A year ago, plenty of people spoke about the 2014 NBA Draft as one that could be an all-timer. Maybe it wouldn’t become the Jordan/Olajuwon/Barkley draft of 1984, and maybe not the Kobe/Ray ...

Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with ...

Russell Westbrook retiring in August made me think about this in a way I hadn’t really before, because once these old draft classes start losing the big names, suddenly the whole group disappears.

Among the most heralded prospects in league history, LeBron James was staying home as the top pick of the Cavs. The names that followed became megastars: Wade, Melo, and Bosh. The 2003 Draft brought ...