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Florida basketball loses Deaundrae Ballard to transfer, lands three-star big man Jason Jitoboh

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team’s eventful 2019-20 offseason got more dramatic on Wednesday — and then did so again on Thursday morning.

And both moves were arguably very good for the Gators.

Wednesday’s move was Deaundrae Ballard entering the transfer portal, a move first reported by Thomas Goldkamp of 247Sports and later confirmed by Florida. Ballard was the third player to announce intentions to transfer away from Florida in just two days, following the Tuesday announcements that Keith Stone and Michael Okauru would depart Gainesville.