George Mason guard Keyshawn Hall has opted to test the 2024 NBA draft waters and enter the NCAA transfer portal, he tells Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 (Twitter link).
Hall spent his first college season at UNLV in 2022/23, then transferred to George Mason, where he enjoyed a breakout sophomore season with the Patriots. He averaged 16.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in 30.6 minutes per game across 29 appearances, with a .474/.357/.844 shooting line. However, he doesn’t show up on ESPN’s list of 2024’s top 100 prospects, so he may decide to stay in school for at least one more year in an effort to improve his stock.
Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- With the first week of March Madness in the books, Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo of ESPN.com (Insider link) updated their 2024 mock draft and shared some observations on the latest NCAA results, including disappointing final games for Kentucky prospects Rob Dillingham and Reed Sheppard and impressive showings for big men Donovan Clingan of UConn and Zach Edey of Purdue.
- Former first-round pick Ante Zizic, who appeared in 113 games for the Cavaliers from 2017-20, recently stated that he prefers playing in Europe, referring to the NBA as a “show” and admitting that his stint stateside didn’t “go in the direction I imagined.” Eurohoops has the story, with the quotes from Zizic.
- Seth Partnow of The Athletic takes a deep dive into the data surrounding the NBA’s league-wide post-All-Star scoring dip, noting that it’s all the more unusual because scoring usually increases near the end of the season. A slightly slower pace of play and fewer free throws being awarded per game are the primary reasons for the decline, Partnow suggests.
“Mason spent his first college season at…?” Hall?
Was about to say that
I like Clingan for OKC, he plays tougher and I think he is skilled enough to run with them. He won’t slow them down and can be a good physical presence letting Chet roam a bit more and block.
Zizic out there saying what a lot of others are saying…
NBA is too much about the show, gambling hasn’t helped this perception at all…
I don’t know what has happened but the level of play has dipped dramatically since the ASG… teams are scoring much less, individual performances have nosedived as well, lots of stars injured or resting…
The games were much better between November and January!