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There's been a lot of speculation about Giannis Antetokounmpo's future in Milwaukee, with reports saying that he's keeping an eye on what the front office does this offseason. While on IShowSpeed's stream in Greece, he had this to say about his future in Milwaukee: IShowSpeed: Where do you live? LA? Giannis Antetokounmpo: No, Florida. Speed: Florida? Giannis: Yep. Taxes are better there, huh? Speed: Yep. Tax is good there. Giannis: Tax is better there. LA—the tax is bad. New York—tax is bad. Speed: Yeah. Giannis: Hell no. A lot of people tried to convince me to go and play there and stuff.

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Anthony Slater: The Warriors sent the rights to Justinian Jessup and a top-50 protected 2032 second round pick to Memphis to jump up three spots and grab Florida guard Will Richard, per source.

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KC Johnson: Fun fact about Bulls’ first-round pick Noa Essengue: He’s represented by LIFT Sports Management, the agency co-founded by Billy Donovan’s prize recruit at Florida, Mike Miller

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Byron Spruell, the NBA’s president of league operations, told The Athletic that the guidelines for coaches’ attire are a “modified dress code” stemming from the pandemic-necessitated bubble at Walt Disney World, outside Orlando, Fla., five years ago. Because of the withering heat and humidity of a Florida summer, it made sense at that time to relax the dress code because it made coaches more comfortable as they walked from their team buses to the arenas. In the years since, the league, in consultation with the coaches’ association, has continued with the modified dress code because coaches have gotten accustomed to a more casual look, because it’s easier for coaches to pack for road trips and because having everyone wear similar team-issued clothing adds an element of uniformity to coaching staffs.

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Nick DePaula: BREAKING: Florida guard Xaivian Lee has signed a multi-year Signature Shoe deal with Serious Player Only to become the future face of the brand.📄✍️ Deal makes @Xaivian Lee the 1st NCAA NIL athlete to sign a shoe deal with an international brand. Includes PE shoe & apparel

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Which college basketball team is the biggest winner after the withdrawal deadline? Borzello: Florida was one. There were other winners, certainly -- including Houston (Milos Uzan), Michigan (Lendeborg), Auburn (Tahaad Pettiford) and Kentucky (Otega Oweh) -- but the Gators went from a borderline top-20 team to a legitimate contender to open the season as the No. 1 team with a real chance to win back-to-back titles. Florida was the beneficiary of Fland's withdrawal, as the Arkansas transfer ultimately committed to the Gators a week after making his decision. Then Alex Condon, a fringe first-round pick, also withdrew to return to Gainesville. With both officially in the fold, coach Todd Golden has as good a starting five as there is in college basketball.

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Jeff Goodman: Florida forward Alex Condon will withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to the Gators, source told @TheFieldOf68 . Gators will start the season somewhere in the Preseason Top 5 and have a legit chance to go back-to-back.

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Adam Zagoria: Rising junior center Rueben Chinyelu will withdraw from the NBA Draft process and return to Florida, he announced via his social media accounts on Monday.

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Florida center Rueben Chinyelu will return to UF for his junior season after exploring the NBA's pre-Draft process, Swamp247 has learned.

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Florida sophomore forward Alex Condon will test the NBA Draft waters with an opportunity to return to UF for his junior season, UF head coach Todd Golden said after the Gators' national championship celebration.

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Now that Walter Clayton Jr.'s a national champion, the Florida superstar is ready to turn his attention toward the NBA ... and he's promising any team that picks him in this summer's draft will be getting "a winning player."

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Florida's 65-63 win over Houston in Monday's NCAA men's title game averaged 18.1 million viewers with a 9.2 rating on CBS. The number represents the highest rated men's title game since Baylor-Gonzaga in 2021 and the most-watched since Virginia-Texas Tech in 2019.

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Freshman point guard Tahaad Pettiford will enter the NBA draft process, he told ESPN's Jonathan Givony on Monday, after Auburn's season came to a close over the weekend with a 79-73 loss to Florida in the Final Four. Pettiford told ESPN if he returns to college, he is not considering the transfer portal.

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KC Johnson: Billy Donovan said the plan is to ramp up Patrick Williams this week. Hope is that he may be available for Florida trip. That’s also soft target date for Nikola Vucevic return, per Vucevic.

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