Basketball legend Bill Walton, who led the UCLA Bruins to two national titles before winning two championships during his NBA career, has died at the age of 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Walton died Monday while surrounded by his loved ones, his family said in a statement released by the NBA.

"Bill Walton was truly one of a kind," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

DJ Wagner has chosen to follow John Calipari to Arkansas. Wagner, who entered the transfer portal when Calipari left Kentucky, will now follow suit.

A former top-five recruit, Wagner is one of three former Wildcats to join Calipari on the Razorbacks. Adou Thiero and Zvonimir Ivisic are also headed to Arkansas. Calipari also got recruits Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond to flip to Arkansas too.

In addition to the above, the Razorbacks are adding transfers Johnell Davis from Florida Atlantic and Jonas Aidoo from Tennessee.

Green Bay hired Doug Gottlieb as their new head coach on Tuesday.

"It is an honor beyond measure to be named the 10th men's basketball coach in UWGB history. Every kid has a dream growing up -- some want to be a firefighter, others want to be president. I have always wanted to be a head basketball coach at the Division I level," said Gottlieb in a statement.

Gottlieb, a media personality for ESPN, CBS, and Fox Sports, has never had a college coaching job before.

Gottlieb will reportedly continue hosting his Fox Sports show while coaching Green Bay.

Great Osobor was the best player remaining in the NCAA transfer portal. He's chosen to follow his head coach, Danny Sprinkle, to the University of Washington for his senior season. Osobor also reportedly has $2 million in NIL deals lined up for next season.

The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 17.7 points for Utah State last season, after transferring from Montana State. Sprinkle originally recruited Osobor to Montana State, before both moved to Utah State for one season.

Osobor, who was born and raised in England, will join a strong recruiting and transfer class for the Huskies. In addition to scoring 17.7 points, Osobor also averaged 9.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. He has one season of NCAA eligibility remaining for Washington.

The NBA held its 2024 draft lottery in Chicago on Sunday with the Atlanta Hawks winning the top overall pick. The Hawks entered the lottery with just a three percent chance of securing the top pick.

Trent Perry, a McDonald's All-American, announced his commitment to UCLA.

Perry had originally committed to USC, though he reopened his commitment after Andy Enfield left the Trojans.

Perry is ranked No. 27 in the ESPN 100 for his class.

"What attracted me was that there's a good opportunity to turn things around after this past season, and I want to do that for my hometown," said Perry.

Danny Manning joined the Colorado Buffaloes coaching staff as an assistant on Tuesday.

The 57-year-old Manning played with head coach Tad Boyle at Kansas.

Manning was an associate head coach with Louisville for the last two seasons.

Colorado won 26 games last year and appeared in the NCAA tournament.

Former Kentucky Wildcat Adou Thiero announced his transfer to Arkansas on Monday.

Thiero is a projected first-round pick in 2025.

"He's known for putting guys in the NBA that also stay in the NBA and coach Kenny Payne, who is now with him again, was also there for some of those years," said Thiero of rejoining John Calipari.

Thiero is the fifth player to join Calipari from Kentucky.

After a handful of clerical errors were corrected, over 200 players declared as Early Entry Candidates for the 2024 NBA Draft. Six additional players were added to the list, including potential draftees Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida), Caleb Love (Arizona), Ugonna Onyenso (Kentucky) and Hunter Sallis (Wake Forest).

You can find the full list of 2024 Early Entry Candidates here.

Of the previously announced players, there were no real surprises. All of the players (both college and international) that have featured as lottery picks in mock drafts, declared as Early Entry Candidates.

NCAA players have until Wednesday, May 29 to withdraw from the draft while maintaining NCAA eligibility. The NBA's withdrawal deadline for all other players is Sunday, June 16.

The 2024 NBA Draft will be held over two nights for the first time. The first round will be Wednesday, June 26. The second round will be Thursday, June 27.

Tristan Da Silva has declared for the 2024 NBA draft. 

Da Silva is a projected top-20 pick in the draft coming off his senior season at Colorado.

In 34 games last season, Da Silva averaged 16.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 34.0 minutes per game.