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Kansas head coach Bill Self revealed plenty during an extended sit-down with NCAA reporter Andy Katz on Monday, including what he expects Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy to decide after entering the 2024 NBA Draft. Self said Furphy, who arrived late last summer from Australia to enroll as a freshman at KU, outperformed any reasonable expectation, thus playing himself into an invite to the NBA Draft Combine.
Andy Katz: James Wiseman playing tonight. Statement from @Memphis_MBB:
James Wiseman playing tonight. Statement from @Memphis_MBB: pic.twitter.com/fLNc5oO4Ss
— Andy Katz (@TheAndyKatz) November 8, 2019
Andy Katz: Darius Garland told us he left @VandyMBB once he got hurt for business reasons. He said he hopes his injury won’t hurt his status in the lottery. He said he’s good to go. He said what he missed most this season was being with his peers. @NBATV @ALaForce
According to Andy Katz of NCAA.com, Grant Williams told him and Allie LaForce of TNT that he plans to make his decision about his basketball future on Saturday after going through the combine and getting feedback from NBA teams.
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has a supporter in his effort to set an NBA record for most triple-doubles in a season: current record holder Oscar Robertson. Speaking at the Final Four in Phoenix on Friday, Robertson told ESPN's Andy Katz that "I'm rooting for him" to break the record and that "I hope he does it."
Amid deepening acrimony, a supposedly bipartisan deal to kill the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" fell apart Wednesday night, ensuring the likelihood that global corporations and national sports events will continue to stay away from the state. The law limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and is best known for a provision that requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates. It was passed earlier this year, after Charlotte officials approved a sweeping antidiscrimination ordinance. "The NCAA's decision to withhold championships from North Carolina remains unchanged," said NCAA spokesman Bob Williams in a statement. An NBA league source told ESPN's Andy Katz that its stance in withholding the All-Star Game from Charlotte also had not changed.
Retired U.S. Army general Martin E. Dempsey - who was named the future chair of USA Basketball on Tuesday - stressed Thursday that players who suit up for the national program are representing their country, not any particular president. "They are not representing President-elect (Donald) Trump," Dempsey told Andy Katz and Rich Klein on the ESPN/ABC News podcast Capital Games. "They are representing the country where we have a system that stood the test of time with three separate and equal branches of government, representing 350 million people.''
Andy Katz: Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes worked out for the Celtics today. He has three more workouts (Phoenix, Utah, NY) and then he will wait to hear "and if it's not (what he wants) then I will go back to college and be the best player in college basketball."
The 6-foot-10 Simmons is picking himself as the top player in the nation. "Oh myself, I'm not going to pick anybody over me but there's a lot of great players out there," Simmons told ESPN's Andy Katz after he dropped 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in LSU's 94-83 loss to South Carolina. "I don't think anyone's better than me."
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Ira Winderman: ESPN's Andy Katz reporting Heat have attempted to move up in bid for Emmanuel Mudiay. (Odd, in light of Dragic.) #NBADraft
Andy Katz: Let's see if this ends up happening: a number of teams believe Indiana will take Murray State's Cameron Payne at 11.
Andy Katz: Kris Porzingis says NYK is best organization in NBA. Also can handle spotlight in NY. Did pro day in LV, visited NY:
The Chicago Bulls are negotiating a five-year contract with Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg to become their next head coach, multiple league sources told ESPN's Andy Katz and Nick Friedell.
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