RaceToTheTop

Devan Cambridge, 6'6" wing who played at Arizona State last year and the previous three years at Auburn, has committed to Texas Tech. In 26.8 minutes last season, he averaged 9.8 points and 5.4 rebounds. Shot 50/33/65.

FWIW, I believe that on June 12th there were reports that Grant Nelson was expected to commit to Alabama. It's 11 days later and I believe he nor Alabama have confirmed that yet.

Rupp rafters going to implode….after Oscar T didn’t get drafted they were hoping he’d cone back to UK. Instead he just signed a two way deal with the pacers. Will make $280K per year….way less than if he returned to UK

FWIW, Williams is allegedly tied up in the Iowa and Iowa State gambling probe. There was a warrant for a search of his residence prior to his commitment to Illinois. Sounds like either Illinois didn’t do their homework or more info is coming out.

Jeremiah Williams transferred to Illinois about a month ago; he has now decommited and is back in the portal. Williams played 20-21 and 21-22 at Temple, playing in 38 games (starting 37), averaging 31.8 minutes, 9.5 points, 2.8 reb, 3.5 ast, shooting 42/2764. He transferred for the 22-23 season to Iowa State but suffered an ACL injury before the year started. After the season, he re-entered the portal.

I'm getting really confused....have been reading some sights saying that a player who did not get drafted can still return to college as long as they announced their intention to their athletic direction prior to 5 pm Monday following the NBA draft. But the memorandums I've read from the NCAA dispute that: "Question No. 1: Is a student-athlete allowed to enter the NBA Draft prior to exhausting NCAA eligibility4 (i.e., NBA early entry candidate) and subsequently return to school? Answer: YES! A student-athlete may enter a professional basketball league’s draft without jeopardizing his collegiate eligibility, provided: a. He requests an evaluation from the NBA’s Undergraduate Advisory Committee before entering the draft; b. He withdraws his name from the NBA Draft not later than 10 days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft combine; c. He declares his intention to resume intercollegiate participation not later than 10 days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft combine. This declaration must be in writing to his director of athletics; and d. He is not drafted by any team. Seems to me that parts b and c would mean the player would have had to remove their name from the NBA draft by May 28th. https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/compliance/cbreform/2023CBR_NBADraftCombineAgentsWorkoutsMemo.pdf But here is a site that disputes that deadline: June 26th - Deadline for Undrafted Players: Monday, June 26th at 5 p.m. is the deadline for undrafted players to inform their school's Athletic Director they wish to return to college. https://www.krem.com/article/sports/local-sports/nba-draft-early-entry-process/293-623aa5d3-7af3-482d-853a-61cf2ae6d7fa#:~:text=If a player enters the,teams and their draft picks.

Ya beat me to the Toussaint one. Kriisa is the better get, though. However don't think he had much interest in coming to IU when he was in the portal.

Joe Toussaint also entered the transfer portal, per John Rothstein. Spent three years at Iowa before playing last year at West Virginia. 6'1" guard, plus defender but not great offensively. Over four years averaged 17 mpg, 6 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.8 apg. Shot 39/30/78.

Re: Trayce being a 5 in the body of a 4...... Starting centers in the league include Bam Adebayo is 6'9", 255. Inside player only, averages 20+ Jarrett Allen is 6'9", 243. Inside player only. 14 and 10 player. Robert Williams III, 6'9" 237 8/8 in 20 mpg. Clint Capela, 6'10" 240. 12/11 player. Kevin Looney, 6'9" 222. 7/9 player in 24 mpg Trayce measured 6'8.25" and 240 at the combine....but the heights listed above are with shoes. Looney was 6'8" at the combine and Adebayo was a touch under 6'9". While I agree that the NBA views Trayce as a 5 in the body of a 4, IMO there are tons of players like that in the NBA. And while the NBA is obviously the best league in terms of talent by far, they are also a league of copycats who want to imitate what they've seen succeed, we are also coming off a Nuggets title for a team that probably has the least athletic 4/5 combo in the NBA in Jokic and Gordon. And IMO it's more about the two of them having really good basketball IQ as opposed to their ability to shoot from the perimeter. Between them, they averaged taking 26 shots per game and under 5 were from distance.

Yahoo ranked TJD as the only A draft pick in the second round.

I look at what Kevin looney has done at golden state and have a hard time believing that TJD couldn’t at least replicate that.

Tre Mitchell (West Virginia) entering the portal. 6’9” forward, averaged 11.7 points and 5 1/2 boards.

Hoosierfan indicated that golden state owns that pick

Didn’t realize that. So….Oscar T could still return to Kentucky?

Did they trade Washington for that pick?

Not sure if you are serious, but he can’t come back. Withdrawal from drat deadline to come back to college was a long time ago

TJD had been listed as best available on ESPN for about the last ten picks

Pacers need to take TJD

Toumani Camara????

TJD’s slide tells you that Edey will be back at Purdue for two more years. The NBA does not value low post players — no matter how good they are — that don’t shoot jumpers

So if Bimbo Coles and Wang Zhizhi were in the draft, would Whitmore have slid to the second round?

So you are saying he slides to #26 and Indiana, right?

If his name was Jett Jordan, he still shouldn't go at 11.

But how is what they have now in terms of picks more attractive than what they have now? 29 this year > late first next year. Even 32 this year > late first next year.