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KSR Today: Final day of Peach Jam plus NBA Summer League action

Zack Geogheganby:Zack Geoghegan•07/09/23•

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Good morning, folks! Today is the final day of the 2023 Nike Peach Jam Tournament in North Augusta, SC. After a week of high-level high school basketball, this season’s AAU circuit will come to a close with today’s championship battles. KSR has been in attendance since the first day of Peach Jam and will stick around a little bit longer to see how today’s final games play out. Especially because there are a handful of Kentucky men’s basketball targets still left to compete for a trophy.

Check out today’s schedule below. Remember that all games will be available for free through Twitch and on the NBA App.

U17: Vegas Elite (’26 Tyran Stokes) vs. Team Takeover | 4:00 PM EST
PIT: Team WhyNot vs. Oakland Soldiers | 10:00 AM EST
U16: Maine United (’25 Cooper Flagg) vs. Nightrydas Elite (’25s Cameron and Cayden Boozer) | 2:00 PM EST
U15: Team CP3 vs. City Rocks | 12:00 PM EST

That 2:00 PM EST matchup is the one to keep an eye on. Cooper Flagg and Cameron Boozer are considered the two best high school players in the country, regardless of age. In particular, Flagg has been otherworldly at Peach Jam this week. The 6-foot-8 rising junior is averaging 26.7 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 7.7 blocks in 32.7 minutes per outing on shooting splits of 49.1/39.1/83.9.

Maine United and Nightrydas Elite already met once this week, the former coming out on top with a 73-65 victory. Expect another entertaining matchup again this afternoon. It’ll likely be the most-watched game of the entire tournament. The Boozer twins also hold offers from Kentucky, so they’ll be two to watch closely.

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Kentucky football adds 3-star WR

Kentucky football has added its first wide receiver to the 2024 recruiting class.

On Saturday afternoon, three-star pass-catcher David Washington Jr. announced his commitment to the Wildcats. The 6-foot, 180-pound prospect out of Philadelphia (PA) St. Joseph’s Prep School chose Kentucky over offers from the likes of Virginia (UK’s top competition down the stretch), Louisville, Wisconsin, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Maryland, Penn State, Boston College, and West Virginia.

Washington, who officially visited UK in early June, is considered the No. 805 overall rising senior in the country according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He is the 14th commitment for the Wildcats’ 2024 class. Wide receivers coach Scott Woodward is responsible for locking down Washington’s recruitment.

Chris Livingston signs historic rookie deal

Chris Livingston will forever go down as “Mr. Irrelevant” — the final pick of the 2023 NBA Draft — but the start of his NBA career will likely be remembered for another reason: he signed the largest-ever total salary deal for the last pick in league history.

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Livingston’s agency, Klutch, has helped the former Wildcat sign a four-year contract worth $7.7 million with the Milwaukee Bucks. Even more notable though? The first two years include guaranteed money. For him to get that despite going so late in the draft and having never played in an NBA game is significant. The 19-year-old can now afford some early struggles and will likely begin his NBA path through the G League as he develops into a piece the Bucks can rely on.

Speaking of early struggles — and I’ll add it was his debut in an NBA setting — Livingston was quiet when he took the floor on Friday for the first time as a member of the Bucks. He didn’t exactly “struggle”, but it wasn’t a breakout performance by any means. Livingston played 26 minutes on Friday as part of Summer League action in Las Vegas, finishing with seven points, six rebounds, and one steal on 3-4 shooting (1-2 from distance).

Livingston was out there again on Saturday and upped his numbers, finishing with 10 points, six rebounds, and three assists on 3-8 shooting (1-2 from deep; 3-3 from the free-throw line) in 28 minutes.

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TyTy on the move again, Cason shining at Summer League

TyTy Washington wasn’t even a member of the Atlanta Hawks for a full week before being shipped off to another franchise. The second-year point guard was traded last week from the Houston Rockets to the Atlanta Hawks but is already being rerouted elsewhere. Now, Washington is reportedly headed to the Oklahoma City Thunder where he’ll former another NBA trio of former Kentucky players. He’ll suit up in OKC’s backcourt next to All-NBA member Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the No. 10 overall pick in the 2023 Draft, Cason Wallace.

Speaking of Wallace… The rookie guard was red-hot in the first half of OKC’s 91-80 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. Wallace canned five first-half triples and then hit one from halfcourt in the fourth quarter. His night came to an end with 20 points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 27 minutes on 7-15 shooting, including a 6-10 clip from beyond the arc. Not a bad debut…

A schedule for today’s Summer League games, which includes multiple former Wildcats, can be found through the link here.

WATCH: DJ Wagner, Justin Edwards practice highlights

It still feels weird to say, but we’re now just a few days out from Kentucky men’s basketball playing in a real game. The Wildcats will head to Canada today for the 2023 GLOBL Jam in Toronto, which begins on Wednesday and runs through next weekend. To help get you even more excited for mid-July, international hoops, Kentucky’s social media team dropped a couple of practice highlights from a pair of five-star freshmen: DJ Wagner and Justin Edwards.

Can we just start the games today? Please?

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