The NBA season is only a month away, but recent weeks have featured some significant transactions for onetime Kansas players at the top level of professional basketball. Many of the former Jayhawks are firmly entrenched on their current NBA teams. Joel Embiid recently signed a multi-year ...
Former Kansas guard Jalen Wilson used his 2023 stint in the Summer League to show he belonged in the NBA, and he served well as a role player for the Brooklyn Nets during the ensuing season. Returning to Las Vegas this time around, he took his production one step further. The NBA announced ...
The knee bruise that derailed Kevin McCullar Jr.'s final collegiate season at Kansas will prevent him from starting his professional career this month. Several outlets reported on Friday night, with the New York Knicks about to begin their Summer League campaign on Saturday, that as Newsday's ...
Updated 2:13 p.m. Thursday, July 11: With squads representing all 30 NBA teams in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League every year, there’s bound to be a fair number of former Jayhawks at various stages of their professional careers. Sure enough, this year’s edition is expected to feature ...
Another member of the Braun family will suit up for the Denver Nuggets — at least for a stint during the summer. Former Kansas men's basketball standout Christian Braun entered the NBA as a first-round pick in 2022, won a national championship with the Nuggets as a rookie and upped his ...
Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy was acquired by the Indiana Pacers with the No. 35 pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday afternoon, bringing his slide to an end after he was not chosen on Wednesday. “Last night was a very tough and humbling night for Johnny,” KU head ...
Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy suffered an unwanted draft-day surprise on Wednesday night as he went unselected in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft. That defied the expectations of the vast majority of experts who had produced mock drafts in the lead-up to the event, as well as those of ...
Overland Park — The gym at Radiant Church was filled with familiar faces on Tuesday afternoon as part of former Kansas basketball player Christian Braun’s youth camp. There was Braun, the star of the show, as well as Ed Fritz, the camp organizer and the coach who guided Braun to state ...
