Update: It's official. Xavier Henry is going pro.
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Xavier Henry is likely one-and-done at Kansas. The freshman guard is expected to announce that he's heading to the NBA at a 3 p.m. press conference today (you can watch it here). Fox Sports basketball writer Jeff Goodman reports via Twitter that he's gone.
Henry had a good freshman campaign, averaging 13.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He also hit 69 three pointers on the year and shot a cold-blooded 41.8 percent from the three-point stripe.
Dime ran an NBA Draft Profile of Henry
yesterday, breaking down his strengths (great body, sweet shot) and
weaknesses (he's unproven as a first-option scorer, poor shot
selection) as well as comparing him to Atlanta Hawks All-Star Joe Johnson and ex-Jayhawk and current Boston Celtic Paul Pierce.
So where's he going?
NBA Draft.Net projects him
as the tenth pick in the NBA Draft, going to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Pray this doesn't happen for the Clipper curse is real. Just ask Blake
Griffin.
has Henry barely slipping into the lottery, heading to the Memphis
Grizzlies as the fourteenth pick overall. Guess there's a shot he'd
have to play in Memphis after all.
ESPN's Chad Ford doesn't have Henry in his 14 lottery picks.
This leaves coach Bill Self with the task of replacing three starters from a team that went 32-3. Senior guard Sherron Collins is out of eligibility and junior center Cole Aldrich has already declared for the draft.
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