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With WNBA rosters capped at 11, teams can't afford to carry their own Jeremy Lins, young players who could become stars.

Once upon a time a mother cried when a doctor said her 4-year-old daughter would grow up to be 6 feet, 5 inches tall. Tina Charles only made it to 6-4, but has surpassed every other expectation on the basketball court.

Former Milwaukee Bucks assistant Mike Thibault was hired to coach the WNBA's Connecticut Sun on Friday.

Anthony Davis is clearly the No. 1 choice for NBA teams, but at No. 2, things get decidedly more intriguing. Chad Ford examines who each team would target in the 2-hole.

Blog | Conversation | February 03, 2012

A couple great college hoops games, another UConn women's rout and Rafael Nadal's Australian Open debut gave us something to talk About Last Night.

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?? Everyone's talking about the start of the NFL playoffs, but if your team failed to qualify and you just can't bear to watch, there's plenty more on the docket to keep you busy all weekend.

Trades, surprising picks, sleepers -- we're hearing all kinds of rumors about the 2010 NBA draft. Chad Ford reports on a wide array of news: the jumbled lottery picture, college stars ready to make noise in the second round and trades in the works.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2010

Talent can obscure perspective in the NBA draft, and a number of impressive prospects are flying very large red flags. With that in mind, Ryen Russillo examines the 10 most likely busts in the upcoming draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 12, 2010

Organizational strategy plays a large role in the draft, and more and more teams are using advanced metrics to guide their selections. Chad Ford gets access to three teams' metric-based top-10 lists and unveils those rankings, in addition to other notes.

Blog | Conversation | June 08, 2010

After talking to sources around the league, Chad Ford sees 23 prospects who are locks for the first round of the NBA draft. But what about those final seven spots? There are roughly 20 players in the mix. Ford identifies them and breaks down their games.

Blog | Conversation | May 31, 2010

After attending the Nike Hoop Summit, Chad Ford breaks down some of the most promising 2011 draft prospects, including presumptive No. 1 overall pick, Harrison Barnes, a host of young European players and some of the other top high school seniors.

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2010

For all the talk about how NCAA tournament play affects draft status, evidence shows it to be a minor factor, at best.

Story | Conversation | March 30, 2009