Five picks left in the first round and all of them are potential landing spots for a big man.

ESPN panel completing whiffing on the Danny Wolf emotion.

ESPN having Shams on their payroll and pretending he hasn’t already leaked Phoenix’s pick. What are we doing?

TL;DR Bob Myers tonight: *snorts line off desk* “Nobody ever knows what the hell we’re doing on draft night! Ever! We just pick dudes and hope for the best.”

Ryan Kalkbrenner comes off the board 4 picks into the second round. The 4-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year is headed to the Charlotte Hornets. He teams up with conference rival Liam McNeeley, who was taken by the Hornets with the 29th pick last night.

Oops.

Seems like a pretty good time for Jays Classic and I to sit down for another marathon pod so I can offer a rebuttal to everything Jacob Padilla said to him two months ago.

Congrats Kalk!!! So well deserved. You got a good one ⁦Charlotte Hornets⁩ !!

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The Utah Jazz have selected Wisconsin's John Tonje with the No. 53 pick. One of the best scorers in college basketball.

Louisville's Chucky Hepburn – the ACC Defensive Player of the Year – has agreed to a two-way NBA contract with the Toronto Raptors, sources tell ESPN.

Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis has agreed to a two-way NBA contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.

Gonzaga's Ryan Nembhard has agreed to a two-way contract with the Dallas Mavericks, a source told ESPN. No. 59 prospect on the ESPN Top-100 led college basketball with 9.7 assists per game.

Have to double check, but I believe 2025 Naismith Men’s College Defensive Player of the Year presented by Molecule Ryan Kalkbrenner is his new legal name.

Serious love for the Ryan Kalkbrenner pick to the #Hornets by Jonathan Givony on the Scott Van Pelt show. #Creighton #ProJays "He can play in the NBA 15 to 20 minutes per game, tomorrow already."

As far as editorial decisions go, I think this media guide cover choice might be tough to top the rest of your career, Rob Anderson.

🫡 Justin

Creighton Bluejays point guard and All-Big East Team selection Steven Ashworth has agreed to a deal with the Indiana Pacers, league sources told HoopsHype. Ashworth led the Big East with 6.8 assists per game last season.

Steven Ashworth goes from replacing Ryan Nembhard at Creighton to potentially teaming up with his older brother in the NBA.

NEWS: Texas' Arthur Kaluma has agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, a source told ESPN.