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Jon Chepkevich: LSU’s Cam Carter will join the San Antonio Spurs at NBA Summer League, I’m told. The 6’3” combo guard was one of the most productive players in the SEC this season, averaging 16.4 PTS, 4.1 REB, 2.5 AST while shooting 39.2% on 6.4 threes per game.
Jeff Borzello: Cincinnati transfer Dan Skillings is drawing interest from Baylor, Gonzaga, LSU, Alabama and others, source told ESPN. Entered the portal this morning, will also test the NBA draft waters. 6-foot-6 wing averaged 9.2 points this season. Repped by Scott Nichols of Rize Management and Kenny Jackson of Sky Limit Sports.
That’s because Iowa sensation Caitlin Clark on the previous night poured in 41 points and had 12 assists and seven rebounds as the Hawkeyes’ ousted reigning champion LSU in the Elite Eight – with 12.3 million TV viewers tuned in, making it the most-watched women’s basketball game in history. Among those watching was Doncic, although he had to get rehab treatment and missed much of the second half when, in Doncic’s words, Clark “got it going.” Like most of us, the Dallas Mavericks star saw the game’s highlights afterward. “Amazing,” he said. “I saw the 3-pointers. She had, what 41? Triple-double? She sure let that ball fly.”
Morant celebrated with his Grizzlies’ teammates, coaching staff and even former LSU quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels before heading to the visiting locker room. But Morant’s most emotional exchange came with his father. “Having him back courtside, not only rooting for me, but this team, it was big-time,” Morant said. Said Tee Morant: “He just told me that he loved me.”
Adrian Wojnarowski: The Philadelphia 76ers are converting guard Javonte Smart to a two-way contract, Dan Frank of @LiftSportsMngmt tells ESPN. Smart had stops with Milwaukee and Miami since leaving LSU in 2021.
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Florida forward Alex Fudge, who spent just one year with the program after transferring from LSU, informed Florida coaches on Thursday that he plans forego his remaining collegiate eligibility and declare for the upcoming NBA Draft, multiple sources familiar with the development told Swamp247.
Jeremy Woo: Source: LSU’s Darius Days is joining the Spurs for Summer League
The internal conversations for the 14th pick -- if the Cavs keep the player instead of trading his draft rights -- have centered around Daniels (expected to be off the board when they are on the clock), Branham, Sochan, Davis (could go earlier than 14), Arizona shooting guard Ben Mathurin (Cavs watched him workout in LA), LSU’s Tari Eason (coming to Cleveland for a pre-draft workout soon), Kansas swingman Ochai Agbaji, Kentucky’s TyTy Washington, Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell (will conduct a workout with the Cavs this week) and French swingman Ousmane Dieng (his draft stock is all over the place).
Sean Cunningham: Kentucky’s Shaedon Sharpe & Duke’s AJ Griffin are among the many draft prospects the Sacramento Kings interviewed in Chicago. Sources say others include: LSU’s Tari Eason, Baylor’s Kendall Brown, Duke’s Wendell Moore, NC State’s Terquavion Smith & Purdue’s Trevion Williams.
Jon Rothstein: KJ Williams tells me that he has officially withdrawn from the 2022 NBA Draft. Will play next season at LSU after transferring from Murray State. Averaged 18 PPG and 8.4 RPG last season.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: LSU's Trendon Watford plans to sign a two-way deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, source tells ESPN.
Nick Friedell: LSU standout Cameron Thomas will work out for the Warriors on Wednesday, according to a league source. The 6’4” guard averaged 23 points a game last season and shot 40.6 percent from the field.
Jeremy Woo: Some draft news: I'm told LSU's Cameron Thomas and Kentucky's Isaiah Jackson, both projected first-rounders, have withdrawn from the NBA combine as of this morning.
Abernathy was the first LSU coach dispatched to San Antonio when O’Neal came to the U.S. It was early in his junior year. “So I go walking into that little gym they had over there and it was like … oh … my … goodness,” Abernathy says. “I remember getting on the phone and calling back to campus, like, ‘Uh, hey, Coach, the kid is kind of a monster.'”
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