10:30pm Update: Joe Giglio says Brown, Warren still undecided on NBA future
Kim Banks, Brown’s mom, said she would be in Raleigh this week to talk to her son about his future. She also refuted the CBS report.
“I’ve seen the rumors,” Banks said. “I don’t know where they get that from. He hasn’t made a decision yet.”
Leslie, who almost left for the NBA last April, also seemed to deny the report on his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon.
“Who said I was leaving,” Leslie tweeted.
Regarding Warren Giglio Added:
“If he’s a first-round pick, I think it would be a good decision,” said Warren, a former Wolfpack player who was an eighth-round pick of the Chicago Bulls in 1979.
But Warren also said he felt his son could be a lottery pick next year after a big sophomore season as the centerpiece of N.C. State’s offense.
“It’s too early to tell,” Warren said. “I want to see what he wants to do. It’s up to him but he knows he can play at the next level.”
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**Update** CJ Leslie tweets “Who said I was leaving?”
This confirms to me that no one outside of maybe Coach and the team knows what is going on 100% of the time.
Well that didn’t take long…
Jeff Goodman @GoodmanCBS 1h
N.C. State’s Lorenzo Brown is expected to declare for the NBA Draft, source told CBSSports — cbssports.com/collegebasketb… [link to article]
Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria 29m
N.C. State’s CJ Leslie will also declare for the NBA Draft, source tells @SNYtv. [Link to article]
For anyone interested, Draft Express has Zo listed as the #29th pick, CJ projected as the #35th pick and Richard Howell projected as the #57th pick. I fully expect these guys to improve their draft status at the NBA camps/workouts before the draft b/c they are both freakishly talented. It is tough to say we’ll be better off when losing 2 5-star elite-level talent guys but next year will really test Gottfried’s coaching as we’ll probably be starting ZERO upperclassmen.
As a side note, I’m hoping Scott Wood gets a shot, literally. Â His height and shooting skills might lure a team into giving him a shot and usually all Wood needs is a shot.
