Former University of Washington basketball coach Mike Hopkins is on the move again, taking his second NBA job in as many seasons since getting let go in Montlake.
After going undrafted and beginning the season in the G League, Keion Brooks continues to make a strong case that he belongs in the NBA. On Thursday night,
The NBA continues to look good on Keion Brooks. On a Sunday night across the league in which former University of Washington basketball players Isaiah Stewart got ejected for fighting, Mattise Thybulle went scoreless and Jaden McDaniels had a 2-point outing, Brooks was the big show.
Back for a second NBA stint before the season ends, Keion Brooks probably figured he'd be sitting at the end of the New Orleans Pelicans bench and drawing parceled minutes here and there, just like before.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
No one said the NBA was going to be easy. Keion Brooks, a year removed from the University of Washington basketball team, has received a second call-up this season from the New Orleans Pelicans, leaving the G League as he tries to establish himself at the game's highest level.
It's safe to say the New Orleans Pelicans fans couldn't have expected this bad of a season to come during the 2024-25 campaign. Even after trading for All-Defensive guard Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks, Dyson Daniels has seemingly overtaken Murray as the better player from that deal.
He wasn't on the floor long, but former University of Washington forward Keion Brooks made his NBA debut for the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night, marking him down as official in the league record book.
It took a little long than he thought, but Keion Brooks Jr. is finally getting his chance. The former Washington men's basketball forward signed a two-way
Keion Brooks Jr., patiently waiting his turn in the G League for a better opportunity to present itself, has signed a two-way contract with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, a team badly in need of some healthy reinforcements.
In recent seasons, University of Washington basketball teams were built around the occasional player with star power in Keion Brooks and Isaiah Stewart, but the roster typically would have a fair amount of guys who couldn't play plus an unnecessary abundance of walk-ons.
Keion Brooks Jr., a Wildcat turned Husky during his five-year collegiate career, has now reached the pros. While he didn’t hear his name called during the 2024 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Pelicans have signed him as an undrafted free agent.
Just 43 college players were drafted in the NBA's 60 available slots this week as the league continues to turn ever more international in filling out its rosters, and one of those left behind was former University of Washington forward Keion Brooks, forcing him take a different pro basketball route.
It wasn't all that long ago that Keion Brooks Jr. was tabbed to be the next star forward from Kentucky. At the time, Brooks was a five-star prospect set to join a Wildcats class headlined by future NBA All-Star Tyrese Maxey in the collegiate class of 2019.
It was an emotional farewell, as expected, with Mike Hopkins at the helm. Seated alongside Keion Brooks Jr. at a podium, the Washington men’s basketball coach paused, took a deep breath, and uttered, “Poise, I tell you poise” perhaps as a self-reminder to keep his composure and not succumb to emotions.
Mike Hopkins face turned ashen when the question was asked and the realization hit. The fired University of Washington basketball coach grimaced, at first unable to speak. What was next for him, Kim Grinolds of Dawgman.com gently wanted to know?
Another loss, and Mike Hopkins' basketball coaching tenure at the University of Washington will come to an abrupt end. Most likely, the Huskies will miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in 13 years.
Keion Brooks Jr., having one of the finest seasons in University of Washington basketball annals, on Tuesday was named as a first-team All-Pac-12 selection, while Koren Johnson, maybe deserving of a starting role for half of the schedule at least, was picked as the Sixth Man of the Year by the conference.
The Kentucky Wildcats just won their most important game of the season, taking down the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville. This win helped secure Kentucky
Koren Johnson and Keion Brooks pace the Huskies with 23 and 22 points to win perhaps the final Pac-12 Apple Cup. The Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars laced them up for the Boeing Classic Apple Cup (Hoops Edition) Thursday night and for the 299th time in history, as well as perhaps the final matchup as Pac-12 opponents.
Koren Johnson scored a game-high 23 points and Keion Brooks Jr. added 22 points and nine rebounds as Washington upset No. 18 Washington State 74-68 in a Pacific-12 Conference game Thursday night in Pullman, Wash.
USC basketball earned themselves a nice 82-75 win over Washington on Saturday. The Trojans win came largely in part because of freshman Isaiah Collier, who starred for USC.
Keion Brooks Jr. scored 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor and Washington held on to earn its first Pac-12 victory of the season, defeating Oregon State 79-72 Saturday afternoon in Seattle.
Two former Kentucky Wildcats, Keion Brooks Jr. and Sahvir Wheeler, ended up with the Washington Huskies following the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons respectively.
Since the game was part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, neither team gains or suffers in its conference standings. Kentucky improves to 17-4 on the season while Kansas slides to 17-3.