Michigan State basketball guard Jase Richardson snubbed from NBA Draft green room
Michigan State basketball guard Jase Richardson snubbed from NBA Draft green room
FINAL: 24 players invited to the NBA Draft green room thus far:
Cooper Flagg
Dylan Harper
Ace Bailey
VJ Edgecombe
Tre Johnson
Khaman Maluach
Jeremiah Fears
Kon Knueppel
Kasparas Jakucionis
Egor Demin
Carter Bryant
Derik Queen
Asa Newell
Noa Essengue
Collin Murray-Boyles
Thomas… pic.twitter.com/YxAsE5FgeA — Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 19, 2025
The 2025 NBA Draft is set to begin on Wednesday, June 25, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In regards to the NBA Draft's relation to Michigan State, it will be a chance for Spartan Nation to see where star freshman Jase Richardson will begin his professional career.
Unfortunately for Richardson, he has been snubbed from being able to see where his professional career will begin, not being elected to watch from the green room.
According to a report from Jonathan Givony (Draft Express on X), 24 players have been selected to be inside of the green room for the NBA Draft, Richardson is not one of those players.
This comes as a surprise, with Richardson being routinely mocked as a mid to high teens, it is shocking that the Michigan State guard will be unable to be in the green room for his selection in next week's draft.
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