None of the reporters are following the rules at the NBA Draft

If there’s one thing we’ve learned during the 2018 NBA Draft, it’s that the top NBA reporters are complete scofflaws.

The NBA reportedly asked reporters not to tell their audience in advance which player each team will draft with its respective draft pick. The only problem is that the reporters really have not followed that rule at all.

Sources: Phoenix (Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton) and Sacramento (Duke’s Marvin Bagley III) have locked in on the NBA Draft’s Nos. 1 and 2 picks.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 21, 2018

What’s even better about this phenomenon is that ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski technically isn’t saying who each team is going to pick in advance. He’s just saying who they’re “zeroed in on” or “focused on” or who they would “prefer.”

Source: Boston is tantalized by Robert Williams with the 27th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Source: Utah Jazz have no plans to pass on Grayson Allen with the 21st pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Source: The Lakers are unlikely to resist Mo Wagner with the 25th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Sources: Sixers are targeting Villanova's Mikal Bridges with No. 10.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Source: Cleveland prefers Collin Sexton with the No. 8 pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Orlando is focused on selecting Texas center Mo Bamba with the sixth pick, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2018

Memphis is locked in on selecting Jaren Jackson Jr., league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2018

That’s a bold move by Woj.

Thankfully for him, some people even helped him out by giving him some extra synonyms that he might not have thought of.

.@wojespn pic.twitter.com/SueCcnIjgg

— Brendon Kleen (@BrendonKleen14) June 22, 2018

The internet is undefeated.

when you are Woj pic.twitter.com/d3csYPkulO

— Micah Peters (@micahpeters_) June 22, 2018

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