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Current Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:17:10 -0400
Henson and Barnes give timetable on draft decision
North Carolina freshman Harrison Barnes and sophomore John Henson both gave approximate dates for when they will announce whether they’ll stay in school or pursue their NBA career.
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Members of the men’s basketball team, including Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall, Dexter Strickland and Leslie McDonald played pickup at the Cobb basketball courts on Monday.
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Both Tar Heels were competing on UNC’s North Campus basketball courts Monday near Cobb Residence Hall with students in friendly five-on-five pick-up games.
“I’ll have a decision by Saturday,” Henson said.
For Barnes, he said he has yet to really process the information available to him and his decision.
“It’ll probably be in at least a week, week and a half or so,” Barnes said.
Barnes added that he has not talked to UNC coach Roy Williams about his decision.
Barnes is a projected top-5 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft while Henson is slated to be a lottery pick as well. UNC junior Tyler Zeller, also considered to have a high draft stock, did not compete on Monday.
The deadline for early entry into the draft is April 24.
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Yes, JJ, but you didn’t report if you ran the court with them or not. That’s what I want to know.
The idea of having the big three return is riveting. I can’t think of a way this team would be absolute underdogs in any game.
http://hubpages.com/hub/UNC-Tarheels-Number-1-team-for-2011-2012-preseason
Can’t they see that the more training they have at the college level, the better they’ll be in the NBA? Who wants to just join the NBA to sit the bench? I have said for a long time that there should be a hard n fast rule that a college player cannot opt for the NBA at least until after their junior year.
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