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Former Hawkeye Keegan Murray posted 29 points and 14 rebounds in the Sacramento Kings’ sixth-straight win Friday.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is among a group of two dozen professional athletes buying a 104-acre farm in northern Iowa, according to Front Office Sports. The location is not being released.

On a two-way contract, AJ Green divides his time between the Milwaukee Bucks and their NBA G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd. Thus far, he has made 12 appearances for the Bucks and is averaging 3.2 points per game. He has played eight games in the G League, with six starts, and is averaging 20.3 points.

Former Iowa men’s basketball player Joe Wieskamp was placed on waivers by the San Antonio Spurs Monday.

Former Iowa All-America center Luka Garza will sign a two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He will spend some of the season in Minnesota, some in Des Moines with the G League Iowa Wolves.

Jordan Bohannon, the Iowa men’s basketball all-time leader in assists and 3-pointers is joining the Iowa Wolves, Minnesota’s NBA G League affiliate.

In his NBA preseason debut, Iowa’s Keegan Murray outscored Lebron James and Anthony Davis combined in a Sacramento Kings rout.

Two former Iowa men’s basketball standouts signed NBA contracts this week: Luka Garza with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Joe Wieskamp with the San Antonio Spurs.

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

Iowa’s Keegan Murray stayed consistently hot in a city with 111-degree weather, and made a lot of Sacramento Kings fans enthused with his play in the NBA Summer League.

Kris Murray, the brother of All-American Keegan Murray, is ready to shoulder more responsibility in the coming Iowa men’s basketball season.

Keegan Murray scored a game-high 26 points in Sacramento’s NBA Summer League win over Golden State.

Former Iowa star Luka Garza was let go by the Detroit Pistons earlier this week and will now try to impress the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League.

The Athletic reported that the Detroit Pistons aren’t picking up their option for the second year of Luka Garza’s two-year contract with the team.

Iowa men’s basketball loses Keegan Murray to the NBA, but has ample talent returning, starting with Keegan’s brother, Kris Murray.