UPDATE, 2:40 PM: The first Round picks are all done and now the final numbers are in for last night’s NBA Draft – and it was three-pointers all round it seems. Up 15% from 2016 for the second most watched NBA Draft on ESPN after 2015’s event, last night’s b-ball future view drew 3.56 million viewers. PREVIOUSLY,9:20 AM…

The 2016 NBA Draft is underway, and the Philadelphia 76ers surprised no one by taking Ben Simmons. The 6-foot-10 LSU freshman from Australia will be the subject of a Showtime documentary film set to air in October. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers began the post-Kobe Bryant era by selecting Brandon Ingram with the…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema and LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment have acquired rights to an Elite Daily video featuring senior humor writer Connor Toole that went viral last year. They will shape a feature comedy from the video, in which the 6’10” Toole put on a suit, attended the 2015 NBA Dra…

It was a decisive night for Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves with the former being picked up by the latter as the first pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. Coming just over a week after the record-breaking 2015 NBA Finals ended, it was also a decisive night for ESPN. The Disney-owned sports network had the…

UPDATE, 3:30 PM: ESPN's exclusive coverage of the 2014 NBA draft on Thursday snagged an average of 3.451 million viewers, making it the most-watched NBA Draft across all networks since 1995 (3.626 million) and the most-watched NBA Draft ever on ESPN. The event, which began its telecast at 7 PM ET, came in 15% better…