NEW YORK — Zuby Ejiofor is headed to the Atlanta Hawks.

Atlanta selected the St. John’s forward/center with the No. 23 pick in Tuesday night’s NBA draft at Barclays center.

He brings toughness to a Hawks frontcourt.

The Hawks selected Ejiofor one pick before the Knicks were set to go at No. 24.

Ejiofor emerged as a face of the St. John...Read more

NEW YORK — Washington Wizards, welcome to the wild, wild East.

Amid their push to compete next season, the Wizards selected high-flying forward AJ Dybantsa out of BYU with the No. 1 pick in Tuesday night’s NBA draft at Barclays Center.

Equipped with elite athleticism and a hyper-competitive mentality, the 6-9 Dybantsa led the nation in ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn center Tarris Reed Jr. is headed to the San Antonio Spurs after being selected with the No. 26 overall pick in the NBA draft on Tuesday night.

Traded by the Denver Nuggets, Reed became UConn’s 25th first-round pick and 53rd player drafted. He is the seventh first-round pick to be coached by Dan Hurley at UConn...Read more

NEW YORK — The 76ers have selected Alabama guard Labaron Philon with the 22nd overall pick in Tuesday’s NBA draft.

This is the first draft pick for new Sixers president of basketball operations Mike Gansey, who was hired earlier this month to replace Daryl Morey. And they used it on a player who could be one of the draft’s biggest ...Read more

NEW YORK — The pick is in — another team’s hands.

Less than two weeks after winning their first NBA title in 53 years, the Knicks entered the 2026 NBA draft with a mandate to stay below the second apron while building around an expensive core hoping to repeat as champions next season.

New York’s first order of business was trading back...Read more

BOSTON — The Celtics used their first-round draft pick to address one of their biggest roster needs.

With the 27th overall selection in the 2026 NBA draft, Boston selected Chris Cenac Jr., a 6-foot-11 big man out of Houston.

Known for his length, athleticism and rebounding ability, Cenac averaged 9.5 points and 7.8 boards per game during his...Read more

Alex Karaban is headed to the Sacramento Kings after being selected 29th overall in the NBA draft Tuesday night.

The UConn captain and two-time national champion was selected just three picks after teammate Tarris Reed Jr. went to the San Antonio Spurs. He is the program’s 26th first round pick and 54th player drafted. The selection makes ...Read more

MIAMI — Technically, the Miami Heat had a pick in Tuesday night’s first round of the NBA draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The reality was a quiet night for Pat Riley and the team’s front office a day after agreeing to the acquisition of Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Because the Antetokounmpo acquisition cannot be ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hannes Steinbach is a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

The Hornets made the University of Washington product the No. 14 overall selection in the NBA draft at Barclays Center in New York on Tuesday night.

Steinbach led the nation with 22 double-doubles with 22, placing him one shy of matching Jon Brockman’s single-season ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets selected Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in Tuesday’s NBA draft, adding a skilled perimeter prospect one night after acquiring Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade.

Brown averaged 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 21 games at ...Read more

Keaton Wagler has completed his climb from underrated recruit to top-5 pick in the NBA draft in just a year.

The 19-year-old Shawnee (Kan.) Mission Northwest alum shocked the nation as an All-American as a freshman for the University of Illinois. On Tuesday, he was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers at No. 5 overall in the NBA draft.

Wagler ...Read more

The pick is in, and Darius Acuff Jr. is headed to the Sacramento Kings, selected No. 7 overall in the NBA draft on Tuesday night.

A freshman at University of Arkansas, the 6-foot-2 guard only spent one season as a Razorback before entering the draft. He averaged 23.5 points, 6.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds this season, and made history in the ...Read more

Morez Johnson Jr. was called a junkyard dog and Michigan basketball’s enforcer.

After one standout season with the Wolverines, he added another moniker to the mix: a lottery pick.

Johnson was selected No. 9 overall by the Mavericks in the NBA draft on Tuesday night and will head to Dallas, where he’ll reunite with Dusty May at the next ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The team that admitted to needing “a little bit of everything” decided to opt for a pro-ready player with its first round pick on Tuesday evening.

Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy made Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg the No. 11 pick.

Lendeborg, 23, was the Big Ten Player of the Year and leader of Michigan’s ...Read more

Aday Mara just kept getting better and better during a breakout junior season at Michigan.

By the end of it, the 7-footer was all over NBA teams’ radars, shot up draft boards and played his way into the first round of the NBA draft, where he was selected with the No. 12 overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Mara was the...Read more

NEW YORK — After much speculation, the Washington Wizards made BYU’s AJ Dybantsa the first pick in the loaded 2026 NBA draft.

Dybantsa, a 6-9 forward who thrives as a downhill finisher, led the nation in scoring as a freshman last season at 25.5 points per game.

Equipped with elite athleticism and a hyper-competitive mentality, the 19-year...Read more

NEW YORK — University of Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson was selected in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.

Peterson, a 6-foot-5, 199-pound Canton, Ohio, native went second-overall in the two-round, 60-player draft.

Peterson is KU's 43rd draft pick since the NBA adopted the two-round format and the highest KU ...Read more