Malachi Richardson, who is the Houston- Syracuse guard, was too upset after his team lost 83- 66 to North Carolina in the final four, during the SU’s final season. He had a towel cover his head in the locker room; he was not in the spirit of discussing whether he was going to participate in the second round after he was penalized from the end of his first season. He reported that he was not giving any responses as to whether he was participating in the NBA draft. Following Richardson’s decline in giving any responses, his future in the NBA will remain a mystery among the Syracuse basketball fans. They are however hoping that their questions will be answered in the weeks to come.
ESPN’s Chad Ford has ranked Richardson as number 77 on his big board, this is because Richardson has been marked absent from the mock drafts for almost an entire season, this however, his position is however determined by the player’s possibility of taking part in the NBA. Richardson has however being taking part in big games in the late Syracuse season, where he scored 21 points in the first round against Dayton, and in the second half scored 21 points in their win over Virginia, thus topping over Malcolm Brogdon, one of ACC’s best defenders. Even though Richardson remained silent about joining the NBA, he will be forced by the NBA’s reformed rules to play in the coming season.
Invited players have been allowed to attend the NBA combine, and have been given 10 days work out days to practice for the NBA, this comes shortly after the deadline for underclassmen to remove their names from the NBA draft was pushed back to this year. Players can then be allowed to go back to school provided they have not signed with an agent. In the past times, players were only able to proclaim their drafts only twice, and the deadline of getting rid of their names was only possible before combines and self-workouts. Players can now make more informed decisions and have a more diverse experience.
Richardson however said that he will spend his offseason improving his steadiness, he seemed pretty excited about Syracuse future.
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