Wind Up Wednesday | Getting Ready for the NBA Draft | Episode 638

Lakers: End of an Era • WWE was a family run business, now its corporate and its kinda lost its way, but it's making $ • The Lakers were a family run organization, now it will become corporate, but it may find its way" Initial Thoughts • "This is a good move," one league source who has frequent interactions with the franchise said. "The Lakers can finally be run like a real business." • While the Lakers' identity centers around prestige and glamour, the team has operated in many ways under the Buss family like the biggest mom-and-pop shop in sports, with all the constraints that come with it. Bygone Era • What made the Lakers unique, in comparison to virtually every other NBA team, is that for the Buss family, there was no other family business. Or, more to the point, no significant additional revenue stream. Segment 2: NBA Draft Info • June 25: 2025 NBA Draft First Round (8 p.m. ET) • June 26: 2025 NBA Draft Second Round (8 p.m. ET) Consensus Picks (NBA.com) No. 1 (Mavericks): Cooper Flagg (10) No. 2 (Spurs): Dylan Harper (10) No. 3 (76ers): Ace Bailey (7) No. 4 (Hornets): VJ Edgecombe (8) No. 5 (Jazz): Tre Johnson (4) No. 6 (Wizards): Jeremiah Fears (3) No. 7 (Pelicans): Jeremiah Fears, Kon Knueppel (3) No. 8 (Nets): Jeremiah Fears (3) No. 9 (Raptors): Khaman Maluach (4) No. 10 (Rockets): Carter Bryant, Collin Murray-Boyles (3) No. 11 (Trail Blazers): Egor Demin, Derik Queen, Jase Richardson (2) No. 12 (Bulls): Derik Queen (2) No. 13 (Hawks): Carter Bryant, Jase Richardson (2) No. 14 (Spurs): None. All 10 mocks feature a different option. Who's in the Green Room? • The NBA Draft Green Room is a designated area where invited prospects, along with their families and agents, wait to be selected during the NBA draft. • It's a staging area where players sit with their entourage before their names are called by the Commissioner, according to ESPN. • The NBA typically surveys teams to identify players expected to be drafted in the first round to determine who receives an invitation. And also what is happening right now in the #wnba on your #sportspodcast with all your #sportsnews