Remember when the NBA didn’t televise the All-Star draft, defeating the best purpose of an All-Star draft?
The league committed a similar own goal with the new Rising Stars draft.
Even with the star power of NBA legends Isiah Thomas, Rick Barry, Gary Payton and James Worthy selecting from the 28-player pool, the Rising Stars draft wasn’t televised. Initially, the league announced only the four rosters in alphabetical order.
But, unlike that first All-Star draft, at least the NBA eventually revealed the full draft results.