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The RTC Interview Series: One on One with NBADraftBlog’s Ed Isaacson

Walker Carey — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:01:04 +0000

Rush The Court is back with another edition of One on One: An Interview Series, which we will bring you periodically throughout the offseason. If you have any specific interview requests or want us to interview you, shoot us an email at rushthecourt@yahoo.com.

With the NBA Draft taking place Thursday night, we thought it would be a good idea to get some input from an expert. RTC Correspondent Walker Carey (@walkerRcarey) recently had the please of speaking with NBA Draft Analyst Ed Isaacson, the founder of NBADraftBlog.com. You can follow Isaacson on Twitter via @nbadraftblog.

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RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Rodney Hood

Bennet Hayes — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:01:45 +0000

The NBA Draft is scheduled for Thursday, June 26, in Brooklyn. As we have done for the last several years, RTC will provide comprehensive breakdowns of 20 collegians likely to hear their names called by Adam Silver at some point in the draft’s first round. We’ll start with prospects currently slated for the back half of the opening round, but as June progresses we will slowly work our way up and through the presumptive lottery selections. RTC National Columnist Bennet Hayes is tackling this series; you can find him on Twitter @HoopsTraveler.

Player Name: Rodney Hood

School: Duke

Height/Weight: 6’9”/210 lbs.

NBA Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward

Projected Draft Range: Mid First [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Adreian Payne

Bennet Hayes — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:01:46 +0000

Player Name: Adreian Payne

School: Michigan State

Height/Weight: 6’10”/240 lbs.

NBA Position: Power Forward

Projected Draft Range: Mid to [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Shabazz Napier

Bennet Hayes — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:01:52 +0000

Player Name: Shabazz Napier

School: Connecticut

Height/Weight: 5’11”/175 lbs.

NBA Position: Point Guard

Projected Draft Range: Mid to Late [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: T.J. Warren

Bennet Hayes — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:01:22 +0000

Player Name: T.J. Warren

School: North Carolina State

Height/Weight: 6’8”/220 lbs.

NBA Position: Small Forward

Projected Draft Range: Mid [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: P.J. Hairston

Bennet Hayes — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:01:54 +0000

Player Name: P.J. Hairston

School: North Carolina

Height/Weight: 6’5”/220 lbs.

NBA Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward

Projected Draft Range: Late [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Jerami Grant

Bennet Hayes — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:01:34 +0000

Player Name: Jerami Grant

School: Syracuse

Height/Weight: 6’8”/215 lbs.

NBA Position: Small Forward

Projected Draft Range: Mid-First Round

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Kyle Anderson

Bennet Hayes — Thu, 29 May 2014 17:01:07 +0000

Player Name: Kyle Anderson

School: UCLA

Height/Weight: 6’9”/230 lbs.

NBA Position: Point Guard/Small Forward

Projected Draft Range: Mid to [...]

Reported adidas Deal With Andrew Wiggins Sets Precedent Very High

David Harten — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:31:16 +0000

According to various media reports on Tuesday, adidas is already stocking up to make a play on current Kansas star Andrew Wiggins, with the shoe giant ready to the throw a 10-year, $140 to $180 million contract at him when he goes pro after this season. Wiggins is widely touted as the top prospect in the 2014 NBA Draft, so let’s move past any issues or claims of amateurism and instead look at the how and why of this supposed deal. Looking at the immediate future, when Wiggins is selected in the first round of the draft next June, he will get the guaranteed [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Nerlens Noel

BHayes — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:15:03 +0000

The NBA Draft is scheduled for Thursday, June 27, in Brooklyn. As we have done for the last several years, RTC will provide comprehensive breakdowns of a number of the top collegians most likely to hear his name called by David Stern in the first round on draft night. We’ll generally work backwards and work our way up into the lottery as June progresses. As an added bonus, we’ll also bring you a scouting take from NBADraft.net’s Aran Smith at the bottom of each player evaluation. This post was contributed by RTC’s Bennet Hayes. He can be found on Twitter @HoopsTraveler.

Player Name: Nerlens Noel

School: Kentucky

Height/Weight: 6’11”/205 [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Otto Porter

BHayes — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:09:33 +0000

Player Name: Otto Porter

School: Georgetown

Height/Weight: 6’9” [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Victor Oladipo

BHayes — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:59:11 +0000

Player Name: Victor Oladipo

School: Indiana

Height/Weight: 6’4”/215 [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Ben McLemore

BHayes — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:55:08 +0000

Player Name: Ben McLemore

School: Kansas

Height/Weight: 6’5”/190 [...]

The RTC Offseason Podcast: NBA Draft Edition

rtmsf — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:28:07 +0000

The RTC Podcast crew hopes that you’re all having a good early summer out there in America-land. With a little over 24 hours left until the 2013 NBA Draft goes down in Brooklyn, we decided to come in with our takes on the draft from the perspective of guys who have analyzed many of these players very closely for the last several years. To provide the usual duo with a third voice of reason, we invited RTC columnist Bennet Hayes (@hoopstraveler), who has been putting in yeoman’s work the last couple of weeks in profiling many of the top stars [...]

RTC NBA Draft Profiles: Trey Burke

BHayes — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:10:39 +0000

Player Name: Trey Burke

School: Michigan

Height/Weight: 6’1” [...]