One of the former Kansas men’s basketball players drafted in 2024 will have the chance to advance to the NBA Finals in his first professional season. The Indiana Pacers, who acquired Johnny Furphy No. 35 overall via a trade with the San Antonio Spurs, and the New York Knicks, who got Kevin ...
Posting back-to-back triple-doubles is nothing new for Kevin McCullar Jr. The former Kansas guard did it during his final season in Lawrence, with 12 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds against Kentucky in the Champions Classic on Nov. 14, 2023, and 22 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds against ...
Former standout Kansas guard Marcus Garrett recently received a chance to return to the NBA after an absence of more than three years. Garrett, who had last played a regular-season game for the Miami Heat on Dec. 28, 2021, took part in four games over the course of a 10-day contract with the ...
CAMDEN, N.J. — Joel Embiid could have been one of the all-time greats of his era. The 7-footer who anchored the 76ers' laborious rebuilding plan known as the Process sure flashed his dominance at times through his injury-riddled career. He dropped 70 points. Won an MVP and two scoring ...
After the Kansas men’s basketball team suffered a blowout loss at Houston on March 9 in its final regular-season game of the 2023-24 season, KU head coach Bill Self said he regretted having super-senior Kevin McCullar Jr. play in the game. McCullar had been dealing off and on for the prior ...
TORONTO — RJ Barrett scored 31 points, Chris Boucher and former Jayhawk Ochai Agbbaji each scored season highs and the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings 131-128 in overtime on Saturday night. Boucher scored 24. Agbaji - and fellow former ...
The NBA season is only a month away, but recent weeks have featured some significant transactions for onetime Kansas players at the top level of professional basketball. Many of the former Jayhawks are firmly entrenched on their current NBA teams. Joel Embiid recently signed a multi-year ...
Former Kansas guard Jalen Wilson used his 2023 stint in the Summer League to show he belonged in the NBA, and he served well as a role player for the Brooklyn Nets during the ensuing season. Returning to Las Vegas this time around, he took his production one step further. The NBA announced ...
