Texas junior forward Damion James has withdrawn from the NBA draft and will return for his senior season. The 6-foot-7½ James averaged 15.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game last season.
With his return, Rick Barnes' club should be a legitimate Top 10 team nationally. Texas lost leading scorer A.J. Abrams and Connor Atchley, but the Longhorns bring back James, big man Dexter Pittman, forward Gary Johnson, wings Justin Mason and Varez Ward and point guard Dogus Balbay. Barnes will also have Florida transfer Jai Lucas, who will contend for the starting point guard spot, at the semester break.
Texas will also add wings Avery Bradley, Jordan Hamilton and Shawn Williams — all legitimate Top 100 players in the Class of 2009.
PS lsquared, see how I am upgrading the class of your blog.
my goodness! I really have no comment on the basketball portion (except that Dogus certainly is an interesting name), but the sudden sophistication of this blog has astounded me. I feel as if I should be wearing white gloves and sipping tea.
ReplyDeleteThe Texas A&M trio of Donald Sloan, Bryan Davis and Chinemelu Elonu won't all be back in College Station next season.
ReplyDeleteAggies coach Mark Turgeon told FOXSports.com that Sloan and Davis will be back to school, but Elonu will remain in the NBA Draft.
The 6-foot-3 Sloan averaged 11.8 points per game — second on the team — while Davis averaged 10.8 points and 6.5 rebounds.
The 6-foot-9 Elonu averaged 9.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per contest.