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The Raptors ultimately used the pick, drafting forward Collin Murray-Boyles from South Carolina with Khaman Maluach, Cedric Coward and various center prospects available. New Orleans traded up to No. 13 overall to select Derik Queen, sending its unprotected 2026 Bucks pick to the Hawks for the selection. The Celtics stayed at No. 28 and took Hugo González before trading back from No. 32 in the second round. “I don’t think Boston ever really was so interested in that selection for one of those types of guys,” Fischer said. “Golden State definitely called for Derrick White too, but there’s just nothing that I know for Jaylen that got really close or for Derrick too.”
Knicks reach out to Dawn Staley about head coach position
Talia Goodman: NEWS: South Carolina athletic director Jeremiah Donati confirmed to @On3sports that the New York Knicks did reach out to Dawn Staley about the opening. “If I were them, I would have called her, too,” Donati told @On3sports.
According to Zach Lowe of The Ringer, the Toronto Raptors sniffed around White and offered the No. 9 pick (which they used to select South Carolina forward Colin Murray-Boyles). “There were reports that the Raptors offered the No. 9 pick for Derrick White,” Lowe said on his podcast “The Zach Lowe Show” on June 26. “I’m told that’s true, but that it happened a month and a half ago after Jayson Tatum got hurt, and Boston laughed at that offer and said, ‘We need way more than No. 9 for Derrick White.’”
Wasserman and CAA tied for the most first-round picks of the 2025 NBA Draft with six selections from each agency. Though Wasserman pulled ahead in the early hours at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, CAA mounted a late comeback with more than half of the overall selections through the 22nd and 30th picks. Wasserman was a consistent agency throughout the early two thirds of the draft, seeing clients like Baylor G VJ Edgecombe (3rd pick), South Carolina F Collin Murray-Boyles (9th pick), Arizona F Carter Bryant (14th pick), Cedevita Olimpija C Joan Beringer (17th pick), Saint-Quentin G Nolan Traore (19th pick) and Illinois G Kasparas Jakucionis (20th pick) get selected.
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Jon Rothstein: South Carolina's Kobe Knox tells me that he's withdrawing from the 2025 NBA Draft and will return to school next season. Transfer from South Florida who averaged 10.8 PPG last year.
UConn's 82-59 win over South Carolina on Sunday averaged 8.5 million viewers across ESPN and ABC. The number represents a 55% decrease from last year's Iowa-South Carolina matchup and a 14% decrease from the LSU-Iowa game from two years ago. It did represent a 75% increase in viewership from 2022, the last time Caitlin Clark didn't appear in the final.
Joe Tipton: NEWS: South Carolina big man Nick Pringle is entering the transfer portal, he told @On3sports. Will also test the NBA Draft waters. The 6-10 senior averaged 9.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this season. Played two years at Alabama.
Jake Weingarten: South Carolina’s Ta’Lon Cooper has agreed to an Exhibit-10 deal with the Orlando Magic, a source told @stockrisers. Averaged 10 points on 48% shooting.
Adam Zagoria: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted a pre-draft workout today that included the following per league sources: Adem Bona (UCLA) Ta’Lon Cooper (South Carolina) Tyler Thomas (Hofstra) Kel’el Ware (Indiana)
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Shams Charania: Stephen Curry's signature line Curry Brand is signing Univ. of South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley to a multiyear NIL deal, making her the first college athlete to partner directly with the brand. Fulwiley is first ever freshman at South Carolina to be MVP of SEC Tournament.
GG Jackson has agreed on a four-year contract extension with Memphis
Adrian Wojnarowski: Memphis Grizzlies F GG Jackson has agreed on a four-year contract — including three guaranteed seasons, sources tell ESPN. Jackson played one season at South Carolina before the Grizzlies drafted him 45th overall in June and signed him on a two-way contract. pic.twitter.com/zuocZ7AIIu
Ja Morant will debut AAU basketball team this summer
Ja Morant and his close friends are starting an AAU Basketball program, The Commercial Appeal learned on Monday. Morant and his close friends will be working on establishing the program ahead of its debut this summer. Morant, who was born in Georgia and raised in South Carolina, is taking it back to his roots. "We're going to base it out of the South Carolina and Georgia area," Morant's close friend Davonte Pack told The Commercial Appeal. "All the surrounding states around South Carolina."
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