Ohio State guard Evan Turner will pass up his senior season and enter the NBA draft, according to multiple media reports.
Turner was expected to announce his decision at a news conference at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday.
This isn’t a big surprise. It’s not often that a player that is projected to go #2 in the draft and decides to return to school. There is just too much money (~$20 million) at stake to take the risk of returning to school and potentially suffering a career-ending or career-altering injury.
Here is what DraftExpress said about Turner at the Junior National Team tryouts in 2009:
