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USA Today
28-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nets to work out Tennessee's Chaz Lanier ahead of 2025 NBA Draft
Nets to work out Tennessee's Chaz Lanier ahead of 2025 NBA Draft The Brooklyn Nets still have a couple of months before they have to figure out what they are going to with their picks in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft in June. As of this writing, Brooklyn has five draft picks, meaning that they will have plenty of players to sift through and one way to do that is to bring prospective players in for workouts ahead of the Draft. The Nets will be bringing in Tennessee guard Chaz Lanier for a predraft workout on Thursday, according to ClutchPoints' Erik Slater on Wednesday. Lanier is regarded as one of the best shooters in the class as he shot 39.5% from three-point land this past season for Tennessee and had that kind of accuracy from deep on 8.2 attempts per game. Lanier, listed at 6-foot-4 and 206 pounds, seems to be regarded as a player that will definitely be taken in the second of the Draft if Jonathan Wasserman's latest mock draft for Bleacher Report is any indication. Wasserman predicted that Lanier would be taken by the Detroit Pistons with the 37th overall pick, implying that Lanier should be safely-regarded as a player to not last deep into the second round. "Chaz Lanier finished second at the NBA combine in aggregate shooting, unsurprising based on his 229 made threes over the past two seasons. NBA teams that could use more offensive firepower will look past age and lack of versatility for such advanced shotmaking," Wasserman wrote. Lanier, who Wasserman compares to Seth Curry and Alex Burks, would be a player for the Nets to target after they finished last season shooting just 34.4% from deep, good for 25th in the league. Lanier had quite the senior season for the Volunteers as he was named a Wooden All-American as well as being named All-SEC. Lanier came away from the 2024-25 season after averaging 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 43.1% from the field and the aforementioned 39.5% behind the three-point arc. Brooklyn has the 36th overall pick to use in the second round if Lanier impresses in his workout.
USA Today
02-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn's Johni Broome named to Wooden All-American team
Auburn's Johni Broome named to Wooden All-American team Now that Broome is a Wooden All-American, he is one step closer to grabbing college basketball's top honor. Auburn star Johni Broome has added another accolade to his shelf, bringing him one step closer to winning college basketball's highest individual honor. The John R. Wooden Award revealed its All-American team on Wednesday, which included Broome. Because of his All-America honor, Broome is now in a prime position to win the John R. Wooden Award, which is given to college basketball's best player at season's end. He is a top-five finalist to win the award alongside Alabama's Mark Sears, Florida's Walter Clayton Jr., Duke's Cooper Flagg, and Purdue's Braden Smith. Broome is having his best season as an Auburn Tiger by averaging 18.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game for the Tigers. He also played a major role in Auburn winning the SEC regular season championship and the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. His 21 double-doubles rank No. 5 nationally, and he has 19 games of 20-or-more points, including his last two NCAA Tournament games. According to Auburn athletics, Broome is the third Auburn Tiger to earn a spot on the Wooden All-American team, joining Jabari Smith in 2022 and Chris Porter in 1999. Broome will be honored during the John R. Wooden Awards Show on Friday, April 11, at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The event will be streamed by ESPN+.
