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Old 06-13-2018, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jack72 View Post
How can any team give a player a draft promise? Seems like they would be asking for a lawsuit, even though the promise would be verbal. With only two rounds some player the Hornets love moves down to their spot, and forget about any promise.

I have never heard of such a thing except for the #1 pick.
There are reports of promises almost every year in the NBA. It's rarely confirmed, mostly rumors. Rumor is that Bulls promised Hutchinson from Boise State they will pick him at 22 this year. They want the player to cancel their other workouts.

There is nothing in writing and nothing actually holding the team to that promise. So, in my opinion, prospects would be better suited continuing their workouts.

There is also nothing saying the player/agent didn't put it out there to give teams ahead of that spot a reason to pick them.

The rumor last year was that Josh Jackson had a promise in the top 3. He went 4th. The rumor in 2015 was Cameron Payne had a promise from OKC at 14 - which turned out to be true.

Here is an article specific to the Grizzlies and some of the promises they have made over the years:

http://archive.commercialappeal.com/...383811151.html
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