Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach JJ Redick has hired former NC State Guard Nate McMillan as an Assistant Coach.

ESPN Sources: The Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks as top assistant coaches on JJ Redick’s new staff. Redick gets two longtime head coaches with a combined 1,189 victories to surround him. pic.twitter.com/zRtTNlroFp

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 3, 2024

McMillan has been a coach in the NBA since 1998, serving as a Head Coach for 19 seasons previously (Seattle, Portland, Indiana & Atlanta), with a record of 760-668.

McMillan played 2 years at NC State, and was a captain for the 1985-86 squad. Despite only 2 years worth of stats, McMillan ranks 9th all-time in assists, and ranks 5th in assist-to-turnover ratio.

In 1986, McMillan was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 30th pick in the 2nd round.

McMillan played 12 seasons in the NBA, all for Seattle. He ranks 2nd all-time in assists in SuperSonics history. Seattle retired his #10 jersey on March 24th, 1999.

Former NC State All-American Trea Turner has been named the Starting Shortstop for the National League in the 2024 All-Star Game. This marks the 3rd time that Turner has been an All-Star.

Making his third #AllStarGame appearance, Trea Turner is voted in as the NL’s starting shortstop! pic.twitter.com/Va82cjBDfr

— MLB (@MLB) July 3, 2024

Turner is currently batting .338, with 5 Home Runs, 18 RBI’s, 38 Runs and 10 Stolen Bases. His OPS is .873.

Turner was a 2-time All-American at NC State. In 2012, Turner was named 3rd Team All-American by NCBWA, and in 2013 he was named 2nd Team by Collegiate Baseball, and 3rd Team by NCBWA and Baseball America.

His 113 career stolen bases at NC State are the most in school history. Turner was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st Round with the 13th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft.

Trea is easily the best Major League batter to ever come out of NC State. Out of all the Wolfpack players to make it to the MLB, he ranks 1st in Hits (1,269), Runs (726), Doubles (240), Home Runs (155), RBI’s (528), Stolen Bases (270) and Walks (325).

The Philadelphia 76ers didn’t extend a qualifying offer to former All-ACC NC State Guard Terquavion Smith, making him an unrestricted Free Agent.

The Sixers will not extend a qualifying offer to Terquavion Smith, making him an unrestricted free agent, per source.

— Paul Hudrick (@PaulHudrick) June 30, 2024

Smith signed a 2-way contract with Philadelphia last summer after going undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft. He played in 16 games for the 76ers this season in the NBA, averaging 3.3 points in 5.3 minutes of play, shooting 37.1% from three. His season high for Philly this year was on February 3rd, scoring 17 points in 9 minutes of play.

In the G-League, Smith played 36 games (started 3) averaging 22.3 points and 3.4 assists per game for the Delaware Blue Coats, shooting 35.6% from three.

Smith earned a spot on the G-League All-Rookie Team in Year 1.

With the numbers Smith put up this season in his first professional season, he is sure to land on his feet in Year 2.

The San Antonio Spurs have signed NC State’s DJ Horne to their NBA Summer League team.

Raleigh ➡️ San Antonio.

DJ will join the @spurs for the NBA Summer League! #GoPack | #GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/kvIu1F1qdR

— NC State Men’s Basketball (@PackMensBball) June 28, 2024

Horne earned 2nd Team All-ACC honors with the Wolfpack this year, averaging 16.9 points per game. He shot 40.4% from three, and broke NC State’s record for most three-pointers in a single season.