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His second and more vivid memory is that another Warriors guard did just fine. On July 16, Anthony Morrow, an undrafted shooting guard from Georgia Tech, set UNLV’s Cox Pavilion ablaze with what remains one of the greatest — and most audacious — individual performances in the 22-year history of the Las Vegas tournament. It was on this date that Morrow scored 47 points in a little over 36 minutes played against the New Orleans Hornets for a mark that has rarely been threatened at the annual summer-league gathering. What made the effort even more of a conversation piece was that the Warriors beat the Hornets 104-84. “He had the gym absolutely buzzing,” Curry said. “I’m not surprised that it’s still the record.”
Keith Smart, who served as the Warriors’ summer-league coach in 2009, said he uses Morrow’s story as a teaching point to this day. “Sure, people say, ‘Well, summer league doesn’t mean anything.’ Oh, no, no. It means a lot,” Smart told The Athletic by phone this week. “When a guy like Morrow gets his shots, that changes his career. At Georgia Tech, everybody knew he could shoot it, OK? But they didn’t know how he could shoot it in the pros. “I share that with a lot of kids. The message is, ‘If you don’t get drafted, you still got to do what you do here well.’ Morrow is a great example of that.”
Scott Agness: Kowacie Reeves agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with the Pacers, league source told Fieldhouse Files. He's a 6-foot-7 forward from Georgia Tech.
Cody Taylor: Source: The Bulls hosted a workout today with the following players: 🏀 Christian Anderson, Texas Tech 🏀 Zuby Ejiofor, St. John’s 🏀 Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama 🏀 Jayden Quaintance, Kentucky 🏀 Kowacie Reeves, Georgia Tech 🏀 Meleek Thomas, Arkansas
Cody Taylor: Source: The Magic hosted a predraft workout today with the following prospects: Rashaun Agee, Texas A&M. Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA. Chaze Harris, South Alabama. Rienk Mast, Nebraska. Kowacie Reeves Jr., Georgia Tech. Malik Reneau, Miami (FL).
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Ian Begley: Knicks have 1st round pick & two 2nd round picks in June’s draft. Per league sources, they’re hosting pre-draft workout w/group that includes Georgia Tech’s Kowacie Reeves Jr., Iona’s Toby Harris, Syracuse’s William Kyle, Mississippi State’s Jayden Epps & Marshall’s Wyatt Fricks.
Jose Alvarado: “I did get arrested because they thought it was me. So the whole process UCLA versus Georgia Tech, we played in China. Forgot about that. So obviously the situation that knows the situation, but they say the police out there said they got confused and they thought it was me and one of my other teammates too. So I literally got arrested, went to the police station for like six, seven hours and then finally made it clear that obviously you could tell who it was."
Georgia Tech announced a change in leadership of its men's basketball program. Damon Stoudamire will not return as head coach next season. Ryan Alpert, Vice President and Director of Athletics for Georgia Tech, made the announcement on Sunday morning.
On Saturday, the Dikembe Mutombo family will hold a public memorial at 10:30 a.m. in McCamish Pavilion on the campus of Georgia Tech to honor his life and legacy. “I thought just because the way Dikembe lived, and the way he embraced the people and the way he loved the people in our community, and also the support we’ve received in the last two years and a half,” Mutombo’s widow, Rose, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “From the time he was diagnosed and all the way to passing, we just have received an outpouring of support of people in our community and people all over the world. So, I thought it would be a good idea to give the people in our community and those all over the world who want to come join us to celebrate his life and legacy.”
Mike Vorkunov: Gregory is a former head coach at Georgia Tech, Dayton, and USF. He was also an assistant coach at Michigan State when Mat Ishbia was a walk-on player there. He was named VP of player programming last June and has had a prominent voice in the Suns front office even before this.
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Georgia Tech could lose another one of its star players from the 2024-25 season. Duncan Powell took to Instagram on Friday to announce he has declared for the NBA draft. A 6-foot-8, 235-pound junior, Powell could return to Tech for the 2025-26 season if not signed to a professional contract.
In a bit of surprising news on Friday evening, Georgia Tech's Duncan Powell announced via his Instagram he would be testing the NBA Draft waters following his breakout junior season with the Jackets.
The School Committee has voted to name the Central High School basketball court for alumnus and NBA star Travis Best. Best, a 1991 graduate of the high school, went onto to play at Georgia Tech and then had a decade-long career in the NBA.