Christian Keeling Rumors

Draft Withdrawals: Copeland, Dorn, Keeling

May 27th, 2018 at 8:27pm CST by Dana Gauruder

Nebraska’s Isaac Copeland is withdrawing from the draft and will return to school for his senior year, ESPN’s Jeff Goodman tweets. The 6’9” Copeland averaged 12.9 PPG and 6.1 RPG for the Cornhuskers in his junior campaign. Copeland is a transfer from Georgetown.

In other draft news:

North Carolina State’s Torin Dorn is headed back to school for his senior year, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports tweets. The 6’5” Dorn averaged 13.9 PPG and 6.3 RPG as a junior. He played his freshman season at Charlotte.
Charleston Southern’s Christian Keeling is headed back to school for his junior season, Goodman tweets. Keeling averaged 17.6 PPG and 5.2 RPG last season but shot just 31.5% from long range.
Miami forward Dewan Huell was among a handful of other players who withdrew from the draft in recent days.

Draft Updates: Jallow, Holman, Molson, Reese

April 13th, 2018 at 2:29pm CST by Luke Adams

German prospect Karim Jallow has entered his name in the 2018 NBA draft pool, his agency Lumani10.7 announced today (story in German; English link via Sportando).

A 6’7″ small forward, Jallow has spent the season playing for Bayern Munich’s second team in Germany. He has been the club’s leading scorer in 22 German League games, averaging 18.9 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, and 2.1 SPG. Jallow currently ranks 71st on Jonathan Givony’s big board at ESPN.com.

Here are a few more draft-related notes worth passing along:

Mississippi State forward Aric Holman, the 84th prospect on Givony’s 2018 big board, is entering the draft without hiring an agent, reports Evan Daniels of 247Sports.com (Twitter link). In his junior year, Holman established new career highs in PPG (10.9), RPG (6.7), FG% (.573), and 3PT% (.440) despite playing slightly less than he did in his sophomore season.
A pair of Canisius underclassmen are testing the 2018 draft waters this spring, with the program announcing that freshman guard Takal Molson and sophomore guard Isaiah Reese will both enter the draft without hiring agents. The backcourt mates were Canisius’ second- and third-leading scorers in 2017/18, with Reese posting 16.9 PPG, 5.8 RPG, and 4.7 APG, while Molson averaged 12.6 PPG on .442/.369/.685 shooting.
Charleston Southern guard Christian Keeling is testing the NBA draft waters, he announced this week (via Twitter). Keeling is coming off a sophomore season in which he averaged 17.6 PPG and 5.2 RPG.