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Despite the uncertainty and altered timeline around the 2020 NBA draft, there will be a draft at some point. And with Markus Howard hoping to hear his name on draft night, we wanted to talk to The Athletic’s NBA Draft guru Sam Vecenie to get an expert’s take on all things Howard. And boy did […]

Sam Hauser in the NBA? It’s time to start the conversation.

Despite going undrafted in last night’s NBA draft, Vander Blue will get his chance at an NBA roster after signing on with the Memphis Grizzlies’ Summer League team. The news was first reported by Chris Vernon via Twitter. Regardless of opinion on Blue’s decision to forgo his senior season — we had quite a strong […]

When asked in May why he made the decision to forgo his senior season and enter the NBA Draft, Vander Blue confidently told the Journal-Sentinel’s Charles Gardner that he “[knew] how this process works” and that he was just “trying to follow the footsteps of Jimmy [Butler]” and the rest of the Marquette basketball alumni […]

Vander Blue is now less than three weeks out from waiting to hear his name called in New York at the NBA draft. The 6-foot-4 guard has used the last two months to transform his game toward running the point, and after a successful two-day run at the Combine is generating interest from teams. To […]

What first began with some not-so-favorable reports out of Chicago seemed to have ended with a bang for Vander Blue, who came out a winner from the past two days at the NBA Combine. There wasn’t much to be seen or read about on Day 1, other than Blue being listed as “from DePaul” and […]