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Tim Cato: the Mavericks hosted Obinna Anochili-Killen (Marshall), Adama-Alpha Bal (Santa Clara), Kobe Johnson (UCLA) and Chance McMillan (Texas Tech) today for pre-draft workouts, a league source tells @DLLS_Sports .

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The Bulldogs return home to host Santa Clara, looking for a much-needed bounce-back win and confidence booster. Before the game, Gonzaga legend and three-time NBA All-Star Domantas Sabonis will be honored, with his jersey displayed in The Kennel. He will become just the sixth player in program history to receive such an honor.

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Jason Dumas: Warriors will begin their pre-draft workouts on Thursday. The six player group is headlined by Adama Bal of Santa Clara and Jared McCain of Duke. Others working out: Chibuzo Agbo, Boise St Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern Dillon Jones, Weber St Gabe McGlothan, Grand Canyon

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CJ Fogler: Steve Nash in the house for Santa Clara - Gonzaga tonight

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Clutch Points: “I knew [Jalen Williams] was really good before the NBA. We played against him in college. We smacked [Santa Clara] by like 30, but he had 20 each game, so I knew he could hoop." Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams go way back 😅 (via @shobasketball) pic.twitter.com/kkO0UNnAoJ

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Kevin Chouinard: High-powered Hawks workout for tomorrow: Mojave King (G League Ignite)   Seth Lundy (Penn State)   Miles Norris (UC Santa Barbara)   Brandin Podziemski (Santa Clara)   Rayan Rupert (NZ Breakers)   Cason Wallace (Kentucky)

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Jason Dumas: Full list of players who will work out for the Warriors on Wednesday. •Brandin Podziemski (Santa Clara) •Colby Jones (Xavier) •Terquavion Smith (NC State) •Jake Stephens (Chattanooga) •Patrick Gardner (Marist) •Omari Moore (San Jose State)

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After a breakout sophomore season with Santa Clara, former St. John’s Northwestern Academies standout Brandin Podziemski announced he will be declaring for the NBA draft.

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Jonathan Wasserman: Santa Clara's Brandin Podziemski gave scouts another reason to take him seriously with a 38-point game saturday. Obviously the shotmaking pops first but the timing of his first steps and bursts + runner/floater touch works well for 2PT scoring. Should be in the draft discussion. pic.twitter.com/5KwTLoQSdt

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But sources say there are two unexpected prospects on the team’s radar, firmly in the mix at No. 14: Arizona’s Dalen Terry and G League Ignite swingman MarJon Beauchamp. Santa Clara’s Jalen Williams is currently on the periphery, but that could change as the draft gets closer.

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Ryan Blackburn: Expect the Nuggets to workout Duke wing Wendell Moore Jr. over the next week, per source. Already conducted workouts for Blake Wesley of Notre Dame, EJ Liddell of Ohio State, and Jalen Williams of Santa Clara.

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Brian Mahoney: Lloyd Pierce says some of their former teammates from Santa Clara have a group text going with Pierce's Hawks playing Steve Nash's Nets tonight. Nash hosted Pierce on his recruiting visit.

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Those who have known Nash since his Santa Clara days are convinced he’s the guy who can get the most out of both, coaching experience be damned. “When it happened, I actually thought, ‘That’s a great hire,’” said David Fizdale, former NBA coach who played against Nash all four years in college at San Diego, another school in the West Coast Conference. “I didn’t think about anything else because he would be great with those guys. He worked with Kevin Durant; he already had a relationship built there. And if I’m Kyrie Irving, I want to talk to that guy every day. That’s the guy I can have a conversation with. I’m speaking to a guy that understands the level of how I see the game and how I play the game. How many guys can sit across from Kyrie Irving and say, ‘I see that game in the way that you see it?’”

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John Hilton, who is black and Filipino and attended Santa Clara, described his longtime friend as a natural leader. “From the first day I met L.P., which now reaches back more than two decades, I was struck by his ability to say a lot without saying much at all,” Hilton said. “Lloyd is a natural leader who always made crew love an absolute priority. His crew rolled tight and you could tell they respected and loved him and that the feeling was mutual. To this day, the crew still stands strong. L.P. doesn’t just form community, he forms tribes.”

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