Jaylen Hands made it onto an NBA highlight reel – just not the way he might have envisioned it. The former Bruin guard took a tumble to the floor in the second quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ opening NBA Summer League playoff game Saturday after Detroit Pistons guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk stopped on a dime, broke Hands’ ankles and drained a 3-point shot from the wing. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin senior staff)
When four UCLA Bruins stepped onto the hardwood floor at King Drew Magnet High School in the Willowbrook community of Los Angeles, they were continuing an LA basketball tradition that began in 1973. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore forward Kenneth Nwuba played in the Drew League as a part of Tuff Crowd on Saturday. The Tuff Crowd team was organized by Nwuba’s UCLA teammate, rising redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal.(Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three Bruins made it to the Association in June, but their trip to the Las Vegas NBA Summer League was not particularly eventful. Brooklyn Nets guard Jaylen Hands and Houston Rockets center Moses Brown both got their first professional action since leaving UCLA men’s basketball in the annual Las Vegas NBA Summer League. Read more...
Photo: Guard Jaylen Hands (right) made his NBA Summer League debut for the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. Hands’ former teammate at UCLA, forward Kris Wilkes, was held off the New York Knicks’ summer league roster due to illness. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With NBA free agency having started Sunday, the Daily Bruin Sports editors decided to take a look back at some of the most influential professional Bruins. Read more...
Photo: In his time in the NBA, former Bruin guard Russell Westbrook has established himself as a star. Westbrook has recreated the way the point guard position is evaluated by being productive in so many facets of the game. (Creative Commons photo by SD Dirk via Flickr)
UCLA has historically been one of the top producers for talent that has graced mid-June’s NBA draft. UCLA ranks fourth all-time in players selected in the first round with 39 – only behind powerhouses Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke – and it is one of 19 schools with at least two No. Read more...
Photo: In the 1969 NBA draft, former Bruin Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was picked No. 1 overall. Abdul-Jabbar went on to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Lonzo Ball is leaving California for the first time in his basketball career. After high school in Chino Hills, college in Westwood and two seasons at the Staples Center, the former UCLA men’s basketball guard is headed to the Bayou. Read more...
Photo: New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball was recently traded from the Los Angeles Lakers in the trade that netted the Lakers All-Star center Anthony Davis (Daily Bruin file photo).
This post was updated June 21 at 8:50 a.m. It took nearly five hours, but a Bruin finally came off the board. Former UCLA men’s basketball guard Jaylen Hands was selected No. Read more...
Photo: Jaylen Hands was picked No. 56 overall after leading the Pac-12 with 6.1 assists per game. Hands became the fourth second-rounder out of UCLA over the last three seasons. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
