Kansas' Ochai Agbaji participates in the NBA Draft Combine at the Wintrust Arena Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Chicago.
The Kansas men’s basketball program continues to wait out decisions from Ochai Agbaji, Jalen Wilson and Remy Martin, all of whom are seeking feedback on their NBA draft status before the July 7 deadline to return to school or stay in the draft.
In our latest episode of Basketball Friends with Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & “Rock Chalk Sports Talk” host Nick Schwerdt we break down some of the uncertainty and decisions facing the players and the program as we close in on the end of June.
The NBA Draft is set for July 29 in New York.
In this episode we breakdown:
• What’s new at the NBA combine
• What the Kansas lineup looks like in 2021-22 with & without Agbaji
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
