
How college basketball regained its place as top NBA development option
Myron MedcalfJun 18, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. There is an alternate reality — one before the dawn of the name, image and likeness era in college basketball — in which projected NBA draft lottery pick Egor Demin stayed in Spain the year…