I sent a letter to every NBA team and asked if they could please send me any autographs or merchandise! Last year I had a goal to get an autograph from a player on every NFL team, so a few months ago I decided to try the same thing with the NBA by sending a handwritten letter to every team in the league.

The Brooklyn Nets may not have won the draft lottery, securing a chance to draft Duke star Cooper Flagg; however, there may be a silver lining for this franchis

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Emmett wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 2.2 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.

Looking at all five picks, the leader is Spanish wing Hugo Gonzalez with four mentions followed by Israeli point guard Ben Saraf and American power forwards Yaxel Lendebourg and Rasheer Fleming, with three each. Overall, more than a dozen players are linked to Brooklyn. So a lot of uncertainty.

The most likely answer won't excite fans. Brooklyn entered the offseason with hopes of landing a franchise-altering talent. They had two clear avenues to do so: spiking a top draft pick or cashing in their chips for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Nets head to Chicago with the sixth-best odds to win the lottery — a 9 percent chance of winning the right to select Cooper Flagg.

Joe and Clara Wu Tsai had just decided to get involved in pro sports as an investment. Sports had been part of their personal development, Joe played collegiate lacrosse at Yale and Clara was raised on the-hoop-happy campus of the University of Kansas during the Danny Manning era.

If Jonathan Kuminga remains one of the Brooklyn Nets' targets in free agency this summer, there's a chance his price is beginning to increase. The Nets and GM