[The following scouting report is part of a series on potential 2023 draft prospects from Sports Business Classroom alumni.] Dariq Whitehead Frame: 6'7", 220 lbs Position: Forward Team: Duke Year: Freshman 2023 Draft Age: 18 Stats via sports-reference.com Offense Whitehead is a long-range sniper that hit 42.9 percent of his three-point attempts in his [Read More]
There are very rarely dull moments on the NBA calendar. Even during the months-long offseason, trades and free agency bring about their own intrigue, and the Summer of 2022 was no exception. With limited cap space around the league, teams turned to trades as their primary means of improving – or tearing down – [Read More]
The 2021-22 NBA season has seen the Western Conference lose its stranglehold as its dominant collection of teams. The East has 10 teams with winning records. The top four seeds have nearly identical records. Even the New York Knicks, who won't make the play-in tournament, would slot 9th in the West. Meanwhile, the Phoenix [Read More]
On Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks took part in battles against two of the Western Conference’s top teams. The Bucks took down the Utah Jazz, but the 76ers fell to Most Valuable Player-hopeful Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. And while one game usually has little impact on the playoff picture, that [Read More]
The NBA's February 10 trade deadline is one of the most exciting days of the year. Understanding the mechanics of a trade can be quite complex. As taught by Larry Coon at Sports Business Classroom, the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) presents teams with several roadblocks on the path to the perfect trade. Here, [Read More]
