Texas Basketball: Could Jericho Sims be a first round pick?

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This class of big men coming out of the Texas basketball program for the 2021 NBA Draft is starting to get a lot of chatter in a positive sense of late. Just a couple of weeks away from draft night 2021 (specifically set for the night of July 29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn), a couple of Texas Exes and big men are the talk of the town for this men’s hoops program.

Former Texas senior standout center Jericho Sims and breakthrough sophomore power forward Kai Jones could very well both climb up draft boards a good bit ahead of the night of July 29. Sims specifically made waves this week as he had a moment…