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SB Nation Williams is one of the most versatile players Bruce Pearl has ever gotten to Auburn. Williams is very good on the defensive end and is long and tall enough to guard the forward and center spots but is also quick and lateral enough to guard smaller and faster guards . . . Tuesday's lottery cleared a path for Smith to make a short trip from Atlanta to join what's becoming one of the most interesting young rosters in the NBA in the Orlando Magic . . . Auburn walk-on point guard Michael Whitmore will transfer from the program . . . The head coach's base salary is the same as his assistants . . . Auburn assistant coaches Wes Flanigan, Ira Bowman and Steven Pearl received new two-year deals . . . If Smith is drafted first overall, he will become the first former Tiger to be selected with the first pick . . . Wendell is going to be a point guard. Tre can play 1 and 2. Zep can play 1 and 2. Chance can play 1, 2 or 3 . . . Flanigan was one of 44 players to participate in the G League Elite Camp, which took place over two days last week in Chicago . . . On Monday, the Auburn coaching staff extended an offer to 2023 small forward Ron Holland . . . "Next year, we are going to be at USC (Southern Cal) and at Washington . . . Flanigan scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, plus six rebounds and five assists. His aggressiveness on the offensive end — driving to the hole or stepping back from beyond the arc — was a welcome sign for Auburn fans . . . Will Auburn superstar Jabari Smith be the first player to walk across the stage? . . . Here are the jersey numbers, heights and weights for Auburn's 2022-23 roster . . . Smith is expected to be a top-three pick while Kessler is likely to be drafted towards the end of the first round . . . As Kessler prepares for the draft by participating in the combine, he was asked about his time at UNC . . . What makes Jabari Smith the potential top pick? . . . Auburn will open its campaign at home against George Mason on Nov. 7 -- a game that was announced earlier this month -- and will then host USF on Nov. 11 . . . Assuming both Kessler and Smith are drafted in the first round, that would give the Auburn Basketball program four first-round picks in the last four years . . . It would be the first time in school history that the Tigers have two players picked in the first round of the same draft and the second consecutive season that Bruce Pearl's program has produced multiple draft picks . . . Who will go first? Will it be Jabari Smith? . . . If the Magic select Jabari Smith with the first overall pick, the former Tiger would join another former Tiger on the roster . . . Allen Flanigan did not earn an invite to the NBA Draft Combine after competing in the G League Elite Camp . . . Junior guard Allen Flanigan, who played the fifth-most minutes on the team for the Tigers last season, traveled to Chicago to begin his participation in the G-League Elite Camp . . . Steven joined Auburn's staff when Bruce was hired, first contributing in a support role, as director of operations and an assistant strength coach. He became one of his dad's three assistant coaches prior to the 2017-18 season — where Auburn won its first SEC championship . . . His five seasons as an assistant coach have coincided with the most prosperous stretch in program history, with Auburn winning two SEC regular-season titles, an SEC Tournament championship, earning three NCAA Tournament berths and making the Final Four for the first time in school history . . . The Tigers have had an interesting offseason — to say the least . . . A look back at five of Jabari Smith's best moments as an Auburn Tiger . . . With one scholarship spot remaining, what's next for Pearl and the Tigers' 2022-23 squad, which already has the makings of an upper-tier lineup in the SEC? . . . Charles Barkley said, "I think (Paolo) Banchero and Jabari are going to be able to play right away because of their body type . . . Incoming transfer Johni Broome, who signed with Auburn on April 30, announced Thursday that he is withdrawing his name from the NBA Draft pool . . . The Pistons, Rockets and Magic, who all finished within one game of each at the bottom of the NBA standings this regular season, own equal odds for the No. 1 pick in the lottery (14%). Oklahoma City (12.5%) and Indiana (10.5%) round out the top five. If all goes according to plan for Smith, the SEC Freshman of the Year and consensus All-American will become Auburn's first No. 1 overall pick in program history . . . Can Pearl continue to take the Tigers to new heights? . . .
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