Rodions Kurucs has withdrawn his name from the 2017 NBA draft, FIBA agent Alturs Kalnitis tweets.
This is a surprising development in that Kurucs was considered first-round material. The 19-year-old Latvian forward, who currently plays for Barcelona 2, was ranked No. 18 overall by DraftExpress, while ESPN.com’s Chad Ford ranked Kurucs at No. 33. Ford noted that Kurucs is a long, athletic shooter with good size for his position.
The Nets were reportedly high on Kurucs and perhaps even willing to move up in the first round to snare him.
Kurucs played 24 games for the Barcelona team this season, averaging 9.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG and 1.4 APG in 21.2 MPG. The 6’8” Kurucs shot 31.9% on 3-point attempts.
This is pretty surprising to me. I’ve heard a few teams interested in hom. Maybe he wants to stay in Europe another year and get more polished before entering the draft, knowing that there might be more scouts out there next year, with 1 of the top guys being international
The Nets were reportedly high on Kurucs and perhaps even willing to move up in the first round to snare him.
Well, maybe this is why he ran away, you have the answer in the article do not realize it.
lol