As has been the case throughout his professional career, since leaving Kansas to become the fifth overall pick in the 2012 draft, Thomas Robinson has spent far more of this, his fifth, season in the NBA as a spectator than he would like. The Los Angeles Lakers, among the worst teams in ...
Little stood out about Kelly Oubre Jr.’s first year in the NBA. The first-round pick out of Kansas played sparingly for a middling team that missed the playoffs, despite much loftier expectations. Rookie seasons are made to deliver hard lessons, though. Now Oubre has transformed ...
About a week after signing a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, former Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. certainly has earned some opportunities to play at the sport’s highest level. Selden made his NBA debut Tuesday — receiving a spot in the start lineup alongside the likes ...
His post-college plans didn’t go exactly how he hoped after Wayne Selden Jr. left Kansas a year early to turn pro, but more than eight moths after going un-drafted, it looks like the athletic guard is about to get his first crack at the NBA. According to various reports around the ...
Since the NBA began handing out Rookie of the Year awards back in 1953, no winner has played in fewer than 50 games during the season in which he won it. Philadelphia center Joel Embiid just might turn out to be the first. [As many anticipated][1], following the Sixers’ announcement ...
Mario Chalmers hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since he tore his right Achilles while playing for Memphis nearly a year ago. But the former Kansas star considers his return to the league imminent. During a lengthy interview with [The Summer Podcast][1] this week, Chalmers, currently a ...
A couple months back, the Washington didn’t look like a playoff team. The Wizards dropped eight of their first 10 games, leading many to assume they would flounder and miss the postseason for a second straight year. However, few teams in the NBA are as hot as Washington these days, and ...
Tarik Black only spent one season playing for Kansas, but he quickly became a fan favorite. After leaving Memphis as a graduate transfer, Black played 13.5 minutes per game in his senior year, mostly playing behind Joel Embiid. But since his time in Lawrence, Black has continued to ...
