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Dallas Mavericks Exercise Ryan Nembhard’s Team Option
The Dallas Mavericks will exercise point guard Ryan Nembhard’s $2.2 million team option for the 2026-27 season, according to Marc Stein. In his rookie season, he averaged 6.6 points on a shooting split of 41.5 field goal percentage/35.6 three-point percentage/80.6 free throw percentage, 5.3 assists, and 2.2 rebounds in 19.5 minutes across 60 appearances. Nembhard […]
Zags Abroad: 2025-26 Overseas Report, Part 1
The Gonzaga Bulldogs added another international guard on Friday, landing 23-year-old Frenchman Nathan De Sousa out of Cholet Basket to fill out a thin backcourt for 2026-27. De Sousa is the fifth foreign-developed player on next year’s roster, joining fellow French countryman Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa, Spaniards Mario Saint-Supery and Izan Almansa, and Senegalese big man Massamba […]
Jalen Warley Becomes Third Zag Added to NBA Summer League Roster
The Swiss Army knife that is Gonzaga Bulldogs wing Jalen Warley will be joining the Indiana Pacers at the NBA Summer League. One of his two reported pre-draft workouts came in Indianapolis, Indiana. Warley becomes the third Zag to join an NBA Summer League roster, including San Antonio Spurs wing Tyon Grant-Foster and Golden State […]
Gonzaga Continues Utilizing French Recruiting Pipeline, Introduces Another Floor General
The Gonzaga Bulldogs’ summer workouts are underway in the Lilac City, but are short-staffed in the backcourt department. So much so that recent shooting guard Adam Miller and Capital City Go-Go combo guard Nolan Hickman are joining in on practices at the moment. The two are in town for Spokane Hoopfest this weekend. Enter Gonzaga’s […]
Mario Saint-Supery, Izan Almansa Representing Home Country of Spain This Summer
Gonzaga Bulldogs sophomore guard Mario Saint-Supery and forward/center commit Izan Almansa will play for their home country of Spain for the final two games of the first phase of the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. The two Zags were listed as one of the 14 Spanish players on the summer roster. June 29 (vs. Denmark […]
Tyon Grant-Foster to Play With San Antonio Spurs in NBA Summer League
The 6-7 wing finally gets his opportunity to pursue his NBA dreams after jumping through hoop after hoop in his basketball career. He just got authorized to play by the NBA’s fitness-to-play panel one week ago. Now, Tyon Grant-Foster is getting his shot with the Western Conference champions San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Summer […]
Graham Ike Signs Deal With Golden State Warriors After Going Undrafted
Gonzaga Bulldogs’ Graham Ike may have gone undrafted in the 2026 NBA Draft, but the 6-9 forward will still get his NBA shot in Northern California. His agent, Fess Irvin of Fess Irvin Basketball, told The Consensus NBA Substack that he will sign a free agent deal with the Golden State Warriors. The nature of […]
Gonzaga Baseball Lands First Transfer Addition From Division II Powerhouse
Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball has acquired its first player through the NCAA transfer portal. Meet incoming junior third baseman Josiah Rodriguez from Division II powerhouse Point Loma in San Diego, California, and Northern California’s Junipero Serra, the high school baseball program that produced the home run king, Barry Bonds. Rodriguez had a .411 batting average (ranked […]
Gonzaga Has First Non-Conference Buy Game Set With New Mexico State
These types of games against mid-major conference opponents are vital for a school like the Gonzaga Bulldogs, acting as a filler in between matchups with two power conference schools during the non-conference. According to scheduling guru Rocco Miller of Bracketeer, the New Mexico State Aggies of Conference USA will travel to the Inland Northwest to […]
Isiah Harwell’s High School Coach Discusses Time Spent With Gonzaga Transfer at Wasatch Academy
Wasatch Academy coach Paul Peterson spoke with The Slipper Still Fits for a bit, touching on his experience being around now sophomore shooting guard/wing Isiah Harwell in Mount Pleasant, Utah. Harwell transferred over to the national powerhouse that competes in the Nike EYBL Scholastic starting in 2022. He played his freshman year at Century High […]
Who’s Next? A Look at Gonzaga’s Recruitment Priorities in 2027
It’s that time of year when Gonzaga fans are refreshing their phones, waiting for news that may or may not come. Right now, the names generating the most heat are international. Serbian wing Nikola Kusturica, a 6’9 Barcelona academy product who was named MVP of the 2024 FIBA U16 EuroBasket, is weighing his college options […]
Take a Risk at Graham Ike on a Two-Way Contract
Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Graham Ike is right on the border of being picked in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft. Ike is currently ranked as the No. 64 best available prospect, according to ESPN. Even if he ends up going undrafted, that doesn’t mean the Aurora, Colorado native can’t find his way to […]
Tyon Grant-Foster Authorized to Compete by NBA Panel
One thing that hasn’t been talked about at all during this offseason is any of wing Tyon Grant-Foster’s offseason workouts with NBA franchises. The reason for that is he wasn’t cleared by the NBA’s fitness-to-play panel. That has now been authorized by the NBA, per DraftExpress’ Jonathan Givony. Grant-Foster has had to jump through a […]
Gonzaga Finds Guard in France, Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa
Coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs needed backcourt depth, and they found it in France’s LNB Elite division/EuroCup. 18-year-old 6-6 French combo guard Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa of JL Bourg’s U-21 team has committed to Gonzaga, according to Weave Agency and Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman. This is a reopening of the ‘la République’ recruiting pipeline, […]
The Need, Fit For Both FC Barcelona’s Nikola Kusturica and Gonzaga’s Parties Are Apparent
The Gonzaga Bulldogs 2026-27 roster is three spots short of filling their 15 possible scholarship/walk-on spots. But don’t fret, the coaching staff, specifically Director of Basketball Operations Jorge Sanz, is on the hunt to fill that gap over in Spain. Per multiple reports, FC Barcelona’s 6-9 wing Nikola Kusturica’s interested parties are Gonzaga, the Kentucky […]
Gonzaga’s NBA Pipeline: The Non-Playoff Report
Last June, Gonzaga fans had it easy. Whichever team won the NBA Finals, one former Bulldog was bringing home a ring: Andrew Nembhard and the Indiana Pacers on one side, Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder on the other. This year, it all comes down to one guy: Kelly Olynyk, the San Antonio Spurs’ […]
John Calipari, Arkansas Schedule Exhibition With Gonzaga
Per Kevin McPherson of Hogville.net, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have set up an exhibition with the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The preseason matchup will take place sometime in mid-to-late October. Coach John Calipari confirmed that this tune-up scrimmage before the start of the official 2026-27 season will happen during an […]
Missed Connections: The Ones That Got Away, Who’s Still Out There, What Gonzaga Does Next
Coming out of a 31-win season, the Zags watched 11 players leave the roster this offseason. Five seniors aged out. A program-record six more hit the portal. All of it landed right as Gonzaga prepares to officially join the new-look Pac-12 on July 1, a league where San Diego State, Utah State, and Boise State […]
Gonzaga Adds Legacy, Preferred Walk-On Recruit
The Gonzaga Bulldogs 2026-27 roster has added a familiar last name from nearby Gonzaga Prep, 6-5 wing Carter Nilson, out of the 2026 recruiting class. This report comes from Andy Patton of Gonzaga Bulldogs on SI. Carter is the son of Mike Nilson, the 1999-2000 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Mike was […]
Three Potential Gonzaga Recruiting Targets From All Different Competition Levels
The dog days of summer are underway, and three of the four newest Gonzaga Bulldogs recruits through the 2026 class have arrived a month early before the official team workouts start in early July. Through the incoming NCAA transfer portal haul, both 6-6 Houston Cougars sophomore shooting guard/wing Isiah Harwell and 7-1 Arizona State Sun […]
Gonzaga Schedules Intriguing Matchup Wtih Disliked Will Wade, LSU
This is one of the more fascinating non-conference clashes that coach Mark Few has set up this offseason, and there are plenty of those to choose from. Per the gatherings of scheduling expert Alex Rosinski, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the LSU Tigers of the SEC in the Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington, […]
Gonzaga Reportedly Schedules Intriguing Matchup Wtih Disliked Will Wade, LSU
This is one of the more fascinating non-conference clashes that coach Mark Few has set up this offseason, and there are plenty of those to choose from. Per the gatherings of scheduling expert Alex Rosinski, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the LSU Tigers of the SEC in the Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington, […]
Gonzaga’s Landon Hood to Enter Transfer Portal
According to Baseball America’s Jacob Rudner, Gonzaga Bulldogs freshman right-handed pitcher Landon Hood is in the NCAA transfer portal with a do-not-contact tag. He joins redshirt junior third baseman Mikey Bell as the two Zags to leave the program. Hood is the No. 73-ranked prospect for the 2028 MLB Draft, thanks to his average 96 […]
Four Zags Listed in Canada’s FIBA World Cup Qualifer Pool
Canada Basketball announced its 24-man player pool for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifiers in Hamilition, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec, this summer. Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard, Dallas Mavericks guard Ryan Nembhard, San Antonio Spurs forward/center Kelly Olynyk, and Reyer Venezia’s Kyle Wiltjer of Venice, Italy, are all in Canada’s athlete pool. The Canadians […]
Kelly Olynyk Is Back in the NBA Finals
No matter what the outcome from this Western Conference Finals was going to be, a proven seven-foot big man from the Gonzaga Bulldogs program was going to end up on the winning side of this all-time Western Conference Finals series. A matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren and the San Antonio Spurs’ Kelly […]
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