Lamelo Ball is reportedly struggling during his pre-draft interviews, sources told Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer.

"Here is what I’m hearing from the league at large: LaMelo Ball is not performing very well at job interviews. I’ve heard that from multiple sources. He is not improving his perception via job interview. 

"There are people drafting later in the top ten who were not preparing for the possibility of Ball still being around ... there are teams later in the top ten who are doing more research on him," said Bonnell on Sports Radio WFNZ (h/t Pro Basketball Talk).

Ball met with the Wolves on Tuesday, and will interview with the Warriors next week. 

NBA teams have largely moved away selling first round picks over the past decade as the league's financials have improved across the board since the 2011 CBA that made the revenue split for favorable for owners and also the spike in revenues from far larger national television contracts. 

The Denver Nuggets were the last team to sell a first round pick when in 2013 they sold the pick that would become Rudy Gobert to the Utah Jazz.

With the league's revenues down due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, selling draft picks could be an easy way for financially tenuous teams to generate instant revenue and is something teams are monitoring heading into the November 18th draft. 

"People are interested to see how the draft unfolds this year in a pandemic where a lot of teams are losing money," said Zach Lowe on his podcast. "Like, will some teams sell draft picks? I don't think we'll see a first round pick sold. The fallout from that is so negative with your fanbase. But I do think we'll see teams at the bottom of the first round try to trade for future first rounders to get out of the obligation now, but not sell, sell. Second rounders thought they'll sell."

The Minnesota Timberwolves met with LaMelo Ball in Southern California on Tuesday.

The Wolves own the top overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft.

Gersson Rosas and Ryan Saunders attended the meeting, which was the first one Ball has conducted. 

Ball is scheduled to interview with the Golden State Warriors next week and is also expected interview with the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls. There currently is no expectation that Ball will meet with the New York Knicks, who currently own the No. 8 pick.

Ball didn't workout for the Wolves and his last competitive game was on November 30, 2019.

The Charlotte Hornets draft third overall and would like to select James Wiseman and would consider trading up for him.

Both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors are open to trading down from No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. The Hornets could offer the 32nd overall pick and future selections. 

Cody Zeller is the only center on Charlotte's roster signed for 20-21 as he enters the final season of his four-year, $56 million deal.

Anthony Edwards is considered the backup plan if Wiseman isn't available to the Hornets.

The Atlanta Hawks enter the offseason with cap space, the No. 6 pick and a mission to reach the playoffs in 2021. According to multiple sources, the Hawks are shopping their first round pick to immediately improve their team.

Trae Young is entering his third NBA season and Atlanta needs additional shot creation around him.

Travis Schlenk was hired by the Hawks to run their front office in 2017 and have yet to make the playoffs during his tenure as they have rebuilt via the draft.

The Detroit Pistons are interested in selecting a playmaker in the draft at No. 7, according to multiple sources.

The 2020 draft has several playmakers in LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Haliburton and Killian Hayes.

Detroit agreed to a buyout with Reggie Jackson and the deadline and could trade Derrick Rose this offseason.

The Chicago Bulls are likely targeting a lead playmaker in the draft, sources tell Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer.

O'Connor has LaMelo Ball falling to the Bulls at No. 4 in his latest mock draft.

The Bulls currently have Zach LaVine and Coby White in the backcourt. 

Ball is 6'7 with a 6'10 wingspan, which gives him versatility defending multiple positions.

The Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets are believed to prefer James Wiseman.

The Warriors select No. 2 with the Hornets at No. 3, which means Charlotte could need to trade up with either the Minnesota Timberwolves or Golden State to select him.

Kevin O'Connor suggests the cost of moving up could be similar to when the Philadelphia 76ers traded No. 3 and a future first from the Sacramento Kings to the Boston Celtics for No. 1, which became the Markelle Fultz for Jayson Tatum trade.

Wiseman entered the draft season as the top rated prospect but he played in just three games at Memphis.

The New York Knicks are reportedly in regular contact with people around Devin Vassell and are collecting "a ton" on the Florida State sophomore, according to teams monitoring Vassell's situation.

Vassell averaged 12.7 points and 5.1 rebounds last season.

He is currently ranked No. 11 in ESPN's Best Available, with the Knicks having the eighth pick in the upcoming draft.

In regards to a video posted recently showing Vassell's shooting form, Florida State assistant CY Young said that the player has not altered his shot.

“Because he’s shooting from so far back, he’s sling-shotting it from over his head. Because it’s way deep. It was a (mess around) half-court shot. He always had kind of a high release but he hasn’t changed his shot. He doesn’t bring it back that far. He has not changed his shot at all," said Young.

Vassell shot over 41% from 3 in his college career.

The University of Arizona have been served with nine allegations of misconduct with five of them being Level I allegations.

Arizona has also been charged with lack of institutional control and failure to monitor, and Wildcats coach Sean Miller has been charged with lack of head coach control.

Arizona is the eighth university to publicly acknowledge receiving an NCAA notice of allegations related to information obtained from a federal investigation into bribes and other misconduct in college basketball, joining Kansas, Louisville, NC State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, TCU and USC.