The Bulls, Knicks, Warriors and Thunder won their first round series, but fell short of reaching the NBA's Final Four. Each team faces a pivotal offseason with many decisions to consider. Read More. Written by Daniel Leroux on May 21, 2013
The event gives front offices the opportunity to evaluate D-League players with the possibility of offering Summer League or training camp invites. Read More.
Tyus Jones, the No. 2 overall recruit for 2014 and an excellent point guard, was selected by Paul Biancardi, Adam Finkelstein and John Stovall. Read More.
Duke released a video detailing Kyrie Irving’s rehab regimen.
There is no timetable for Irving's return, but Duke physical therapist Nick Potter says the healing process is going as quickly as could be expected.
"The overall progress is that he's doing fairly well," Potter said. "We knew from the beginning it's a long, gradual process. He's actually right where we expected him to be, if not maybe a step ahead.
"There's still a long way to go, but his body is responding as we hoped it would."
Byron Scott was very pleased with general manager Chris Grant's ability to acquire an unprotected lottery pick from the Clippers ahead of the deadline.
Scott went so far as to hug Grant.
"I told him he did an unbelievable job," Scott said.
The trade of Mo Williams and Jamario Moon for Baron Davis and the pick was Grant's first major move as general manager.
"I think he answered a whole lot of questions," Scott said. "We all felt he was definitely the right man for the job. The man knows what he's doing. He didn't panic. He wanted to stand pat and make sure we did the right thing."
"I feel great about our situation," Grant said. "We have the tools and resources to put ourselves in a position to do things the right way. From our standpoint, this is one of the best opportunities to be in."
The Cavaliers will also have their own draft pick, which is almost guaranteed to be a top-four selection.
"The draft is pretty important, I think, in all sports. It's not often you have a team that has multiple picks that are unprotected picks in the top 10 in the same year."
Nikola Vucevic scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead USC to a 65-57 win against 10th-ranked Arizona.
The performance had two rows of NBA scouts scribbling notes and nodding with approval.
"The game is easy for him," one scout told CBS Sports.
Vucevic is averaging 19.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in Pac-10 games while shooting 53.6 percent from the field and 39.5 percent from 3-point range. He's scored at least 25 points four different times.
Texas coach Rick Barnes implemented Utah’s flex offense over the offseason, and perhaps no one has been benefited more than Jordan Hamilton.
Hamilton is averaging team highs in points (18.7) and rebounds (7.6), but more important, he is scoring in more varied ways than ever before.
From ESPN via Synergy Sports Technology, 20.5 percent of his Hamilton’s shots come off of screens or post-up moves, a 15.4 percent bump over the year prior, and he has improved his points per possession on nearly every type of play.
Perry Jones is a candidate for Big 12 Freshman of the Year and a sure-fire lottery pick should he decide to enter the draft, but his passivity has hampered his production.
“I haven’t been the type of player to just sit there and take shots when my team needed me to,” said Jones, who averaged 16.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 blocks as a high school senior. “I’ve always been a very passive player.”
Baylor Coach Scott Drew has been trying to change that, and there’s no doubt he’s made progress toward that end.
“Defenses have done a good job in adjusting to him and trying to limit him,” Drew said. “He’s also had an opportunity to now work on facing double-teams and different things like that, which he’s getting better at.”
Where does Arizona star Derrick Williams rank among pro prospects? Right at the top, according to Steve Kerr.
Kerr said Williams was "not on the Kobe level" but would be a 20-point average NBA player.
"He’s probably a top five pick looking at this year’s draft, and it’s tough to pass up that kind of money," Kerr said. "But every player has to develop his own desires and needs. If money is an issue then he should come out. On the other hand, Sean Elliott stayed and Michael Jordan stayed until his junior year. Very rarely does it happen where a guy that highly thought of actually drops down but what did happen in the past was guys got better by staying and they had better pro careers. That's something they don’t think about.
"The only question is what position he’ll play," Kerr said. "A lot of people say he’s got to learn the three (small forward). I disagree. There’s a lot of smaller guys playing the four and he's versatile enough to handle the ball. So if you play him at the four, he can cause problems for people and he's so good around the basket."
Charles Jenkins is one of the elite scorers in college basketball, but has received only a fraction of the attention devoted to Jimmer Fredette and Kemba Walker.
From Draft Express via Synergy Sports Technology, Jenkins ranks as the second most efficient isolation scorer in college basketball, converting on 50 percent of his isolation possessions. Jenkins also excels in pick-and-roll situations and as a spot-up shooter.
Jenkins currently trails only Kyrie Irving in both True Shooting Percentage, and Effective Field Goal Percentage