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Jacob Myers: Jamir Watkins will be keeping his name in the 2025 NBA Draft, he told @League_Him. At 6-foot-6 with a 6-11 wingspan, the FSU wing checks a lot of boxes with his IQ, skill, toughness, athleticism, and defensive range.

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Jon Rothstein: NC State's Jerry Deng tells me that he has officially withdrawn from the 2025 NBA Draft and will return to school next season. Transfer from Florida State who averaged 7.0 PPG last year.

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Pete Thamel: Sources: FAMU is finalizing a deal to hire Charlie Ward as the next men's basketball coach. The deal is pending final board approval at 3 p.m. today. Ward is a former Heisman Trophy winner at Florida State and star basketball player at FSU and in the NBA.

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Heading into the Play-In Tournament, Sacramento Kings executive Monte McNair is on the hot seat, league sources told HoopsHype. During the season, Sacramento lost assistant coach Luke Loucks, who became Florida State’s head coach, and former assistant general manager Wes Wilcox recently left to join the University of Utah men’s basketball program as general manager, which signaled alarms around the league that more changes could be coming for the Kings. Should McNair’s tenure in Sacramento end, many in league circles have pointed to former Denver Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth as a potential candidate to monitor.

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Jon Rothstein: Sources: Florida State's Luke Loucks will hire Jacksonville's Michael Fly, Cal's Amorrow Morgan, and LIU Brooklyn's Gerald Gillion as assistant coaches. Chris Kent --- who was with the Portland Trailblazers --- will serve as assistant coach/Director of Player Development.

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“Once the athletic department reaches out to me, then (FSU’s interest) is official. But they haven’t reached out to me,” Cassell told Heavy before the Celtics took on the Spurs. “The athletic director hasn’t reached out to me yet.”

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As a member of the Florida Gators in 2020, Johnson, 23, collapsed on the court against Florida State and spent three days in a medically induced coma. He was diagnosed with a heart condition, but he eventually was cleared to play again and landed at Kansas State, where he was voted the 2023 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year.

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Shams Charania: The Portland Trail Blazers plan to sign former Florida State product John Butler on a two-way NBA contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The 7-foot-1 big man spent summer league and preseason with the Pelicans and now lands a roster spot.

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Jake: Florida State’s John Butler has found a home. Will play summer league with the New Orleans Pelicans. What a snag by them. Deal was done yesterday.

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Jon Chepkevich: Florida State’s Malik Osborne will join the Cleveland Cavaliers for NBA Summer League, sources tell @RookieScale. Osborne, who comes from a family of football players, is a powerful force in the paint and on the glass. Knows his role and takes pride in doing the dirty work.

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Western Conference executive 1: He has it. He surveys the game for the first 15, 20 minutes, then says “what do we need?” And he does it. He’s Scottie Barnes (Florida State’s forward, expected to go high in the Lottery) with a jump shot. That’s my problem with Scottie. (Cunningham)’s Jayson Tatum. Same size. Can score from anywhere on the court.

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Wes Goldberg: The Warriors tomorrow will work out Mitch Ballock (Creighton), AJ Lawson (South Carolina), RJ Nembhard (TCU), D.J. Stewart Jr. (Mississippi State), MJ Walker (Florida State) and Ibi Watson (Dayton).

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David Morrow: Florida State’s Scottie Barnes names Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Orlando and Toronto as teams he has interviewed with.

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Jon Rothstein: Florida State's Scottie Barnes will sign with an agent and enter the 2021 NBA Draft, per his Twitter page.

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