CSUN MEN'S BASKETBALL: GUARD EFEVBERHA NOT RETURNING PLANS TO ENTER NBA DRAFT, BUT HAS NOT HIRED AN AGENT.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer Cal State Northridge junior shooting guard The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. Mike Efevberha announced Monday he will forgo his senior year and make himself eligible for the NBA draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. . Efevberha will not sign with an agent so that he has the option of withdrawing his name from the draft and returning to school. However, Efevberha has already said that he does not plan to return to Northridge, where he clashed with coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. . If he does not come back to Northridge, he would have to transfer down to a Division II or Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. school, since he's already transferred once from a Division I school - UC Irvine after the 2003 season. "It feels good," he said. "This is a big step I'm taking, but I have a lot of people behind me and I'm going to do whatever it takes to make this work. I've been waiting for this my whole life." Efevberha (pronounced uh-FEE-bra) led the Matadors in scoring this year, averaging 17.1 points a game. His scoring average fell in the last six weeks of the season as his playing time decreased as Braswell tried to get him to improve his defense and all-around game. The 6-foot-5 Efevberha was the leading scorer among all Division I players in California on Jan. 23. But, after averaging 30 minutes a game in Northridge's first 15 games, Efevberha played 30 minutes or more just five times over the final 13 games of the season. Jonathan Givony, who runs the scouting service draftexpress.com, said Efevberha's biggest obstacle will be getting exposure. "I don't think he's on many radar screens at this point," Givony said. "Usually, guys who are great scorers in small conferences don't come out early, so we weren't watching him too closely this year. "Even a guy like Kevin Martin Kevin Martin may refer to one of several people:
Givony added that he wouldn't be surprised if the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= invited Efevberha to the NBA scouting combine in Orlando. "He seems like an interesting candidate they might bring in there," he said. ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Clashes with coach Bobby Braswell has led Mike Efevberha (above) to leave CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . Efevberha is exploring his NBA draft status. Edna T. Simpson/Daily News |
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