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Men’s basketball: CU Buffs NBA Draft notes

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Men’s basketball: CU Buffs NBA Draft notes

Tristan da Silva walks the red carpet before the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

KJ Simpson says the most frequent question he received during interviews throughout the pre-draft process simply was, “Why?”

NBA front office personnel wanted to know the reason behind Simpson’s remarkable jump between his sophomore and junior seasons. His scoring average jumped from 15.9 to 19.7. More impressive were his jumps in rebounding (4.3 to 5.8), assists (3.8 to 4.9), assist-to-turnover rate (1.50 to 2.23), field goal percentage (.396 to .475) and 3-point percentage (.276 to .434, the No. 4 mark in program history).

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