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What Did NBA Scouts Tell WVU’s Treysen Eaglestaff During Draft Process?

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WVU Basketball commit Treysen Eaglestaff
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Treysen Eaglestaff entered the NBA Draft soon after transferring to WVU for one main reason – to learn valuable information about his pro potential. And now that he’s out of the draft and locked in as a Mountaineer, Eaglestaff is ready to share what exactly he heard from scouts during the process.

Eaglestaff worked out for the Portland Trailblazers and Washington Wizards and had pre-draft workouts with the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Milwaukee Bucks, but canceled them when he officially decided to withdraw from the draft.

“Portland was hard because I was hurt like the whole workout. I was just jogging around and stuff, but the Wizards one went well. We did shooting drills and stuff, and I think me and the Dayton guy had the highest score,” Eaglestaff told Tony Caridi on a recent episode of his “3 Guys Before the Game” podcast.

Eaglestaff also detailed more of what it means to pass the NBA eye test.

“They just said my body, I donโ€™t pass the eye test if you looked at me. The eye test is a real thing. And then just my defensive ability, like that first step, and just donโ€™t give up on a possession because thereโ€™s obviously multiple stops in one possession.”

Eaglestaff was one of two WVU players to file for the NBA Draft as an early entrant, along with Brenen Lorient, who transferred from North Texas this spring. Lorient, and all other early entrants, have until May 28 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility.

WVU Basketball Treysen Eaglestaff

Courtesy of North Dakota Athletics

Eaglestaff is the jewel of WVU coach Ross Hodgeโ€™s transfer class this offseason. The 6-foot-6, 190-pound guard averaged 18.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists last year for North Dakota and was considered one of the top 100 players in the transfer portal. In fact, he scored over 1,300 total points and made 221 three-pointers throughout his three-year career at North Dakota.

The NBA Draft will begin on June 25 at 8 p.m. Former Mountaineer Javon Small will be waiting to hear his name called as he is a possible second-round selection.

In addition to Eaglestaff and Lorient, WVU basketball has also brought inย Honor Huff,ย Chance Moore,ย Harlan Obioha,ย Jasper Floydย andย Jackson Fieldsย from the transfer portal this spring.

Find more coverage of Treysen Eaglestaff at WV Sports Now.

For a related story, Javon Small earns praise for pro day performance at NBA Combine.

2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. Andrant

    June 4, 2025 at 3:19 pm

    TL;DNR

    Obviously, the NBA told him he is not and never will be an NBA player. Writing breathless articles about guys like him and Lorient withdrawing their names as if anyone ever imagined either of them playing in the NBA is just clickbait trash.

    It’s far from certain either will even be average in the Big 12.

    This site has gone to the dogs since Bock left.

  2. Mike Asti

    June 4, 2025 at 3:52 pm

    Not sure what your obsession is with Ethan but he wouldโ€™ve 100% have covered players going in draft and withdrawing. Saying something shouldnโ€™t be covered because you donโ€™t like the player isnโ€™t how covering a program works.

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