WRITER: Matt Tait

Former Kansas PG Devonte’ Graham agrees to sign-and-trade deal with New Orleans worth $47 million

Updated at 9:03 p.m. Monday night Three days after Charlotte drafted UConn guard James Bouknight, crowding the Hornets’ backcourt even further than it already was, team GM Mitch Kupchak announced the Hornets had made a qualifying offer to free agent guard Devonte’ Graham. One day after that, Graham was traded to New Orleans as part of a sign-and-trade deal that will send Graham to the Pelicans and a ...

Former Eudora standout Mitch Ballock to play NBA Summer League with Philadelphia

Former Eudora High standout Mitchell Ballock is getting his shot in the NBA. After going undrafted during last week’s NBA draft, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard agreed to join the Summer League squad of the Philadelphia 76ers. He’ll head to Las Vegas with the Sixers later this week. The team’s first game is slated for Aug. 9 against Dallas. Although the road to sticking with an NBA roster remains long, ...

Former KU All-American Frank Mason III added to 76ers Summer League roster

Former Kansas point guard Frank Mason’s journey through the NBA has landed him an opportunity with the Philadelphia 76ers Summer League squad. Mason, the former college basketball national player of the year and 2020 G League MVP with the Milwaukee Bucks organization, is getting another crack with Philadelphia. There remains a long way to go before Mason is elevated into the conversation about joining the ...

Kansas guard Marcus Garrett not selected in 2021 NBA draft

Former Kansas guard Marcus Garrett went undrafted in Thursday’s NBA draft, leaving the Dallas native in search of a free agent deal to kickstart his professional basketball career. The 6-foot-5 combo guard who was a three-year starter for Bill Self at Kansas had hoped to sneak into the back end of the second round on Thursday night. But all 60 picks came and went without Garrett hearing his name called. ...

Former Kansas guard Marcus Garrett inks free agent deal with the Miami Heat

According to a Friday morning Instagram post from Young Money APAA Sports, the agency that represents him, former Kansas guard Marcus Garrett has signed a free agent deal with the Miami Heat. ESPN.com draft expert Jonathan Givony also tweeted that Garrett will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Heat, which allows him to attend Miami’s training camp with the franchise controlling his G League rights. The ...

Kansas Athletics launches new "Jayhawks Ascend" program designed to help student-athletes navigate NIL era of college athletics

Twenty-nine days after the NCAA’s new name, image and likeness rule went into effect, the University of Kansas launched a four-tiered policy on how to navigate the new era of college athletics. Dubbed “Jayhawks Ascend,” the program is designed to do everything from provide entrepreneurial training for student-athletes to teaching them about tax implications that may come from accepting sponsorship money ...