By Bob Condor, Vice President of Yahoo Sports Media



The 2016 NBA Draft is days away. Are the Philadelphia 76ers going to draft Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram? What teams will look to move down or trade up in the draft? On Thursday, June 23, tune-in to Yahoo Sports first-ever live NBA Draft Show hosted by The Vertical’s Chris Mannix and Big 10 Coach of the Year Tom Crean of Indiana – with exclusive news breaking and reporting from Adrian Wojnarowski live at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, site of the draft.



Beginning at 7 p.m. ET live from the Yahoo studios in New York, Yahoo Sports’ The Vertical with Woj (WWW.THEVERTICAL.COM) will provide fans with breaking news on draft picks and trades, and exclusive interviews with newsmakers. Joining Mannix will be The Vertical’s front-office insider Bobby Marks – a 20-year NBA executive – to analyze the decisions made by each team, as well Mike Schmitz from DraftExpress to provide big board video analysis of college and international prospects. Crean, who has sent three lottery picks to the NBA Draft in the past four years, will provide expert player analysis in studio.



Throughout the draft, we’ll check in with Woj, The Vertical’s Shams Charania and DraftExpress’ Jonathan Givony as they gather exclusive information on picks and trades from front offices around the league. Givony leads DraftExpress, the world’s most authoritative source on NBA Draft information and video analysis. The Yahoo Sports live show will feature stories on the history of NBA fashion from The Vertical’s “White Mamba Minute” star Brian Scalabrine and this year’s rookie shoe endorsement deal as reported by The Vertical’s Nick DePaula.