Duke freshman big man Vernon Carey Jr. entering NBA draft

Vernon Carey Jr. is moving into the NBA draft.” details-reactid=”23″>DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke freshman Vernon Carey Jr. is moving into the NBA draft.

The six-foot-10, 270-pound Carey declared his choice Friday adhering to a season in which he was The Linked Push participant of the year and newcomer of the year for the Atlantic Coastline Meeting. He was also a next-workforce AP All-American though becoming named countrywide freshman of the year by the Nationwide Association of Basketball Coaches and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

”I liked competing with my teammates on the major phase in college basketball,” Carey reported in a social-media write-up. ”We developed memories that I will cherish forever. I grew as a participant and man or woman, and experience ready to choose that up coming stage.”

Carey had been regarded a most likely just one-and-finished prospect and projected initially-round decide on. He averaged workforce highs of seventeen.eight details, eight.eight rebounds and one.six blocks though capturing 57.seven% as a bodily inside of existence.

”He arrived each individual day searching to get greater, and I know the best is nonetheless to come for him,” coach Mike Krzyzewski reported in a statement.

Cassius Stanley and sophomore place guard Tre Jones as early entrants to the NBA draft.” details-reactid=”28″>Carey joins fellow freshman Cassius Stanley and sophomore place guard Tre Jones as early entrants to the NBA draft.

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