Auburn basketball transfer Johni Broome announced four days ago that he’d be withdrawing his name from the 2022 NBA Draft pool.
It was a formality after the Morehead State transfer chose Bruce Pearl and the Tigers as his transfer destination.
Jon Rothstein announced it himself on Tuesday afternoon, and Auburn basketball fans didn’t let him off easy for it.
Here was Rothstein sleeping in May–and being dragged for it–as he advises us all to do every year until the March Madness tournament concludes in early April:
Some college hoops fans gave Broome his flowers instead of giving Rothstein hell for the gaffe:
Johni Broome is expected to take over the shot-blocking role Walker Kessler occupied last season. Broome was third in shot-blocks during the 2021-22 season.