Miami point guard Isaiah Wong is entering the NBA Draft, and isn’t planning to return to school, a curious move considering his uncertain draft status.
Wong does go in the second round of the two-round draft in some online mockups, but currently rates at No. 71 on ESPN’s big board, which would mean he would have to work to earn a spot in an NBA camp through the Summer League, and would likely end up, at best, getting a two-way deal.
Given Miami’s NIL game, you’d think he’d stand to make at least as much money spending next year in Coral Gables than he would schlepping back and forth between the G League and the end of an NBA bench.
Then he could try to play his way into the first round, and a better deal, guaranteed, next summer.
This move would seem to indicate that he doesn’t foresee being able to improve his stock, and that he might as he well strike now and get on with what is to come.
The 6’3” guard was the 2023 ACC Player of the Year after averaging 16.2 points and 3.2 assists and shooting 38.4 percent from three-point range.
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