{"id":120497,"date":"2026-05-13T12:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/morez-johnson-jr-looks-ready-to-stay-in-nba-draft-talkbasket-net\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:04:25","slug":"morez-johnson-jr-looks-ready-to-stay-in-nba-draft-talkbasket-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/morez-johnson-jr-looks-ready-to-stay-in-nba-draft-talkbasket-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Morez Johnson Jr. looks ready to stay in NBA Draft &#8211; TalkBasket.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morez Johnson Jr. 2026 NCAA tournament highlights\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agQhxCcfGSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Morez Johnson Jr. appears to have changed the draft conversation in a hurry. Reporting from NBA insider Evan Sidery on Wednesday, May 13, says Johnson is now expected to remain in the 2026 NBA Draft after turning in a strong showing at the combine.<\/p>\n<p>That matters because Johnson is no longer being talked about like a mid-round flyer. Sidery reported that decision-makers were buzzing about his elite measurements, athleticism, and improved shooting, with Johnson now widely viewed as a top-20 lock.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After a huge combine, Morez Johnson Jr. will likely stay in the draft instead of returning to Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s elite measurements and athleticism along with improved shooting had decision-makers buzzing.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is widely viewed now as a top-20 lock. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsYEQLuA09\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vsYEQLuA09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Sidery (@esidery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esidery\/status\/2054530184728936558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The rise makes basketball sense when you look at the tape and the production. After one season at Illinois and one at Michigan, Johnson built a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that shows real forward value: he averaged 13.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 40 games for the Wolverines this past season while shooting 62.3 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>His offensive profile has steadily expanded, too. At Michigan, Johnson knocked down 34.3 percent of his threes.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers only sharpen the argument for staying in the draft. Over his two college seasons, he averaged 10.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 62.8 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 draft class has plenty of headline names at the top, but players who can move up boards during the pre-draft process often create the biggest shifts in value.<\/p>\n<p>With the draft set for June 23 and 24 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Johnson\u2019s next decision now looks increasingly straightforward. The buzz around his name says enough: the league may already be treating him like a first-rounder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/218153-morez-johnson-jr-looks-ready-to-stay-in-nba-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morez Johnson Jr. appears to have changed the draft conversation in a hurry. Reporting from NBA insider Evan Sidery on Wednesday, May 13, says Johnson is now expected to remain in the 2026 NBA Draft after turning in a strong showing at the combine. That matters because Johnson is no longer being talked about like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}