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Michael Scotto: Sacramento Kings signed No. 42 pick Maxime Raynaud to a three-year, $5.95 million deal, which is fully guaranteed the first two seasons and includes a third-year team option, sources told @hoopshype . He averaged 20.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks last season at Stanford.
Stanford Rivals: Stanford wing Oziyah Sellers (@OziyahSellers) has announced that he is entering the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility/entering the transfer portal. A return to Stanford is still on the table for him. #Stanford #ACCMBB #NBADraft
Paul George on No. 1 draft pick debate: Ace Bailey has a little bit more upside than Cooper Flagg
Rutgers star Ace Bailey has a higher upside than Cooper Flagg, according to both Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George and former Stanford star and current Fox analyst Casey Jacobsen. “I think Ace Bailey is a little bit more raw talent with still a ton of upside,” George said on the latest edition of “Podcast P with Paul George.” “I think Cooper Flagg, not to say he doesn’t have upside, he has amazing upside as well but I think Ace Bailey has a little bit more upside to him.”
The fact is, the Bucks are trying to keep themselves in check a little bit. Playing with emotion − and playing with ruffled feathers and ragged nerves are two very different head and mind spaces. Evidence: the 2024 first-round playoff dismissal at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. “We talked about it as a team; on the Indiana series, emotionally, I thought we didn’t handle that well at times,” Rivers said. “Brook, when he goes, he goes. I think he’s only had one maybe, where he’s completely lost his Stanford mind. But he’s aware of it. He’s just been in a great place. I think he loves his team, and he knows all those things help.”
Nuggets to sign Spencer Jones
Bennett Durando: The Nuggets are signing Stanford’s Spencer Jones as their third two-way contract for the upcoming season, league source tells @DenverPost . The 6-foot-7 forward shot 39.7% from 3 across a five-year college career. Denver likes his combination of size, skill and shooting.
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Da Silva also played soccer, which is how he developed a lot of the footwork that he uses on the basketball court. He added that growing up in Germany, he was inspired by his brother, former Stanford forward Oscar da Silva. He said his father, a former Brazilian pro boxer, was an inspiration for him as well. “My brother plays in the EuroLeague for Barcelona. He was the reason why I started playing basketball,” da Silva explained. “My dad being the athlete that he is, he lived the lifestyle that you should be living as an athlete. He’s a big part of my habits.”
Adam Zagoria: The Knicks today worked out this group, per sources: Tyler Thomas (Hofstra) David Jones (Memphis) Spencer Jones (Stanford) Ajay Mitchell (Santa Barbara) Antonio Reeves (Kentucky) pic.twitter.com/qxyP8J0w7x
Stefan Bondy: The Knicks held a pre-draft workout today with the following players, league sources told The Post: Yongxi Cui (G, China) David Jones (F, Memphis) Spencer Jones (F, Stanford) Ajay Mitchell (G, UCSB) Antonio Reeves (G, Kentucky) Tyler Thomas (G, Hofstra)
Minnesota Timberwolves PR: The @Timberwolves are hosting a draft workout today with the following prospects: Dylan Disu (Texas) Spencer Jones (Stanford) Bogoljub Marković (Serbia) Antonio Reeves (Kentucky) Cam Spencer (Connecticut) P.J. Hall (Clemson)
Jimmy Butler flew into the South Bay on Thursday afternoon and went to dine at Nobu Palo Alto before attending the final night of Fred Again’s three-night stint at Frost Amphitheater on Stanford’s campus. Butler posted all about his adventures on his Instagram Story, which also included a stop at the Stanford shopping center. He then went to the world-famous sushi chain’s only Bay Area restaurant, posting a photo of a bottle from Nobu before showing off the various delicacies he enjoyed.
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Sean Highkin: Today's Blazers predraft workout session participants: Daniss Jenkins (St. John’s) Dillon Jones (Weber State) Spencer Jones (Stanford) Jared McCain (Duke) Noah Penda (JA Vichy-Clermont) Armel Traore (Ada Blois)
Writer Gary M. Pomerantz meticulously chronicled the before, during and after of the game in his 2006 book, “Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era.” He interviewed 56 eyewitnesses, including 15 players, a referee, an equipment manager, even a local kid who swiped the game ball. There’s not a whisper of doubt in their recollections. “People don’t want to give him his due,” Pomerantz, a lecturer at Stanford, told me. But they should: “Wilt did this because he could,” he said. “He bent the sport to his will.”
This is the Wembanyama effect: He leaves everyone searching for new ways to describe whatever it is they’ve just encountered. In NBA circles, scouts have privately thrown out comparisons to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. LeBron James, following Wembanyama’s two exhibition games in Vegas, described him as an “alien.” “I’ve seen him make five threes with the right hand in a row, switch to the left and make five threes,” says Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud, who grew close with Wembanyama during a shared final season at Nanterre, Victor’s first club. “That’s the craziest s— I had ever seen in my life.”
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