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Jason Dumas: The Warriors are holding pre-draft workouts on Wednesday with the following players: Jermaine Couisnard (Oregon) Isaiah Crawford (LA Tech) Malik Dia (Belmont) Sam Griffin (Wyoming) Miles Kelly (Georgia Tech) Tre Mitchell (Kentucky)
Sean Highkin: Today's participants for the Blazers' latest predraft workout session: Isaiah Crawford (Louisiana Tech), Alex Karaban (UConn), Caleb Love (Arizona), Quinten Post (Boston College), Tyler Smith (G League Ignite), Kel’el Ware (Indiana)
Adrian Wojnarowski: Louisiana Tech's Kenneth Lofton Jr., has agreed to a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, his agent Mike George of @OneLegacySports tells ESPN.
Who falls in that range exactly involves more guesswork than most parts of the draft. Multiple people with knowledge of the Lakers’ draft workouts said they thought the last session on Tuesday – with Cole Swider, Fresno State’s Orlando Robinson and Houston’s Kyler Edwards among the standouts – was the best of the team’s eight publicly reported workouts. Some of the higher-rated prospects by various evaluators and media outlets who have passed through include Colorado’s Jabari Walker (son of former Laker Samaki Walker), Louisiana Tech’s Kenneth Lofton Jr., Purdue’s Trevion Williams and Gran Canaria’s Khalifa Diop.
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Sean Highkin: Group workout today for the Blazers, first one since the Dyson Daniels one. Evan Battey (Colorado) Tari Eason (LSU) Tyson Etienne (Wichita State) Noah Kirkwood (Harvard) Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Louisiana Tech) JD Notae (Arkansas)
Louisiana Tech sophomore Kenneth Lofton Jr. on Monday announced that he will sign with an agent and remain in the 2022 NBA draft after two years with the program. Lofton, who was named to the All-Conference USA first team, averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals on 53.9% shooting from the field in 33 games last season. He ranked 10th in the country in total rebounds and double-doubles with 17.
Jeff Goodman: Louisiana Tech big man Kenneth Lofton staying in the NBA Draft. Houston was likely going to get him if he went back to college.
Jason Anderson: Sources say the Sacramento Kings will bring in the following players for their third day of pre-draft workouts: Will Richardson, Oregon, Jamal Bieniemy, UTEP, Lester Quinones, Memphis, Jeriah Horne, Tulsa, Kenneth Lofton Jr., Louisiana Tech, Efe Abogidi, Washington State
Adam Zagoria: Kentucky's Keion Brooks and Louisiana Tech's Kenneth Lofton have both been invited to the NBA G League Camp later this month in Chicago, per source. Both players are also in the Transfer Portal but are focusing on the Draft at the moment.
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Louisiana Tech sophomore Kenneth Lofton Jr. announced Tuesday that he will be entering his name into the 2022 NBA Draft, a day after coach Eric Konkol departed for Tulsa. Lofton said he will maintain his college eligibility allowing him to return for the 2022-23 season.
Of his many claims, many of which were spot on, Malone listed three fellow power forwards who had more God-given ability than he did, but didn’t quite reach the same level of play. “I’m going to tell you three guys that had more talent than Karl Malone -- Chris Webber, Derrick Coleman and Charles Barkley,” Malone said. “More talent. More talent. But, they didn’t outwork me.” Malone began lifting weights during his time at Louisiana Tech. He was an NBA strongman and the use of weight training helped him stay healthy and on the court during his 19-season Hall of Fame career. “I would never use the term, ‘He was better than me,’” Malone explained. “More talented is different.”
One of the sports stars helping to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic is Louisiana Tech legend and NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone. The Malone family, including Karl’s son K.J. who played football at LSU, as well as dozens of helpers from the community handed out over 80,000 pounds of food to those in need in Union Parish.
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