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.

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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…

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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…