News Bits
"Augustas (St. Mary's) Marčiulionis will agree to Exhibit 10 contract with Lakers"
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"TY (UC Davis) Johnson inks summer contract with Lakers"
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Jonathan Givony: "NEWS: Texas Tech's Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep) McMillian has agreed to a deal with the Golden State Warriors, a source told ESPN."
The 6-foot-1 backcourter has a chance (no pun intended) but the Warriors did draft a guard in the first round.
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6-foot-10 Coleman (Antelope High/Pacific Prep) Hawkins did not get drafted.
"Coleman Hawkins agrees to play NBA Summer League for Golden State Warriors after going undrafted"
Others:
Former CCSF power forward Miles Norris will be playing for the Boston Celtic summer league team.
Cedric Coward and former College Park High guard Zyon Pullin are both on the summer league team for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Former USF backcourter Marcus Williams will be playing for the Miami Heat's summer league squad.
Jamaree Bouyea, formerly of USF and Palma High, will be manning the point for the Milwaukee Bucks summer league team.
The Oklahoma City Thunder summer league team roster includes former California power forward Maddy Sissoko.
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The Sacramento Kings drafted Stanford's 7-foot-1 Maxime Raynaud in round two of the NBA draft.
"Stanford head coach Kyle Smith on what draft pick Maxime Raynaud brings to the Sacramento Kings"
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"Sacramento Was Preferred Destination for Kings' Rookie"
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"Bay Area college won't bring sports back despite $45M cash infusion"
Sonoma State will remain sports-less.
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Casey Cappo: "Extremely humbled and grateful to have accepted the position of Head Coach for the Regional Team at aiaprepmb! So thankful for my time playing at BiolaMBB and cannot wait to begin my coaching career at the prep level in Xenia, Ohio! Psalm 145:3!"
The 6-foot-6 Cappo has a year of eligibility remaining (he averaged 15.9 points plus 6.9 rebounds this past season) but chose to enter the coaching ranks leading an Athletes In Action team in Ohio. He's out of Las Lomas High and also spent one season at Diablo Valley College. Cappo was a First Team All-PacWest selection.
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"Monterey’s Perry Huang to coach Lakers Summer League team"
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6-foot-6 Malcolm Malm out of Acalanes High will play next for Athletes In Action Prep in a post grad season.
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Simply Basketball: "Jaylen Smith (2027) has received an offer from Montana."
Smith is a 6-foot-1 point attending Amador Valley High. Can certainly see this pairing occur. Weber State has also offered.
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Nathalio Gray Jr. (NJ): "After a great talk with Coach Leap I’m blessed to receive a Division 1 offer from Seattle University. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."
Gray is a 6-foot-1 2027 guard attending The Branson School. Seattle is entering the West Coast Conference in the 2025-26 season.
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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to Aaron Friedkin who will be continuing his athletic & academic career at Fisher College in Boston! Aaron has worked long & hard to earn this opportunity. He has developed in every way at Skyline & was a big part of all our success the past two seasons."
Friedkin is a 5-foot-11 point who graduated from Albany High.
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Magee is a 6-foot-1 point with plus athleticism and offers from Northern Arizona, Iowa, Arizona State, Seton Hall, Mississippi State, Washington State, UNLV, West Virginia, and now San Francisco.
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Nick Hilton: "Beyond blessed to announce that I have accepted the position of Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Barstow Community College. Grateful for everyone in my circle who helped to get me here. Time to work…"
Hilton is moving over from an assistant position at D1 Houston Christian, having also spent two years at College of San Mateo assisting Coach Mike Marcial. He began his basketball journey by playing at Fresno City College and Bellevue University where he captained his squads. He graduated from Jesuit High in Sacramento.
Barstow is a tough gig but hopefully Hilton will have adequate resources available in order to compete.
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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’5 G) of Salesian Prep (CA) & Team Lillard AAU has earned an offer from San Diego State."
This one will be very tough to not say yes.
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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian Prep (CA) & Team Lillard AAU has earned an offer from Southern Utah."
It's great to have as many options as possible but this one isn't going to happen.
Obenyah has other offers from Colorado State, California, New Mexico, Montana, San Jose State University, UC San Diego and more.
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Jovan Joe: "God is good! Congratulations to Tony Mariano moving on the Simpson University! This young man put the work in and trusted the process!"
He's moving on to Rocklin to play for Coach David Cone.
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Joe Moussa: "2026 6’6 SG Eli Jolin commits to Santa Clara. Another commitment from FortErieMBB for next year, Jolin’s shooting ability & offensive talent will translate perfectly in the WCC. Best days are ahead."
The Broncos have two players with Canadian addresses on their 2025-26 roster, one from Montreal and the other from Toronto.
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"From Hawaii to the National Stage: The Rise of Jason “JJ” Mandaquit Jr"
He's a 2025 Stanford recruit.
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Cedric Coward went from not even being a nobody in the Fresno High School hoops ranks to D3 Willamette to Eastern Washington to Washington State and then Duke before deciding to forego Cameron Indoor Stadium and try out for the NBA. He was chosen 11th in the first round.
A wonderful read.
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