Battle of the Editors: Running the numbers to create best team of men’s basketball legends
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
UCLA men’s basketball has won 11 national championships and produced five Hall of Famers in its 101 seasons in Westwood. The list of basketball legends who have suited up in Pauley Pavilion is longer than nearly any other school’s, and the debates over the best of the best remain relevant to this day. After constructing a budget matrix to rank players at each position, the Daily Bruin Sports editors sat down to draw up their own championship-winning lineups with only $15 to spend. Join the discussion by following us on Twitter at @DBSports and sharing your own lineups with the world. Ball-Mil ..read more
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Scouting Report: Johnny Juzang
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Johnny Juzang should have been a senior at Harvard-Westlake School last season, just 8 miles away from Pauley Pavilion. Instead, he traveled across the country to suit up in blue and white in Rupp Arena and get a taste of the college game a little early. The rising sophomore guard/forward transferred to UCLA men’s basketball April 9 after averaging 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in 28 appearances at Kentucky last season. He shot 37.7% from the field and scored in double-digits twice as a freshman. Juzang’s numbers may not have ranked near the top of the SEC leaderboards – or his team’s ..read more
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Battle of the Editors: UCLA’s most documentary-worthy sports storylines
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Much like the rest of the sports world, the Daily Bruin Sports editors spent the last five Sundays watching ESPN and Netflix’s 10-part documentary series, “The Last Dance.” The 10-hour saga detailing the rise and fall of the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty with Michael Jordan earned national praise and set Twitter ablaze every week, and it has left audiences begging for more. ESPN has a lineup of 30 for 30 documentaries set to come out over the next few weeks – including ones based around the Lance Armstrong doping scandal and the 1998 MLB home run race – but the well will run dry by late June. UCLA ..read more
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UCLA men’s basketball’s Jalen Hill withdraws name from NBA Draft pool
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Jack Perez
4y ago
Coach Mick Cronin got one of his players back for the next season. Redshirt sophomore forward/center Jalen Hill has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft pool, according to UCLA Athletics, leaving junior guard Chris Smith as the only underclassman scheduled to leave Cronin’s program. The announcement comes just days after Hill’s name was released on a list of underclassmen who had been declared as early entry candidates for the draft. Hill had until June 3 to make a decision on whether he would return to Westwood next year but made the choice early. Hill will be returning to a Bruin squad tha ..read more
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UCLA men’s basketball forward/center Jalen Hill enters 2020 NBA Draft
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Taiyo Keilin
4y ago
Coach Mick Cronin might be losing another player to the NBA. After his second playing season in Westwood, Jalen Hill has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft. The redshirt sophomore forward/center’s name was on the publicly released list of underclassmen who declared for the draft. In his second full season, Hill made 25 starts for the Bruins and averaged 9.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game – each good for at least second-best on the team. Hill is the second UCLA player to declare for the draft, as junior guard Chris Smith announced his decision to declare three weeks ago. Both player ..read more
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Un-Connon Opinions: Rules against high school-to-NBA jump leave talented players in limbo
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Daishen Nix wasn’t the first top recruit to skip college for the pros, and he won’t be the last. The five-star prospect’s decision to decommit from UCLA men’s basketball and join the NBA G League sent shockwaves through the internet Tuesday, but it wasn’t unprecedented. Jalen Green chose the same path earlier in April, and Isaiah Todd similarly decommitted from Michigan to pursue a G League contract weeks before Nix did. Twitter is ablaze with people claiming this is the downfall of the NCAA and that college basketball is on the brink of collapse after this series of G League thefts. Losing t ..read more
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Daishen Nix decommits from UCLA men’s basketball to play in NBA G League
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Daishen Nix is no longer a Bruin. The five-star recruit out of Las Vegas has broken his commitment to UCLA men’s basketball and will instead sign with the NBA G League to pursue a professional career, The Athletic reported Tuesday. Nix was rated as the nation’s No. 1 point guard in the class of 2020 and was the first prospect coach Mick Cronin earned a commitment from at UCLA. Nix is the third top-level recruit to spurn the NCAA in favor of the G League this month, joining fellow five-stars Jalen Green and Isaiah Todd. The new G League model allows high school students to skip college and get ..read more
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Un-Connon Opinions: Chris Smith would be wise to forgo NBA Draft, stay at UCLA for his senior year
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Chris Smith would be lucky to get selected in this year’s NBA Draft. That’s not a slight on his game – the UCLA men’s basketball junior won Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-Pac-12 this season. Looking at where the guard was even a year ago, that’s a major leap and one that certainly warrants praise. But that doesn’t mean NBA teams are going to bite – at least, not yet. Smith took the first step toward the pros when he declared for the 2020 NBA Draft on April 7. Between his athleticism, versatility and length, he is certainly an intriguing prospec ..read more
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Men’s basketball nets increased depth with additions to 2020 recruiting class
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Sam Connon
4y ago
Mick Cronin’s first recruiting cycle ended in the same place it started – with Johnny Juzang. The newly hired coach met with the then-high school junior guard April 2019 before he reclassified and committed to Kentucky. But after a 28-game stint with the Wildcats, Juzang announced his intentions to transfer, and Cronin pounced. “When I heard he was headed for the transfer portal, we all had time, so it gave me some time to watch some Kentucky games,” Cronin said. “The way I look at it is he had his senior year of high school at Kentucky against NBA players.” Cronin and UCLA men’s basketball m ..read more
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Scouting Report: Chris Smith
Daily Bruin Men’s Basketball
by Dylan D'Souza
4y ago
Chris Smith is hoping to take his talents to the NBA. The 6-foot-9, 215-pound junior wing is coming off a breakout season in which he notched career-highs in every major traditional box-score statistic, including 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. His shooting percentages were also all career-highs as he shot 45.8% from the field, 34.1% from 3 and 84.0% from the charity stripe. His development under coach Mick Cronin earned Smith the Pac-12 Most Improved Player award and a first-team All-Pac-12 selection. If and when the Chicago native should expect to ..read more
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