Week In Review 5/15/16-5/21/16

The Sixers landed the top overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft lottery, having had a 25% chance of the ping-pong balls dropping in their favor. Philadelphia will have its choice of the consensus top-two of former LSU combo forward Ben Simmons and former Duke small forward Brandon Ingram. While snagging the top pick in June is certainly a boon, the excitement of the night should be tempered by the fact that no team with the No. 1 overall pick has won the NBA title within two years of making that pick since the Spurs took home the championship in 1999 after drafting Tim Duncan in 1997. Also notable from the lottery results is that the Lakers will retain their 2016 first-rounder, with Philadelphia being set to take it if the pick fell out of the top three.

Here’s more from the week that was:

NBA Draft News

Withdrawals

• NC State sophomore power forward Abdul-Malik Abu.
• New Mexico State junior point guard Ian Baker.
• North Carolina sophomore forward Justin Jackson.
• Memphis freshman small forward Dedric Lawson.
• Utah State junior small forward Jalen Moore.
• Rutgers freshman point guard Corey Sanders.
• Ohio State sophomore center Trevor Thompson.

Workouts

• Abdul-Malik Abu: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Josh Adams: Worked out for the Warriors.
• Ryan Arcidiacono: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Ron Baker: Worked out for Nuggets and Bucks.
• Wade Baldwin: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Anthony Barber: Worked out for the Pacers, Nuggets and Bucks.
• Anthony Beane: Worked out for Jazz.
• DeAndre’ Bembry: Worked out for the Sixers, Celtics and Raptors.
• Ben Bentil: Has a workout scheduled with the Pacers.
• Jaron Blossomgame: Worked out for the Clippers and Sixers.
• Trevon Bluiett: Worked out for the Lakers and Celtics.
• Jaylen Bond: Worked out for the Sixers.
• Joel Bolomboy: Worked out for the Bucks.
• Nathan Boothe: Worked out for the Jazz, Nets and Pistons.
• Amida Brimah: Worked out for the Wolves.
• Malcolm Brogdon: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Mike Bryso: Worked out for Kings.
• Trahson Burrell: Worked out for the Bucks.
• Robert Carter: Worked out for the Clippers and Nuggets.
• Matt Costello: Worked out for the Pacers and Nets.
• Isaiah Cousins: Worked out for the Pacers. He has workouts scheduled with the Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets, and Suns.
• Vince Edwards: Worked out for Jazz.
• A.J. English: Worked out for the Pelicans and Bucks.
• Nick Faust: Worked out for the Warriors.
• Dorian Finney-Smith: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Bryn Forbes: Worked out for the Wolves.
• Quincy Ford: Worked out for Jazz.
• Michael Gbinije: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Brannen Greene: Worked out for the Warriors and Kings.
• Josh Hagins: Worked out for Kings.
• Josh Hart: Worked out for the Sixers and Celtics.
• Nigel Hayes: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Max Hooper: Worked out for the Warriors and Kings.
• Tonye Jekiri: Worked out for the Wolves.
  
• Melvin Johnson: Worked out for Sixers. He has workouts scheduled with the Cavaliers, Nets, and Celtics.
• Nikola Jovanovic: Worked out for Suns and Nuggets.
• Jake Layman: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Shawn Long: Worked out for the Sixers. He has upcoming workouts scheduled with the Celtics, Bucks, Nuggets, Rockets and Mavericks.
  
• Thon Maker: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Patrick McCaw: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Sheldon McClellan: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Codi Miller-McIntyre: Worked out for Suns.
• Abdel Nader: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Alec Peters: Worked out for Nuggets.
• Malik Pope: Worked out for the Celtics and Jazz.
• Taurean Prince: Worked out for the Celtics and Sixers.
• Zhou Qi: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Tim Quarterman: Worked out for Bucks.
  
• Angel Rodriguez: Worked out for the Wolves.
  
• Josh Scott: Worked out for Nuggets.
• Adam Smith: Worked out for Suns.
• Caleb Swanigan: Worked out for Suns.
• Kaleb Tarczewski: Worked out for the Pacers and Cavaliers.
• Isaiah Taylor: Worked out for the Clippers.
• Ethan Telfair: Worked out for Jazz.
• Matt Tiby: Worked out for the Bucks.
• Melo Trimble: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Jarrod Uthoff: Worked out for Jazz.
• Fred VanVleet: Worked out for the Warriors and Sixers.
• David Walker: Worked out for the Warriors and Jazz.
• Tyrone Wallace: Worked out for the Pacers.
• Jameel Warney: Worked out for the Bucks.
• Wes Washpun: Worked out for the Grizzlies.
• James Webb III: Worked out for the Celtics.
• Isaiah Whitehead: Worked out for the Sixers.
• Devin Williams: Worked out for Bucks.
• Troy Williams: Worked out for the Pacers and Wolves.
• Gabe York: Worked out for Kings.

Miscellaneous News

• Karl-Anthony Towns was officially named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year for the 2015/16 season in a unanimous vote.
• The Magic hired Frank Vogel as head coach.
• The Knicks formally offered their head coaching slot to Jeff Hornacek.
• The Pacers hired Nate McMillan as their new head coach.
• The Blazers signed coach Terry Stotts to a three-year contract extension.
• Celtics center Kelly Olynyk underwent successful surgery to repair damage to his right shoulder.
• The Suns hired Trail Blazers assistant Jay Triano as associate head coach.
• Seth Curry and James Anderson  both reportedly opted out of their contracts with the Kings for next season.
• The NBA announced the selections to the 2015/16 All-Rookie teams.