what ESPN pays me for.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo walk out of the tunnel for the first time as teammates:
[Charania] Memphis, like the Knicks at No. 31, is actively fielding offers to move the No. 32 pick for Night 2 of the draft, per sources. So picks 31 and 32 are up for auction in trades around the NBA – with future assets being proposed.
Yaxel Lendeborg on the hypothetical of Draymond Green giving him the number 23 jersey in exchange for wearing Michigan State gear every day: “Nah. I’m not doing it, man. I hate those guys.”
Who else is excited for the Adam Silver gimmick of starting all NBA related events 30 minutes late.
How on earth did the draft become so unwatchable
Vecenie during his live draft show: “The Knicks did trade 24 for 25 straight up. The Lakers just move up one spot for free. Charania said the Knicks are trying to trade 25 as well. So I think they probably ran out of time and [said to the Lakers], ‘Do you guys want to go? We’ll let you move up.’”
[All-Access] “It was meant to be, bro!” Cameron Boozer meets his new Memphis Grizzlies teammate Cedric Coward.
My brother joined me to watch the NBA draft for the first time and I wanted to share some things I thought he said was funny.
Caleb Wilson On Being Drafted By The Chicago Bulls: “I wanna be better than Mike”
[Kenney] Becky Hammon opens her pregame press conference by clearing the air: “I was wrong. … My opinion was wrong.”
Jalen Brunson to release children’s book: ‘I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can show kids who might not be the tallest or the fastest, that they, too, have greatness in them.’
[All-Access] Caleb Wilson is selected 4th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2026 NBA Draft.
[Chris Mannix] “I spent some time this afternoon talking to different teams about what might the Celtics be interested in [for Jaylen Brown]. And the name in the team that came back to me a lot was Evan Mobley in the Cleveland Cavaliers.”
Josh Kroenke reaction to the Denver Nuggets trading the 26th pick
[Charania] Denver is trading No. 26 to the San Antonio Spurs for No. 35 and two future second round picks, sources said. The Spurs pick Tarris Reed Jr. at No. 26.
During the NBA Draft Show, Richard Jefferson takes shots at Jay Williams, bringing up his selection as the No. 2 overall pick in 2002 and the motorcycle accident that ultimately ended his career
After Securing their 1st championship in 53 years the New York Knicks lead the league in playoff wins and have the second best playoff record since Brunson joined the Knicks
[2026 NBA Draft] #12 Pick: Aday Mara (Michigan) – selected by Oklahoma City
[Charania] Another Grizzlies trade: Memphis is trading No. 17 to the Detroit Pistons to move back to No. 21 – for three second round picks.
Nikola Jokic Spotted in Serbian Training Facility Getting Shots Up Today
[Charania] Reaves was expected to receive free-agent interest from multiple teams - - such as Detroit – on maximum-level salary, so the Lakers stepped up on Wednesday to lock in their homegrown talent.
Darryn Peterson is from Canton and has several Akron connections, the city with the most disproportionately high amount of NBA talent from there (5 Hall of Famers + more)
[2026 NBA Draft] #3 Pick: Cameron Boozer (Duke)
Former Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg’s message to his college coach, new Dallas Mavericks head coach Dusty May: “Draft me. Please.”
[2026 NBA Draft] #11 Pick: Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan) – selected by Golden State