Taelon Peter is the No. 54 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. pic.twitter.com/kgcexKxUUT

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) June 27, 2025

No basketball player has ever looked more like a Liberty basketball player than this guy.

2 ways should start to fly off now. Maybe we will take someone.

Vladislav Goldin from Michigan is there.

So is foul machine Viktor Lakhin.

Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis has agreed to a two-way NBA contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2025

He would have been an early 2nd last year when he shot 41% from three. Then he came back and shot 27% last year.

1. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper (2nd) + Carter Bryant (14th)

SAS made a BIG splash in this year’s NBA Draft, taking Rutger’s Dylan Harper & Arizona’s Carter Bryant.

Exceptional blend of scoring versatility, positional size + high-level impact between the two.

Grade: A+ pic.twitter.com/ataZ9hN8hK

— Mohamed (@mcfNBA) June 27, 2025

Tim Connelly on trading pick 31: “It was really curious how agent driven the 2nd round became. We called players left & right, and there was 20 deals done before the draft started. It was interesting. No. 31 is fun, but it’s probably not as fun as we thought was gonna be.”

— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) June 27, 2025

Ace Bailey’s agent declined to comment on his future in Utah. 👀

(via @DraftExpress)pic.twitter.com/3j14Vzs8yY

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 27, 2025

Some smoke that Ace Bailey won't report to Utah. He's gonna pull an Eli Manning

Then Ace Bailey won't be a NBA player next season.

Seems like a dumbass.

What could they possibly be thinking, Ace and his agent? When has this ever worked out?

Ace's agent is not actually an approved NBPA agent. The same guy directed Ace to sign with Rutgers when Ace could have gone anywhere and is from Tennessee/Georgia area. So in the heart of ACC/SEC basketball.

The agent is Sharife Cooper's dad, who was out of the NBA after 13 games and plays in Europe after being the 40th pick by Atlanta.

Cooper (Sharife's dad the fake agent) served time for cocaine distribution on school grounds and was charged with attempted murder and possession of a machine gun, which were dropped in a plea deal.

I think this is going to become really crazy in the next week or so. I cant' wait.

Wow that's wild. Where did you find this?

It's been in a ton of draft stories the last couple days.

We flew the Rooks in first thing in the morning yesterday.

Our rooks have arrived in San Antonio 🙌@dy1anharper | @carterdbryant pic.twitter.com/7MKziyQm0G

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) June 26, 2025

Jazz haven't brought their rookies in yet. Going to be interesting.

HtownWilly12 said:

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Wow that's wild. Where did you find this?

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Entering the draft, Bailey's camp made it clear that he preferred the New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets or Washington Wizards.

"The Utah Jazz drafted him with the No. 5 pick after he declined to work out for them," ESPN's Brian Windhorst said Friday on SportsCenter. "And the Jazz were very excited to welcome him to Utah over the weekend and that hasn't happened yet. So he did not go there.

"Their other first-round pick, Walter Clayton Jr., flew to Utah on Thursday and is getting ready to go. Ace Bailey did not and there's been minimal contact with him and the team."

ESPN reported that Bailey's agent, Omar Cooper, informed one team drafting in the top five that Bailey would not report if that team chose him. It's not clear which team that was.

"The question is, is Ace Bailey going to report and what would happen if he didn't? Windhorst asked. "There's not a crisis yet. What the Jazz are saying is, he's not expected in Utah until the weekend and really what he needs to do is be there by Monday when their training camp for Summer League.

"And if he's there, no problem, hope his Jazz career gets off to a good start. If he's not, let's see what actions go from there."

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https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2025/06/ex-rutgers-star-ace-bailey-hasnt-reported-to-the-utah-jazz-is-it-a-crisis-yet.html

Guitarsoup said:

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The Hornets ended up with Kon Knueppel, Liam McNeeley, and Ryan Kalkbrenner. That was pretty much my dream draft for our three picks in December. Funny how things change.

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Pretty much Utah's dream draft.

ETA- and now I see multiple comments on the Utah-ness of that group, but I'll go ahead and risk belaboring the point.

LSU’s Cam Carter will join the San Antonio Spurs at NBA Summer League, I’m told.

The 6’3” combo guard was one of the most productive players in the SEC this season, averaging 16.4 PTS, 4.1 REB, 2.5 AST while shooting 39.2% on 6.4 threes per game. pic.twitter.com/YtpVC9p6vV

— Jon Chepkevich (@JonChep) June 27, 2025

That guy >>> Branham

Also, it seems that next year's draft class may be even deeper than this year.

The 2026 Draft's starpower is going to blow some minds.. Lots will change between now and then but the class has a very good chance at being an elite/generational draft

— Rich Stayman (@RichStayman) June 27, 2025

Freaking Atlanta man.

Ace Bailey did not fly with fellow first-round pick Walter Clayton Jr. to Utah after being drafted, per @WindhorstESPN.

Bailey is expected to show up in Salt Lake City by Monday.

If he doesn’t show, Bailey could be holding out from the team. pic.twitter.com/JVGfXa0wVT

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 27, 2025

Ace Bailey has had minimal contact with the Jazz since being drafted and has yet to arrive in Utah, per @WindhorstESPN

“The Jazz were very excited to welcome him to Utah over the weekend and that hasn’t happened yet. So he did not go there. Their other first-round pick, Walter… pic.twitter.com/6FNiSkdKtL

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 27, 2025

So where do we go from here on team needs?

I hope the rest of the NBA collectively gives this guy the bird moving forward

Spurs' Vegas SL schedule:

July 10 vs Sixers (Edgecombe)
July 12 vs Mavs (Flagg)
July 14 vs Jazz (Bailey)
July 17 vs Hornets (Kon)

— Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) June 27, 2025

May have to scratch Bailey

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So where do we go from here on team needs?

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Sign backup and third string centers. Sign third string forward

So since agents are legal, could he technically go back to college and look for the biggest NIL payday for next year?

If he can, it's only a matter of time before NBA teams have to worry about college kids returning to school like the baseball draft.

He can't go back to college.

He can go overseas and play professionally, but Utah will retain his draft rights if he does.

If he sits out the entire year he can declare for the 2026 draft and Utah will lose his rights. I think that's what everyone's hoping will happen. Because the Jazz suck.

Steph Castle went on some stream with some gamer nerds. Someone on Reddit took notes:

• Steph says the first big thing he purchased with his rookie money is the castle-shaped chain he wears.
• [They're watching his dunk highlights reel] He says he didn't jump like that when he was in UConn because they practiced so much he had "dead legs".
• In college you practice every day, the NBA is vastly different. Last season the Spurs only had 8 practices throughout the season.
• He believes he could have had the dunk of the year with his attempted poster on Zubac.
• "How's it like playing with CP3?". Answer: "It's cool as ****." and "CP is funny as ****, he's always trolling on the court".
• Steph says the funniest teammate is Blake Wesley.
• They have a group chat and it's very active during the season. "People will be typing there randomly saying random ****".
• They're aware of who TheAverageFlight is and sometimes they would call Wemby "Wet Bananas" too. He also says Wemby "definitely does" know who Flight is.
• He used to watch streamers growing up but mostly through TikTok clips.
• His favorite game to play is 2K.
• His favorite game from his rookie year is the one against OKC where he had 32 points.
• His favorite players are Tatum and SGA. His favorite player growing up was Westbrook.
• He wears Tatums during games and workouts.
• About his "slow last step" move, he says it gets called a travel in college so he only started doing it in the NBA after they taught him to "have patience" in the paint. He also jokes that he should stop "spamming" it.
• About Pop: he doesn't have much to say because Pop coached him for just 5 games, but he says he's entertaining and would sometimes "start dancing" during practice.
• His goat is MJ.
• He thinks he got robbed on his 3rd dunk during the dunk contest.
• He didn't want to go first during the dunk contest but they made him go first and it kinda threw him off.
• He says him and Mac McClung worked with the same dunk coach.

Ace Bailey will report to the Utah Jazz on Saturday, a team representative told ESPN.

"We've had good communication with Ace Bailey and his representatives," the Jazz said. "Ace and his family are coming to Utah tomorrow."

STORY: https://t.co/YBHg166OXV pic.twitter.com/puJpxaaBCz

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 27, 2025

got their icy whites 🥶 pic.twitter.com/o8ooWKinJC

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) June 27, 2025

It's official, we aren't retiring the jersey.

Primo showed us everything he had, but still no love back

Was there a rumor about retiring these jerseys?

Personally I'd want us to use the 3 fiesta series jerseys as our primaries depending on home and road. Best and most Spurs look ever.

Raptors fire Masai Ujiri the day after the draft? Interesting timing, you'd think if they already had this planned they would have made this move sooner. Also, he was the darling of the NBA gm world just a few years ago.

Obviously never going to retire Primo's jersey and McLaughlin wore 11 last year.

Some idiots wanted us to retire Kawhi's jersey. Some said that is why DeAaron Fox initially said he would wear 2 but switched at the last second to 4 to honor his wife. He wore 5 in HS and at Sacramento. He wore 0 at Kentucky.

Got it, you were talking jersey numbers not the actual jersey styles. I missed that somehow.

Yeah, no one has worn #2 since Kawhi left almost a decade ago, so maybe there was something to them wanting to retire it after Kawhi retired, but I am glad they aren't the way he treated the Spurs.

Agree on the Fiesta jerseys. Supposedly those will be our alternates again.

Looking to continue shedding salary, the Celtics have explored the idea of flipping Simons' $27.7 million expiring contract, according to league sources. In such a move, they would be aiming to accomplish two organizational directives Brad Stevens emphasized after the first round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday: regaining more roster flexibility and setting up a path to retain free agents Luke Kornet and Al Horford.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6457444/2025/06/27/celtics-anfernee-simons-trade/