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An anonymous West executive warns against drafting Darius Acuff Jr. by using Trae Young as a “lesson,” “I think there's never been a worse time to build around bad defensive guards. We see this time and time again — the flashiest offensive impact in the draft doesn't necessarily end up winning the most. It ends up being, you know, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday and Alex Caruso, go down the list... Trae Young was traded for basically nothing.” (Via @JeremyWoo )




My goodness I can't believe this is the life I get to live as a Jazz fan




Meanwhile, our schools cry “budget cuts”and are graduating legions of kids who can barely read and do simple math.

Besides Ace Bailey, do any of the young players who played the last several games have a future with the Jazz?

A “draft credit” system gained traction during a brainstorm session for NBA lottery reform, per @JakeLFischer “A real-life equivalent to the way waiver budgets work in Fantasy Football, which essentially would have meant bidding on incoming rookies like you would with the Monopoly money that gets thrown at free agents in the Fantasy realm.” (marcstein.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…)






The Washington Wizards have publicly apologized for last night's April Fools' joke involving them misleading a fan into thinking he made a half-court shot blindfolded. "our fans are our priority, and we continue to be committed to providing a positive experience at games."

George Washington University announced that next academic year, the estimated cost for returning students will be just over $98,000 per year. nbc4dc.com/bUubTwh

If you want to see exactly how chaotic the NBA's proposed 18-team flattened lottery could get, you can test it on this year's picks here: espnanalytics.com/nba-flat-lotte…

NEWS: ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned From @reidepstein and me: nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/…







