#Sam Vecenie

As the Houston Rockets prepare to close out the calendar year and head into 2023, they do so with many questions. After 30 games, they seem destined for the NBA Draft Lottery and are entrenched in a rebuild. But how is their development going overall? What does the future hold for them? Will next year's incoming draft class provide the splash they…

Betting on the NBA Draft is different than a lot of other sporting events because it's all about information and not the bounce of a ball or the call of a ref. And we have plenty of information. The Athletic's Sam Vecenie and John Hollinger both have mock drafts. We also have a live blog running to keep up with the latest rumors and trades before…

Let me let you in behind the scenes here at SLC Dunk. A lot of us were fully on board with #TankNote and the Utah Jazz going for a high lottery pick with what is looking like an absolutely stacked draft class. It's not just Victor Wembanyama (and I'm very proud to say I spelled that right first try). Guys like Scoot Henderson and the Thompson twins…

The Orlando Magic are not one for setting hard and fast goals for their season. At least not publicly. They understand their team is still young and developing. They still need to get their first taste of winning and learn how to do that consistently. Publicly, this is the Magic's main goal. Jamahl Mosley has labeled it "leveling up" referring not…

This NBA Draft has seen one of the weirdest line movements in history for its biggest draft prop. Jabari Smith moved from a -600 favorite to a+150 underdog to a -1000 favorite again all in the span of about 12 hours. That -1000 line got as short as+115 (!) at around 1 p.m. ET at PointsBet. Then, the line moved curiously back to -150. (Keep…