After the Knicks traded back in the 2024 NBA Draft they selected Pacome Dadiet with the No. 25 pick on Wednesday night. New York originally had the No. 24, but traded it to the Washington Wizards for the No. 26 and No. 51 picks. The Knicks then dealt that No. 26 pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for five second-round …

Syndication: Iowa City Press-Citizen IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Randi Henderson, the head coach at Division III Washington University, and North Carolina assistant Sean Sullivan have been hired as women’s basketball assistants at Iowa, coach Jan Jensen announced Wednesday. Henderson was 103-54 with four NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons at the St. Louis school. She also led the Bears …

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NEW YORK — Yves Missi is an enormous, super-athletic center who covers an absurd amount of ground on defense. The day before the NBA Draft, Missi described himself as “someone with high motor and high energy who is able to block shots, play defense [and] finish through contact.” He regularly threw down thunderous dunks during his single season in college, …

A big trade Tuesday brought Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks, reuniting him with three teammates from the 2016-17 Villanova team that went 32-4. Two of those losses came to Wisconsin and Marquette, including the 65-62 upset to the Badgers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were ranked No. 1 in the country during both …

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Sixers snag Duke sharpshooter Jared McCain with 16th pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia CAMDEN, N.J. — The Sixers snagged a shooter with the 16th overall pick in Wednesday night’s NBA draft. The team took Duke product Jared McCain, a 20-year-old guard who posted 14.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game in his one college …

Sixers draft profile: Jared McCain has 3-level scoring potential originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers selected Jared McCain with the 16th overall pick. Below is our pre-NBA Draft profile, originally published on May 30, on the guard from Duke. Follow along for more on the pick. A scouting report on NBA draft prospect Jared McCain: McCain is the …

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The Houston Rockets selected Reed Sheppard with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Sheppard comes from a basketball background, particularly in the bluegrass state. Both of his parents played basketball at the University of Kentucky, and his father, Jeff, briefly played in the NBA as well. When the time came for him to make his own college choice, …

A big trade Tuesday brought Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks, reuniting him with three teammates from the 2016-17 Villanova team that went 32-4. Two of those losses came to Wisconsin and Marquette, including the 65-62 upset to the Badgers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were ranked No. 1 in the country during both …

The Washington Wizards traded forward Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers for guard Malcolm Brogdon, the No. 14 pick in Wednesday’s draft and a 2029 pick, ESPN’s Wojnarowski reports. The Trail Blazers used that No. 14 pick to select Pittsburgh guard Bub Carrington, who will join the Wizards via the trade. Avdija is coming off his fourth NBA season …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Zach Edey’s rapid rise as a basketball superstar now takes the 7-foot-4 center to a new destination. The Memphis Grizzlies franchise selected Purdue basketball’s Edey with the No. 9 overall pick in Wednesday’s first round of the NBA draft. Edey began playing organized basketball seven years ago. After Edey’s basketball upstart in Toronto, he attended IMG Academy …

Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez will not play Sunday in the team’s game against the Utah Jazz. What It Means: Brook Lopez missed Saturday night’s affair due to personal reasons. Now, he’s been ruled out again for the second leg of the back-to-back set. Expect another start for his brother, Robin Lopez, down low. In 48 games this season, Brook …

Getty Images The Portland Trail Blazers selected Donovan Clingan with the No. 7 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Clingan played two collegiate seasons at UConn, and he won national championships in each of them. As a freshman during the 2022-23 season, he was the backup to current Chicago Bulls big Adama Sanogo, but he still managed to earn All-Freshman …

The OSU men’s basketball team secured a commitment from West Virginia transfer Patrick Suemnick on Wednesday. Suemnick is a 6-foot-8 forward who began at the junior college level, spent one season at Robert Morris and then spent the past two seasons with West Virginia. He averaged career highs of 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 14 minutes per game last …

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Isis Young, Krysten Peek, Lamar Hurd, and Tom Haberstroh discuss the Atlanta Hawks’ decision to select Zaccharie Risacher with the top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. View more Video Transcript All right. Well, the number one overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft is in, it is Zachary Ricer, the 19 year old Frenchman KP is smiling, Tom is …

Over his 15-year run as the Kentucky basketball coach, John Calipari defined himself and the Wildcats’ program as a destination for future NBA players. His 2024 draft class, his last as the Wildcats’ coach, is a group led by a familiar name: Reed Sheppard, who was perhaps the most integral player on what would be Calipari’s last team at Kentucky. …

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Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft has arrived. The two-night selection process gets started Wednesday with Round 1. The Atlanta Hawks hold the No. 1 pick after overcoming long odds to win the draft lottery in May. The Hawks seem likely to hang onto that pick (with French big man Zaccharie Risacher the favorite to go first overall). But the …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue women’s basketball added defending NCAA champion South Carolina to its 2024-25 non-conference schedule, the school announced Wednesday. The Boilermakers will play South Carolina at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Saturday, Nov. 30 after playing Middle Tennessee on Thanksgiving in Suncoast Arena. Purdue will also host Kentucky at Mackey Arena on Saturday, Dec. 14. The Boilermakers finished …

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Speaking of reinvention, nobody has undergone a bigger one over the last decade or so than Brook Lopez in Milwaukee. When he signed with the Bucks during Mike Budenholzer’s first year, he was widely seen as a plodding back-to-the-basket big man with no defensive acumen to speak of. My, how things have changed. During his six seasons with the Bucks, …

Yahoo Sports’ Draft Live discusses where the USC Trojans’ guard – and son of superstar LeBron James – will likely be selected in the 2024 NBA draft. View more Video Transcript Moving on, we have to talk about Bronnie, where will Bonnie games James get drafted? That is the conversation that everyone has talked about with this draft. That’s been …