Duke Blue Devil News: Jayson Tatum Most Likely To Declare For NBA Draft, Potential No. 1 Pick

Duke's Jayson Tatum will be declaring for the NBA Draft and look for an agent, the program declared on Wednesday. The forward turns out to be quite recently the 10th Duke rookie to proclaim for the draft, yet 8th since 2011.

Jayson Tatum is relied upon to be chosen in the main 5, with some opening the forward in as the potential first overall pick, reports 365Basket Ball. Tatum is an anticipated top 5 pick in the NBA Draft. He averaged for about 16.8 points assuming the role of small ball four for the Blue Devils this season in the wake of missing the 1st month of the season with a foot injury.

Coach K said in an announcement that he totally cherished training Jayson Tatum. He added that Tatum's skill set and hardworking attitude will make him a star in the NBA. Whichever group chooses him will get an unassuming, insightful and gifted young fellow whom we are glad to call an individual from the Duke basketball fraternity, reports Nbc Sports.

Jayson Tatum stood out as truly newsworthy for his huge dunks and putbacks, and set a Duke single-season record with six games of no less than 10 points, five rebounds, three assists. Adding to that he made two steals and two blocks. The 6-8, 205-pounder is likewise the 3rd player under Krzyzewski at Duke to average 16 or more points and seven or more rebounds as a rookie (Jabari Parker, Jahlil Okafor).

Reports added that Duke were anticipated by everybody to win the national title back in the preseason, yet they bowed out of the NCAA competition in the second round, reports Balldurham. Jayson Tatum's season reached an end when Duke was resentful about South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA competition. NBA scouts and analysts generally expect the Duke freshman to be among the Top 5 lottery pick this year.

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