NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic reported throughout Wednesday’s episode of FanDuel TV’s “Run It Again” that former North Carolina State star DJ Burns Jr. has misplaced a surprising quantity of weight since his workforce’s spring run to the Last 4.
“There was an enormous deal made about his measurement, his body, his weight. He was listed at 275 kilos when he completed the season in school,” Charania stated. “I noticed him on the professional day yesterday. He regarded completely completely different.”
The 6-foot-9 lefty was one of many faces of the 2024 males’s NCAA Event, main the Eleventh-seeded Wolfpack on a surprising run to the nationwide semifinals, the place they misplaced to No. 1 Purdue.
Burns Jr. was named the 2023-24 ACC Event MVP and made an All-Area workforce throughout March Insanity.
The large man scored in double figures in three of NC State’s 5 NCAA Event contests, together with a season-high 29 factors through the workforce’s Elite Eight upset of No. 4 seed Duke. Burns Jr.’s output towards the Blue Devils was simply two factors shy of his profession excessive 31, which he recorded in January 2023 towards Wake Forest.
ESPN’s most up-to-date 2024 mock draft has Burns Jr. going undrafted.
The 2024 NBA Draft is on June 26 and June 27.
