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STOCKTON, Calif. -- Shareef Abdur-Rahim is president of the G League. One of the league's newest players refers to him a bit differently. The reigning G League champion Stockton Kings drafted Jabri Abdur-Rahim -- Shareef's son -- on Saturday, taking him with the 29th pick in the first round. Jabri Abdur-Rahim played with the Sacramento Kings in NBA Summer League. Jabri Abdur-Rahim spent his final college season at Providence, after three years at Georgia and his first year at Virginia.

The 27-year-old, 6-foot-11 big man, who went undrafted in 2022 out of Louisville, got his first real experience with an NBA main roster when he signed with Toronto in late April 2024. He initially signed a 10-day contract with the Raptors, then ended up signing for the rest of the season to finish out the 2023-24 campaign. Before that, he spent some time with the Miami Heat's G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Back in 2011, when 13-year-old Katie Benzan took the varsity floor as an eighth-grader for Noble and Greenough, players from the Tabor Academy bench snickered. The plucky, 80-pound sharpshooter was relatively quiet in the first half. Even her mother, assistant coach Kim Benzan, asked coach Alex Gallagher if he was positive she was ready for the limelight. But Benzan was ready. In the second half, she erupted for six 3-pointers, steering the Bulldogs to a resounding 16-point win and announcing her arrival.

Josh Minott, a 22-year-old forward who spent last season with the Iowa Wolves, joins the Celtics as a young, athletic player with upside.