It’s not often a 23-year-old can return to school and help his NBA Draft stock. Though Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg has made exceeding expectations and shattering

Brooklyn took an NBA-record five players in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft, headlined by Egor Demin (No. 8), Nolan Traore (No. 19), Drake Powell (No. 22), Ben Saraf (No. 26) and Danny Wolf (No. 27).

Freshman Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball player Darryn Peterson missed seven games with a hamstring strain, but it doesn’t seem to have affected his NBA Draft projections. He’s still projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 draft, according to many (or even most) evaluators.

www.si.com/college/illinois Four Illini in 2026 NBA Mock Draft – Including a Surprise First-Round Projection A district court in Washington state has denied the government’s request to pause discovery in the lawsuit contesting Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order halting refugee admissions.

The 2025 NBA rookie class is off to an impressive start, with a number of top prospects (and second-round surprises) already making an impact.

It was a trade that left the NBA confounded. Joe Dumars, newly in charge of the New Orleans front office, made what was seen as the biggest blunder in the 2025 NBA Draft — and Derik Queen was catching strays.

Heading into the NBA's slate of games on Dec. 10, the Brooklyn Nets have the sixth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery.

I spent three days at the Players Era Festival last week and between that and the Arizona vs. UConn game, I've now gotten eyes on twenty different college programs and dozens of NBA Draft prospects within the last few weeks.

Caleb Wilson, Kingston Flemings and Cameron Carr are among the big risers a month into the college basketball season.

Joe Dumars understood why the NBA world was surprised by the moves he made for the Pelicans during the night of the 2025 draft.

On Thursday night, the Virginia Tech Hokies took on the Western Carolina Catamounts, meaning guard Neoklis Avdalas was one of just a few draft prospects to play on the night. With potentially more eyes on him than normal, he issued another one of the best performances we’ve seen in the cycle.