Scott Van Pelt renews criticism of NBA Draft hat mismatches caused by trade rules
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Matt Yoder
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Scott Van Pelt continues his ongoing campaign against the NBA's practice of having draft picks wear hats of teams that have already traded those picks. Due to league rules, trades involving draft picks can't be finalized until the new league year starts in July, so players often end up wearing the wrong team's hat on draft night — even when everyone knows they'll be playing elsewhere. Van Pelt is determined to call attention to this absurdity.
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· 3 pulledScott Van Pelt is not giving up in one of the most important missions in sports – talking some sense into the NBA over players wearing the wrong hat on NBA Draft night.
This has been a thing for decades.
Because of league rules, any trade involving draft picks can't be finalized until the new league year starts in July.
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