A Swift Read By: Weston Swift

 BY: Weston Swift  The 2021 NBA Draft has been touted as a 5 person draft for basically the entire year, now since the combine it has moved really into a 4 person draft, with Scottie Barnes replacing Jonathan Kuminga on most draft boards as the 5th guy after showing off in Chicago at the combine. With the draft coming up this Thursday July 29, I've put together a mock draft of the teams in the lottery.  1. Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham PG/SG OK. State This isn't a mystery a 6'8 multi-positional guard who can facilitate or score, Cade has been dubbed the #1 pick basically since he got to Ok. State and has hit every milestone you'd want to feel comfortable. He's not a LeBron or Zion type guy, but a multi-time All-NBA type guy is almost a lock for futures bet in Vegas. There is a lot of rumors regarding this pick, if someone like the Rockets or the Thunder will make the godfather offer to Detroit, but for now this is a lock. 2. Houston Rockets: Evan Mobley PF/C USC ...

 BY: Weston Swift Now the Bucks have officially won the finals and lifted the Larry O'Brien trophy, I figured this was a good time to rank the top 5 trades that almost happened this season. These were all heavily rumored with tons of sources to back these talks up. Some say they came down to including one final player or pick. All I know is these would've made this year so much more fun, but the good news is the NBA always wins the offseason media cycle so we can only wait to see what major moves happen very soon.  1. Ben Simmons to the Rockets  2. James Harden to the 76ers I am treating this as the top two options, this might be cheating but I really don't care. The fact this trade probably should've happened is crazy to think about, I mean it almost makes to much sense for it not to have happened. Daryl Morey could've gotten his favorite player for his new team, while off loading what I like to call him the "dilemma" Ben Simmons. Some say it came down to...