CJ Ward

LIFT Sports Management

[Jeremy Woo @JeremyWoo]

Four more players have earned green room invitations for next week’s draft, per sources:

Isaiah Evans
Allen Graves
Ebuka Okorie
Dailyn Swain

[Joe Tipton @JoeTipton]

NEWS: St. Bonaventure transfer guard Dasonte Bowen has committed to Penn State, his agent CJ Ward of @LIFTSPORTSMNGMT told @On3.

The 6-2 senior, who has been granted a fifth year of eligibility according to Ward, averaged 10.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game this season. Began his career at Iowa.

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[Workin It Hoops @workinithoops]

NEWS: 🇨🇦 6'8 F Nana Owusu-Anane worked out for the Toronto Raptors today, per his agent @Cj_Ward of @LIFTSPORTSMNGMT. Owusu-Anane quietly has one of the strongest analytical profiles in this draft class - he joined Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr., Flory Bidunga, Motiejus Krivas, & Rueben Chinyelu as the only players in the COUNTRY this season to have a:

• DRAPM of over 4.5
• DWS/40 of over 0.10
• WARP of over 6.0

That's elite company for the former Brown & GCU standout, who also ranked in the 98th percentile of all D1 players with a +24.2/100 net rating differential when he was on the floor vs. off it. Skilled, high motor forward who can shoot the ball!!

@DraftJunkyJames @johnhollinger @NoCeilingsNBA @mavsdraft @TheCBSPod @themapleminute @jonathancchenn @JustEsBaraheni @GCU_MBB @NileHoops @bjpf_ @LopesBarstool

[#CoachHova 🏀 @realbucketscout]

Nigerian-American Ebuka Okorie 🇳🇬 🇺🇸 rise in basketball wasn’t loud, it was built.

Dr. Ijeoma Okorie (Ebuka Okorie’s mother) was a key force in his early development constantly pushing him, encouraging his academics, and supporting endless trips to the YMCA.
Together with his father Mr. Charles Okorie, they even built a backyard court in Nashua, NH to fuel his growth.

While most prospects chased exposure online, Ebuka's father took a different route no highlight culture, no social media noise. Just work, humility, and letting the game speak.

Now Ebuka Okorie is projected as a first-round NBA pick. The message from his Nigerian parents was simple: if you’re really that guy, the game will talk for you. And it finally did.

Credit: @IanSteeleWMUR @WMUR9 @ebukaokorie_

[WVU Men's Basketball @WVUhoops]

Welcome to Almost Heaven, Joson Sanon! ✍️

🔗 https://t.co/QDlHLIToFd

[Ian Steele @IanSteeleWMUR]

Ebuka Okorie's mom, Dr. Ijeoma Okorie, explains her son's early love for basketball.

He'd make multiple trips to the YMCA every day. They built a court in the backyard.

Now, he's a projected first round NBA draft pick.

@WMUR9 @ebukaokorie_

[Ian Steele @IanSteeleWMUR]

Nashua's Ebuka Okorie is staying in the NBA Draft, as expected.

The deadline to withdraw was midnight.

His father, Charles, on this decision:

"Nothing to prove."

"The best situation you need to put him in is to tell him 'you can't do it.'"

@WMUR9 @ebukaokorie_

[JPR @Scouting_Col]

Dasonte Bowen is still available in the portal.

Has one year of eligibility left after only playing nine games in 2024-25.

Played 35 mpg + averaged 11.1 ppg and 4.9 apg this year.

Elite at getting downhill and was in the 88th %ile in AST rate.

[CJ Ward @Cj_Ward]

The best PG available in portal!!! 5th year already granted, automatic paint touch, Quarterback’s the offense & an elite leader in your locker room. A P5 will get tremendous value late @uncle_drew5

[JPR @Scouting_Col]

Dasonte Bowen is still available in the portal.

Has one year of eligibility left after only playing nine games in 2024-25.

Played 35 mpg + averaged 11.1 ppg and 4.9 apg this year.

Elite at getting downhill and was in the 88th %ile in AST rate.

[Jeff Borzello @jeffborzello]

NEWS: Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie says he’s staying in the NBA draft.

“I already talked with Kyle Smith and I talked to my agents and my family. I'm staying in the draft,” Okorie said.

[Joe Tipton @JoeTipton]

Saint Louis transfer forward Kalu Anya has committed to Virginia, his agent CJ Ward of @LIFTSPORTSMNGMT told @On3.

The 6-8 senior redshirted this season, but averaged 6.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game the year prior, leading SLU in rebounding.

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[Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress]

Stanford's Ebuka Okorie measured 6'1.25 barefoot and 186 pounds at the NBA Draft Combine, with a 6'7.75 wingspan and 8'2 standing reach.

[Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress]

George Washington's Rafael Castro has been called up from the G League Combine to the NBA Combine, a source tells DraftExpress.

[Maxwell Baumbach @BaumBoards]

36.5” max vert for Rafael Castro, further cementing him as one of the best moving big men in the draft.

[CJ Ward @Cj_Ward]

Ebuka Okorie

[All Things Mavs | Jimmy C Hoops @All_Things_Mavs]

Who is the Tyrese Maxey of the 2026 draft

[CJ Ward @Cj_Ward]

RUN YOUR RACE 3 🏁 back in no time!!

[JPR @Scouting_Col]

I had Joson Sanon as a first round pick during the first half of the 2024-25 CBB season.

The man has elite shot making skills. Very disappointing year for him at St. John’s, but I expect him to have a big year playing alongside Finley Bizjack at WVU.

[Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress]

NEWS: St. John's transfer Joson Sanon has committed to West Virginia, agents CJ Ward and Derek Malloy tell DraftExpress.

The 6'5 sophomore averaged 7.9 points in 21 minutes, shooting 34% from 3. Five-star recruit in the high school class of 2024.

[Workin It Hoops @workinithoops]

6’2 PG Dasonte Bowen (@uncle_drew5) is one of the BEST PG’s currently in the PORTAL!! The 4th year guard had an outstanding year in a strong A10 conference for St. Bonaventure, averaging (in conference):

• 11.1 PPG
• 2.4 RPG
• 5.3 APG
• 1.5 STL

Bowen joins Tyler Tanner, Acaden Lewis, Silas Demary Jr, Trevan Leonhardt, Joshua Dent, & MJ Williams as the ONLY players with remaining eligibility to average minimums of 10 PPG, 5 APG, 1.5 STL, & a 2x AST:TO ratio in conference play this season. An ELITE floor general!!

@Cj_Ward @SSN_CBB @ThePortalReport

[Sam Federman @Sam_Federman]

NEWS: UAlbany transfer guard Amir Lindsey has committed to Fordham, per his IG

Lindsey averaged 17.9 ppg and 4.9 apg for the Great Danes this season. Big addition to the Rams backcourt.

[Caden Ferguson @4qhcaden]

Team United Markus Kerr
(@MarkusAndreKerr): 29 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST @teamunitedhoops @NikeEYB