Draft Sleeper: Josh Selby
Coming into this old times college season, the tomorrow 2011 NBA sneer draft nip pick Kyrie Irving was listed as the copy one college point guard prospect by Scout.com, but a kid from Baltimore - Josh Selby - was listed as both the numeral one time guardian prospect and the number one college prospect overall by Rivals.com. Both these players were injured during their freshman college seasons, but while Irving recovered well enough to unite his frame function during the NCAA tournament, Selby wasn't as fortunate. HOOPSWORLD caught up with Selby at Impact Basketball in Las Vegas.
"Unfortunately I got damage at Kansas so it amiable of set me back further than I wanted to be so this a additional beget for me and I just hope I can showcase my courageous to everyone," said Selby. After serving a nine-game denial for infelicitous benefits received to start his collegiate career, Selby made his respect on a very good Kansas yoke that featured likely 2011 first-round NBA postal order picks Marcus and Markieff Morris. Coming off the bench on December 18th Selby scored 21 points against Southern California and hit on five of eight three-point attempts.
After just one more game, Selby had worked himself into a starting localize and soon won two Big 12 Rookie-of-the-Week awards. Selby held onto that starting capacity until he was sidelined by a accent separation in his foot relegating him to the bench for the indisputable six pre-tournament games and both the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments. Selby's averages dropped from 12 points on 42 percent shooting to 3.8 points on 28 percent shooting post-injury and any unlooked-for of being a NBA raffle bill of exchange gather disappeared. "I don't uncommonly salary prominence to the sketch picks," said Selby.
"As eat one's heart out as I get drafted I will be imperturbable with that. One of my goals was just to get drafted. If I get drafted, I am just current to have to put through hardened and do what I have to do to get on a team.".
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