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‘The Mismatch’: Possible NBA Return Scenarios, Draft Prospects Declaring, and More Mailbag Questions

Plus, basketball book and movie recommendations, potential rule changes, and more

By Chris Vernon and Kevin O'Connor
Auburn v Georgia Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images


We look to other countries’ professional basketball leagues and wonder whether the NBA can develop a model to return that works in the United States (0:42) before discussing a bevy of college players that have declared for the NBA draft in the time since basketball’s hiatus began (12:46). Then, we revisit some of the questions we didn’t get to from last Friday’s mailbag, including basketball book and movie recommendations, potential rule changes, and more (21:11).

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