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A native of Philadelphia, Schoening joined the Spurs during the 2001-2002 season after a 12-year stint calling football, basketball, and baseball games for the Texas Longhorns. He will enter the 2022-23 season having called 2,020 consecutive games for the Spurs, a streak that started with San Antonio’s 97-85 win over Detroit on Jan. 2, 2002 and includes preseason, regular season, play-in and postseason games.
Kevin Durant only played one season for the Texas Longhorns, but his impact was profound enough to secure a place in the school's athletic Hall of Fame. Texas announced its 11-person Hall of Honor class for 2022, with Durant being one of the inductees. He and his constituents will be celebrated during a ceremony on Friday, September 16.
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— Texas Longhorns (@TexasLonghorns) October 9, 2021
Despite years of injury setbacks since he burst onto the scene at the Texas Longhorns, Patriots BBC star Prince Ibeh is shining at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and fighting for a long-awaited NBA breakthrough. Ibeh, who was at Texas from 2012 to 2016, still has time on his side, but he had to overcome injury setbacks, like tearing his quadricep during the pre-draft process, which likely denied him the privilege of playing in the NBA.
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Knicks, Lakers interested in Mo Bamba trade?
Noel and Gibson likely will also confront Orlando 7-foot center Mo Bamba, who could see action Wednesday against Gibson. Bamba could be a future trade target. The New York native and fifth pick of the 2018 NBA Draft has yet to make his mark in Orlando. Bamba is in and out of the rotation, playing in just 12 games this season. Bamba is 22 and the Knicks looked to trade up in that draft to get the former Texas Longhorns star. The Lakers also reportedly have interest.
Texas freshman Jaxson Hayes has not made a decision whether he’ll enter the NBA Draft yet. He will discuss his future with his parents, as well as the Longhorns coaching staff, “soon.” But Hayes made it clear he feels he’s ready to play at the next level if he chooses that route. “I feel like if I were to make the jump, I feel like I’d be good,” Hayes said after Texas won the NIT championship on Thursday night.”
Gibson keeps the jerseys of… LaMarcus Aldridge? T.J. Ford? Chauncey Billups? What appears to be Charles Barkley from Team USA (or is it Blake Griffin)? The first two sort of make sense as fellow Texas Longhorns. But then is it a Big-12 thing with Billups? Is it a Big-12 thing plus an SEC thing for Sir Charles? The fifth, unidentifiable jersey may provide a clue to the real pattern here, which remains unknown.
Texas sophomore guard Myck Kabongo, who missed 23 games this season while under an NCAA suspension, will forgo his final two seasons of eligibility and enter the NBA draft. The Longhorns made the announcement in a statement Friday.
Myck Kabongo is returning to Texas . The Longhorns Canadian point guard has decided to return to school after an up-and-down freshman campaign. "I think we have a chance to be a special team," Kabongo told CBSSports.com. "I want to become a better leader and player." The 6-foot-1 floor leader averaged 9.6 points per game and 5.2 assists, but he was erratic throughout the season, also averaging three turnovers per contest.
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It is barely past 10 a.m. and the temperature has already cracked 100° F in the drought-ridden Texas hill country. Thompson is riding the Crossing Place bus through campus, on his way to class from the first of what are often two daily workouts, dabbing his forehead and neck with a towel. This morning was an individual skills session run by Chris Babcock, an assistant coach with the Texas Longhorns and son of former Toronto Raptors GM Rob Babcock (Thompson, a Raptors fan, still rips Chris about his dad's trade of Vince Carter). While he's having a hard time handling the heat, Thompson has no problem fitting in as a student. Today, he's wearing a plain white T-shirt, baggy basketball shorts and old-school Chuck Taylors. Hints of the NBA player-to-be are his understated black diamond earrings ("Big jewellery is done," he says) and a tan MCM leather knapsack, only available in high-end shops like Saks Fifth Avenue. "My little treat," he says.
Ford said if the lockout drags past November, he might consider offers to play overseas like a number of players are considering, including Hornets star point guard Chris Paul. Ford, a seven-year veteran and a former Texas Longhorns standout, played the past three seasons with the Indiana Pacers. "I guess by that point, I would have to consider it,'' Ford said. "But it's not really that many jobs overseas. If it doesn't happen, I'd pretty much think I would do some volunteer coaching somewhere.''
Following weeks of pull-outs by high profile prospects which left general managers with high lottery picks cursing their luck, a handful of players — including Ontario natives Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph — decided on Sunday to close the book on their NCAA careers in search of NBA glory. Though a strong argument could be made that the duo would have been served well by returning to the Texas Longhorns to play with a national title contender, it is hard to fault them for going pro. Thompson, the 6-foot-9 big man from Brampton with the relentless motor is considered a near lock to become the highest-drafted Canadian ever. Victoria’s Steve Nash was selected 15th in the 1996 draft.
Cory Joseph's tenure at the University of Texas may be short-lived. The Pickering native and Longhorns' freshman point-guard is going to test the waters at the next level, having declared for the 2011 NBA draft. Joseph, and two other Texas teammates -- sophomore swingman Jordan Hamilton and freshman forward Tristan Thompson of Brampton -- made the announcement last Friday. Despite the declaration, because Joseph hasn't signed with an agent yet, he will maintain his NCAA eligibility, leaving the door open for him to return to Texas for a sophomore campaign.
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