Thirty-six hours. That's how long NBA teams have to figure out this draft. Most teams were up late on Tuesday poring over data, finalizing draft boards and prepping for Thursday.
As you can gather, teams are narrowing down their lists ... but few have made decisions about whom they'll draft. Here's the latest:
• We know the real intrigue of the draft begins at No. 2 with the Charlotte Bobcats. Their trade of Corey Maggette for Ben Gordon and a 2013 first-rounder from Detroit makes things a little easier if they keep the pick.
I think you can safely scratch Bradley Beal off the Bobcats' board. (His entire adviser team breathes a huge sigh of relief.) Ditto for Harrison Barnes (another huge exhale).
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is very much in the mix, but if the Bobcats keep the pick, it still sounds like Thomas Robinson has a slight edge.
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