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Jalan McClendon (Charlotte, N.C./West Mecklenburg) has reached a decision. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound pocket passer, who had offers from East Carolina, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina and Wake Forest, has committed to North Carolina State...

Blog | May 15, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Recently adding offers from Louisville and West Virginia, ESPN Watch List wide receiver Trevion Thompson (Durham, N.C./Hillside) is now up to 18 offers and does not bat an eye when asked about his favorites. "It's still at a poi...

Blog | March 26, 2013

Jalan McClendon sees a lot of similarities in the two schools that have offered him a scholarship, North Carolina and Wake Forest. "They both run a spread offense," the junior quarterback from Charlotte (N.C.) West Mecklenburg said. "They both hav...

Blog | October 15, 2012

Joe Kaiser says both the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors might be good fits for enigmatic power forward Josh Smith.

Story | Conversation | September 19, 2012

Corazza: Teams could take a flyer on these free agents.

Story | Conversation | December 06, 2011

Where recruits will be for Midnight Madness

Story | Conversation | October 14, 2011

Mark it down: Just like every other year, this year's draft class will produce several players that will make teams regret passing on them. Ryen Russillo provides his top 10 sleepers for this year's draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 23, 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

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

Last season Tyler Hansbrough faced doubts about everything from his size to his athleticism, but after quelling them at the Chicago combine, he shot up the draft board. This season, there's another player making a big move after wowing GMs in Chicago.

Blog | Conversation | May 28, 2010

The biggest story of Day 1 at the Chicago combine was the number of no-shows. However, some prospects made strong impressions, a couple of highly regarded players had rough interviews with teams and an International Man of Mystery emerged.

Blog | Conversation | May 21, 2010

Chad Ford lists five more lessons he learned from observing workouts in Las Vegas, the second stop on his pre-draft tour. Among those who made it on Chad's radar: Stanley Robinson, Devin Ebanks, Dwayne Collins and Jeremy Lin.

Blog | Conversation | May 14, 2010

Chad Ford looks at all the underclassmen who declared for the 2010 NBA draft to see who should stay in the pool and who should return to college for another year.

Blog | Conversation | April 27, 2010

The report card is out, and Doug Gottlieb has the final grades for some of the best mid- and high majors and the schools from the top six conferences.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2010

Chad Ford looks at who helped and hurt their draft stock through four rounds of the NCAA tournament. Among the big risers are at least one player from each of the Final Four teams: Gordon Hayward, Durrell Summers, Nolan Smith and Da'Sean Butler.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2010

Every Monday and Friday Joe Lunardi rolls through ESPN Insider with his new-found "Tournament Odds" report, a gold mine of data on No. 1 seeds, the bubble and teams to watch (and avoid). Here's the edition for Feb. 26, 2010.

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2010