Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Thursday evening that his “gut feeling” is that guard JD Davison will turn professional this summer.
Davison, who won the state’s Mr. Basketball award in 2020 and 2021, has until April 24 to enter the NBA Draft and until June 1 to withdraw from it and retain NCAA eligibility.
“If a kid’s gonna get guaranteed first-round money, it’s hard to tell them to stay,” Oats said. “You’re not doing right by the kid. My thing is all the way back to a high school coach is just do right by the kid and it’ll all work itself out in the end. “To be honest with you, a kid like him is going to get drafted on his upside,” Oats said. “Could he have played better as a freshman? Yeah, but can’t most freshmen play better? That’s the whole thing.”
Alabama has no players with expiring NCAA eligibility this offseason so its entire roster has decisions to make about their futures. Forward Noah Gurley has already told Oats he will return for a sixth season, while the Tide honored Keon Ellis, James Rojas and Jahvon Quinerly on senior day with the expectation they will not be back. Three other players — forwards Alex Tchikou and Keon Ambrose-Hylton, and guard Jusaun Holt — have entered the NCAA transfer portal.
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