Category: NBA Draft

NBA Draft Combine invitations are out.  New rule for NCAA underclassmen implies that if they do not get an invitation to the combine, they can pull out their name and go back to their school.  These are the players that got an invitation today and officially confirmed.  Jared Uthoff – Iowa DeAndre Bembry – St.Joseph Isaiah…

Providence guard Kris Dunn declares for the NBA Draft and signs with CAA.  Dunn finished his junior season with 16 points, 6.4 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals.  Dunn is projected to go top-10 in the draft.  Dunn led the NCAA in assists for awhile this season and finished only 5 games in single-digit scoring…. 

Maryland’s top two scorer Melo Trimble and Diamond Stone declared for the NBA Draft.  Freshman center Diamond Stone will hire an agent which means he is done at Maryland.  Trimble will not hire an agent so he has a chance to come back for his junior season.  Trimble finished the season with 14.8 points and…

UC Irvine’s giant center Mamadou N’Diaye informs his school that he will be leaving for the NBA draft.  N’Diaye has not hire an agent yet but reports said he will hire one.  Junior center standing at 7’6-300 pounds, averaged 12.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.5 blocks a game.  63 percent free throw shooter N’Diaye will…

Maryland forward Robert Carter announces that he will declare for the NBA draft and hire an agent.  Carter played for Georgia Tech in 13-14 and sat out 14-15 to play for Maryland.  Carter averaged 26 minutes a game this season and racked up 12.3 points and 7 rebounds.  Carter’s name did not involve in most…

Kentucky guard and John Wooden Award nominee Tyler Ulis announces that he is going to enter the draft.  Ulis announced that he will hire an agent and will not come back to Kentucky.  Ulis averaged 17 points and 7 assists in 37 minutes a game.  Ulis helped his team win the SEC tournament but Kentucky…

Gonzaga bigman Domantas Sabonis declares for the NBA Draft.  Projected first round pick Sabonis will hire an agent which means he is done at Gonzaga.  Sabonis played 32 minutes a game and averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds.  Sabonis played well in the NCAA tournament where he had 3 double-doubles in 3 games.  In Sweet Sixteen…

Maccabi Tel Aviv forward Dragan Bender announces that he is done in Europe and ready for the NBA.  Bender has a buy-out that is worth 1 million dollars.  Bender will play in the NBA immediately instead of staying for a year or two in Europe.  Bender played in 21 games for Maccabi, averaged 6.2 points and…

Kentucky freshman Skal Labissiere announces that he is going to enter the NBA Draft.  Out of high school Labissiere was recruited by North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, Baylor, Georgetown and Kentucky.  Coming in to his freshman year, Skal was projected as a lottery pick.  With only averaging 15 mins per game, Skal was criticised by the…

Duke forward Brandon Ingram announces that he is going to enter the NBA Draft.  6’9 freshman ended his season at Duke with 17.1 points a game.  Duke lost to Oregon in Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament where Ingram made his case to be the number 1 pick.  Ingram picked Duke University over Kentucky, UCLA,…

7 footer Canadian Thon Maker decided to forgo his college career and decided to declare for the NBA Draft.  Maker had offers from Arizona State, Florida State, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Notre Dame, St. John’s and UNLV.  Maker also decided not to play in the Hoop Summit game in order to get ready for the draft….