Good morning. It’s time to start cramming for the NBA Draft.
That and more in Monday’s NBA newsletter.


Good morning. Happy NBA Draft Week! Let's basketball.
TRAILER: I have a major thing coming at SBNation.com/NBA on Monday. Here is your trailer.

I suggest you put on some pants and a tea kettle for this one.
AS THE SCREW THE TURNS: Dwyane Wade is having loads of fun twisting Pat Riley and the Heat in the wind. There’s a report he and the Lakers (the Lakers!) have mutual interest, plus Wade’s dad was caught wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers shirt! This is going to be so damn interesting.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY: Rodger Sherman had a very cool piece on collegiate coach-dads. Check it out. OF COURSE Riley Curry stole the show during an ESPN Sunday Conversation between legends Dell Curry, Mychal Thompson and their okay sons. (Here’s that excellent interview by Marc Stein, by the way.) And of course there was lots more Father’s Day action on NBA Player Twitter.
WAIT HOLD ON NOW WAIT A DAMN SECOND HERE: Is Phil Jackson really trying to say he meant to type “goink” in the tweet heard ‘round the world? And why is he letting us know it’s also a sexual technique? PHIL.
HAND DOWN BOOGIE DOWN: This kid nutmegged DeMarcus Cousins, scored a reverse layup on him and has the greatest flipping story to tell his classmates when the school year starts.
WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR: Nike has a LeBron-centric ad about ... losing in the Finals?
THE BEST, BAR NONE: Ricky O’Donnell tells us that Karl-Anthony Towns is the best propsect in the draft without question.
MORE LIKE RICH-ZINGIS: Scott Howard-Cooper on Latvian sensation Kristaps Porzingis.
WELL THAT’S NICE: Apparently Danny Ferry has been exonerated by some law firm of being racist? He’s still leaving the Hawks, so ... congratulations?
I’M GOING GOING BACK BACK TO CALI CALI (MAYBE MAYBE): Paul Pierce is apparently torn between staying with the Wizards or rejoining Doc in L.A.
PARTY IN OAKLAND: The Warriors held their parade on Friday. I think someone spiked Draymond Green’s Gatorade.
SPEAKING OF WHICH ... John Schuhmann makes the convincing data case that the Warriors were the best title team since the MJ era.
ESPN’S DRAFT PLANS: Richard Deitsch breaks down how ESPN will be attacking the draft on Thursday.
THAT’S SO JOEY: PBT reminds us that Joey Crawford once gave a technical so hard he broke his finger.
Happy Monday. See you next time.











