Basketball

Column: Wiggins’ future turns murky

Two weeks ago, it looked like former Kansas University basketball standout Andrew Wiggins was well on his way to becoming the torch bearer for Jayhawks in the NBA. Today, that path seems a little less likely after Cleveland, the team which drafted Wiggins No. 1 in the June 26 draft, lured best ...

Andrew Wiggins solid in pro debut

Former Kansas University guard Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, won bragging rights over Duke’s Jabari Parker, the No. 2 overall pick, in their professional basketball debuts on Friday in Las Vegas.Wiggins, 6-foot-8, 194 pounds from Ontario, Canada, scored 18 points off ...

KU forward Black grabs 10 rebounds in NBA summer league action

Former Kansas University big man Tarik Black had seven points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in the Houston Rockets’ 92-71 loss to Philadelphia in NBA summer league action Tuesday in Orlando, Florida. He went 2-of-4 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line while starting and playing 25 ...

Joel Embiid looking forward to his future in Philadelphia

When the Philadelphia 76ers held an introductory press conference for their latest acquisitions this past weekend, a certain 7-foot center from Cameroon, by way of Kansas University, didn’t get a chance to join the organization’s 2014 NBA draft picks.Joel Embiid, of course, remained in Los ...

KU’s Self: It’s not fair to compare

It happens every year at programs like Kansas University. Players leave, either to the NBA Draft or graduation, highly touted newcomers slide in to replace them, and the fan base immediately begins to wonder if the new version will be as good or better than the departed veterans.Last week, at ...

Tarik Black to play for Houston Rockets in NBA summer leagues

Former Kansas University basketball center Tarik Black will be playing for the Houston Rockets’ summer league teams in both Orlando, Florida, and Las Vegas, he confirmed on Saturday.The 6-foot-9, 260-pounder, who played three years for Memphis and one at KU, was not selected in Thursday’s ...

Self: Having two of NBA draft’s top picks ‘means a lot’ for KU

Kansas University’s domination of the 2014 NBA draft had coach Bill Self beaming in the Big Apple on Thursday night.“Obviously it means a lot for our program to have two guys to be so well thought of and drafted so high,” Self, KU’s 12th-year coach, said in a national phone ...

Philadelphia swoops in to snag injured Joel Embiid at No. 3

Fresh off last week’s foot surgery, Joel Embiid couldn’t fly from California to New York for Thursday’s 2014 NBA Draft.So the 7-footer out of Kansas University did the next best thing, enjoying the draft with family members in his agent’s house in Los Angeles, the city where he’s been ...