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Former Gonzaga point guard Andrew Nembhard stars, scores 21 points in Indiana’s Summer League win

UPDATED: Mon., July 10, 2023

LAS VEGAS – In what he expects to be his final appearance at 2023 NBA Summer League, former Gonzaga point guard Andrew Nembhard put on an another offensive clinic at the Thomas & Mack Center, scoring a game-high 21 points in Indiana's 108-85 win over the Orlando Magic.

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Former Gonzaga post Filip Petrusev is taking a different approach while working toward similar outcome with Philadelphia 76ers

UPDATED: Mon., July 10, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Filip Petrusev is wearing the same uniform, managing the same pressure and working toward the same outcome this year at NBA Summer League.

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Gonzaga transfer targets 3.0: Examining five more players the Bulldogs could add to fill roster spots, shore up guard depth

UPDATED: Sun., July 9, 2023

With summer workouts beginning roughly three weeks ago, most of the players who’ll be on Gonzaga’s 2023-24 roster have already reported to campus.

Summer League notes: Former Gonzaga standout Chet Holmgren posts double-double, continues to ‘find groove’ at NBA Summer League

UPDATED: Sat., July 8, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Chet Holmgren returned to the Thomas & Mack Center with the same aggression, intensity and focus that he carried into last year’s NBA Summer League showcase.

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Former Gonzaga teammates Julian Strawther, Drew Timme pull out familiar moves in NBA Summer League matchup

UPDATED: Fri., July 7, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Julian Strawther scored his first points on a running floater – the kind he made over and over again during a three-year career at Gonzaga.

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Gonzaga’s seven-man contingent at NBA Summer League features recent draftee, free agent hopefuls, former lottery pick

UPDATED: Thu., July 6, 2023

LAS VEGAS – First the West Coast Conference Tournament, then the NCAA Tournament and now NBA Summer League.

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Former Gonzaga center Chet Holmgren flirts with double-double in return to court for Oklahoma City

UPDATED: Mon., July 3, 2023

Chet Holmgren didn’t look like someone who’d been away from the game for nearly a full year when the former Gonzaga big man returned to live action Monday night for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Former G-Prep standout Michael Stockton has collected array of memories while traversing Europe for pro hoops career

Sun., July 2, 2023

As Michael Stockton recalls his professional basketball career, he imagines flipping through pages. He jumps from one season to the next and from one European destination to another.

ESPN names Gonzaga great Adam Morrison 23rd best college basketball player over last 25 years

UPDATED: Thu., June 29, 2023

Nearly two full decades after he led the nation in scoring and collected national player of the year honors – shared with Duke’s JJ Redick – former Gonzaga great Adam Morrison is still recognized not only as one of the top players from his era but also one of the best of the last 25-plus years.

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Former Eastern Washington, Shadle Park standout Tanner Groves signs free agent deal with Oklahoma City

UPDATED: Mon., June 26, 2023

Tanner Groves will have a chance to start his professional career not far from where he finished his college career.

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Gonzaga’s Drew Timme signs Exhibit 10 deal with Bucks; Malachi Smith inks similar contract with Trail Blazers

UPDATED: Fri., June 23, 2023

Gonzaga’s Drew Timme wasn’t one of the 58 players to hear his name called Thursday night, but the Bulldogs’ all-time leading scorer could still have a chance to a establish a role within one of the NBA’s top organizations.

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Gonzaga poised to extend impressive run at NBA draft on Thursday

UPDATED: Wed., June 21, 2023

In the middle of one of the most impressive runs by any college basketball program over the past three decades, Gonzaga’s built a resume that measures up to almost any in the country.

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Reports: Gonzaga finalizing Dec. 2 game against Bronny James, USC in Las Vegas

UPDATED: Thu., June 15, 2023

Gonzaga’s nonconference schedule already features a road matchup against one of college basketball’s premier blue-blood programs, a high-profile tournament in Hawaii and a neutral-site game against the defending national champions.

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As Gonzaga’s name resurfaces in realignment talk, Big 12 coaches weigh in on Bulldogs’ potential fit

UPDATED: Sat., June 10, 2023

Gonzaga spent portions of its 2022-23 preseason and regular season in Big 12 territory, squared off with a Big 12 team at a neutral-site location in South Dakota, faced a future Big 12 member twice in West Coast Conference play and drew another Big 12 opponent in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Gonzaga gets screen time in recent basketball flicks “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Air”

UPDATED: Thu., June 1, 2023

Gonzaga was still three years shy of the school’s first NCAA Tournament berth when Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson teamed up in the popular 1992 basketball comedy “White Men Can’t Jump.”

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UC Riverside transfer Zyon Pullin includes Gonzaga in top five

UPDATED: Wed., May 31, 2023

While Gonzaga fans were anxiously waiting to learn whether Anton Watson and Malachi Smith would withdraw their names from the NBA draft, the Bulldogs emerged as a potential transfer destination for a talented mid-major guard Wednesday .

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Gonzaga’s Malachi Smith to keep name in NBA Draft, posts ‘thank you’ to Bulldogs

UPDATED: Wed., May 31, 2023

After a productive season at Gonzaga that saw him earn West Coast Conference Sixth Man of the Year honors and help key a run to the Elite Eight, guard Malachi Smith is moving on to the next phase of his basketball career.

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Report: Gonzaga’s Julian Strawther will keep name in NBA Draft, pursue professional career

UPDATED: Tue., May 30, 2023

Julian Strawther indicated as much during a Zoom call last Friday, but the Gonzaga junior will keep his name in the NBA draft and focus on the next chapter of his basketball career.

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Former Gonzaga Director of Basketball operations, EWU coach Jerry Krause dies at 87

UPDATED: Thu., May 25, 2023

Jerry Krause, the longtime Gonzaga director of basketball operations and former Eastern Washington men’s basketball coach who was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame last year, died Wednesday evening from stage 4 colon cancer.

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Report: North Carolina transfer Caleb Love considering Gonzaga, Texas, Arizona after reopening recruitment

UPDATED: Wed., May 24, 2023

Since Caleb Love’s name resurfaced in the transfer portal after a decommitment from Michigan a few weeks ago, several higher-profile schools have been in pursuit of the standout North Carolina guard.

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Gonzaga’s Drew Timme scores 17 points, delivers highlight-reel plays on second day at NBA Combine

UPDATED: Thu., May 18, 2023

A change of scenery seemed to make a difference for Drew Timme in the second and final scrimmage of the NBA draft combine.

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Opening scrimmage at NBA Draft Combine comes with mixed results for Gonzaga’s Drew Timme

UPDATED: Wed., May 17, 2023

The opening possession of Wednesday’s scrimmage at the NBA draft combine probably looked familiar to anyone who’s followed Gonzaga’s basketball program the last three seasons.

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Report: Gonzaga, UConn agree to multiyear series beginning with 2023-24 game in Seattle

UPDATED: Tue., May 16, 2023

Gonzaga continues to load up its nonconference schedule, adding a game against the reigning national champions, and the team that ended the Bulldogs’ run at the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

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Rui Hachimura and Domantas Saboinis add to Gonzaga’s best individual playoff performances

UPDATED: Sat., May 13, 2023

The Los Angeles Lakers acquired Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in late January, two weeks before the trade deadline, as a way to bolster their roster while making a push for the playoffs.

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One of the oldest living Gonzaga players – Frank Johnson, 94, is still passionate about the Zags

UPDATED: Sat., May 13, 2023

Frank Johnson clutches a basketball with both hands, lowering his arms below his waist as he settles into a half-crouched stance. Wearing a zip-up navy Gonzaga pullover, Johnson, as if there were an imaginary line beneath his shoes and a basketball hoop in the distance, sets his feet and imitates an underhanded free throw from the living room of his Lincoln Heights residence.