The Golden State Warriors have won the 2022 NBA Finals, securing their fourth championship in seven years and silencing a lot of doubters. There’s no secret that the Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies developed a rivalry in the last season, but even after the season officially concluded, the exchanges are still going on.

The timeline begins with a tweet from Jaren Jackson Jr. on March 28 after the Grizzlies’ victory over Golden State. Jackson tweeted “Strength In Numbers” as a nod to the longtime slogan for the Warriors during their run of success over the last few years. Klay Thompson referenced this in his Game 6 postgame presser after the Warriors won the title saying, “Strength in numbers is alive and well.”

Thompson said during the post-game press conference, “There was this one player on the Grizzlies who tweeted ‘Strength in numbers’ after they beat us in the regular season, and it pissed me off so much. I can’t wait to retweet that thing. Freakin’ bum. I had to watch that. I’m just like, ‘This freakin’ clown.’

Ja Morant decided to add fire, promptly him to tweet out “got a lot of real estate,” seemingly amused by the fact that a team that the champions would even be concerned with a team they beat in the second round.

Draymond Green, however, continued the spat on Sunday on Twitter. Green, fresh off antagonizing the Boston media and fans, was quick to attempt to silence the young Grizzlies’ star.

“We traded that real estate in @JaMorant the property value was higher in Boston,” Green responded. Following Morant’s response of “I’m spinning.”

NBA Twitter got to work suggesting that the league take the initiative of scheduling the Warriors and Grizzlies to play on Christmas Day.

Morant agreed to the proposition but decided to put his own twist to it, suggesting that the Warriors play in Memphis, although the defending champions usually play at home, a fact that Green was quick to remind the young star of.

The Detroit Pistons earned the first pick of the 2021 NBA Draft, and Ben Wallace was there to represent the franchise. Wallace was recently announced as an inductee to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and is a Pistons legend that helped the team win the 2004 NBA Finals.

The first pick will ensure the Pistons will add another top-level talent to their young team. Just last year, the Pistons took three players in the first round of the draft. It will also be the Pistons’ first top-five selection since 2003 when they took Darko Milicic second overall. It will be Detroit’s first top overall pick since they drafted Hall of Fame center Bob Lanier in 1970.

“Obviously we get to add another wing player to the restoration process,” Detroit’s general manager Troy Weaver said. “We’re excited to be in this position. But it means that we’ve got a lot of work to do, and we’re going to be diligent about it. But it always helps to be able to add the No. 1 pick.”

Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham is expected by many to be the first pick of the draft.

The top three picks of the draft are the Pistons, Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Rockets have entered a rebuilding process after trading away star James Harden to the Nets.

Cleveland has picked fifth each of the past two seasons, but this time they got lucky with the third pick. The Cavaliers are looking to make the playoffs next season with their young core of guards Collin Sexton and Darius Garland, forward Isaac Okoro and center Jarrett Allen.

The rest of the order is as follows:

• 4. Toronto Raptors
• 5. Orlando Magic
• 6. Oklahoma City Thunder
• 7. Golden State Warriors
• 8. Orlando Magic
• 9. Sacramento Kings
• 10. New Orleans Pelicans
• 11. Charlotte Hornets
• 12. San Antonio Spurs
• 13. Indiana Pacers
• 14. Golden State Warriors

Both the Warriors and Magic have two picks in the lottery.

Mark the date on the calendar, the 2021 NBA Draft will be held on July 29 at 8 p.m. ET. As for the draft being televised, ESPN and ABC will televise the first round. The second round will be televised by ESPN.

ESPN will air the highly anticipated NBA draft lottery on June 22 at  8:30 p.m. ET. The draft lottery is where fans and teams will find out which pick they will get in the draft. Obviously, fans will want their team to get the number one pick or at least in the top 10.

The Draft combine will be held from June 21 to June 27 and will be televised on ESPN Networks. The combine is where prospects showcase their skills and do interviews with interested teams for the draft. The draft combine will include coverages about five-on-five games, strength and agility testing.

The deadline for early entry players to apply for the draft is on May 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The deadline for early entry players to withdraw from the draft is July 19 at 5 p.m. ET.

Last year’s NBA Draft and combine was held virtually because of the pandemic. However, the draft lottery order was held in person by NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum from the league’s offices in New Jersey.

There is still no confirmation if the 2021 NBA Draft events will be in person or virtual. Other leagues like the NFL have announced that its upcoming draft will be held in person but with guidelines and restrictions. The NFL will allow limited fans into their draft.

It is unknown if the NBA will follow a similar model to its football counterpart or not. More information will be reported in the future.