The 76th season of the National Basketball Association tips off...TONIGHT! YES! This year, Iowa actually has a former player in a prominent role. Let’s go!
Keegan Murray
Iowa’s highest-ever draft pick had himself a summer - he was the star of Summer League in Las Vegas, winning MVP while averaging 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal. Not bad! He then carried that form into preseason, averaging 16 points a game in his two preseason appearances. He’s easily been one of the big stories of preseason as Sacramento looks to break their postseason drought (with the Seattle Mariners making the playoffs this year, Sacramento now owns the longest postseason drought in North American sports; hell, they haven’t won 40 games in a season since that last playoff appearance, in 2005-2006).