7 men’s basketball programs who won big from the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline

Stephen Curry is one of the best, most well-respected, and most popular players in the NBA, but his quick rise in the league reportedly rubbed some of his peers the wrong way. In 2017, Marcus Thompson of The Athletic, author of the book “Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry,” explained to “The Big Lead with Jason McIntyre” that Curry is not all that popular with some of the league’s biggest stars, including LeBron James. “There’s this thing there with he and LeBron that’s a little weird,” Thompson said. According to Thompson, James and Curry were close from Curry’s days at Davidson to his early years in the league. Thompson said James was “like a mentor” to Curry, but as Curry’s game improved,

Gonzaga and Baylor are locks. Michigan and Illinois are in position for the others, but if they falter in the Big Ten tournament things could get interesting.