Updates: Alumni

The Boston Celtics held a press conference on Monday to introduce its new players, who include second-round draftee Gabe Pruitt. The guard said that he was expecting the Pistons to pick him at 27th in the first round:
“I was told Detroit had guaranteed a spot for me. When that didn’t happen, I had to sit […]

The LA Times’ Sunday sports section has a front-page profile of second-year pro QB Matt Leinart, and his reputation as a celebrity (vs. that as a football player).
Looking Good (LA Times)

The Washington Wizards have posted audio of their press conference announcing their selection of Nick Young in Thursday’s draft:

Nick Young Press Conference (MP3, NBA.com)
In the lengthy video clip below from Wizards Magazine (which is excerpted from the press conference above), Washington GM Ernie Grunfeld discusses Young. He says that the team was “fortunate to have […]

The Los Angeles Times has a short profile of RHP Ian Kennedy, who was drafted out of USC by the New York Yankees in 2006 and who was recently elevated to the Yanks’ AA affiliate in Trenton, NJ. In AA and A combined this year, Kennedy has an impressive 1.72 ERA and 102 strikeouts.
Kennedy is […]

As expected, early entrants Nick Young and Gabe Pruitt were selected in Thursday’s NBA draft, although each went later than they hoped–or were predicted to go. Graduating Trojan senior Lodrick Stewart was not drafted. Below, we roundup some of the many articles covering the draft.
Both Players:
USC Juniors Young And Pruitt Selected In The 2007 […]

USC PG Gabe Pruitt fell out of the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft on Thursday when he was selected a disappointing 32nd overall by the woeful Boston Celtics. Earlier, his teammate Nick Young was drafted in the first round by Washington, but he too went lower than predicted. Crosstown rival G Arron Afflalo […]

Although he was widely expected to go three picks earlier (to the New Orleans Hornets), former Trojan swingman Nick Young was selected 16th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2007 NBA Draft. He was passed over by his hometown L.A. Clippers, who instead picked Florida State’s Al Thornton at 14.
Still awaiting their fates are […]

In our final edition of “Where will Gabe and Nick go?”, we collect the experts’ predictions for USC’s two potential first-round draftees. If the mock drafts are to be believed, Nick Young will be joining Reggie Bush in New Orleans. If the Hornets look elsewhere, expect the hometown Clippers to grab him. As for Gabe […]

If you are like TrojanUpdate, you are heading to Westwood tonight (yeah, we know) to catch a screening of the Nick Young documentary “Second Chance Season,” which chronicles the former Trojan forward’s rocky path to college. It’s part of the Los Angeles Film Festival, screening tonight and Sunday, July 1st.
Four years, and Nick Young is […]

The basketball site Hoopsworld.com has compiled the latest draft predictions by its panel of “experts.” Two of them have Nick Young going 14th to the Clippers, while the others have him 15th, 16th and 19th (the latter, of course, would mean the Lakers).
Only two of the pundits have Smilin’ Gabe Pruitt going in the first […]