L-Rob coming back?
The three most prominent underclassmen who have yet to withdraw their names from NBA draft consideration are also expected to forfeit the remainder of their college eligibility.
Guards Delonte West of Saint Joseph’s and Nate Robinson of Washington, and forward Lawrence Roberts of Mississippi State, are by no means probable first-round selections on June 24.But despite the general rule-of-thumb that a player should return to college if he hasn’t at least one “promise” by an NBA team’s decision makers that that franchise will select him in the first round … none of the three is likely to get one, at least based on play during the Pre-Draft Camp in Chicago … NBA insiders think all three will remain in the draft pool.
Of the three, West, the backcourt mate of John R. Wooden Award winner Jameer Nelson, may have the best opportunity of being chosen with one of the very last of the 29 first-round picks.
West helped himself in some scouts’ estimates when he did an exceptional job defending Robinson on Friday, during the final day of action at Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute.
I think Roberts will return. There’s chatter that ESPN’s Insiders are reporting the same. We’ll see.
