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Kiper picks winners, losers and value picks from Round 1: Which teams fared well?

Mel Kiper Jr. makes sense of the first round of the NFL draft, which featured a couple of shocking picks and five trades.

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2024 NFL draft: Pros and cons for every first-round pick

Rationale and biggest questions for every pick in Thursday's first round.

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West 1st Round - Game 3DEN leads series 3-0

Jokic buries the and-1 putback over LeBron as Nuggets win Game 3, lead series 3-0

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Aaron Gordon flushes home reverse slam for Nuggets

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Jokic, KCP play hot potato for Nuggets 3-pointer

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LeBron throws down a thunderous fast-break slam

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AD rocks the rim with posterzing dunk

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    TRACKING EVERY PICK AND TRADE

    Grading big NFL draft trades: Are Vikings giving up too much in their trade-ups?

    The Vikings got their QB for good value, but did they give up too much to grab Dallas Turner? We graded the trades.

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    NFL draft trade tracker: Every deal involving a pick or veteran player

    We're chronicling every trade that affected this draft, including the Chiefs moving up for wide receiver Xavier Worthy.

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    QB OF THE FUTURE

    J.J. McCarthy to SVP: I want to prove Kevin O'Connell, Vikings right

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    East 1st Round - Game 3NY leads series 2-1

    76ers top Knicks in Game 3 as Embiid drops 50

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    Embiid drops 50 points to set playoff career high in 76ers win

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    76ers, Knicks get chippy after flagrant foul on Embiid

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    Donte DiVincenzo takes flight for electric slam

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    Embiid is going to 'keep fighting' despite case of Bell's palsy

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    Denied! Batum rejects Hartenstein's shot with huge block

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    Jalen Brunson lays out for ridiculous and-1

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      TOP PLAYS FROM CAVS-MAGIC GAME 3

      Suggs, Banchero lead Magic's 38-point blowout of Cavs in Game 3

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      Showtime! Jalen Suggs steal sets up an epic windmill slam

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      NBA PLAYOFFS

      THURSDAY'S GAMES

      BELICHICK BREAKS DOWN THE DRAFT

      Belichick critical of Drake Maye after Patriots selection

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      Belichick skeptical of Falcons selecting Michael Penix Jr.

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      QBS DOMINATE THE DRAFT

      Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye fuel QB takeover of Round 1

      Here's what we know about how Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and other first-round QBs will fit in.

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      Williams, Daniels, Penix join NFL's first-round Black QB fraternity

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