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Auburn basketball sent two of its stars to the big leagues in the 2021 NBA Draft, and one of them is already making a splash in the NBA Summer League. Sharife Cooper, former Tigers point guard, was selected as the 48th pick in the second round of the draft to the Atlanta Hawks.
Though he was initially thought of as a lottery pick, Cooper slid down the board into the second round, possibly because of the small number of games he played in the 2020 season or due to the fact that his three-point shooting isn’t exactly where it could be.