Sources: Kaluma exits draft, weighs portal pick

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
  • Joined ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.Former Creighton

forward Arthur Kaluma is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and returning to college, sources informed ESPN on Wednesday.Kaluma entered the transfer website earlier this month and now ends up being probably the very best offered frontcourt possibility in the portal. Alabama, Texas, Texas Tech and Kentucky are among the schools revealing interest in Kaluma, sources said.A 6-foot-8 forward from Arizona who has represented Uganda internationally in several competitions, Kaluma was ranked in the top 100 of ESPN’s NBA draft rankings and attended the NBA draft integrate. He likewise met with and worked out for seven NBA teams.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Kaluma improved his numbers throughout the board this previous season at Creighton, balancing 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds and shooting 31.1 %from 3-point

range after setting up 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a freshman. He scored in double figures in all four of the Bluejays’ NCAA competition games, including a first-round win vs. NC State in which he had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.He’s been at his best in the postseason, getting 24 points and 12 rebounds vs. Kansas in the 2nd round of the 2022 NCAA tournament in what perhaps was the very best performance of his profession thus far.