Category Archives: Sports

2021 NBA Draft Tiers

Tier 1: Potential All-NBA PlayersCade CunninghamEvan MobleyJalen Green Tier 2: Potential All-StarsScottie BarnesJalen SuggsJonathan KumingaAlperen Sengun Tier 3: Potential High-Level StartersJames BouknightKeon JohnsonFranz WagnerJosh GiddeyMoses MoodyDavion MitchellJalen Johnson Tier 4: Potential Rotation Players/StartersCorey KispertUsman GarubaZiaire WilliamsIsaiah JacksonJosh CristopherJT ThorKai JonesTrey MurphyJosh PrimoMiles McBrideIsaiah ToddDaishen NixDay’Ron SharpeJared ButlerBrandon Boston Jr.Bones HylandRokas JokubaitisTrey Murphy IIIVrenz Bleijenbergh TierContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Tiers”

2021 NBA Draft Mock 1.5 – Post-Combine

Round 1  # Team Player H P Team  1  DET Cade Cunningham  6-8 G Oklahoma St.  2  HOU Evan Mobley 7-0 F/C  USC  3  CLE Jalen Green 6-6 G  G-League  4  TOR Jalen Suggs 6-4 G Gonzaga   5  ORL Scottie Barnes 6-9 F Florida St.  6  OKC Jonathan Kuminga 6-6 F G-League  7  GS JamesContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Mock 1.5 – Post-Combine”

2021 NBA Draft Combine Losers

Greg Brown: I have mixed feelings on Brown because during measurements and athletic testing, he looked amazing. In fact, prior to the 5-on-5 games, I had him as a major riser because he looked like an elite, explosive athlete. While he is those things, he was so bad in 5-on-5, I couldn’t imagine any GMContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Combine Losers”

2021 NBA Draft Combine Winners

JT Thor: The Auburn big man measured in a 6-9 without shoes. He hit 15/25 on moving NBA 3’s during the combine individual workouts. His motor, solid size, and great shooting for a big likely moved him into the mid-to-late first round. Quentin Grimes: The floor general from Houston was one of the big winnersContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Combine Winners”

2021 Round 1 Mock Draft – 1.0

Last night, the Detroit Pistons won the 2021 NBA Draft Lottery. The Pistons, who are in a full rebuild, will presumably pick the long guard/wing from Oklahoma State, Cade Cunningham with the first pick. Cunningham should fit nicely with the young pieces that Detroit GM Troy Weaver accumulated in last year’s draft. After Cunningham, thereContinue reading “2021 Round 1 Mock Draft – 1.0”

Out in the Open: SUU Point Guard Stands for Positive Change

This story was originally published in the University Journal and on SUUNews.net. It has been re-published here with the permission of the author. Cherita Daugherty’s hometown of Vancouver, Washington, is home to over 180,000 people. About 2.5% of the population identifies as Black, meaning Daugherty’s old stomping grounds consists of approximately 4,500 Black individuals. CedarContinue reading “Out in the Open: SUU Point Guard Stands for Positive Change”

Fatherhood: How a Unique Bond Has Taken the T-Birds to New Heights

This story was originally published in the University Journal and on SUUNews.net. It has been re-published here with the permission of the author. 1,598 miles, 26 hours of driving on I-14, and five state lines.  That’s what stands between Southern Utah University men’s basketball star John Knight III and visiting his 2-year-old son, Jakhi, inContinue reading “Fatherhood: How a Unique Bond Has Taken the T-Birds to New Heights”

Taylor Whitson: Setting the Expectation at SUU

This story was originally published in the University Journal and on SUUNews.net. It has been re-published here with the permission of the author. The winter night air is chilled as fathers and daughters shuffle into the Hunter Conference Center on the campus of Southern Utah University. It’s Feb. 2, 2019, the night of the firstContinue reading “Taylor Whitson: Setting the Expectation at SUU”

Catching Up with SUU’s All-American, Matt Cannon

This story was originally published in the University Journal and SUUNews.net. It has been republished here with the permission of the author. He was a model citizen on campus,” said Neil Gardner, SUU’s former Sports Information Director. “He was the all- American boy.” Gardner is talking about Matt Cannon, SUU’s decorated football player-turned- board oftrusteesContinue reading “Catching Up with SUU’s All-American, Matt Cannon”