The truth: UNLV forward Chris Wood made the correct choice, but there is a right way and wrong way to handle such matters, and Wood failed about as miserably as one can in the process of leaving after his sophomore season for the NBA.
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Amid reports and rumors that he planned to stay in school, Chris Wood threw a surprise draft party Wednesday night by announcing he is leaving UNLV. The 6-foot-11-inch sophomore forward is projected to be a late first-round pick in June.
Sometime soon, Chris Wood must make a decision that will impact his future and UNLV’s front line in a major way next season.
While UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice has yet to prove March as a month that can define his program as either successful or relevant, he has this recruiting thing going like nobody’s business. He’s no April fool.
Bishop Gorman center Stephen Zimmerman has chosen to continue his basketball career at UNLV. Zimmerman announced his decision on Twitter earlier tonight.
Roscoe Smith and Khem Birch are good enough to eventually find an NBA home. But it’s impossible to guarantee either will, because what the former UNLV players are discovering is that making it is as much about timing and opportunity as skill and upside.
Roscoe Smith was named D-League rookie of the year by a website, with former UNLV teammate Khem Birch finishing second.
On Wednesday, almost two months after a knee injury ended his season, UNLV shooting guard Rashad Vaughn officially declared for the NBA Draft. Projections place him somewhere in the second round, but one scout says Vaughn could move into the first round with impressive pre-draft workouts.
The McDonald’s High School All-American dunk contest that took place without Derrick Jones on Monday night in Chicago might as well be rendered null and void.
The meaningless and never-popular Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge is returning, and when the conferences shuffled the teams, UNLV ended up with a raw deal.