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Saints among 5 teams without a first-round pick in 2023 NFL draft

The New Orleans Saints are among 5 teams without a first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft. Which other teams could be missing out in April?

The New Orleans Saints are among five teams without a first-round pick in the upcoming 2023 NFL draft. Which other teams are going to be missing out in April? Between trades (some ill-advised, others savvy) and, well, to quote Arrested Development’s George Bluth Sr., “some light treason,” multiple franchises will be spectators during the first round of this year’s draft.

Misery loves company, right? Though we’re guessing at least two teams are happy with how things have turned out after making bold moves. Let’s break down how the Saints, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers wound up in their respective position, and which teams own their picks instead:

76ers lose two second-round picks for free agency discussions involving PJ Tucker, Danuel House

Kyle Neubeck: The Sixers have been docked a second round pick in the 2023 and 2024 drafts as a result of the league’s tampering investigation. Source: Twitter @KyleNeubeck What’s the buzz on Twitter? Derek Bodner @ DerekBodnerNBA The NBA has …

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
The NBA has announced that the Philadelphia 76ers have lost second-round draft picks in 2023 and 2024 after the league finished investigations into the Sixers’ pursuits of PJ Tucker and Danuel House last summer in free agency. – 4:04 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NBA has rescinded Philadelphia’s second-round pick in each of the 2023 and 2024 drafts because an investigation found that the 76ers engaged in free agency discussions involving two players (P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, Jr.) prior to date when such discussions were permitted. – 4:04 PM
Jeff Zillgitt @JeffZillgitt
NBA takes away 76ers second-round picks in 2023 and 2024 for free agent discussions with P.J. Tucker and Danuel House prior to when free-agent discussions are permitted, per league. Sixers “fully cooperated with the investigation,” league said. – 4:03 PM
John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Sixers penalized seconds in 2023 and 2024 for jumping gun on free agency with P.J. Tucker and Danuel House. – 4:02 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
The NBA announces the 76ers have lost their 2023 and 2024 second round picks as a result of the investigation into the signings of Danuel House and PJ Tucker this summer. pic.twitter.com/Lb84geQ67L – 4:02 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
So . . . 76ers docked a second-round pick for early free-agency contact regarding P.J. Tucker. Also docked one for contact regarding with Danuel House. – 4:01 PM
Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Philadelphia led this one by 19 and now this game is tied at 72 in the 3Q. It’s been a rough 3Q with PJ Tucker picking up a slew of fouls in this quarter. #Sixers – 9:34 PM
Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Three offensive fouls for PJ Tucker in a short amount of time later, the game is tied – 9:33 PM
Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
The Bulls have stormed back to make this a game, but credit to Tobias Harris and PJ Tucker for making some big shots and giving Philly a 64-56 cushion at the half. Joel Embiid has 12 and 4 and Harris has 11. #Sixers – 9:10 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Sixers go to Shake Milton before Danuel House Jr. tonight in the rotation. – 8:33 PM
Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
PJ Tucker is such an underrated screen setter. He really gets in front of defenders and that allows his teammates to find open looks. Tucker set a screen to get Maxey open for 3 and then he goes down on the other end and strips Nikola Vuvevic. #Sixers – 8:20 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
#Sixers starters:
Tobias Harris
PJ Tucker
Joel Embiid
Tyrese Maxey
James Harden
#Bulls starters
D. DeRozan
P. Williams
N. Vucevic
Z. LaVine
A. Caruso – 7:58 PM
Austin Krell @NBAKrell
PJ Tucker just stepped on a foot on a roll to the rim and rolled his ankle. Staying in the game. – 8:51 PM
Doug Smith @SmithRaps
PJ Tucker being the starting centre for the Sixers is something.
Positionless basketball, indeed – 7:36 PM
Austin Krell @NBAKrell
The Sixers are hilariously +116.7 per 100 in 20 possessions with PJ Tucker at center thus far this season. – 7:06 PM

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NBA Communications: The following has been released by the NBA. IMGhttps://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1587172648127266817 -via Twitter / October 31, 2022
Rich Hoffman: One thing to watch from last night’s game: P.J. Tucker only got 20 minutes. Georges Niang, who was in a good rhythm, played the entire fourth. Doc Rivers: “With P.J., when we can get nights like that, we’ll take them.” Sixers will be cautious with Tucker’s minutes at times. -via Twitter @rich_hofmann / October 25, 2022
As the regular season approaches, House Jr. opened up on his role with the team and he discussed what he is expected to do out on the floor. “My role is just to be energy,” he told reporters in Cleveland. “Be the guy to make stuff happen. Make plays happen, make a shot, knock down a shot, get a rebound, pass the ball, set the play up, run the play, set the screen, whatever the team needs pretty much. I’m just here to give away myself. Like I said earlier, I’m not really worried about accolades. As long as we win, I feel like that’s my biggest accolade.” -via Sixers Wire / October 11, 2022

Jalen Brunson tampering investigation update

Stefan Bondy: This was weeks ago when I was making phone calls about this, so I don’t know how up to date this information is, but the league has been investigating and has been for a while. At least one member of the Knicks’ organization has had …

Stefan Bondy: This was weeks ago when I was making phone calls about this, so I don’t know how up to date this information is, but the league has been investigating and has been for a while. At least one member of the Knicks’ organization has had their cell phone confiscated. It could be more, but I know of at least one. I don’t know what the NBA has found. To me, it’s a big-time gray area. Are you going to tell a father that he can’t talk to his son about his future? If I were the Knicks, I would’ve had Brunson talk to the press and say something along those lines. I’ve heard in a worst-case scenario the Knicks will have to give up a draft pick should the league find that they did something egregious.

Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
A look at Knicks trade targets after not landing Donovan Mitchell. Plus, RJ Barrett’s extension, Jalen Brunson updates, the futures of Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, Cam Reddish, Tom Thibodeau, and more with @Stefan Bondy on the @Jorge Sierra podcast. hoopshype.com/lists/knicks-r… – 10:13 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
How many wins for this squad?
Jalen Brunson
Evan Fournier
RJ Barrett
Julius Randle
Mitchell Robinson
Bench:
Immanuel Quickly
Quentin Grimes
Obi Toppin
Isaiah Hartenstein
Cam Reddish pic.twitter.com/SB9HfFSb7c – 6:46 PM

Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
As Cuban simmers, Jason Kidd happy he helped Jalen Brunson get #Knicks payday #NBA nypost.com/2022/09/13/jas… – 5:54 PM
Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
#Knicks swingman RJ Barrett already jelling with Jalen Brunson: ‘Gravitate toward him’ #NBA nypost.com/2022/09/12/kni… – 9:30 PM

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Stefan Bondy: My sense is the Knicks are going to give this a try. They’re going to let Brunson be the point guard and have Barrett on the wing with Randle as a power forward next season and give it a go before they try to trade anybody in that group. I know people talk about trading Julius Randle so that Obi Toppin gets more of an opportunity. I don’t think that’s going to happen, certainly right away. -via HoopsHype / September 15, 2022
Kidd, a triple-double threat every time he took the court during his 19-season NBA career, which included seven seasons with the Nets and one with the Knicks, took satisfaction in Brunson’s deal. “The biggest thing is I’m happy he got paid,’’ Kidd said on the “All the Smoke’’ podcast. “He helped us. I know [Mavericks owner Mark] Cuban doesn’t like this, but I love when I can get a player get paid.’’ -via New York Post / September 14, 2022

The league will look into the Rick …

The league will look into the Rick Brunson connection. It will try to decipher how much, if any, contact occurred before the Knicks could legally speak to Jalen Brunson or his representatives about a contract, and it will look into who made that contact. News about the Knicks and Brunson coming to an agreement became public before teams were officially allowed to speak to free agents.

The whole league knew the Knicks were …

The whole league knew the Knicks were about to pursue Jalen Brunson when the Knicks hired his dad, so suspicions arise. The league will search for proof of why the hire happened and what the organization’s motives were. The NBA could collect email or text correspondences between necessary parties. Other elements will come into question. What is Rick Brunson’s salary, for example? And how does it stack up against other assistants around the league? The Knicks hired Rick away from a high school coaching job in New Jersey. He resigned from his assistant gig in Minnesota in 2018 after allegations of improper conduct toward women in the workplace.

Knicks could lose a first-round pick if they are found guilty of tampering in Jalen Brunson signing?

Fred Katz on potential Knicks’ tampering: Everyone assumes that the NBA’s go-to penalty for this is now just loss of a second-round pick, because that’s what happened in the Lonzo Ball sing-and-trade. And that’s what happened in the Kyle Lowry …

Fred Katz on potential Knicks’ tampering: Everyone assumes that the NBA’s go-to penalty for this is now just loss of a second-round pick, because that’s what happened in the Lonzo Ball sing-and-trade. And that’s what happened in the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade. And they just go ‘second-round pick’. And I know for sure that is not their blanket policy. That’s just what they decided in those moments and if they find evidence of tampering that they believe to be particularly egregious, they are down to go with a harsher penalty. But they have to find the evidence. It can’t just be like, ‘This is what we believed happened’. It has to be like evidence you can present in a courtroom and actually prove your point. … I think it could be a first-round pick… but I wasn’t explicitly told it could be a first.
Source: Apple Podcasts

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#Knicks being investigated by #NBA for tampering with Jalen Brunson nypost.com/2022/08/01/kni… via @nypostsports – 12:40 AM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
The NBA is investigating possible tampering charges involving the New York Knicks’ free agent pursuit and signing of former Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson, sources confirmed to ESPN. es.pn/3vvLNAi – 3:24 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA investigating Knicks for potential tampering in Jalen Brunson signing, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-i… – 12:13 PM
Steve Popper @StevePopper
As we noted in this story last month, the NBA, not the Mavericks, are responsible for an investigation: Mark Cuban on Jalen Brunson choosing Knicks: ‘No hard feelings’ newsday.com/sports/basketb… via @Newsday – 11:46 AM
Ian Begley @IanBegley
League sources confirm NBA is investigating Knicks over possible tampering in Jalen Brunson signing. Investigation will look into contact between Knicks and Brunson prior to free agency period. Investigation was first reported by Yahoo! Sports. – 11:20 AM
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
A @YahooSports story on the NBA launching an investigation into the New York Knicks for potential tampering violation centered on the signing of Jalen Brunson: sports.yahoo.com/sources-nba-to… – 11:16 AM

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Jalen Brunson is not going to change. The Knicks know exactly what they’re getting. And exactly what their new point guard will provide every day, regardless of his play or circumstances. “To me, they’re getting a great point guard, a great leader, a great person. A person that can score the ball, can run the team, and then most of all they’re getting a person that’s consistent everyday,” God Shammgod, who worked with Brunson the past three seasons as the Mavericks’ player development coach, told The Post. “They’re getting a person that’s an everyday person. And in life, not just basketball, to me there’s nothing more important than an everyday person. Everyday his energy is going to be the same, everyday he’s going to come with the right attitude, with the right hard work, and it might seem simple to people, but that’s hard. In life, not just in basketball, that’s hard in life, to get a person you know you can count everyday to be the same. -via New York Post / July 25, 2022

 

Knicks could lose a first-round pick if they are found guilty of tampering in Jalen Brunson signing?

Fred Katz on potential Knicks’ tampering: Everyone assumes that the NBA’s go-to penalty for this is now just loss of a second-round pick, because that’s what happened in the Lonzo Ball sing-and-trade. And that’s what happened in the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade. And they just go ‘second-round pick’. And I know for sure that is not their blanket policy. That’s just what they decided in those moments and if they find evidence of tampering that they believe to be particularly egregious, they are down to go with a harsher penalty. But they have to find the evidence. It can’t just be like, ‘This is what we believed happened’. It has to be like evidence you can present in a courtroom and actually prove your point. … I think it could be a first-round pick… but I wasn’t explicitly told it could be a first.

Now, if a team waits until 6 p.m. on …

Now, if a team waits until 6 p.m. on June 30 to contact potential free agents, it’s crashing a party that’s already over. This makes the league’s current stance on this type of tampering hard to pin down. At the moment, I’d describe the policy as “just don’t embarrass us.” If you want to wrap up free agency on June 27, that’s fine, but keep it on the down-low, please. Don’t spike the ball in our face by announcing a complicated sign-and-trade in the first four minutes of free agency. (Or days before it, in the bizarre case of Bogdan Bogdanović.) Nonetheless, the league’s stance in all three areas still appears to be evolving. Despite well-intentioned rules written on paper, there remains too much haziness in practice. 

Knicks could lose a first-round pick if they are found guilty of tampering in Jalen Brunson signing?

Fred Katz on potential Knicks’ tampering: Everyone assumes that the NBA’s go-to penalty for this is now just loss of a second-round pick, because that’s what happened in the Lonzo Ball sing-and-trade. And that’s what happened in the Kyle Lowry …

Fred Katz on potential Knicks’ tampering: Everyone assumes that the NBA’s go-to penalty for this is now just loss of a second-round pick, because that’s what happened in the Lonzo Ball sing-and-trade. And that’s what happened in the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade. And they just go ‘second-round pick’. And I know for sure that is not their blanket policy. That’s just what they decided in those moments and if they find evidence of tampering that they believe to be particularly egregious, they are down to go with a harsher penalty. But they have to find the evidence. It can’t just be like, ‘This is what we believed happened’. It has to be like evidence you can present in a courtroom and actually prove your point. … I think it could be a first-round pick… but I wasn’t explicitly told it could be a first.
Source: Apple Podcasts

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#Knicks being investigated by #NBA for tampering with Jalen Brunson nypost.com/2022/08/01/kni… via @nypostsports – 12:40 AM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
The NBA is investigating possible tampering charges involving the New York Knicks’ free agent pursuit and signing of former Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson, sources confirmed to ESPN. es.pn/3vvLNAi – 3:24 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA investigating Knicks for potential tampering in Jalen Brunson signing, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-i… – 12:13 PM
Steve Popper @StevePopper
As we noted in this story last month, the NBA, not the Mavericks, are responsible for an investigation: Mark Cuban on Jalen Brunson choosing Knicks: ‘No hard feelings’ newsday.com/sports/basketb… via @Newsday – 11:46 AM
Ian Begley @IanBegley
League sources confirm NBA is investigating Knicks over possible tampering in Jalen Brunson signing. Investigation will look into contact between Knicks and Brunson prior to free agency period. Investigation was first reported by Yahoo! Sports. – 11:20 AM
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
A @YahooSports story on the NBA launching an investigation into the New York Knicks for potential tampering violation centered on the signing of Jalen Brunson: sports.yahoo.com/sources-nba-to… – 11:16 AM

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Jalen Brunson is not going to change. The Knicks know exactly what they’re getting. And exactly what their new point guard will provide every day, regardless of his play or circumstances. “To me, they’re getting a great point guard, a great leader, a great person. A person that can score the ball, can run the team, and then most of all they’re getting a person that’s consistent everyday,” God Shammgod, who worked with Brunson the past three seasons as the Mavericks’ player development coach, told The Post. “They’re getting a person that’s an everyday person. And in life, not just basketball, to me there’s nothing more important than an everyday person. Everyday his energy is going to be the same, everyday he’s going to come with the right attitude, with the right hard work, and it might seem simple to people, but that’s hard. In life, not just in basketball, that’s hard in life, to get a person you know you can count everyday to be the same. -via New York Post / July 25, 2022