Knicks, Pistons, and Hornets considered drafting Donovan Mitchell

By Dionysis Aravantinos

Donovan Mitchell has made his case for being the Rookie of the Year this season and it's safe to say that he has been the steal of the draft. 

He was picked at No. 13 by the Utah Jazz but new reports show that he could have been picked higher as the Knicks, Hornets, and Pistons were considering picking him. 

Tony Jones of the Salt Lake Tribune has the details:

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The knicks heavily discussed him at 8...charlotte considered him at 11, as well as Detroit at 12 https://twitter.com/fochesworld/status/970372408073846784 …

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None of these three teams have been great this season and coincidentally all are in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks drafted guard Frank Ntilikina who is considered as a two-way player, while the Hornets added shooting guard Malik Monk to their roster. Luke Kennard; another guard was picked by Detroit. None of the picks have worked as has Mitchell. 

So far, Donovan Mitchell is looking like he is going to be an NBA star, averaging 19.9 points per game, and so the teams who had the chance to draft him may regret their choices. 

Stephen Curry's Ridiculous Scoop Shot (video)

By Dionysis Aravantinos

On Friday (4/3), the Golden State Warriors visited Atlanta to take on the Hawks. The game ended 114-109 in favor of the defending champs led by Kevin Durant (28 pts) and Stephen Curry (28 pts). Prior to the game, however, Stephen Curry made an incredible - ridiculous scoop shot; a shot that the two-time MVP can only make. Sit back and enjoy it!

Pistol Pete Predicted His Own Death Back In 1974

By Dionysis Aravantinos

Back in 1974, Pete Maravich in an interview with the Beaver County Times, said: “I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40.” Well, in Maravich’s 10th season, he died of a heart attack in a pick-up basketball game. The heart conditions he had apparently, were unknown, which makes this story even freakier.

“That’s a little scary,” reporter Andy Nuzzo said, who had interviewed Maravich when he played for the Atlanta Hawks. “The story was laying on my desk when I got to work (Wednesday). I read it, and read it and read it and read it. I couldn’t believe it. Everything matched.”

Maravich had only been playing basketball for four years and he was saying he didn’t need basketball, that he could do something else. Maravich collapsed and died while playing a pickup game in Pasadena. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office reported that Maravich died from an undetermined kind of heart disease.