Jaylen Brunson Spotlights Darius Acuff's Green Room Invite
jaylen brunson has a new draft-night marker in Darius Acuff, who was invited to the NBA Draft Green Room before June 23-24 in Brooklyn. The Arkansas point guard is now positioned among the draft’s most watched names, with a top-10 projection that puts him inside the range teams usually reserve for the safest early picks.
Darius Acuff and Brooklyn
The Green Room invitation is the clearest sign yet that Acuff’s stock has held near the top of the board. Brooklyn will host the draft, and the invite puts him in a smaller group of players expected to be closely tracked when the first round starts to take shape.
Acuff, a 6-foot-3 point guard, backed up that rise with production across the season. He averaged 23.5 points and 6.4 assists per game, won the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard, took SEC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors, and was a consensus First-Team All-American.
Arkansas and Pete Maravich
He also reached a statistical mark few players in the conference have touched. Acuff became the first player to lead the SEC in both points and assists since LSU’s Pete Maravich in 1969-70, and he did it while posting 0.8 steals per game in his lone collegiate season.
That season carried Arkansas to the SEC Tournament title and a run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. If he is selected, he would become the fifth one-and-done pick in Arkansas history, joining Moses Moody from 2021 and Anthony Black, Nick Smith and Jordan Walsh from 2023.
Arkansas Draft Pipeline
Scouts have still flagged his defense, which is the main counterpoint to the offensive résumé. That concern sits beside the numbers, not behind them, because Acuff’s case rests on how quickly teams believe his scoring and playmaking translate against NBA guards.
Arkansas could have more draft action after Acuff, too. Former Razorbacks Meleek Thomas and Trevon Brazile are also expected to be selected, with Thomas averaging 15.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and Brazile posting 13 points and 7.3 rebounds this season.
