The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals thanks to an excellent game from Brook Lopez. Shams Charania is offering the latest on Zion Williamson, Ja Morant visited New Orleans, Memphis, and New York while Gary Vaynerchuk is revealing his favorite NBA team.
Morant likely to be the No.2 pick
Former Murray State Racers point guard Ja Morant will likely be the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and he’s already met with the top three teams in the upcoming draft, New Orleans, Memphis and New York.
Murray State PG Ja Morant met Wednesday with the top three teams in next month’s NBA Draft — New Orleans, Memphis and New York, league sources tell ESPN. Grizzlies are focused on Morant at No. 2.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 16, 2019
Most productive players at the G League Combine
Dewan Huell, Terence Davis, and Tacko Fall are just some of the 13 players who were the most productive at the G League Combine.
With the first scrimmage of the NBA Combine about to tip in under an hour, here's a look at who were the most productive players at the G League Combine, which graduated 11 players to the NBA Combine (ten of whom are on this list) pic.twitter.com/L9toQelaPJ
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) May 16, 2019
Charania with an update on Zion
Zion Williamson is widely expected to be the No. 1 pick overall in the upcoming NBA Draft and he already met with the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies. The meeting with the Pelicans was a positive one, according to Shams Charania.
“As one source close to him told me, the best is yet to come.”
NBA Insider @ShamsCharania with the latest on Zion Williamson, who has met with New Orleans and Memphis.#NBADraft | #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/tlckgWyhSs
— Stadium (@Stadium) May 16, 2019
Vaynerchuk’s favorite NBA team
Popular entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk was answering questions from fans and gave an answer about his favorite NBA team.
@garyvee is answering your questions! Want to know what his favorite 🏀NBA team is? Watch the full video here: https://t.co/yidESqO0LW pic.twitter.com/CMiF2ZKflr
— 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) May 16, 2019
Lopez does it all in a win
The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Toronto Raptors in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals and Brook Lopez put together one of his best performances of the season, recording the NBA Playoffs career-high 29 points with 11 rebounds and four rejections.
29 PTS | 4 3PM | 11 REB | 4 BLK
Brook Lopez does it all, scoring a #NBAPlayoffs career-high in the @Bucks Game 1 home victory! #FearTheDeer
Game 2: Friday (5/17), 8:30pm/et, TNT pic.twitter.com/CTAEvkTpTc
— NBA (@NBA) May 16, 2019