Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington put off a jump to the NBA last season so they could improve their draft standing and make another run at a national championship. Now with that title in hand, the juniors figure it’s the perfect time to give pro ball another try.
They announced Thursday that they would enter the draft again, ending their college careers a few weeks after leading the Tar Heels to their fifth NCAA championship.
Both players declared last year so they could work out at the predraft camp and for teams before deciding to return to school, a “testing the waters” option they can use only once. But considering the way both performed in North Carolina’s dominating NCAA tournament run, their departures seemed almost a certainty.
“Winning a championship definitely had a lot to do with it,” Ellington said. “There’s no better way to go out.”
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They announced Thursday that they would enter the draft again, ending their college careers a few weeks after leading the Tar Heels to their fifth NCAA championship.
Both players declared last year so they could work out at the predraft camp and for teams before deciding to return to school, a “testing the waters” option they can use only once. But considering the way both performed in North Carolina’s dominating NCAA tournament run, their departures seemed almost a certainty.
“Winning a championship definitely had a lot to do with it,” Ellington said. “There’s no better way to go out.”
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-ncarolina-lawson-ellington&prov=ap&type=lgns
