Nate Ament Joins Elite List of Former Vols After Freshman Debut on Monday Night
The Nate Ament Year is officially underway. The five-star freshman began his first year at Tennessee with a solid performance on Monday night against Mercer, putting up a game-high 18 points and nearly securing a double-double with nine rebounds. If Monday’s season-opening outing was the opening bar for where he can go this season with […]
Former Tennessee Basketball Standout Kennedy Chandler Quietly Dominated in NBA Summer League
While rookies Jahmai Mashack, Zakai Zeigler and Chaz Lanier, and second-year guard Dalton Knecht took the majority of NBA Summer League headlines for Tennessee, it was another former Vol who had the best collection of games. Kennedy Chandler, a member of the Houston Rockets’ Summer League team, played in five games and was extremely effective. […]
How Every Former Tennessee Basketball Player Did at NBA Summer League
The 2025 NBA Summer League is in the books. This concludes the opportunity that nine former Tennessee basketball standouts had to impress NBA organizations in game formats. Here’s a look at how each of them performed on a game-by-game basis and their final stat lines. More From RTI: How Zakai Zeigler, Chaz Lanier Performed In Final […]
NBA Summer League: Kennedy Chandler vs Zakai Zeigler, Chaz Lanier Set For Sunday Afternoon
The NBA Summer League will host a rematch of previous Tennessee practice court battles on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas. At 4:00 p.m. ET, Kennedy Chandler’s Houston Rockets will take on Zakai Zeigler and Chaz Lanier with the Detroit Pistons in both teams’ second league game. While Lanier and Chandler didn’t spend any time together […]
Former Tennessee Guard Kennedy Chandler Shines in Return to Summer League Action
Welcome back to the NBA Summer League, Kennedy Chandler. After playing 34 games with the Raptors 905 G-League team during the 2024-2025 season, Chandler returned to the summer league with the Houston Rockets on Friday night. The former Tennessee guard tallied 22 minutes off the bench and made the most of his opportunity with the […]
Former Tennessee Basketball Point Guard Kennedy Chandler Getting Another Chance in NBA
A former five-star Tennessee basketball one-and-done star is getting another chance to crack an NBA roster. Kennedy Chandler is rostered on the Houston Rockets’ 2025 Summer League team for this preseason. He’ll compete in a minimum of four games from July 11-17 and an additional match following that stretch. This includes a matchup with the […]
Grant Williams, Kennedy Chandler Headline Star-Studded Wedding for John Fulkerson
RTI goes TMZ again, folks. The stars were out for John Fulkerson’s recent wedding. While the wedding details themselves are limited, it’s easy to see the impact that Fulkerson had on the Tennessee basketball program and his teammates. It’s also a reminder of just how much of a connecting piece Fulkerson was during the Rick […]
Memphis Grizzlies Cut Former Tennessee Guard
The Memphis Grizzlies waived former Tennessee point guard Kennedy Chandler Saturday afternoon ahead of the start of the NBA Playoffs, Stadium’s Sham Charania first reported. After Steven Adams suffered a season ending injury, Memphis signed G Leaguer Kenneth Lofton Jr. to a multi-year contract and cut Chandler. The rookie Chandler signed a multi-year contract with […]
Kennedy Chandler Shows Out For Second Time in Three-Game Stretch
VFL and current Memphis Grizzlies point guard Kennedy Chandler is continuing to put together strong performances in the NBA as his rookie season progresses. Serving as the third-string point guard on the Grizzlies, the former Vol’s opportunities to make sizable impacts on a game in, game out basis are limited. But when an opportunity presents […]
VFL Kennedy Chandler Sets Career-High Point Total in Expanded Role
Former Tennessee Basketball point guard Kennedy Chandler has been producing modest games so far in his rookie season with the Memphis Grizzlies. After getting selected by the Grizzlies in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft, Chandler joined a team with one of the best point guard duos in the league with Ja Morant […]