The Rush: LaMelo Ball believes he was born to be the first pick in tonight’s NBA Draft

LaMelo Ball feels he was born to be the first pick in tonight’s NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks go all out to give Giannis Antetokounmpo enough reasons to sign long-term, James Harden suggests that many recent stories about the Houston Rockets are lies, and Barack Obama reveals why he couldn’t cut it as his daughter’s youth basketball coach. PLUS: James Harden proves a cap isn’t just a cap, Tillman Fertitta shoulda stuck to sports, and a sneak peek at the Ball Family Thanksgiving!

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- Melo! [INAUDIBLE]. Melo! [INAUDIBLE].

JARED QUAY: Tonight is the NBA draft. And unlike last year, when we all knew it was going to be Zion's night, who goes first this year is anyone's guess.

- Oh-- it could be anyone.

JARED QUAY: But not if you ask LaMelo Ball.

LAMELO BALL: Being the number one pick, I mean, definitely [INAUDIBLE] a lot, but I feel like I was born for it, so--

JARED QUAY: Well see. Yahoo Sports has him going third in our mock draft, which is still pretty good, but not as good as his brother, Lonzo, who went second overall. And you know that's coming up at the Ball Thanksgiving.

- One on one? I'm undefeated. Never lost.

JARED QUAY: No matter how the draft shakes out, one team's already looking pretty different. The Bucks sent pretty much everything they had to New Orleans for Jrue Holiday, then sent everything else they had to the Kings for Bogdan Bogdanovic. Two great trades if Giannis stays-- but if he doesn't, it might get ugly.

If you're wondering what the [BLEEP] that was, it was posted by James Harden yesterday, and it might be a subtle way of calling Cap Problem is, there's no way of telling what he's calling Cap about. Is it about the rumor that he only wants to play for the Nets? Or the rumor that he rejected a $50 million extension to stay in Houston? Or maybe the rumor that the Rockets have to rebuild because their owner donated to Donald Trump?

- Say what, now?

JARED QUAY: Oh, actually, that last one's more than a rumor. According to Bleacher Report, Harden and Westbrook both went out of Houston after the team owner donated to the president's losing campaign. And it turns out 45 ain't the only president to cause a shakeup on the court. In his memoir, former President Barack Obama talks about coaching his daughter's fourth grade basketball team-- until, that is, the parents on other teams complained that his team was getting special treatment.

And I gotta say, I kind of side with the parents here. First of all, Barack brought in his aide, Reggie Love, to help out-- who used to play at this University called Duke. Maybe you heard of it? And second of all, you do not want to teach kids to be this nasty.

- Oh!

- Whoa!

- Walk off.

BARACK OBAMA: That's what I do. That's what I do!